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Eidos Partners With IGN/GameSpy to Bring the Game to the People Once Again With The Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes The Neighborhood: Be in the Game Sweepstakes One Lucky Winner to Win All Expense Paid Trip to San Francisco to Meet the Backyard Wrestling Development Team and Appear Fully Playable in Upcoming Sequel to Smash Hit Extreme Wrestling Game SAN FRANCISCO, May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Eidos , one of the world's leading publishers and developers of entertainment software, today announced that it will be once again joining forces with IGN/GameSpy to kick off an exciting contest giving one lucky winner the chance to appear fully playable in the upcoming extreme wrestling game Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes The Neighborhood. Set for release on the video game consoles in Fall 2004, Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes The Neighborhood carries on the tradition of a game made by the people, for the people. "We are excited to bring back the revolutionary "BE IN THE GAME SWEEPSTAKES" with our friends at IGN.COM, where one lucky winner will be featured as a character in the game," said Kevin Gill, global brand manager at Eidos. "Here's your chance to be a part of history by being FULLY playable in the first online wrestling game. Everyone's a winner when you can break a cinderblock across someone's face, from around the corner, or around the world. We'll put YOU IN THE GAME. We'll MAKE YOU FAMOUS!" The second place winner will win an extensive collection of fresh gear courtesy of Insane Clown Posse's own "HATCHET GEAR" (http://www.hatchetgear.com/) and some HARDCORE wearables courtesy of PITCHFORK CLOTHING (http://www.pitchforkny.com/). The third place winner will win a complete library of Backyard Wrestling DVD's. This extensive library of jaw-dropping backyard action includes: -- BYW 1: Future Kings Of the Ring -- BYW 2: More Hardcore Than Ever Before -- BYW 3: Too Shocking for TV -- BYW 4: Random Acts Of Violence -- BYW 5: Crazier Than the Rest -- Backyard Wrestling: Backyard Babes Uncensored -- Backyard Wrestling: Backyard Babes Uncensored 2 "IGN readers will be thrilled at the chance to put themselves in another Backyard Wrestling game, but it'll be even more realistic this time thanks to the all new Enviro-Mental engine," said Aaron Boulding, Executive Editor of Special Projects at IGN.com. Full contest details and entry information is available on the official Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes The Neighborhood: Be In The Game Sweepstakes website http://sweepstakes.ign.com/sweepstakes/2143.html -- or the official game site -- http://www.bywgame.com/. Be sure to stop by the Eidos booth at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles and register in person. Eidos is located at booth #924, South Hall of the Los Angeles Convention Center. Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes The Neighborhood is a Mature-rated game, and all registrants must be a minimum 18 years of age to be eligible for entry and or winning the contest. About Eidos Eidos plc is one of the world's leading publishers and developers of entertainment software with a diverse mix of titles for the PC, PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system, Nintendo GameCube(TM) and the Xbox(R) video game system from Microsoft. For more information on Eidos and its products visit http://www.eidos.com/ About IGN/GameSpy IGN/GameSpy provides the Internet's leading destination for gaming, entertainment and community for teens and 18-34 year old males. The company's properties include IGN.com, GameSpy.com, FilePlanet.com, GameSpy Arcade.com, TeamXbox.com, more than 70 community sites, and a vast array of online forums. IGN/GameSpy is also the leading provider of technology for online game play in video games and has the largest game related subscriber base on the Web. The privately held company has its headquarters in the San Francisco Bay Area, with offices throughout the U.S. NOTE: All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. DATASOURCE: Eidos plc CONTACT: Michelle Seebach Curran, or Kjell Vistad, or Denny Chiu, or Loretta Stevens, all of Eidos North America, +1-415-547-1200, or ; or Louis Podover of IGN/GameSpy, +1-415-508-2037, or Web site: http://sweepstakes.ign.com/sweepstakes/2143.html Web site: http://www.bywgame.com/ Web site: http://www.hatchetgear.com/ Web site: http://www.pitchforkny.com/ Web site: http://www.eidos.com/

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