Activision Publishing has kicked off what it calls the inaugural 'Activision Independent Games Competition' prizes are $175,000 for the winner - with the second placed game idea getting $75,000 "to assist with the development of their game".
According to the company, the comp "is open to all independent developers located in the United States, either individuals or teams, and for completed or in-development games (including game concepts/proposals)." The first round starts today and ends in October 2010.
Dave Stohl, Executive Vice President of Studios at Activision says, "This competition underscores our commitment to supporting the creative spirit and innovation of developers."
Head over here for the details. One of those details is, of course:
"Sending in a Submission constitutes entrant's consent to give Sponsor a royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, create derivative works from, and display such Submission in whole or in part, on a worldwide basis solely for the purpose related to the Contest.
"If requested, entrant will sign any documentation required for Sponsor or its designees to make use of non-exclusive rights entrant is granting to use the submission."
That's just for submission. There's more if you're a finalist.
"In order to be a Finalist, entrant must sign certain Submission documentation provided by Sponsor, which may include some or all of the following: release claims against Sponsor, acknowledgement of Sponsor's development of game concepts that may be similar to entrant's Submission, first right of refusal to Sponsor of any development or publishing of Submission; agreement to provide sponsor with splash/title/credits and logo credit similar to 'funded in part by Activision Independent Games Competition Prize 2010"; grant of names and likeness publicity rights to Sponsor; and full representations and warranties regarding the IP ownership of the Submission."
Frankly, it doesn't look like a bad deal at all. Let's hope they extend it to Europe.
According to the company, the comp "is open to all independent developers located in the United States, either individuals or teams, and for completed or in-development games (including game concepts/proposals)." The first round starts today and ends in October 2010.
Dave Stohl, Executive Vice President of Studios at Activision says, "This competition underscores our commitment to supporting the creative spirit and innovation of developers."
Head over here for the details. One of those details is, of course:
"Sending in a Submission constitutes entrant's consent to give Sponsor a royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, create derivative works from, and display such Submission in whole or in part, on a worldwide basis solely for the purpose related to the Contest.
"If requested, entrant will sign any documentation required for Sponsor or its designees to make use of non-exclusive rights entrant is granting to use the submission."
That's just for submission. There's more if you're a finalist.
"In order to be a Finalist, entrant must sign certain Submission documentation provided by Sponsor, which may include some or all of the following: release claims against Sponsor, acknowledgement of Sponsor's development of game concepts that may be similar to entrant's Submission, first right of refusal to Sponsor of any development or publishing of Submission; agreement to provide sponsor with splash/title/credits and logo credit similar to 'funded in part by Activision Independent Games Competition Prize 2010"; grant of names and likeness publicity rights to Sponsor; and full representations and warranties regarding the IP ownership of the Submission."
Frankly, it doesn't look like a bad deal at all. Let's hope they extend it to Europe.
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ECM 3 Jun 2010 07:42
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The upside is that this is a good thing, the downside is it's a cynical marketing ploy to elevate Activision's very tarnished brand image in the eyes of gamers--almost as cynical as me, in fact.