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The Movies :: Design your Wallpaper Competition

Cameras, light and ACTION! We have kicked off a Desktop Wallpaper competition and YOU can participate!! We need all your inventiveness, creativity, originality and lunacy to make up some rocking wallpapers based on The Movies. You know you have got the flair to make people go “AMAZING”? Then get on with it (stop reading NOW) and start working on it. The winners will be turned into downloadable wallpapers on the website. So better get submitting now folks!! Oh yeah, and the REAL winner will receive a limited edition, framed copy of The Movies!

"Are there any rules?", we can hear you ask. Of course! Your entry needs to be in .JPG format, must be no larger then 1MB and can be submitted by email to webmaster@lionhead.com. Keep in mind that only one entry per person is allowed.



The winner will receive a limited edition, framed copy of The Movies!

Official Competition Rules:

The Movies™ game designed by Lionhead Studios Ltd. © 2005 Lionhead Studios Ltd. All rights reserved. Lionhead and the Lionhead logo are registered trademarks of Lionhead Studios Ltd. The Movies and The Movies logo are trademarks of Lionhead Studios Ltd. All rights reserved. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Published by Activision Publishing Inc.

1. ‘The Movies :: Design your Wallpaper Competition’ (the "Competition") begins on 12th January 2006 and ends on 27th January 2006 ("Competition Period"). Entries received outside the Competition Period will not be eligible.

2. Eligibility: This Competition is only open to persons who are 13 years of age or over at time of entry and who are legal residents of one of the following countries: United States, Canada, an EU member state, Switzerland, Norway, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan and South Korea only.

Employees and directors of Lionhead Studios Ltd., (‘Sponsor’), and Activision Publishing, Inc. (‘Activision’) and their respective parent, affiliated and subsidiary companies, advertising and promotional agencies, Webmasters and Web suppliers and the immediate family (spouse, mother, father, sister, brother, ward, daughter or son) or members of the households of such employees or directors (whether or not related) are not eligible to enter or win a prize.

3. To Enter: Go to The Movies™ Online website and follow the directions set out on the Competition page.

Entries must be submitted during the Competition Period (i.e. by no later than 27th January 2006). Any entries received after this date will be deemed ineligible for participation in the Competition. Any attempt at entry except as stated above is void.

You agree that by submitting an entry, it becomes the absolute and exclusive property of the Sponsor from the date of submission up and to and including 27th January 2006 (‘Exclusivity Period’). You agree not to make any other use of an entered wallpaper during the Exclusivity Period. Upon expiry of the Exclusivity Period, participants will be free to use their non-winning wallpaper(s) as they wish; winning wallpaper entries may be subject to further conditions (notified separately if applicable).

Wallpapers: In addition to the conditions of submission set out on the Competition web page, your wallpaper(s) must also:

1) Be an original creation and not contain the intellectual property of another person or company.

2) Not contain obscene, lewd or otherwise offensive material.

All submitted wallpapers are will remain subject to the Sponsor’s standard upload terms and Terms of Use (TOUs).

4. Judging Criteria: The panel of judges who will determine the Winners of the Competition will be composed of members of the Sponsor’s production and management teams (the ‘Judges’). The Judges will decide the Winners based on the following criteria (which shall be weighted equally): quality, originality and suitability.

Any submissions deemed by the Sponsor to violate the Competition rules will be disqualified. All decisions by the Sponsor are final.

5. Winner Selection: There will be one Winner. This will be selected from all eligible entries received during the Competition Period. The Winners will be selected by the Judges.

6. Winners/Prizes: The winning wallpaper will ‘win’ the Competition and be eligible for a prize. Please refer to the Competition web page for details The Sponsor reserves the right to change, amend or vary the prizes and/or terms of eligibility at any time.

The Winner and each runner up will receive notification that their entry has won / is a runner up by email on or after 27th January 2006.

7. General: By entering the Competition you agree to be bound by these rules and agree to release and hold harmless the Sponsor and Activision from and against any and all liability for injuries and/or damages sustained in connection with use of a submitted wallpaper or related to participation in the Competition. The Sponsor reserves the right to revise dates and procedures mentioned in these rules, or cancel or terminate the Competition should any cause beyond the control of the Sponsor affect the administration or operation of the Competition.

The Sponsor assumes no responsibility or liability for damages, losses, misfortune or injury, direct, incidental, consequential or otherwise resulting from the acceptance, possession or use of a winning wallpaper.

The Sponsor assumes no responsibility for illegible, lost, delayed, misdirected or incomplete entries, system errors and failures, faulty transmissions, or other communication malfunctions.

These Competition rules are available in the English language only. If these rules are translated into another language, the English language text shall in any event prevail. This Competition and these rules are governed by and shall be construed in accordance with English law and any dispute arising in connection with these rules shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts. Any provision of these rules deemed unenforceable will be enforced to the extent permissible and the remainder of these rules will remain in effect.

All decisions by the Sponsor relating to this Competition and these rules are final.

8. Cheating: Participants agree not to knowingly damage or cause interruption to the Competition and/or prevent others from participating in the Competition. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DAMAGE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE COMPETITION VIOLATES CRIMINAL OR CIVIL LAWS. IF SUCH AN ATTEMPT IS MADE, SPONSOR MAY DISQUALIFY ANY PARTICIPANTS MAKING SUCH ATTEMPT AND SPONSOR MAY SEEK DAMAGES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

9. Sponsored by: Lionhead Studios Ltd., 2nd Floor, 1 Occam Court, Surrey Research Park, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7YQ United Kingdom