With Gears of War 3 hitting right around the corner, we thought we'd offer a choice:
- New to the series? Why not start at the beginning: Play for Gears of War with Limited Collector's Edition Bonus Disc
- Gears 1 already beaten and kicked to the curb? Play for a set of your very own Cog Tags and a nifty Locust Face Bandana
Play for one, play for both - the choice is yours. Here's how to enter and boost your odds with up to 4 chances to win for one or both prizes:
- Enter a comment here, as usual. DO SAY WHICH PRIZE(S) YOU ARE PLAYING FOR. That's all you really NEED to do.
- Tweet the following on Twitter: Win Gears of War plus Cog Tags w/ Bandana at BusyGamerNews.com, home of Busy Gamer Podcast: RT + Enter here: http://bit.ly/q9JsRn #bgnfsf
- Review (or re-review) our Busy Gamer Podcast on iTunes.
- Review (or re-review) the Best of Busy Gamer Podcast on iTunes. This is a short audio highlights feed with our reviews, audio tours and other timeless bits!
If you do 2, 3 and/or 4 (and why wouldn't you?), you do need to let us know your Twitter/iTunes name(s) in your comment so we can find, verify and include your bonus entries in the drawing and match them up to contact you if one of them wins.
If we can't confirm the bonus entry and easily tell who you are on Twitter and/or iTunes, the bonus entry is disqualified. If you tweet vigorously (more than 5 times a day on average), include the direct link to your tweet and don't delete it!
You DO have to enter a comment here and follow the other rules to be eligible:
Simply post a comment on this page and say what you are playing for. (You can do the other things listed above if you want to earn some extra chances to win.) Say whatever is on your mind as long as it's not an ad or profane. Be sure to read the Sweepstakes Rules to ensure you are eligible to win and don't get disqualified by double-posting or forgetting to provide an e-mail address.
NOTE: If you play for extra chances on Twitter or by posting podcast reviews on iTunes, you still have to enter here AND let us know your Twitter and/or iTunes names so we can match you up. iTunes ratings alone do not count since we can't see who posted them, so add a comment! If you already posted an iTunes review, you can still update your review once a week for a bonus entry in each week's giveaway. Just log in to iTunes and click Write a Review; it should load your existing review and let you modify it. Make a change (even a small one) and then check to ensure that it appears on top with the new date or it won't count!
You may also want to white list this domain; we've had MANY would-be winners lose out because they never responded to their prize notification! If you use TypeKey/TypePad, be sure your e-mail address will be shared. No e-mail address, no prize. (Don't worry, no one else will see it - and we'll only use it to contact you if you win.)
Note that unless you're an authenticated poster who has been active on the site and marked as trusted, your comment will NOT appear immediately. It will go into a queue for me to approve, which I'll do several times a day (except the first weekend, where comments may not be approved until sometime late on Sunday). Do NOT double-post. We'll extend the entry period for this until 8:01 p.m. Pacific Time on Wednesday, September 21 to ensure you have plenty of time to enter and verify your entry was posted.
We also sometimes give away unannounced Instant Win prizes and podcast extras. Here are a few tips since this can happen at any time (and we've got SO MANY backed up; we'll post them once we get less busy!). 1) Follow Gamewatcher on Twitter. Before we post the next Instant Win, we'll give you a fair warning tweet. 2) Subscribe to our RSS feed and set it to check for updates frequently.
We continue to stock up on cool goodies for Free Stuff Friday - and we will keep doing so as long as there's enough response. So tell your friends about this! Hey, if we get bigger, so will the prizes that YOU could win! While you're at it, post comments wherever you see something interesting. Also, if you get a game code you don't need or have some other cool game-related prize you want to donate, we'd be very grateful (we pay for much of this stuff ourselves!).
playing for both
twitter: @iscariotx13
playing for both
@mysticfail
http://twitter.com/#!/Mysticfail/status/114620571563737088
re-reviwed both - nickname mysticfail
Playing for both
@coldbiood
playing for both!!!
@NinjaLunchBox79
just the cog tags and bandana.
twitter: @dwb6
thanks for the contest
Thanks for the giveaway! Playing for the cog tags. :)
Tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/Jragon274/status/114663384183611393
Playing for both =]
Love to get the face bandana
Entered for the bandana :)
entered for the cog dogtags
In for both or either, thanks for the shot as always.
@el_Ross_M
In for the Cogtags and bandana... I am a TOTAL Gearhead! EPIC edition and retro lance coming my way 9/20 at midnight haha! This stuff would look great with all my gears stuff! Thanks for this contest guys for sure!
Twitter: DeaVAmp
I am playing only for Gears of War with Limited Collector's Edition Bonus Disc because I have GoW but the disc is scratched and won't work :(
My twitter username is lmd1974
I tweeted here:
http://twitter.com/#!/lmd1974/status/114711740935188480
Thanks! For both.
tweeted @genxsis83
playing for both prizes @doubleD215
I'm playing for the COG tag it would be sweet
Entering for bandanna and cog tags, can't wait for Gears 3!
Cog Tags please
@UltimoRey
Playing for both.
@shylok1077
Thanks for the contest!
was just gna go for tags but my gears cd not workin so i will go for both thx twit: betterdayz
Going for both!
Playing for the the cogtags/bandana! Thanks!
Just a comment this time.
Playing for both!
@ChaoticOrder75
Brother in law got a shiny new XB --> playing for both
@teujip
Cog tags and face bandana. Thanks :D!
@zombiebash3r
I'm playing for both. I'm @alee67 on Twitter and I tweeted here: https://twitter.com/#!/alee67/status/114791191735836674
Thanks for the giveaway!
Would love some Cog Tags and a nifty Locust Face Bandana :)
Tweeting as:@Hestar69
Don't have either so playing for both. Thanks BGN.
Playing for both of these. GoW is an awesome series that I can't have enough of!
@HYDFDEMON
I am playing for the Gears of War with Limited Collector's Edition Bonus Disc. Tweeted @SaraAB87
I'll play for the game
Playing for both. Thank you.
Playing for both wish there were more contest that were this easy.
I already have Gears 1 so I just want the COG tags and bandana.
Tweeted!!! :http://twitter.com/#!/BrianIMdiesel/status/114821062130282496
Entering for the dog tags, thanks.
@ropes
Playing for both. Thanks for the contest.
@emogothtard
Playing for Cog Tags and a nifty Locust Face Bandana.
twitter: @AsagiAsagiri
Playing for the game, still haven't played the first one =)
@arahal88
Playing for both, good luck everyone!
Playing for both. Thanks for the chance!
In for the game
Just trying for the game, I know I'd never watch the bonus disc.
Twit: @starcrest_13
In for the GoW game.
In for just the tags and Bandana this time since I've already got the gears game. Twitter username is deadbodyman11
In for the game!
Tweeted as @djravenfall
I'm in for both
thanks
1) Playing for Gears of War with Limited Collector's Edition Bonus Disc!
2) Twitter: @eugaet_aux - RT'd here: https://twitter.com/#!/eugaet_aux/statuses/115817690978983936
3) & 4) iTunes: eugaet (reviewed both on 8/19)
Thanks for the contest!
I'm hoping for the cog tags and that nifty locust face bandana!
Playing for both, thanks!
@gxgear
Love to play both.
Tweeted @xenoea.
Playing for both! Thanks for the chance.
iTunes: IIBlazer
Twitter: @IIBlazer
Playing for the Cog Tags.
Twitter: @FragToast
Thanks for the contest.
1) Two entries for the COG tags and bandana, please! Thanks. :)
2) @BossVersion1
http://twitter.com/#!/BossVersion1/status/115937891967975424
In for the COG tags and the bandana! Thanks for the chance! :D
In for the game!
Twitter @fresh0288
I'm in :)
I'll go for Gears! I played a little bit, but never really sat down and played it. Here's my chance! Will tweet @EeveeFanboy
In for both @Nikibaby219
In for the game.
Never played Gears but would love to start.
Playing for Cog Tags and Bandana. Good luck everybody :)
Twitter: @liljrSanchez
Playing for Gears 1
twitter: @bkjohns1
In for both! Thanks for the contest.
Retweeted as @Elektr0ns
In for the COG tags and bandana. Cool giveaway!
Also tweeted as @Burning_Karma
I'm playing for the Gears collector edition.
@blankusername32
I am playing for the game and COG tags/bandana. Thanks for the contest.
I could use the cogtag and bandana.
tweeted as badaboomxx
Playing for both items! Thank you
Awesome contest, in for the Cog Tags and Locust Face Bandana!
Tweeted @davidrzasa
Playing for Cog Tags and a nifty Locust Face Bandana
Twitter: @Rificz
Itunres: zzrificzz
Playing for both. Thanks for a great contest!
Tweeted @dittotweeto
In for both. Thanks!
tweeted @louiedog
It would be awsome to win the cog tags and bandana but I dont have gears one and would love to play it agian and get the domination achievement. So both :)
Count me in!
Playing for both!
thanks for the giveaway!:)
You can put my name into the hat for the cog tags and bandana.
Tweeted under @NeoHumanity.
playing for both.
Twitter: @CaptainQuiet
@Xray_Tech
Going for the game
play for both thanks for the chance
@aznxchunky
Playing for Cog Tags and Locust Face Bandana
@dbnguyen
https://twitter.com/#!/dbnguyen/status/116623122354020353
Playing for both
@sgn2
https://twitter.com/#!/sgn2/status/116623463581626368
I'm playing for both!
@michaeltheninja
https://twitter.com/#!/MichaelTheNinja/status/116623715181137920
Playing for Cog tags and bandana!
@ribbonhearts206
https://twitter.com/#!/ribbonhearts206/status/116624036439666690
In for the Cog Tags and Locust Face Bandana!
@jeffreynguyen
Playing for the Cog Tags and Locust Face Bandana
@dahlindan
https://twitter.com/#!/dahlindan/status/116625041654939648
In for both. Thanks
@ductongue
https://twitter.com/#!/ductongue/status/116625457666994176
Playing for the Cog Tags and Locust Face Bandana
@iamlauratran
https://twitter.com/#!/iamlauratran/status/116628548231503874
Would love to win the Cog tags and locust face bandana
@jennyachin
https://twitter.com/#!/JennyAChin/status/116629107567099905
I'm in for both!
@mrlibraryan
https://twitter.com/#!/mrlibraryan/status/116630093081739264
playing for both.
Playing for the game! Thanks! :)
@keklar
In for whichever...but LOVIN' the Bandana!
Love the Bandana and would love to win it.
cog tags please
Playing For Both ice contest...
Tweeted @mixmastar0b
The winners are:
Gears of War Collector's Edition: 47. eugaet
Cog Tags and Bandana: 1. dan
Congrats!
Not sure what's next, but we have some cool stuff lined up. Stay tuned.