Futuremark Games Studio Announces Shattered Horizon Competition

Futuremark® Games Studio today announced a new community competition for Shattered Horizon™, their PC exclusive multiplayer first-person shooter. The contest starts Monday 14 December and with 16 different challenges over 4 weeks there are plenty of ways for players to win one of the many PC hardware prizes on offer from competition sponsors MSI, FSP Group, Enermax and Patriot Memory. http://www.shatteredhorizon.com/competition/

"With 16 different ways to win this competition gives all Shattered Horizon players a chance to win one of the great prizes on offer, not just those who top the leaderboards," said Jukka Mäkinen, Head of Futuremark Games Studio.

The prize pool includes:

  • MSI Big Bang Trinergy motherboards
  • FSP Group Epsilon 88PLUS 700W power supplies
  • Enermax Apollish Vegas 12cm cooling fans
  • Patriot Memory DDR3 Viper II ‘Sector 5’ Series memory modules
  • Shattered Horizon t-shirts, sticker packs and Arconaut memberships

For further details of the challenges, prizes and how to take part visit the competition page on the official Shattered Horizon website: http://www.shatteredhorizon.com/competition/

About Shattered Horizon

Shattered Horizon is the innovative first game from Futuremark Games Studio that immerses you in the cold reality of zero gravity combat in space.

  • Multiplayer first-person shooter set in near-Earth space 40 years from now.
  • Experience intense zero gravity combat and complete freedom of movement. Use your rocket pack to fly freely through space then land on any surface.
  • Join your friends in action-packed 32 player battles fighting to control hollowed-out asteroids, huge fragments of Moon rock and the ruined remains of the International Space Station.
  • Four more levels coming soon in the free Moonrise content pack.

Shattered Horizon requires DirectX 10, a DirectX 10 compatible video card, and Windows Vista or Windows 7. There is no support for Windows XP or DirectX 9. Suggested retail price: €19.95 / $19.95 / £14.95 Available now from Steam and the official website: http://www.shatteredhorizon.com/buynow/

Information for Editors

Shattered Horizon Press Kit: http://bit.ly/SH_PressKit

Trailers and screenshots: http://www.shatteredhorizon.com/media/

Box art: http://bit.ly/SH_KeyArt

Competition sponsors

MSI http://www.msi.com/

FSP Group http://www.fsp-group.com/

Enermax http://www.enermax.com/

Patriot Memory http://www.patriotmemory.com/