2008 Official Rules

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID IN RHODE ISLAND, QUEBEC AND WHERE PROHIBITED.

1. Entry: To enter, submit your BioWare community account name and email address on the Mass Effect PC Launch Sweepstakes website at http://masseffect.bioware.com/contest.html as directed between 12:01pm MDT on May 28, 2008 and 12:01pm MDT on June 25, 2008 (the "Sweepstakes Period"). No other methods of entry will be accepted. Limit: Only one entry per BioWare community account name and email address will be accepted. To create a free BioWare community account, go to http://accounts.bioware.com/signup/ and click the sign-up button. Fill out the form and provide a valid email address. An email will be sent to the email address you provided. Follow the instructions to confirm your email address provided. Completed entries must be received by 11:59 a.m. MDT on June 25, 2008. Entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for lost, late, incomplete, incorrect, or misdirected entries. Use of a false email account will disqualify an entry. Sponsor is not responsible for technical, hardware or software malfunctions, misdirected entries, lost or unavailable network connections, or failed, incorrect, inaccurate, incomplete, lost, late, illegible, misdirected, garbled, damaged or delayed electronic or other communications or other technical problems related to website entries. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any person who tampers with the entry process or the operation of the web site, or who otherwise violates these rules. By entering, entrants accept and agree to abide by the terms of these Official Rules and Conditions.

2. Eligibility: This Contest is only open to residents of Canada (excluding Quebec), the 50 United States (excluding Rhode Island) and the District of Columbia who are 21 years of age or older at time of entry and who had Internet access as of May 21, 2008. Residents of Quebec and Rhode Island are not eligible. Employees of Electronic Arts Inc. and its respective affiliates, subsidiaries, representatives, advertising, promotion and publicity agencies (“Sponsor and its agents”) and the immediate family members and persons living in the same household of each are not eligible. Contest is void where prohibited, restricted or taxed by law. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply.

3. Prizes; Winner Selection and Notification. There is one (1) prize.

One (1) winner will receive one (1) computer hardware system, including:

• Aurora™ Processor: AMD® Phenom™ X4 9850 Black Edition Quad Core 2.5GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache
• Alienware P2 Chassis: Alienware® P2 Chassis with AlienIce™ 3.0 Video Cooling - Space Black
• System Lighting: Alienware® AlienFX® System Lighting - Astral Blue
• System Cooling: Alienware® Standard System Cooling
• Power Supply: Alienware® 1000 Watt Multi-GPU Approved Power Supply
• Graphics Processor: Dual Graphics Cards - Dual 1GB ATI® Radeon™ HD 3870 X2 – Quad GPU Technology
• Memory: 2GB Corsair Dominator Low Latency Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 1066MHz
• Motherboard: Alienware® Approved Asus AMD® 790FX Motherboard. Includes PCI-Express 2.0, ASUS BIOS Overclocking Utility, and Support for AMD Phenom Quad-Core Processors.
• Operating System (Office software not included): Windows Vista® Home Premium – DirectX 10 Ready!
• System Drive: Single Drive Configuration - 750GB SATA 3Gb/s 7,200RPM 16MB Cache
• Optical Drives: Single Drive Configuration - 20X Dual-Layer Burner (DVD±RW
)
• Enthusiast Essentials: Single High Performance Gigabit Ethernet Port
• Sound Card: High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio - Standard
• Keyboard: Premium Keyboard - Logitech® Deluxe 250 Keyboard
• Mouse: Premium Mouse - Standard Optical 3-Button Mouse with Scroll Wheel
• Warranty: 1-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support w/ Onsite Service
• Alienware Extras: Alienware® Mesh Cap
• Alienware Extras: Alienware® Mousepad
• Alienware Extras: Alienware® Desktop Binder
• Alienware Extras: Owner Identification Card

Approximate retail value ("ARV") USD: $3,099.

Odds of winning any prize depend upon the number of eligible entries in the Sweepstakes.

Prizes are not transferable. No substitution of Prizes for cash or other goods and services is permitted, except Sponsor reserves the right to provide a substitute Prize of approximately equal value. Computer and peripheral make/model to be awarded as prizes are within the sole discretion of Sponsor and subject to availability. All expenses not specified above, including, without limitation, all federal, state and local taxes, and international tariffs, are the sole responsibility of the individual winners.

Winners will be determined by random drawing on or about June 26, 2008 from all Eligible entries received. The drawing will be conducted at Sponsor’s address as indicated in Section 6 of these rules by Sponsor or its designee, the judge of the Sweepstakes, whose decisions are final and binding.

Winners may be required to complete and sign an Affidavit of Eligibility and, except where prohibited, Liability/Publicity Release, in the form provided by Sponsor, within 14 days of attempted notification in order to claim Prize. Canadian winners must also answer a skill-based question in order to claim Prize. Winners will be notified on or about June 27, 2008 by an email sent to the email address specified on the entry form. If winner cannot be contacted at this email address, is contacted and does not respond as directed within 14 days of attempted notification, refuses the Prize or is ineligible to accept the Prize, Prize may be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner. All prizes claimed in accordance with the Official Rules will be awarded. Winners may be required to provide a shipping address to claim prize. Allow 4-6 weeks for delivery of prize.

4. General Conditions: Sponsor and its agents are not in any way responsible or liable for damages, loss or injury resulting from entrants’ participation in this Sweepstakes or the acceptance, possession, shipping and handling, loss, use or mis-use of any prizes awarded in this Sweepstakes. Entrants and Winners assume sole liability for injuries, including personal injuries and/or damage to property, caused or claimed to be caused by participating in this Sweepstakes or the acceptance, possession, shipping and handling, loss, use or mis-use of any prize awarded. Sponsor has the right to cancel, terminate or modify this Sweepstakes if it cannot be completed as planned due to infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, technical failures, or other conditions beyond Sponsor's control, including, and without limitation, insufficient volume of eligible entries and to select winners from eligible entries received on or before the termination date. Sponsor is not responsible for any failure to contact entrants whether due to technical or human error.

By entering this Sweepstakes, entrants agree (i) that Sponsor may post their entries on Sponsor’s website and in any and all publicity and advertising for Electronic Arts, this Sweepstakes or other promotions by Sponsor without any further attribution, notification or compensation to entrants, and except if entrant is a resident of TN or otherwise where prohibited by law, has the right to use the entries along with entrant’s user or screen name and hometown therewith; (ii) to be bound by these Official Rules and decisions of the judges, and (iii) to be contacted by Sponsor or its agents by telephone, mail or email regarding this Sweepstakes. The Sweepstakes is governed by the laws of the United States and all claims must be resolved in the United States. If there is a dispute regarding the identity of an entrant, the entry will be deemed submitted by the person in whose name the email account is registered.

5. Winners list: A winners list will be available on http://masseffect.bioware.com/contest_winners.html after a winner is determined and verified, and posted for approximately two weeks and is also available by sending a stamped, self addressed envelope marked Mass Effect PC Launch Sweepstakes to

"Mass Effect PC Launch Sweepstakes"
200, 4445 Calgary Trail NW
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada, T6H 5R7

for receipt by July 30, 2008.

6. Sponsor: This Sweepstakes is sponsored by Electronic Arts Inc. 209 Redwood Shores Parkway, Redwood City, CA 94065.

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