DORITOS AND
MICROSOFT
CHALLENGE
FANS TO
DESIGN THE
FIRST-EVER
CONSUMER-CREATED
XBOX LIVE
ARCADE GAME
FOR THE XBOX
360
Select
Doritos
Video Game
Concepts
Will Be
Voted On By
Gaming Fans
With One
Idea To Be
Developed By
Xbox For
Release in
2008
Plano, TX
(June 21,
2007) The
Doritos
brand
announced
today that
it is once
again
putting
Doritos fans
in control
by
partnering
with Xbox
360 to let
them design
the
first-ever
consumer-created
Xbox LIVE
Arcade video
game.
Together,
the two
brands are
challenging
people in
the United
States to
think of an
idea that
takes the
spirit of
the Doritos
tortilla
chips brand
and brings
it to life
on the Xbox
360. Five
finalists
will get to
work
side-by-side
with Xbox
LIVE Arcade
development
teams to
build
playable
versions of
their game
concept
which will
be available
online at
www.snackstrongproductions.com.
In addition,
each
finalist
will also
receive a
prize
package for
their
creativity,
valued at
over $6,000.
In late
October and
early
November,
visitors to
the site
will have a
chance to
play working
versions of
the five
finalists
games and
vote for the
one game
concept they
want to see
developed
for release.
Consumer
votes will
determine
the winning
game
concept,
announced in
November
2007, to be
developed by
Xbox 360.
Once
released in
summer 2008,
fans
everywhere
will be able
to download
and play the
first-ever
consumer-created
Xbox LIVE
Arcade game
for free.
Doritos-inspired
video game
ideas can be
submitted at
www.snackstrongproductions.com
between June
21 and July
29, 2007.
Submissions
must
describe an
original
idea for a
Doritos-inspired
video game
in no more
than 500
words along
with any
other
original
elements or
components
gamers would
like to have
considered
as part of
their entry,
to help
describe,
depict or
illustrate
the original
idea.
Beginning
today,
additional
details
about the
creative
challenge
are
available at
www.snackstrongproductions.com.
Doritos fans
continue to
tell us how
excited they
are to be
part of, and
personalize,
what is
important to
them,
explains Ann
Mukherjee,
vice
president,
marketing,
Frito-Lay.
Similar to
past Doritos
programs
that put
consumers in
control, we
hope Unlock
Xbox gives
people a
chance to
express
their own
creativity,
this time in
the
innovative
world of
gaming.
Giving video
game fans
and Doritos
chip-lovers
everywhere
even more
reason to
get in the
game,
between
August 20
and November
18, 2007,
visitors to
www.snackstrongproductions.com
will have a
chance to
instantly
win great
prizes
including
Xbox 360
consoles,
Xbox Live
Gold
subscriptions
and more
with two
consecutive
online
promotions.
Promotion
details,
including
rules, will
be available
on
www.snackstrongproductions.com
during the
respective
promotion
periods.
We are
always
looking for
new ways to
connect with
Xbox fans
and give
them unique
opportunities
for
expressing
their
creativity
that only
Xbox 360 and
our partners
can deliver,
said Mike
Fischer,
General
Manager, US
Marketing,
Xbox. With
millions of
gamers
already
engaging in
Xbox Live
fan forums
and
communities,
we extend an
invitation
to them to
jump in with
their ideas
for a fun,
new Xbox
LIVE Arcade
game.
The Unlock
Xbox
campaign is
the
evolution of
the Doritos
brand
allowing
consumers to
be in
control.
Earlier this
year, the
Doritos
brand aired
two
consumer-created
commercials
during Super
Bowl XL as
part of the
Doritos
Crash the
Super Bowl
challenge.
These two
ads
kicked-off
the
first-ever
consumer-created
Doritos
brand
television
ad campaign,
in which all
five of the
Doritos
Crash the
Super Bowl
finalists
ads aired on
national
television.
Following
Doritos
Crash the
Super Bowl,
the brand
launched the
Doritos
Fight for
the Flavor
campaign to
let Doritos
fans vote to
determine
which of two
new flavors
survives on
store
shelves and
which one
gets pulled.
Recently,
the brand
launched the
Doritos
X-13D Flavor
Experiment,
where
consumers
have a
chance to
name the new
mysterious
flavor of
Doritos
tortilla
chips by
entering
their ideas
at
www.snackstrongproductions.com.
Frito-Lay
North
America is
the $10
billion
convenient
foods
division of
PepsiCo,
which is
headquartered
in Purchase,
NY. In
addition to
Frito-Lay,
PepsiCo
divisions
include
Pepsi-Cola,
Quaker
Foods,
Gatorade and
Tropicana.