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The video game "Rock Band" is about to spawn a real-life rock band.
Energizer, the battery company, launched a contest Oct. 15 to find one video game band to play for 20 straight hours at the Energizer "Advance Into Overdrive" event at the MTV Store in Times Square Nov. 13.
To enter, bands will build a fan page at energizer.rock band.com and fill it with updates, photos and videos. Groups have until Nov. 3 to build their page and gain a following. The winning band will get the royal treatment in New York: luxury ground transportation, a hotel suite and dinners at some of New York's finest eateries. Best of all, the band's 20-hour performance will be streamed live online.
The winner's Time Square performance is actually the start of a new online Battle of the Bands contest Nov. 16, Nov. 18 and Nov. 20. Winners will receive the entire Rock Band song catalog (more than 800 songs), plus a year's worth of batteries and many other prizes. Anyone who enters will be put into a sweepstakes to win prizes like the "The Beatles Rock Band Limited Edition Bundle" and the "Ion Drum Rocker."
Details? Visit rockband.com/energizer.
"Warhammer Online" runs through Monday. The PC title is about a cult of people who have smuggled creatures called daemons into their city by disguising them in masks. The online event will ask players to collect masks and defeat the daemons behind them. A public quest will pit online gamers against each other.
Details: warhammeronline.com. (This game is rated T for teen.)
Gamers who order Electronic Arts' highly anticipated "Army Of Two: The 40th Day" for PS3, Xbox 360 or PSP will get access to an exclusive "Extraction" mode at launch Jan. 12.
The game is a sequel to a hit game about a two-man private military team. This time, the duo is trapped in Shanghai as it falls under attack and must escape the crumbling city and the enemy assaults. The "Extraction" mode will be unlocked for other gamers one month after the game's ship date.
EA Sports used its new "NBA Live 10" game to simulate the NBA season. The Lakers won 63 games, a league best, but the Cavaliers defeated the Lakers in a seven-game NBA Final. LeBron James won league and finals MVP.
Other highlights: Miami's Dwyane Wade led the league in scoring at 32.5 points. Orlando's Dwight Howard, the Laker's Kobe Bryant and teammate Pao Gasol, Wade and James made up the all-league firsts team. Clipper Blake Griffin was rookie of the year. Charlotte finished 39-43 and did not make the playoffs.
