Sacred 2: Fallen Angel - Worldwide Wallpaper Contest

In co-operation with www.ciSACRED.com, the official SACRED 2 fan site, SACRED fans will be able to upload their own wallpapers from 5th June. The Ascaron jury will then select the three best wallpapers and post them on the official SACRED 2 homepage at www.SACRED2.com. The community will then vote to choose their winner.

The fan event is run over three stages. Wallpaper entries can be submitted during stage 1, which runs from 5th June to 30th June.

All entries will be collected and assessed in the second stage (1st July to 3rd July) and 3 finalists will be carefully selected to go through to the community vote.

Finally, stage 3 sees the opening of the community voting. This will run from 4th July to 12th July, during which time community members will vote for their winning entry. The final voting will be held at www.SACRED2.com - the official home of SACRED 2.

Fans are invited to post their wallpapers in the ciSACRED forums. All entries posted in the official "Wallpaper Contest" thread will be considered for the competition.

In addition to the SACRED 2 Wallpaper Champion crown, there will be exclusive prizes for the lucky winners. The results of the SACRED 2 community vote will be announced on Friday 13th July.

To help fans create their SACRED 2 wallpaper entries, there is a large SACRED 2 Wallpaper Starter Pack available for download from www.SACRED2.com. The pack contains JPG and layered TIFF graphics of character renders, sample wallpapers, and logos, as well as creatures straight out of the SACRED 2 bestiary

Download the 'Starter Pack' now and get creative with SACRED 2 - Fallen Angel.

Product information at a glance:

Title: SACRED 2 - Fallen Angel

Developer: ASCARON ENTERTAINMENT

Genre: Action RPG

For further details on "SACRED 2 - Fallen Angel" please refer to the following contacts

United Kingdom

Ruth Fraser

Chaloner Associates

Tel: +44 (0) 1954 270599

ruth@chaloner-associates.co.uk

Europe & International

Torsten Meier

PR Manager

Ascaron Entertainment

Tel: +49 (0) 5241 9666 220

t.meier@ascaron.com

USA

Rannie Yoo

Kohnke Communications

Tel: +1 415 777 4000

rannie@kohnkecomm.com

About SACRED/SACRED 2

Published exclusively on PC in 2004, Ascaron Entertainment's SACRED has sold more than 1.8 million copies, making it one of the most successful Action RPG's worldwide. The title became the precursor to the current development of SACRED 2 - Fallen Angel, also from Ascaron, which is the official sequel to the best-selling SACRED.

About ASCARON Entertainment

From Day One in 1989 Ascaron Ascaron Entertainment has become one of the leading European "boutique" developers and Publishers of games for the PC, with many successful titles including Patrician, Port Royale, DarkStar One and SACRED.

Ascaron maintains development studios in Berlin, Guetersloh and Aachen (Germany), as well as an international department in Birmingham (UK). Ascaron currently markets its products in more than 40 countries and over 15 languages.

About ASCARON Entertainment (UK)

Ascaron Entertainment (UK) is an independent office and is highly regarded on a domestic and global scale. With a professional reputation, full-service product management, and a wealth of experience in the games industry, the UK operation manages the international releases of Ascaron's entire catalogue, whilst also providing a bespoke publishing, sales, PR and marketing function to selected affiliate label partners. Ascaron Entertainment (UK) continues to be responsible for successfully launching titles into the UK market from developers and publishers worldwide. Titles include the popular UFO, Panzers, Cossacks and Blitzkrieg series of games, as well as critically acclaimed hits such as Call of Juarez, Runaway: The Dream of the Turtle and TrackMania United.