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Nov. 21st Thanksgiving Ingame Giveaway – all info needed!

Come and play Shootmania with your friends before Thanksgiving!

Read carefully below for all info needed to participate:

Come play on Wednesday November 21st from 3pm tp 10pm PDT  in any station, any mode, US servers ONLY (any US server in any US state) at least 15 minutes and you will get a chance to win a free copy of the game and a t-shirt signed by the game team.

Look for Mr. Miso from the game team who will come and say hi!

Invite Friends over to the event as well! This is Thanksgiving after all…

This event is accessible to everyone worldwide.

Happy Thanksgiving!

The winners will be announced on Monday 26th.

Schedule for DreamHack Winter 2012

Hello everyone,

Following “Montpellier In Game” last weekend, ShootMania will have the honour of being at DreamHack Winter in Jonkoping, Sweden, from 22nd to 25th November. Two tournaments have been organized by our partners Zotac, Steelseries and QPad.

  • QPad tournament

    • Mode: Joust 1vs1, simple bracket

    • Location and registration: QPad booth in Hall B

    • Prizes: 500€ each day plus goodies

  • Zotac/Steelseries tournament

    • Mode: Elite 3 vs 3

    • Location and registration: Zotac/Steelseries booth in Hall B

    • Prizes: 2000€ minimum plus Zotac graphic cards (400€ value)

    • Proceedings: Two qualifying phases will take place on Thursday and Friday with the semi-finals and the final on Saturday.

We also wanted to support the initiative “Pack 4 DreamHack” which allow 80 players from Benelux to attend DreamHack. Each attendee will receive a ShootMania beta key for access during and after the event, they will also receive goodies and gifts.

Have a good DreamHack! See you soon!

Last IPL5 Qualifier airs tonight at 6pm PDT

The IPL5 Qualifiers have been going on for a few weeks now and we have seen incredible matches, awesomes skills, shoots, comebacks, topshots, etc

Tonight, last IPL5 qualifier final goes down and we’ll know which last team will be sent out to Las Vegas for the $100,000 ShootMania tournament.

Make sure to tune in on http://www.twitch.tv/iplshootmania to watch it live at 6pm PDT.

Follow IPL blog with an article on Competing Live by GoldenBoyFTW.

You can also follow the ShootMania Daily News on Youtube.

See you soon for more Competition info!

Get your FREE admission to IPL5 now!

Hi all!

A lot of exciting things happened last week with Beta2 new moves, grappling hook and tile-sets announcement along with release date announcement for 01.23.2013.

But there is even more things coming up for ShootMania!

First of, you can get your free Admission ticket to IPL5 in Las Vegas end of this month, only by entering this promo: http://www.ign.com/ipl/all/ipl-5/promo. It is for a limited time only! Just like us on FB, follow us on Twitter and you’re all set! It is definitely worth it.

Then, make sure to check out the IPL ShootMania Daily News. You can get a free copy of Assassin’s Creed III and today is the last day for it!

This week will be the last Qualifier for IPL5 and we’ll know who the teams will be by Friday. Tune in to see the matches at http://shootmania.ign.com/

Finally, we know which team has been invited at IPL5 to participate in the $100,000 ShootMania tournament! Check out the article on IGN.

This is just a glimpse of all the amazing events happening in ShootMania. Stay tuned for more really soon!

Time for some Samba?

Hello everyone,

This month began with really awesome announcements for ManiaPlanet. Starting with ShootMania Beta 2 and the upcoming arrival of TrackMania² Valley and TrackMania² Stadium.

Each month TrackMania² Canyon get a new national skin and this month won’t be an exception. Time for Brazil to get their skin!As usual you’ll find the monthly calendar and the sticker pack with the skin at the ManiaPlanet Store.

Have fun!

TrackMania² Valley announced!

Hi everyone,

Some of you have waited for it for a while, and we’re now happy to announce the coming of TrackMania² Valley in ManiaPlanet in 2013!

This time, no canyon on the horizon, but a more bucolic setting where crazy drivers will race through mud roads as well as highways. The coming of a new environment of course means a net set of blocks for the editor, but also a brand new gameplay for the driving experience.

TrackMania² Valley will be available in early 2013 for PC, and until then we leave you with the announcement trailer:

Stadium + ManiaPlanet = …

Hi everyone,

Today we are happy to announce that a new TrackMania environment will soon be integrated into ManiaPlanet: Stadium. This all-time favorite played by millions around the world through TrackMania Nations Forever will be available in ManiaPlanet in early 2013.

Stadium will join the ManiaPlanet family and benefit from all the ManiaPlanet features such as: Title Pack creation, custom gamemodes, 3D object import, ManiaPub, etc. Besides these, TrackMania² Stadium will also benefit from the improved game engine used in TrackMania² Canyon and ShootMania Storm, meaning a better management of light and shadows, among other goodies.

The year 2013 will be very ManiaPlanet, and for more information on TrackMania² Stadium you can check out the game’s website, as well as the announcement trailer:

ShootMania Storm Beta 2 & release date

Hi everyone,

We have excellent news to share with you today. The first one is that the Beta 2 of ShootMania Storm will come in December, adding lots of improvements to the game, including new gameplay mechanics and new blocks.

And to better illustrate this, here’s a small teaser of what’s to come:

And the most awaited news, we have a release date for ShootMania Storm! Of course, ShootMania, as do all ManiaPlanet titles, will continue to evolve over time after launch and be updated by Nadeo, but you can get ready to enjoy the release version of the game on January 23, 2013.

This means that if you haven’t pre-ordered the game yet, you have until that date to benefit from the pre-order exclusive 20% discount on the purchase of ShootMania Storm here.

See you very soon on the Beta 2 and for more information about ShootMania!