This July 24th, Sega and PlatinumGames are having a special community event in San Diego! We’re giving fans a chance to meet members of PlatinumGames and the Bayonetta development team. We’ll be showing off the game, hosting a night of dinner, drinks, and prizes, including a special, one of a kind, Xbox 360 system.

Best of all, we’re opening this event up to fifteen lucky people within the Bayonetta community. Signing up is easy, but you need to meet a few basic criteria to be eligible:
- You must be able to attend the event in San Diego. Unfortunately, we can’t cover your transportation or hotel expenses. Getting to the party is up to you.
- You must be 21, IDs will be checked prior to entry and at the door.

If you meet the above without any issues, then entering is even easier, simply:
1) Become a fan of PlatinumGames on Facebook.
2) Send an email to littleangels@platinumgames.com with a link to your Facebook profile.
3) Enter by JULY 13, 2009 11:59PM EST
Easy! If you are selected, you’ll be notified via email by July 17th, 2009.

We wish you the best of luck and look forward to seeing you on July 24th!

He’s come a long way from “It’s just a flesh wound“, but the John Cleese we all know and love is back again – among a lot of stars, in fact – in Planet 51. In the newest trailer, you can actually hear the voice acting for the characters – and we think it’s pretty fantastic.

Anyone else surprised that Chuck (the astronaut) is actually voiced by The Rock?

It’s time again for Free Stuff Friday on Twitter! We’ve got some great stuff from NiGHTS, Panzer Dragoon, Bleach, Conduit and MADWORLD for you, along with some cool SEGA stuff.

We had a great response from our last video, so we made another one for you. Please let us know what you think, and pass the video around to all your friends! If you’re more of a photo-type though, don’t fret… I’ve still got photos for you.

If you’re new to Free Stuff Friday, I’ve got a primer for you at the bottom of this entry. Brush up on your Twitter skills, make sure everything is in order, and get ready to win fun stuff!

Let’s get started with the video…

On the Block

Item 1: NiGHTS PaPETCH figurine and SEGA sticker

This is a small, still in the box PaPETCH figurine from Japan. To see what it looks like out of the box, watch the video. It also comes with a SEGA sticker. Anyone is eligible to win this prize.

Congrats to our winner, @SourPatchGrrrl!

Item 2: Panzer Dragoon Figurine and SEGA sticker

This is a metal Panzer Dragoon figurine, still in the plastic. It also comes with a SEGA sticker. Anyone is eligible to win this prize.

Congrats to our winner @monkeyman40210!

Item 3: MADWORLD Soundtrack and 4 stickers

Just in this past week, we’ve got a MADWORLD soundtrack for you! Along with 4 MADWORLD stickers, this is a must-have for the MADWORLD fans out there. Everyone is eligible to win this prize.

Congrats to our winner, @watermelon64!

Item 4: Sonic Heroes Notepad and SEGA Light-Up Pen

This Sonic Heroes notepad and SEGA light-up pen is straight from Japan! The pen comes with batteries, and when you press the button, the SEGA logo is projected out the top of the pen. Everyone is eligible to win this prize.

Congrats to our winner, @RubricalEye!

Item 5: Conduit T-Shirt

This is a size L Conduit t-shirt with the above design on the front, and The Conduit, SEGA, and High Voltage Software logos on the back. To see the shirt un-folded and to see the back, watch the video. Everyone is eligible to win this prize.

Congrats to our winner, @KirbyGCN17!

Item 6: Bleach Dark Souls for Nintendo DS

This is Bleach Dark Souls for Nintendo DS. This game is not region locked, so everyone is eligible to win.

How it Works

1. You must be following us on Twitter to be eligible. (If you don’t have a Twitter account, you can create one by going to http://www.twitter.com and click the green “get started — join!” button in the center of the page.)
2. At random times on Friday, we will announce the prize we are giving away, and what number of response you need to be to win. Send us a direct message (DM) via Twitter and be that number to win the prize. (@ replies do not count as entries!)
3. All followers are eligible to win all prizes, unless a restriction is noted. Restrictions are usually due to the prize being region-locked. For example, US games that won’t work on UK gaming systems. There may also be age restrictions due to the rating of the game.
4. We will announce the winner on our Twitter feed once eligibility is confirmed.

Make Sure We’re Following You on Twitter

If you are currently following us on Twitter, please be sure that we are following you as well. You can do this by making sure that SEGA is in your “followers” list, or by going to DoesFollow and typing SEGA in the first blank, your Twitter username in the second, and pressing the “check” button. You can reverse this to be sure that you are following us. If you are following us, but we’re not following you, please send a message to @SEGA and we will follow you. This is important, because only people we follow can send us direct messages (DMs), and DMs are the only way to enter the giveaways.

How to Send Direct Messages on Twitter

There are a few ways to send us a Direct Message on Twitter. The easiest way is to go to our Twitter page and select “message” under the “Actions” heading in the side bar. If you do not see “message”, this means that we are not following you. Please send a message to @sega to let us know, and we will follow you. When you click “message” you will be taken to a window where you can type a message and press send.

You may also select the “direct messages” tab from your Twitter homepage, and select SEGA from the drop-down menu at the top of the page. Again, if you don’t see our name there, it’s probably because we’re not following you. Let us know, and we’ll follow you.

There are also many Twitter clients that you can use instead of using the website. These include TweetDeck, Twitteriffic, Tweetie, and Twhirl. Each of these programs works differently, so you’ll want to figure out how to send a direct message on the program you use. If you want to send us a test message, we’ll let you know if we received it or not.