Simple Plan Speeds Onto Xbox Live

December 6, 2005 – Critically acclaimed rock group Simple Plan, whose latest album “Still Not Getting Any…” recently went platinum is set to don the Xbox Live headset and pick up a controller to play against their fans as part of the latest Xbox Live Game with Fame session.

Fans that are interested in getting to know the band up close and personal will need look for their Xbox Live gamertag ’simplegwf’ on December 8 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 PM ET and challenge the group in Need For Speed Most Wanted. The Xbox Live “Game with Fame” program gives Xbox Live subscribers the unique opportunity to meet, chat and play against some of today’s hottest stars. Past “Game with Fame” celebrity players include Ludacris, The Strokes, Ryan Cabrera, Hoobastank, Staind and Incubus.

“We’re always playing Xbox on our bus“, said Pierre Bouvier, the band’s lead vocalist. “It’s gonna be great to have a room set up for our Game With Fame to chill out in and race against our fans on Xbox Live. Our fans better be ready cause I play Need For Speed all the time.”

The Simple Plan Game With Fame will be featured on G4’s “Attack of the Show” on December 16. Fans will have the opportunity to play on the air and win a chance to meet the band. In addition, fans can also win cool prizes from the band when they sign up to race, including copies of Need For Speed Most Wanted and Simple Plan’s MTV Hard Rock Live CD. To enter to win Simple Plan’s Game with Fame giveaways, fans can send an email with “Simple Plan Game with Fame” in the subject line to  xlmail at microsoft.com and include their name, address, gamertag and phone number. For more information on other Xbox Live events, be sure to visit the “Game with Fame” Web site at www.xbox.com/ca

Simple Plan recently released their CD/DVD for their MTV Hard Rock Live performance and their single “Crazy” hit the billboard top 40 in the fall of 2005. Simple Plan also won a Teen Choice Award for Choice Rock Group in 2005. They are currently touring the globe and will be taking part in this session from their sold out show at the Air Canada Centre.

For more information on the band and to download their music, please visit http://music.msn.com/artist/?artist=16550719

Need for Speed Most Wanted, the new speedster in EA’s successful series combines the tuner customization of Need for Speed Underground with an expanded take on the police chases of the Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit series. The game features a Rap Sheet option that works hand in hand with a player’s street reputation as they move up from the “Blacklist” to the A-List. Users are able to go head-to-head with their opponents while simultaneously trying to avoid more than six different police cars at once through a dynamically changing open-ended world. Get your car peaked for outrunning the police by customizing your muscle cars, supercars, tuners, and sports cars.

Xbox Live continues to transform and unite Xbox game communities worldwide, with a presence in 24 countries worldwide and a global community of more than 2 million members. As the first and only global, unified online console games service, Xbox Live offers world-class games, intelligent matchmaking, tournaments, unique programming and integration with Xbox.com.

Xbox (http://www.xbox.com/ca) is Microsoft’s future-generation video game system that delivers the most powerful games experiences ever. Xbox empowers game artists by giving them the technology to fulfill their creative visions as never before, creating games that blur the lines between fantasy and reality. Xbox is now available in North America, Japan, Europe and
Australia.

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