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Freaky Creatures turns on the fright with a creepy Halloween contest

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Abandon Interactive Entertainment's Freaky Creatures, the family-friendly MMO featuring diverse and interesting alien creatures is celebrating this Halloween with the "Spooky Design Contest," which involves participators decorating their creatures' lairs in the spookiest way possible, and exclusive Halloween-themed items. Among the limited-time themed items are candy corn, Jack-o-Lanterns, a ghost toy, and others. The first place winner of the Spooky Design Contest will receive 1,500 creature credits, a prize-pack of in-game items, and a "mysterious box of world prizes," and the second place winner will receive 750 creature credits, and the aforementioned prizes, minus the "world prizes." Judging will be held on the 21st through 23rd, and the winners will be announced on Halloween Eve. For some more info, check out the official Freaky Creatures web site.
FREAKY CREATURES TURNS ON THE FRIGHT WITH CREEPY HALLOWEEN ITEMS AND SPOOKY DESIGN CONTEST

Family-Friendly MMO Game Brings Chills and Thrills During Scariest Time of Year With Exclusive Halloween Themed Items, Spooky Design Contest and Exclusive Prizing

MALIBU, Calif. - October 15, 2009 - Abandon Interactive Entertainment announced today the release of their bone-chilling exclusive Halloween items for the family-friendly MMO, Freaky Creatures, only in the month of October. Premium members will also be able to participate in a Spooky Design Contest where they are encouraged to decorate their creepy Creature's lair with a variety of Halloween items. Hair raising prizes will be awarded to the first and second place winners, and all premium players will have the chance to win a special Halloween pet during tournament play.

During the creepiest month of the year, players will have the opportunity to get their hands on a variety of limited edition Halloween parts, food, toys and more for their Freaky Creatures. Themed items include Candy Corn, a Trappern Jack O' Lantern, a Cyclopor Skull and an eerie Ghost Toy. For an added interactive Halloween gaming experience, select game masters' will have Creatures wearing witch hats during battle, giving players the chance to earn the hats by defeating them. Additionally, a mysterious Black Purriz pet will be awarded to players who win select tournaments in October.

Premium members are also encouraged to partake in the Spooky Design contest to showcase their creativity and progression in the game. The contest allows players to utilize their artistic flair, along with the array of items and objects available in Freaky Creatures, to design the scariest lair and open it to the judges. One lucky first place winner will receive 1,500 Creature Credits, a code for a prize pack of in-game items, and a mystery box of real world prizes. The second place winner will receive 750 Creature Credits and a code for a prize pack of in-game items. Judging will take place Wednesday, October 21 through Friday, October 23 and winners will be announced the morning of Friday, October 30, 2009.

For more information about Abandon Interactive Entertainment and Freaky Creatures, please visit the Freaky Creatures Web site at: http://www.FreakyCreatures.com.

About Freaky Creatures
Freaky Creatures combines the best of online multiplayer gaming, collectible action figures, virtual worlds and social networking. The Freaky Creatures experience begins with a starter pack that includes two action figures and a one gigabyte reusable flash drive that unlocks the Freaky Creatures universe. The initial creatures come with 50 different parts, 20 powers and four objects that can be placed into the creature's lair. Players can take their creatures online and customize them using rare parts and powers to create one of over 3.2 billion possible combinations. Once players have created their custom creature, they can jump straight into battle or build a lair where they can care for their creature and hang out and socialize with friends. Gamers are encouraged to visit the community to personalize their homepage, play mini-games, join tournaments, check leaderboards, trade items, read animated comics, enter contests, form teams and much more in the ever expanding Freaky Creatures universe.

About Abandon Interactive Entertainment
Abandon Interactive Entertainment develops and publishes entertainment content for multiple distribution channels. The company and its principals have a longstanding record in the game segment including co-publishing the hit online game Dark Age of Camelot with Mythic Entertainment, as well as developing various games with companies such as NBC sports, THQ, Mattel, TDK and more. The company launched its first original IP, Freaky Creatures, in March 2009. With action figures distributed by Warner Music Group and the game published by Abandon Interactive, Freaky Creatures is a cross-platform, massively multiplayer online game that allows players to build the ultimate, customizable creatures and battle them against friends. Abandon Interactive Entertainment was formed in 2005 and is headquartered in Malibu, CA. For more information on Freaky Creatures, please visit www.freakycreatures.com