OFFICIAL SWEEPSTAKES RULES

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1 OFFICIAL SWEEPSTAKES RULES NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. IGN s Daily Fix The Elder Scrlls Online: Mrrwind Sweepstakes (the Sweepstakes ) is gverned by these fficial rules (the Sweepstakes Rules ). ENTRY PERIODS: There will be three (5) separate entry perids fr the Sweepstakes (each, an Entry Perid ), crrespnding with five (5) separate Daily Fix episdes (each, an Episde ). Each Entry Perid will begin when each Episde is aired, and will end when the next Episde in the series begins. The Episdes will be aired n the fllwing dates: - Episde #1: June 05, Episde #2: June 06, Episde #3: June 07, Episde #4: June 08, Episde #5: June 09, 2017 Entry Perids are subject t change based n the air date and time f the Episde, in the Spnsr s sle discretin. Entries fr the final entry perid (Episde #5) will be cllected thrugh June 09, 2017 at 11:59pm PT. SPONSOR: IGN Entertainment, Inc., with an address f 625 2nd Street, 4th Flr, San Francisc, CA (the Spnsr ). ELIGIBILITY: This Sweepstakes is pen t individuals wh are eighteen (18) years f age r lder at the time f entry wh are legal residents f the fifty (50) United States f America r the District f Clumbia. By entering the Sweepstakes as described in these Sweepstakes Rules, entrants represent and warrant that they are cmplying with these Sweepstakes Rules (including, withut limitatin, all eligibility requirements), and that they agree t abide by and be bund by all the rules and terms and cnditins stated herein and all decisins f Spnsr, which shall be final and binding. All previus winners f any sweepstakes spnsred by Spnsr during the nine (9) mnth perid prir t the Selectin Date are nt eligible t enter. Any individuals (including, but nt limited t, emplyees, cnsultants, independent cntractrs and interns) wh have, within the past six (6) mnths, held emplyment with r perfrmed services fr Spnsr r any rganizatins affiliated with the spnsrship, fulfillment, administratin, prize supprt, advertisement r prmtin f the Sweepstakes ( Emplyees ) are nt eligible t enter r win. Immediate Family Members and Husehld Members are als nt eligible t enter r win. Immediate Family Members means parents, step-parents, legal guardians, children, step-children, siblings, step-siblings, r spuses f an Emplyee. Husehld Members means thse individuals wh share the same residence with an Emplyee at least three (3) mnths a year. HOW TO ENTER: T enter the Sweepstakes, visit during an Entry Perid and cmplete the entry frm in the Episde f the Daily Fix that crrespnds with the applicable Entry Perid. Entrants will be prmpted t submit an entry frm specific t the particular Episde here in rder t be entered int a drawing fr the Prize fr that Episde. Only entries submitted during an Entry Perid will be eligible fr entry int the Sweepstakes. Entries received during the Entry Perid fr a particular Episde will nly be eligible t win the Prize fr that Episde. Entries received during the Entry Perid fr a particular Episde will nly be eligible t win the Prize fr that Episde. Entrants must submit an eligible entry fr each f the five Episdes t be eligible fr all five Prize drawings. N ther methds f entry will be accepted. All entries becme the prperty f Spnsr and will nt be returned. Only ne entry per persn per Entry Perid will be accepted. Entries are limited t individuals nly; cmmercial enterprises and business entities are nt eligible. Use f a false accunt will disqualify an entry. Spnsr is nt respnsible fr entries nt received due t difficulty accessing the internet, service utage r delays, cmputer difficulties and ther technlgical prblems.

2 Entries are subject t any applicable restrictins r eligibility requirements listed herein. Entries will be deemed t have been made by the authrized accunt hlder f the r telephne phne number submitted at the time f entry and qualificatin. Multiple participants are nt permitted t share the same address. Shuld multiple users f the same accunt r mbile phne number, as applicable, enter the Sweepstakes and a dispute thereafter arises regarding the identity f the entrant, the Authrized Accunt Hlder f said accunt r mbile phne accunt at the time f entry will be cnsidered the entrant. Authrized Accunt Hlder is defined as the natural persn wh is assigned an address r mbile phne number by an Internet access prvider, n-line service prvider, telephne service prvider r ther rganizatin which is respnsible fr assigned addresses, phne numbers r the dmain assciated with the submitted address. Prf f submissin f an entry shall nt be deemed prf f receipt by the website administratr fr nline entries. When applicable, the website administratr s cmputer will be deemed the fficial time keeping device fr the Sweepstakes prmtin. Entries will be disqualified if fund t be incmplete and/r if Spnsr determines, in its sle discretin, that multiple entries were submitted by the same entrant in vilatin f the Sweepstakes Rules. WINNER SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION: Spnsr r Spnsr s representative shall select the prize winner(s) (cllectively, the Winner ) by randm drawing r ther randmized prcess frm amng all eligible entries within apprximately five (5) business days frm the end f the Entry Perid. The Winner will be ntified by the Spnsr s representative via t the cntact infrmatin prvided in the entry within apprximately five (5) business days f the end f the Entry Perid. Ntificatin f the Winner shall be deemed t have ccurred immediately upn sending f the ntificatin by Spnsr r Spnsr s representative. Selected winner(s) will be required t respnd (as directed) t the ntificatin within seventy-tw (72) hurs f attempted ntificatin. The nly entries that will be cnsidered eligible entries are entries received by Spnsr within each Entry Perid. The dds f winning depend n the number f eligible entries received. The Spnsr reserves the right, in its sle discretin, t chse an alternative winner in the event that that a pssible winner has been disqualified, des nt respnd t the ntificatin attempt within the directed timeframe, r is deemed ineligible fr any reasn. Spnsr, in its sle discretin, may instruct its representative t attempt t cntact up t three (3) ptential winners in accrdance with the abve prcedure, after which time the prize in questin may g unawarded if it remains unclaimed. Winner will be required t verify address and t execute and return within seventytw (72) hurs (r a shrter time if required by exigencies) an affidavit f eligibility, a liability release, and (where impsing such cnditin is legal) a publicity release (cllectively, the Affidavit and Release ). Prizes will nt be awarded until all such prperly executed dcuments are returned. PRIZE: Five (5) winners (ne per Entry Perid) will receive the fllwing prizes (cllectively, the Prize ): Episde #1: estimated retail value f fifty-nine dllars and ninety-nine cents ($59.99). Episde #2: estimated retail value f fifty-nine dllars and ninety-nine cents ($59.99). Episde #3: estimated retail value f fifty-nine dllars and ninety-nine cents ($59.99). Episde #4: estimated retail value f fifty-nine dllars and ninety-nine cents ($59.99). Episde #5: - One (1) physical cpy f the vide game The Elder Scrlls Online: Mrrwind n cnsle f chice (Xbx One r PlayStatin), with an estimated retail value f fifty-nine dllars and ninety-nine cents ($59.99); and - One (1) cnsle f chice frm the fllwing ptins:

3 PlayStatin 4 riginal, with an estimated retail value f tw hundred and seventy-six dllars and ninety-five cents ($276.95); PlayStatin 4 Pr, with an estimated retail value f three hundred and ninety-nine dllars and ninety-nine cents ($399.99); PlayStatin 4 Slim, with an estimated retail value f tw hundred ninety-nine dllars and ninetynine cents ($299.99); Xbx One, with an estimated retail value f tw hundred and seventy-tw dllars and sixty-nine cents ($272.69); r Xbx One S, with an estimated retail value f tw hundred and frty-nine dllars and ninetynine cents ($249.99). The ttal estimated retail value f the Prize is a maximum f six hundred and ninety-nine dllars and ninetyfur cents ($699.94). N mre than the stated number f prize(s) will be awarded, and all prize(s) listed abve will be awarded. Actual retail value f the Prize may vary due t market cnditins. The difference in value f the Prize as stated abve and value at time f ntificatin f the Winner, if any, will nt be awarded. N cash r prize substitutin is permitted, except at the discretin f Spnsr. The Prize is nn-transferrable. If the Prize cannt be awarded due t circumstances beynd the cntrl f Spnsr, a substitute Prize f equal r greater retail value will be awarded; prvided, hwever, that if a Prize is awarded but remains unclaimed r is frfeited by the Winner, the Prize may nt be re-awarded, in Spnsr s sle discretin. In the event that mre than the stated number f prize(s) becmes available fr any reasn, Spnsr reserves the right t award nly the stated number f prize(s) by a randm drawing amng all legitimate, un-awarded, eligible prize claims. ACCEPTANCE AND DELIVERY OF THE PRIZE: The Winner will be required t verify his r her address and may be required t execute the fllwing dcument(s) befre a ntary public and return them within seven (7) days (r a shrter time if required by exigencies) f receipt f such dcuments: an affidavit f eligibility, a liability release, and (where impsing such cnditin is legal) a publicity release cvering eligibility, liability, advertising, publicity and media appearance issues (cllectively, the Prize Claim Dcuments ). If an entrant is unable t verify the infrmatin submitted with their entry, the entrant will autmatically be disqualified and their prize, if any, will be frfeited. The Prize will nt be awarded until all such prperly executed and ntarized Prize Claim Dcuments are returned t Spnsr. Prize(s) wn by an eligible entrant wh is a minr in his r her state f residence will be awarded t minr s parent r legal guardian, wh must sign and return all required Prize Claim Dcuments. In the event the Prize Claim Dcuments are nt returned within the specified perid, an alternate Winner may be selected by Spnsr fr such Prize. The Prize will be shipped t the Winner within six (6) weeks f Spnsr s receipt f a signed Affidavit and Release frm the Winner. The Winner is respnsible fr all taxes and fees related t the Prize received, if any. OTHER RULES: THIS SWEEPSTAKES IS SUBJECT TO ALL APPLICABLE LAWS AND IS VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. ALL SUBMISSIONS BY ENTRANTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE SWEEPSTAKES BECOME THE SOLE PROPERTY OF THE SPONSOR AND WILL NOT BE ACKNOWLEDGED OR RETURNED. WINNER ASSUMES ALL LIABILITY FOR ANY INJURIES OR DAMAGE CAUSED OR CLAIMED TO BE CAUSED BY PARTICIPATION IN THIS SWEEPSTAKES OR BY THE USE OR MISUSE OF ANY PRIZE. BY ENTERING THE SWEEPSTAKES, EACH WINNER GRANTS THE SPONSOR PERMISSION TO USE HIS OR HER NAME, CITY, STATE/PROVINCE, ADDRESS AND, TO THE EXTENT SUBMITTED AS PART OF THE SWEEPSTAKES ENTRY, HIS OR HER PHOTOGRAPH, VOICE, AND/OR LIKENESS FOR ADVERTISING, PUBLICITY OR OTHER PURPOSES OR ON A WINNER S LIST, IF APPLICABLE, IN ANY AND ALL MEDIA WHETHER NOW KNOWN OR HEREINAFTER DEVELOPED, WORLDWIDE, WITHOUT ADDITIONAL CONSENT OR COMPENSATION, EXCEPT WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. By submitting an entry, entrants als grant the Spnsr a perpetual, fully-paid, irrevcable, nn-exclusive license t reprduce, prepare derivative wrks f, distribute, display, exhibit, transmit, bradcast, televise, digitize, perfrm and therwise use and permit thers t use, and thrughut the wrld, their entry materials in any manner, frm, r frmat nw knwn r hereinafter created, including n the internet, and fr any purpse, including, but nt limited t, advertising r prmtin f the Sweepstakes, the Spnsr and/r its prducts and services, withut further cnsent frm r cmpensatin t the

4 entrant. By entering the Sweepstakes, entrants cnsent t receive ntificatin f future prmtins, advertisements r slicitatins by r frm Spnsr and/r Spnsr s parent cmpanies, affiliates, subsidiaries and business partners, via r ther means f cmmunicatin. If, in the Spnsr s pinin, there is any suspected r actual evidence f fraud, electrnic r nn-electrnic tampering r unauthrized interventin with any prtin f this Sweepstakes, r if fraud r technical difficulties f any srt (e.g., cmputer viruses, bugs) cmprmise the integrity f the Sweepstakes, the Spnsr reserves the right t vid suspect entries and/r terminate the Sweepstakes and award the Prize in its sle discretin. Any attempt t deliberately damage the Spnsr s website(s) r undermine the legitimate peratin f the Sweepstakes may be in vilatin f U.S. criminal and civil laws and will result in disqualificatin frm participatin in the Sweepstakes. Shuld such an attempt be made, the Spnsr reserves the right t seek remedies and damages (including attrney s fees) t the fullest extent f the law, including pursuing criminal prsecutin. DISCLAIMER: EXCLUDING ONLY APPLICABLE MANUFACTURERS WARRANTIES, THE PRIZE IS PROVIDED TO THE WINNER ON AN AS IS BASIS, WITHOUT FURTHER WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. SPONSOR HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL FURTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE WITH RESPECT TO THE PRIZE. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: BY ENTERING THE SWEEPSTAKES, ENTRANTS, ON BEHALF OF THEMSELVES AND THEIR HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ASSIGNS AND REPRESENTATIVES, RELEASE AND HOLD THE SPONSOR ITS PARENT COMPANIES, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATED COMPANIES, UNITS AND DIVISIONS, AND THE CURRENT AND FORMER OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, SHAREHOLDERS, AGENTS, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS OF EACH OF THE FOREGOING, AND ALL THOSE ACTING UNDER THE AUTHORITY FO THE FOREGOING, OR ANY OF THEM (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONAL AGENCIES AND PRIZE SUPPLIERS) (EACH A RELEASED PARTY ), HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, ACTIONS, INJURY, LOSS, DAMAGES, LIABILTIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER (COLLECTIVELY, THE CLAIMS ) WHETHER KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, SUSPECTED OR UNSUSPECTED, WHICH ENTRANT EVER HAD, NOW HAVE, OR HEREAFTER CAN, SHALL OR MAY HAVE, AGAINST THE RELEASED PARTIES (OR ANY OF THEM), INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CLAIMS ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THE SWEEPSTAKES OR ENTRANT S PARTICIPATION IN THE SWEEPSTAKES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, CLAIMS FOR LIBEL, DEFAMATION, INVASION OF PRIVACY, VIOLATION OF THE RIGHT OF PUBLICITY, COMMERCIAL APPROPRIATION OF NAME AND LIKENESS, INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT OR VIOLATION OF ANY OTHER PERSONAL OR PROPRIETARY RIGHT), AND THE RECEIPT, OWNERSHIP, USE, MISUSE, TRANSFER, SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THE PRIZE (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, CLAIMS FOR PERSONAL INJURY, DEATH, AND/OR PROPERTY DAMAGE). All matters relating t the interpretatin and applicatin f these Sweepstakes Rules shall be decided by Spnsr in its sle discretin. DISPUTES: If, fr any reasn (including infectin by cmputer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthrized interventin, fraud, technical failures, r any ther causes beynd the cntrl f the Spnsr which crrupt r affect the administratin, security, fairness, integrity, r prper cnduct f this Sweepstakes), the Sweepstakes is nt capable f being cnducted as described in these Sweepstakes Rules, Spnsr shall have the right, in its sle discretin, t disqualify any individual wh tampers with the entry prcess, and/r t cancel, terminate, mdify r suspend the Sweepstakes. The Spnsr assumes n respnsibility fr any errr, missin, interruptin, deletin, defect, delay in peratin r transmissin, cmmunicatins line failure, theft r destructin r unauthrized access t, r alteratin f, entries. The Spnsr is nt respnsible fr any prblems r technical malfunctin f any telephne netwrk r lines, cmputer nline systems, servers, prviders, cmputer equipment, sftware, r failure f any r entry t be received by Spnsr n accunt f technical prblems r traffic cngestin n the Internet r at any website, r any cmbinatin theref, including, withut limitatin, any injury r damage t any entrant s r any ther persn s cmputer related t r resulting frm participating r dwnlading any materials in this Sweepstakes. Because f the unique nature and scpe f the Sweepstakes, Spnsr reserves the right, in additin t thse ther rights reserved herein, t mdify any date(s) r deadline(s) set frth in these Sweepstakes Rules r therwise gverning the Sweepstakes, and any such changes will be psted here in the Sweepstakes Rules. Any attempt by any persn t deliberately undermine the legitimate peratin f the Sweepstakes may be a vilatin f criminal and

5 civil law, and, shuld such an attempt be made, Spnsr reserves the right t seek damages t the fullest extent permitted by law. Spnsr s failure t enfrce any term f these Sweepstakes Rules shall nt cnstitute a waiver f any prvisin. As a cnditin f participating in the Sweepstakes, entrant agrees that any and all disputes that cannt be reslved between entrant and Spnsr, and causes f actin arising ut f r cnnected with the Sweepstakes r these Sweepstakes Rules, shall be reslved individually, withut resrt t any frm f class actin, exclusively befre a curt f cmpetent jurisdictin lcated in San Francisc, CA, and entrant irrevcably cnsents t the jurisdictin f the federal and state curts lcated in San Francisc, CA with respect t any such dispute, cause f actin, r ther matter. All disputes will be gverned and cntrlled by the laws f the State f Califrnia (withut regard fr its cnflicts-f-laws principles). Further, in any such dispute, under n circumstances will entrant be permitted t btain awards fr, and hereby irrevcably waives all rights t claim, punitive, incidental, r cnsequential damages, r any ther damages, including attrneys fees, ther than entrant s actual ut-f-pcket expenses (i.e., csts incurred directly in cnnectin with entrant s participatin in the Sweepstakes), and entrant further irrevcably waives all rights t have damages multiplied r increased, if any. EACH PARTY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY. All federal, state, and lcal laws and regulatins apply. PRIVACY: Infrmatin cllected frm entrants in cnnectin with the Sweepstakes is subject t Spnsr s privacy plicy, which may be fund here. SOCIAL MEDIA PROMOTION: Althugh the Sweepstakes may be featured n Twitter, Facebk and/r ther scial media platfrms, the Sweepstakes is in n way spnsred, endrsed, administered by, r assciatin with Twitter, Facebk and/r such ther scial media platfrms and yu agree that Twitter, Facebk and all ther scial media platfrms are nt liable in any way fr any claims, damages r lsses assciated with the Sweepstakes. WINNER(S) LIST: Fr a list f name(s) f prize winner(s), after the Selectin Date, please send a stamped, selfaddressed N. 10/standard business envelpe t Ziff Davis, LLC, Attn: Legal Department, 28 East 28 th Street, 11 th flr New Yrk, NY (VT residents may mit return pstage). BY ENTERING, YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND AGREE TO ALL OF THESE SWEEPSTAKES RULES.

OFFICIAL SWEEPSTAKES RULES

OFFICIAL SWEEPSTAKES RULES NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. IGN s Daily Fix World of Tanks Sweepstakes (the Sweepstakes