Sony Pictures Home Entertainment partnered with CNET Networks to launch the “Play with Evil Sweepstakes” promoting the home entertainment release of RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE. Customers could enter the sweepstakes by filling out the entry form at http://www.gamespot.com/promos/residentevil_dvd. The grand prize consisted of a PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, a Resident Evil Outbreak game, a network adapter, an 8MB memory card and USB headset. Ten first prize winners received a Resident Evil Outbreak game and a RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE t-shirt and hat. The promotion ran from December 15, 2004 to January 7, 2005.