By Jean Cyprien

Xbox has teamed up with Mountain Dew and 7-Eleven to offer contestants a chance to win copies of Halo 2 more than a week before it hits stores on November 9. People can enter the contest via a mail entry form or an online entry forms at 7-Eleven’s Web site. Winners will be declared on or around October 28.

The grand prize winner will receive a five-day trip to the 2004 Spike TV Video Game Awards, an advance copy of the limited edition Halo 2, an Xbox, an Xbox Live Starter Kit, and a one-year subscription to the Official Xbox Magazine. In addition to the grand prize, hundreds of copies of Halo 2 and Xbox Live Starter Kits will be awarded to first, second, and third place winners.

A second drawing will include the same items as the grand prize package, but it will also include a trip to Halo 2 developer Bungie Studios in Redmond, Washington which will occur on or around November 30.