1. Eligibility

The Official Yakuza Custom Artwork Promotion (“Promotion”) is open to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia (excluding Puerto Rico and all other U.S. territories and possessions and overseas military installations) who are eighteen (18) years of age or older at time of entry (except Alabama and Nebraska residents must be at least nineteen (19) years of age and Mississippi residents must be at least 21 years of age at time of entry). Subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations.

2. Entry Period

Artists are invited to submit their custom artwork based off of the Yakuza 6 reference material (“Art”) between 10:00 am on September 14, 2017 and 11:59 pm on October 2, 2017 (“Entry Period”). Gallery Nucleus’ clock is the official timekeeper for the Promotion. Art received after the deadline will not be accepted.

3. How To Enter

To submit your Art, please do the following:

1. Visit www.yakuza.sega.com to locate Yakuza 6 art and videos that may be incorporated into your Art.
2. Create your own Art that reflects the ‘How far would you go for family?’ messaging of the Yakuza 6 game;
3. Send your Art along with all other requested information to: Yakuza@GalleryNucleus.com

Please note that all submitted Art must satisfy the following requirements:

• The Art must be in high resolution.jpeg format;
• The Art must not exceed 2 MB in size;
• The Art cannot have been submitted previously in a promotion of any kind or exhibited, won any prize or award, or displayed publicly through any means;
• The Art must not contain material that violates or infringes the rights of others including, without limitation, patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, publicity, privacy or other proprietary rights (see “Warranty” Section below for more details);
• The Art must not disparage SEGA, Gallery Nucleus or any character, person or entity affiliated with Yakuza 6;
• The Art must not contain brand names or trademarks other than those related to Yakuza 6 and specifically authorized for use in connection with the Art, which the artist has a limited license to use to incorporate in the submitted Art;
• The Art must not contain images or artwork not created by artist except for the materials provided specifically for use in connection with this Promotion;
• The Art must not contain material that is inappropriate, indecent, obscene, hateful, tortious, disparaging, defamatory, or libelous;
• The Art must not contain material that promotes bigotry, racism, hatred or harm against any group or individual or promotes discrimination based on race, gender, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age;
• The Art must not contain content that is not within the general spirit of the Promotion, in SEGA’s sole discretion; and
• The Art must not contain material that is unlawful, in violation of or contrary to any federal, state, or local law or regulation.

Art that fails to meet these requirements will not be accepted. There is a limit of one entry per person and per email address. Any use of automated, robotic, macro, programmed or similar quick-entry programs, attempts to exceed the maximum number of entries permitted, or use of more than one (1) email address per artist, is prohibited and will result in disqualification. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of an artist, the artist will be deemed to be the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of entry. “Authorized account holder” is defined as the natural person who is assigned an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider, or other organization which is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses or the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. Proof of submission of an entry, if any, shall not be deemed proof of submission or receipt. All Art submitted becomes the sole property of SEGA and will not be returned.

4. Selection & Notification of Selected Artists

Between the dates of September 30, 2017 and October 15, 2017 all entries will be reviewed by a panel of reviewers composed of SEGA and twenty (20) pieces of Art will be selected based upon the following judging criteria:

• Creativity and originality (20%),
• Quality of design (20%),
• Overall impression (20%),
• Incorporation of Yakuza 6 materials (20%), and
• Adherence to these Artist Guidelines (20%).

THE REVIEW PROCESS IS ANONYMOUS. ALL ENTRIES WILL BE ASSIGNED A NUMBER, AND THE REVIEWERS WILL IDENTIFY EACH ENTRY BY NUMBER ONLY.

In the event of a tie, the winning submission will be selected based upon the Art with the highest score in the area of “Creativity and originality.” On or about October 15, 2017, potentially winning artists will be notified by phone and/or email, at Gallery Nucleus’s sole discretion. If the Gallery Nucleus attempts to contact a potential winner via telephone and cannot engage in a live conversation with the potential winner within a twenty-four (24) hour period from the first notification attempt then such person may be disqualified and an alternate potential winner may be selected based on the judging criteria noted above, if time permits. Although Gallery Nucleus may, in its sole discretion, choose to leave a message or messages on a potential winner’s voicemail service or answering machine, such messages are solely to facilitate live contact within the twenty-four (24) hour period and do not constitute a “live conversation” for purposes of these Artist Guidelines. If Gallery Nucleus attempts to contact an artist via email, then such artist must respond to such email, and provide all requested information, within the time specified in the email or such person may be disqualified and an alternate artist may be selected based on the judging criteria noted above, if time permits. All notification requirements, as well as other requirements within these Artist Guidelines, will be enforced.

5. Intellectual Property Rights

Warranty. By entering the Promotion, each artist warrants and represents that the Art submitted is his/her own original work, has not been previously published, has not won a previous prize or award, that the artist owns or otherwise controls all of the rights to the Art submitted (including, without limitation, the rights in any photographs, designs, artwork or images included in the entry) by the submitting artist does not violate any law, regulation or any right of any third-party, including but not limited to rights of copyright, trademark, publicity and/or privacy. Please understand that submitting Art incorporating or composed of any design element that is copyrighted by another individual, or otherwise subject to the rights of another individual, will make the artist submitting such Art responsible for any legal action the legal copyright or other rights holder might take against artist or in relation to the entry.

License. By submitting an entry into the Promotion, each artist grants SEGA the right, without limitation, to display and publish the Art, including all elements of the Art in any media now known or hereinafter developed. Further, the artist agrees to grant to SEGA all rights of ownership, reproduction, and use of the Art, including without limitation all or a portion of the submitted Art, for any purpose whatsoever without compensation or further permission, including but not limited to an irrevocable and perpetual, royalty-free, worldwide right, in all media (now known or later developed) to assign, license, use, publish, edit, adapt, modify, alter, reproduce, distribute, broadcast, display, copyright, create derivative works or otherwise exploit the entry, for commercial or non-commercial use.

6. Prize

The selected Art will be included in an Art Book that will be sold with the Premium Edition of the Yakuza 6 game which will be released March 20, 2018. The artists whose Art is selected for inclusion in the Art Book will each receive an art credit in the Art Book as well as one finished Art Book. The approximate retail value (“ARV”) of the Art Book is $29.99. SEGA makes no representation or warranty that the Art Book can be sold, bartered, or traded for at the stated value. Values are subject to market conditions, which can fluctuate and any difference between actual market value and ARV will not be awarded. Odds of winning the Art Book depend on the number of eligible Art entries received and the skill of the submitting artists. No transfer, substitution or cash equivalent for Art Book is allowed, except at SEGA’s sole discretion. SEGA reserves the right to substitute the prize, in whole or in part, for one of equal or greater monetary value if a prize cannot be awarded, in whole or in part, as described for any reason. SEGA has not made and SEGA is not responsible in any manner for any warranties, representations, or guarantees, express or implied, in fact or law, relating to the Art Book.

7. Releases/Taxes

By participating in the Promotion, all participating artists agree to release, discharge and hold harmless SEGA, Gallery Nucleus, and their advertising and promotion agencies, and their respective parent companies, affiliates, franchisees, subsidiaries and agencies (“Promotion Entities”) from any and all injuries, liability, losses and damages of any kind resulting from participation in the Promotion or acceptance, use or misuse of any prize including, without limitation, personal injury, death and property damage. Each potential winner may be required to execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, which includes a Liability Release and a Publicity Release (except where prohibited) (collectively, “Affidavit/Release”). The potential winner must also agree in the Affidavit/Release to grant SEGA all applicable intellectual property rights in the Art before being declared a winner. The Affidavit/Release and any Liability and Publicity Releases must be returned by the deadline established when the documents are provided. If a potential winner fails to return such documents within the time required, then the potential winner may be disqualified and an alternate potential winner may be based upon the entry receiving the next highest score based upon the judging criteria set forth above, time permitting. All federal, state, local or other tax liabilities, including but not limited to income taxes or like amounts in connection with a winner’s award, acceptance or use of a prize arising from this Promotion will be the sole responsibility of the winner. The winner may be issued an IRS form 1099 for the value of their prize.