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Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) and Mass Animation are teaming up for a new contest on Facebook. The contest invites artists from around the world to collaborate in animating heroes and villains for the trailer to SOE's upcoming superhero-based MMOG DC Universe Online. The contest launched on December 7th, 2009, and will run through February 1st, 2010.

Fans who want to try their hand in the contest will be provided with the tools to do so through a Mass Animation application on the DC Universe Online Facebook fan page. Applications such as Maya 3D, storyboards, designs and fully rigged 3-D models will be available.

All the tools that animators will need to collaborate on this project, including a special edition of Autodesk Maya 3D Animation software, storyboards, designs and fully-rigged 3-D models will be provided to contest entrants and accessed through the Mass Animation application on the DCUO Facebook fan page. Participating animators will upload their contest submissions back to the application for viewing, voting and sharing with their friends. New to the contest this year will be the Mass Animation iPhone app, which gives people a new way to view and vote on submissions. Qualified contest winners will receive cash or other prizes. Each week, voters and a panel of judges will help determine what shots qualify as the “best” and will be eligible for voter prizes.

For more about the contest click here.