Participate and Earn Prizes
Completed Contests and Community Promotions
Amazon + Stack Overflow 2018 Contest
Ask. Answer. Win.
Wednesday, 08 August 2018 - Monday, 08 October 2018
UI Path + Stack Overflow 2018 Contest
Ask. Answer. Win.
Monday, 22 October 2018 - Friday, 21 December 2018
Bluemix + Stack Overflow 2016 Contest
Ask. Answer. Win.
Friday, 17 June 2016 - Friday, 16 September 2016
Tizen + Stack Overflow 2017 Contest
Ask. Answer. Win.
Wednesday, 15 March 2017 - Sunday, 15 October 2017
Braintree + Stack Overflow 2015 Contest
Ask. Answer. Win.
Monday, 05 January 2015 - Monday, 27 April 2015
Amazon + Stack Overflow 2018 Contest
Ask. Answer. Win.
Monday, 15 October 2018 - Saturday, 15 December 2018
Skyrim vs MW3
Arqade pitted MW3 against Skyrim to see whose questions got the most views.
Tuesday, 08 November 2011 - Friday, 18 November 2011
Hat Dash
Everyone loves hats! Arqade users sported spiffy headwear to celebrate the holidays.
Friday, 16 December 2011 - Friday, 06 January 2012
Android Food Fight
Ice Cream Sandwich crushed Gingerbread in this clash of the Android OS titans.
Monday, 27 February 2012 - Friday, 16 March 2012
Mass Effect 3 Missions
Arqade's mission: to support Cdr Shepard in making Mass Effect 3's launch awesome.
Tuesday, 06 March 2012 - Friday, 23 March 2012
The new iPad is here
iPad set the standard for tablet design. Ask Different set the standard for iPad questions.
Friday, 16 March 2012 - Sunday, 01 April 2012
Avengers vs X-Men
When the Avengers fight the X-Men, comics fans win. SciFi determined the true victor.
Tuesday, 03 April 2012 - Wednesday, 18 April 2012
Diablo III Acts
Diablo fans battled in-game demons and asked Arqade questions to win prizes.
Sunday, 13 May 2012 - Thursday, 31 May 2012
Answerama
Futurama wanted a Q&A partner for their promo event. We said: why not SciFi.SE?
Tuesday, 12 June 2012 - Tuesday, 10 July 2012
Mountain Lion
Mountain Lion wowed the Apple community, and Ask Different captured all the important info.
Tuesday, 24 July 2012 - Tuesday, 07 August 2012
Apptivate
Devs got in on the Windows 8 ground floor. They submitted apps to the Store to win prizes!
Tuesday, 25 September 2012 - Wednesday, 19 December 2012
Windows 8 Challenge
Super User celebrated the launch of Windows 8 with a super Q&A challenge.
Thursday, 18 October 2012 - Friday, 09 November 2012
Winter Bash 2012
Celebrate the end of a great year ...with HATS!
Wednesday, 19 December 2012 - Friday, 04 January 2013
AnswerSwarm
Ask questions. Rise through the leagues. Unlock achievements. Gain vengeance.
Tuesday, 12 March 2013 - Thursday, 21 March 2013
Winter Bash 2013
Hats return in our annual year-end celebration!
Monday, 16 December 2013 - Friday, 03 January 2014
Winter Bash 2014
The third installment of our hat party. From now on it counts as a tradition!
Monday, 15 December 2014 - Sunday, 04 January 2015
Winter Bash 2015
The traditional Winter Bash hats have come back in 2015!
Monday, 14 December 2015 - Sunday, 03 January 2016
Winter Bash 2016
Like the previous years, 2016 ended with a Winter Bash hat fest!
Monday, 19 December 2016 - Monday, 09 January 2017
Winter Bash 2017
Of course 2017 saw Winter Bash again!
Wednesday, 13 December 2017 - Tuesday, 02 January 2018
Winter Bash 2018
2018 saw Winter Bash again, this time featuring Knitting!
Wednesday, 12 December 2018 - Wednesday, 02 January 2019
Winter Bash 2019
2019 Winter Bash — knitting redux
Monday, 09 December 2019 - Thursday, 02 January 2020
Winter Bash 2020
2020 Winter Bash — celebrating hats
Wednesday, 16 December 2020 - Monday, 04 January 2021
Winter Bash 2021
2021 Winter Bash — aka Summer Bash?!
Wednesday, 15 December 2021 - Wednesday, 05 January 2022
Winter Bash 2022
2022 Winter Bash — the Hat Cafe edition
Wednesday, 14 December 2022 - Wednesday, 04 January 2023