Big news for Shift fans – Need For Speed is now available on Apple’s new iPad! This isn’t Shift for the iPhone on a larger screen – the new iPad version has been improved significantly, with 18 exciting tracks, 28 cars, beautiful physics-based 3D graphics optimized for the iPad, and stronger driving controls, with manual acceleration. Shift on iPad is priced at $14.99 USD. Visit the Apple website for more information about the iPad gaming app.

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If you have the Need for Speed: Shift game then you might want to check out the pretty sick sweepstakes they are having…

Now you can enter the Need for Speed: SHIFT Play & Win Sweepstakes for your chance to win a Porsche Poster signed by Porsche racing legend Hurley Haywood.

Before entering the sweepstakes, make sure your Xbox LIVE account information is accurate! Potential winners will be notified by the sweepstakes administrator and have their prizes shipped using the contact info (e-mail, phone, and address) on their Xbox LIVE profile. If your contact info is not up to date you will be disqualified from winning a prize.

Check your account information here.

Sweepstakes Registration
Register for the sweepstakes by downloading the free Porsche Play & Win II Registration Gamer Picture between March 18 and April 11, 2010.

There are two ways to download this item to your console. Queue them up for download here or find it in Xbox LIVE Marketplace on your Dashboard.

Sweepstakes Entry
Registered players will get an entry into the sweepstakes when they log on to Xbox LIVE and play a multiplayer session of Need for Speed: SHIFT between 12:01 A.M. Pacific Time on April 10 and 11:59 P.M. PT on April 11, 2010. There is a limit of one entry per person/gamertag.

Prize Info
After the close of the Entry Period, we will randomly select the winners from among all eligible entries received.

Ninety Grand Prizes: A Porsche poster signed by racing legend Hurley Haywood.

The Play & Win promotions from Xbox.com are an easy way to jump in and interact with the Xbox LIVE community. It’s easy to enter and you could win some great prizes. Look for more exciting Play & Win promotions in the future! Visit the sweepstakes page for more details.

There are only 10 days left until the game comes out have you pre-ordered your copy yet? If you purchase yours through Amazon you’ll get access to the Elite Series in-game. Which allows you to compete in five exclusive challenge series, featuring pre-tuned cars. Grab your copy today!