The Comic's Lounge is Australia’s only 6 nights a week live comedy venue in Australia, hosting the biggest names from TV and Radio all year round.

They have very generously donated 1,000 DOUBLE PASSES for COSGAME 2012 participants.

Red Bennies is Melbourne's gem of performing arts and cocktail culture. Where Carnies, Gypsies, Pirates, Steampunks, Mermaids, Vampires, Magicians, Drag Queens, Elves, Knights, Cowboys, White Rabbits and all manner of fantastical creatures go for their clubbing experience.

For COSGAME 2012 Red Bennies has supplied every showbag with TWO tickets to any regular Friday night at Red Bennies and a special Half Price ticket to the spectacular Big Bennies & Burlesque Box, straight after COSGAME 2012 on May 5th.

Popcultcha SupaStore is Geelong's biggest store full of the latest and greatest cool gear in Music, Video Games, TV and Movie. Check out their online store at www.popcultcha.com

They have very kindly donated $5 OFF exclusive COSGAME 2012 Vouchers for ALL their items in store.

FREE COMIC DAY! Don't worry Alternate Worlds has you covered. They have very generously donated 1,000 awesome comics to COSGAME 2012. So a big thank you to Alternate Worlds for supplying everyone that participates a FREE Comic on this special day.

We are very excited to finally announce that MICROSOFT Australia is supplying "Xbox Live Gold - 3 Month Membership" cards for every single showbag for COSGAME 2012 participants.

2K Games have provided a bunch of copies of The Darkness II on PS3 and Xbox 360 to be given away randomly at COSGAME 2012.

The Darkness II is an intense first person shooter that puts you in the role of Jackie Estacado, don of a NY crime family and wielder of an ancient supernatural force of chaos known as The Darkness.

AIE Melbourne is proud to finally announce that we will be offering FREE "School Holiday Program" Vouchers (worth $240 each) at our campus in every single showbag at COSGAME 2012.

These courses are a great start for those interested in 3D Animation, Games Programming and Making Movies.

Gametraders is the destination for gamers!

With new and pre-played games and consoles plus a huge range of anime, collectables, clothing and accessories Gametraders is the place to get your gaming fix.

The first 1000 Showbags at COSGAME 2012 will include 20% Off Tee-Shirt Vouchers.

Shadowloo Showdown 2012 will be the biggest fighting game tournament in the southern hemisphere. Reigning champion; Poongko from South Korea will be back again this year to defend his crown in the Super Street Fighter IV: AE2012 tournament. Other tournaments taking place will be for Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, 3rd Strike Online, King of Fighters XIII, Tekken Tag 2, SoulCalibur V, Skullgirls, Street Fighter X Tekken and Vitrua Fighter V: Final Showdown.

NOTE - There will be some special items from Shadowloo Showdown in the COSGAME 2012 showbags.

GREAT NEWS - The RED BULL Wings Team will be at COSGAME 2012 handing out Free Drinks to everyone that attends in costume. Check out their site for more details on Red Bull Gaming.

Ubisoft Australia has confirmed their involvement in COSGAME 2012. They will have a voucher in each showbag offering a $10 discount on the Assassin’s Creed 3 Freedom Edition when purchased via their Online Store, Ubishop.

Looking forward to seeing some excellent cosplays – especially AC outfits.

Melbourne Anime Festival (MANIFEST) is Australia's longest running and largest Anime Festival. This year's edition will be held at the Melbourne Showgrounds from Friday 17th August to Sunday 19th August.

We are proud to offer 25% Off Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Three-Day passes to COSGAME 2012 attendees. In addition, a limited edition Gold pass and two Silver passes will be awarded to lucky attendees, which give exclusive access to events and traders.

Mindscape Konami is extremely proud to be a sponsor of COSGAME 2012.

To show our appreciation for this great event and your efforts in setting a new World Record, we are offering the first 1,000 attendees, a chance to win one of nine runners-up prize packs valued at up to $100 each, as well as the chance to win our MAJOR PRIZE PACK – valued at over $550.

Find out how to Win by following the instructions on the flyer inside your show bag! It’s FREE to enter, and there’s over a thousand dollars’ worth of games to win!

Hint: *Be sure to take lots of photos on the day*, and check out to keep up to date with all the latest news from Konami.

Oz Comic-Con is the new destination for gamers and cosplayers and what better way to support the community than by sponsoring an Australian world-record attempt! Oz Comic-Con launched in Adelaide in March of this year and is moving to Melbourne on the 30th of June and 1st of July, so come along to share your love of pop-culture and meet some fantastic guests, including Stan Lee and Sir Patrick Stewart.

Voucher = Buy a day pass to OzComicCon Melbourne 2012 and get Upgraded to a Weekend Pass for FREE!

Kumobius is an indie game studio based in Melbourne, Australia. Their first game is Bean's Quest - a 16-bit retro platformer for mobile and desktop platforms. The final version of Bean's Quest was released in February 2012 to much acclaim and has been described as an "instant classic". The game has been featured by Apple several times on the App Store, recently showcased at the Penny Arcade Expo in Boston and featured on Kotaku, Joystiq, G4TV and Touch Arcade.

Great News. The team at Totally Irreverent will be offering exclusive coupon codes for the first 1,000 showbags. These will be for the value of 20% OFF the entire range of products they have available online. Totally Irreverent is a pure play apparel e-retailer catering to the film, TV, Comic Book Enthusiast. Check out the website for more details and to see their amazing product range.  www.totallyirreverent.com.au

THQ is on board! And for the first 1000 people to attend, they’re offering a 50% discount on all digital PC games from shopTHQ Australia, including classic series like Dawn of War and Company of Heroes through to killer titles like Saints Row: The Third, Darksiders, Space Marine, Homefront and Metro: 2033. You’ll get a flyer in your showbag with all the deets.

We are happy to announce that RAPTUS GAMES will be sponsoring COSGAME 2012 by giving away a copy of their game DRAW: The Showdown (iOS App) to the first 1,000 people that correctly register and attend.

We can announce that Future Publishing Australia will be providing copies of the following magazines in the showbag.

* Official Xbox 360 Magazine
* Official Nintendo Magazine
* PSM3 Australia & New Zealand

So if you attend you will receive 1 of these awesome magazines along with even more items.

We can announce that Madman will be one of our Partners for COSGAME 2012. They will be providing DVD Samplers for all of our showbags. Check out their website for more details at www.madman.com.au