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Leaderboard Showdown: Make Headlines, Get Immortalised, Win a Prize

[p]Hello Newsbearers! [/p][p]From Launch day to January 1st 2026, we’re running a community-wide challenge across News Tower’s four leaderboards. Climb to the top, hold your place, and finish in 1st place at 15:00 CET on January 1st to claim glory (and some sweet rewards) —for everyone to see. [/p][p][/p][h2]The Leaderboards[/h2]
  • [p] The Decade[/p]
  • [p] Half-Decade[/p]
  • [p] Beat The Jersey Beacon[/p]
  • [p] Beat The Empire Observer[/p]
[p]Pick your newsfront—or go for all four. Your task is simple: achieve the highest possible score on the leaderboard(s) in your game mode, and still be sitting at #1 on January 1st.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p] [/p][h2]What Winners Get[/h2]
  • [p] For each leaderboard, the players in first place for each game mode (Intro/Classic, Highrise and Lowrise) on January 1st will receive: [/p]
  • [p] An in-game article about your victory, visible to all players—immortalizing your achievement.[/p]
  • [p]A custom-made vinyl of the News Tower soundtrack signed by the developers.[/p]
[p]Yes, that’s up to four twelve winners and four twelve immortalized headlines.[/p][p][/p][p] [/p][h2]How to Take Part[/h2][p]Play News Tower in any game mode and push your scores on any (or all) of the four leaderboards. Keep improving—leaderboards are competitive and will change throughout the contest. [/p][p]Be at #1 on January 1st at 15:00 CET to win for that leaderboard. [/p][p]Pro tip: name your Tower cleanly (see rules below), play fair, and protect those saves—nothing stings like losing top spot the week before the finish line. [/p][p][/p][h2]RULES (READ ME)[/h2]
  • [p]No cheat codes in your save. Any use of in-game cheat codes excludes that save file from the leaderboards.
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  • [p]No cheating of any kind. Any detected cheating or tampering results in exclusion from the contest and leaderboards.
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  • [p]Name guidelines apply. Your News Tower name must not include profanity or obscenity. Keep it clean.[/p]
[p]We’ll enforce these rules strictly to keep the competition fair and the headlines earned.

[/p][h2]FAQ[/h2]
  • [p]When does it run? From November 18 through January 1st 2026 (inclusive). [/p]
  • [p]How are winners chosen? The player ranked #1 on each leaderboard in each game mode on January 1st at 15:00 CET. [/p]
  • [p]Can I win more than one leaderboard? No. If you are #1 on more than one leaderboard, the board with the closest percentage difference will pass to the next winner. Only the board you have the largest winning lead on will stick.[/p]
  • [p]How will you reach out to winners? Winners will be contacted through Steam after being announced on Discord. If you are a winner, we will reach out to you through your Steam profile - adding you as friend to get all required details to send your prizes.[/p]
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Sharpen your pencils, rally your newsroom, and chase those front pages. We can’t wait to write about you.

– The News Tower Team[/p]
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