Can you feel that excitement, football fans?  Just yesterday, the 2008 NFL season was kicked off in New York.  This Sunday, your home team will be ready to kick off its own season.  You’ve got your opening day tickets, you’ve got your fantasy football roster ready to go– the last move to make is to get yourself a copy of Madden NFL 09.  In case you haven’t picked up one of your own yet, you’re in luck.  GearCrave and EA Sports have teamed up to give away 10 free copies of Madden NFL ‘09 to GearCrave readers.  Want to win one of your very own?  Continue reading below to learn how…

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Business and formalwear, from the suit to the tuxedo, have changed little over the years.  We as men have little opportunities for expression with our suits– we pick a few nice suits, sportcoats and dress shirts and stick to them.  If there is one accessory that does allow for expression, it is the necktie.  There are neckties to fit the ocassion, to compliment your outfit and to match your date’s dress.  The necktie is the one variable that give men a chance to experiment with color and style in business and formalwear.  GearCrave’s new friends at Vittorio J know this, and have created a signature line of ties for men who treat this form of expression seriously.

Fortunately for us, the designer behind Vittorio J is also a GearCrave reader.  Designer Jesse Chao reached out to GearCrave to offer a giveaway to GearCrave readers.  If you, like us, could always use another necktie in our collection, continue reading to learn more about the line, where to buy and how you can win one of your very own…

Buy: from $110

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Update - Congrats to synchronicity, sinewave, magflare, richard and bouncer boy 15.  You’ve earned yourself a free copy of SCIV!

Soul Calibur IV was released in late July to raving reviews from gaming media.  The fourth installment in the Soul Calibur series included new characters, guest appearances from the Star Wars galaxy and finally an online component allowing players to face off on the web.  A character customization element makes this game even more immersive, allowing players to build their own Soul Calibur fighter from the ground up.  Beyond the normal Soul Calibur realm, Darth Vader, Yoda and a secret apprentice appear as fully playable characters which compete in the Soul Calibur IV arena.

GearCrave has teamed up with the video game music remix community OverClocked Remix to give away 5 free copies of Soul Calibur IV to our collective readers.  Continue reading below on how to sign up for the GearCrave and OCremix Soul Calibur IV giveaway.  And GearCravers, if you’re a fan of video game soundtracks and remixes, you absolutely must not miss OCremix.org!

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Burton fans rejoice, the cult hit The Nightmare Before Christmas has been released today in it a Collector’s Edition 2-disc set.  The DVD set includes a long list of bonus features for the Nightmare fanatic, including commentaries by Tim Burton, a “making of” featurette, deleted scenes, storyboard comparisons and plenty more.  What’s more, GearCrave is giving away three copies of the Nightmare Before Christmas Collector’s Edition to three randomly selected GearCrave readers.  Want to give it a shot?  Leave a comment below, telling us why you’d like to receive one.  This giveaway will end on Monday, September 1st and 11:59p.m. (U.S. readers only).

Buy: $22.99

Update - and the winners are: spencer, steve, ryan, brett and nate.  Congrats!  You’ll receive an email shortly…

The garage band, the basement beatmaker, the up-and-coming rapper and the punk tour opener all share one thing– an attitude and lifestyle that crosses over from music into style.  It is the goal of the watch designers at Vestal to capture this and forge it into their watches.  “Vestal Watches fine tune style and expression for the musically inspired individual,” goes the mission statement.  Musician or not, most can recognize the broad appeal of these Vestal watches.  We did, and we were as excited as a kid in a record store when Vestal agreed to a GearCrave giveaway…

This week, GearCrave will be giving away five free Vestal watches to randomly selected readers.  Continue reading after the break to learn how you can win one of your very own…  Also, we’ll be sharing our five favorite Vestal watches this week, one per day from now until Friday.  Stick around, GearCravers, this is going to be fun!

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Last Monday, we discovered a new retailer that quickly became a GearCrave favorite.  If you visited us last week, you likely either saw the pitch black playing cards or the kill time gun mug, both of which received a whole lot of attention.  These and many more come from our new friends at MollaSpace.com, a fresh modern design retailer with a focus on high style, price accessible gear for your home.  We reached out to MollaSpace to invite them to take part in a GearCrave giveaway week, and they gladly obliged.  So without further adieu, we invite you to get to know MollaSpace in the best way possible- a GearCrave giveaway!  MollaSpace will be giving away five free gift certificates worth $50 each to GearCrave readers.  Continue reading below to learn how you can get $50 free from MollaSpace.  And be sure to stay tuned, we’ll be covering five more GearCrave favorites from MollaSpace throughout the week!

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Update- Congrats to Nate, The Gabe and TimF, you’re our winners.  I’ll be emailing you shortly!

A few weeks back, we reached out to GearCrave favorite Karmaloop.com to talk about a giveaway.  We asked, they obliged, we got very excited.  If you’re not familiar with Karmaloop, allow us to make the introduction.  Karmaloop.com is a leading streetwear and urban fashion retailer on the web.  Brands like LRG, DC, Puma, Obey, Crooks and Castles, Nike, Nixon and more are their bread and butter, the stuff we lust after.  They could be compared to Urban Outfitters, save for the retail chain– Karmaloop is an online operation first and foremost.  As a result, their service policies are stellar, their gear ships fast, and the result is a happy, good looking customer.  Long before we launched GearCrave, Karmaloop had been on our personal radar.  Continue reading, GearCravers, we’ve got some excitin things in store.  Throughout the week, we’ll feature one Karmaloop favorite per day, showing you what we get excited about at Karmaloop.  After the break, we’ll show you how three GearCravers will win a $100 gift certificate each.

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Update– Congrats are due to GearCrave readers Joe, Jesus De La Cruz, Brandon, Michael Duggan, Sean, Trey, Worm, Ivey, JS and Chad.  You’ll receive an email shortly with how to proceed!

We’re pretty excited about this announcement: GearCrave and Midway Games are giving away 10 free copies of Unreal Tournament III for the Xbox 360. We’ve been fans of this franchise from the beginning, and can’t stress enough how big this release is for console gamers. Unreal Tournament has been a PC gaming mainstay for a decade, with some of the best single player tournaments and online play available. Unreal Tournament III features some new games types, including “Duel”, “Vehicle Capture the Flag” and “Warfare”, the latter being an amalgamation of the popular Onslaught and Domination game types from earlier versions of the game. Want to win one of ten from GearCrave? Continue reading after the jump to learn how.

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Take that boring black billfold out of your pocket, empty its contents and retire it to the garbage.  The good people at DB Clay have re-invented the modern wallet, taking something plain and functional and giving it something special– personality.  DB Clay designs and manufactures eco-friendly wallets with stunning, vivid designs.  Their designs range from lush, colorful pieces like the Thrower Wallet, shown above, to detailed image reproductions like their Portland Clashing Wallet.  Continue reading, GearCravers, to learn about DB Clay’s wallets and to learn how you can win one of five here on GearCrave.com.

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Update– Congrats to GearCrave readers CJ, Aaron and Allison, you’ve won a free copy of City of Men.  You’ll be emailed shortly!

Fernando Meirelles’s film City of God is an all-time favorite of ours. If you haven’t seen it, you owe it to yourself to bump it to the top of your Netflix queue, buy the DVD or (gasp!) drive to your local video rental store. On the international success of City of God comes City of Men, a film that takes us back to the wrong side of paradise for a new and different story. City of Men tells the story of two close friends now divided by a dark secret– and forced on either side of a gang war in the slums of Rio De Janeiro. Fans of City of God won’t find a sequel in City of Men, but a new tale all its own rife with the familiar struggles with violence and perseverance. Continue reading, GearCravers, to learn how you can win one of three copies of City of Men on DVD from GearCrave and Miramax. [trailer]

Buy: $19.99

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