If there's one game company that knows how to throw a party, it's Atlus (well, Tecmo, too) -- they're celebrating the recent release of the DS RPG Luminous Arc 2 with an online tournament, dubbed the LA2 Battle Royale.

Essentially if you're North American and part of their free club the Atlus Faithful or join by January 1, 2009, you have a chance of being picked to participate (48 will be randomly chosen). Naturally, you need a copy of the game, too.

All those chosen will get an extremely rare Luminous Arc business card holder, described as "the business card holder of choice for those looking to impress and/or confuse their friends and family". The winner, now, receives their choice of a signed copy of the Luminous Arc 2 art book, a title from the Atlus archives, or a large LA2 promotional poster. Second and third place contestants get the leftovers. A look inside the artbook from the first game can be found here, so you know what to expect. Mighty nice!

If you’re looking to sign up, here’s what you do:

• 1) Sign up for the Atlus Faithful newsletter before January 1. (It’s like Kaph’s B-Witched Faithful newsletter, but with far less stalking of Witches.)
• 2) Register for a forum account at Atlus.com. (This is where all the reporting of wins/losses will be done. The full rules will also be posted here.)
  
• 3) Answer the survey that arrives in your email later asking if you want to be in the tournament, and hope that you’re one of the lucky 48!

Tournament brackets will be managed on the Atlus Forums, and victories and defeats will be monitored via an honor system, so if you plan on losing and then lying about it, this is not your competition. There aren’t many online tournaments for Nintendo DS games, so don’t miss out... If you’re interested in participating, be sure to join the Atlus Faithful before January 1!