When we moved to Kettering Conference Centre, the plan was always to grow the events, and to give everyone a bigger and better LAN event.

In the last few minutes the participant numbers for epic.TEN have exceeded all of our previous events and we're still talking to a couple of teams about attending even at this late stage, wouldn't it be great to hit the nice round 300 mark?

We would like to thank everyone who has chosen to attend our next LAN party and for getting us to this stage, we're really excited about the weekend (albeit a little bit tired already!) and we look forward to seeing you all at Kettering on Friday.

epic.LAN will once again be partnering with QuadV to bring you some top notch coverage at epic.TEN for our Call of Duty 4 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournaments.

As regulars to our events, QuadV will be broadcasting a selection of the best COD4 and CS:GO matches from their on-site studio, meaning not only do you get to see the fantastic gameplay; but you'll also be able to experience the atmosphere through the live video and audio feeds on the players in the tournament hall.

Leading the commentary team for epic.TEN will be Lauren "PansyYyy" Scott and Chris "Panky" Pankhurst, plus they'll be joined by a number of guest commentators throughout the event.

Lauren had this to say about epic.TEN,

So guys we are back! With epic.TEN providing a fantastic new venue, we had to step up our game and get ready to bring you the best CoD4 and CS:GO coverage we can. So get yourselves ready for an FPS filled weekend brought to you by Panky and myself, in partnership with QuadV in Kettering. Hopefully you are as excited as we are, so cu on!

 For the latest coverage details during the LAN, make sure you keep an eye out at epiclan.co.uk.

We heard you all like prizes? So we have some more, thanks to AOC. For nearly 20 years, AOC have been producing great displays and two of you will now have the chance to get your hands on a couple of i2353FH monitors as part of the epic.TEN prize pot.

So if you've been thinking of buying a new monitor, make sure you check out the AOC range!

Next up in our epic.TEN sponsorship lineup, it's global multimedia manufacturers with a huge focus on the gaming capture market, AVerMedia.

Having first supported us at our last event, the AVerMedia team will be sending along a couple of their awesome Live Gamer HD capture cards for some of you to win during the event.

So a big thanks to AVerMedia, and make sure you go and check out the rest of their great product range.

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We're excited to reveal the first of our epic.TEN sponsors, In Win. Founded in 1985, In Win are manufacturers of professional chassis, power supplies and storage devices with a keen focus on the gaming market with the slogan "contemporary and innovative".

The team will be sending over the following prizes for various activities at epic.TEN including our fun tournament series:

• Mana 136 Chassis
• Commander III 700w PSU
• Glacier 900w PSU
• Rockermat - Aluminum Mouse Pad
• And a load of iBite phone stands

We look forward to working with In Win both at epic.TEN and in the future!

The real ale fans will be glad to hear that the venue has listened to the feedback and have been able to source some local beers for you to enjoy over the course of epic.TEN which have now been to the bar product list.

The local Potbelly Brewery, actually based in Kettering, will be supplying the bar with the following two ales during the event:

• Pot Belly Best - Brewed using a mixture of 4 different malts together with Goldings hops to give a traditional chestnut coloured bitter, 3.8%
• Hop Trotter - Golden in colour, spicy aromas with citric notes from the hops, balanced by a warm malt and a wonderful burst of zest. Beautifully balanced, refreshing beer, 4.1%

Both will be priced at £3.20, so the same pricing as the other lagers/beers on the bar!

Obviously this is something completely new for the venue to try, so make sure you finish it off by the end of the weekend so you can have it back again in the future and maybe even a wider range if it is successful!

We can also now confirm the on-site catering arrangements for epic.TEN which will be open from:

Friday - 4pm-10pm
Saturday & Sunday - 8am-10pm
Monday - 8am-4pm

Catering for LAN parties is completely new to the venue, and it's an entirely in-house catering service. So they want your feedback during the event and we recognise that we may not get it right first time, the venue team is fully prepared to have to change things as the event goes on.

On the menu there are a number of core things that will always be available (the usual burgers, chips, pizza slices etc.) and then for each day there's a couple of other main meal options to give some variety throughout. Obviously it's impossible to please so many people starting from scratch so if you have any feedback then please do make it constructive so we can make things better going forwards.

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Never mind the tournament timetable, this is the one people wanted to know right? It's the bar times and a sample of the range that will be on offer during the event.

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Here's what you've all been waiting for, it's the epic.TEN timetable!

As well as things like opening times (bar and catering following shortly), the timetable also shows a range of big games and fun tournaments taking place throughout the event. As always, we've taken on board your feedback and added in some different games as well as keeping in the old favourites.

You'll notice that smaller games like RTS titles and the non-computer stuff like boardgames, werewolves etc. don't feature on the timetable. That's because we only schedule in the things that we're responsible for running and then that leaves you with plenty of time to do your own thing during the event. Of course you don't have to play everything in the timetable, it's just a guide to when we'll be putting up some big games for as many people as possible to enjoy.

So here is the epic.TEN timetable!

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It wouldn't be an epic.LAN if we didn't have a silly console tournament, so it's time to throw some funky shapes with our Just Dance fun tournament.

So really, all you have to do is stand in front of the screen and look silly for a few minutes, and you could win this one!

That completes our fun tournament lineup for epic.TEN with:

• Minecraft Create
• Unreal Tournament 2004
• F1 2011
• Just Dance

Watch this space for our full big game timetable which will be released in the next few days! If you haven't booked yet, we still have spaces in our casual gaming areas, so go and grab yours now!