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SCAN AND ASUS TO HEADLINE EPIC26

Following on from the announcement last year as epic.LAN’s official hardware and retail partners for 2019, Scan and ASUS will be kicking off the first epic.LAN of the year as headline sponsors to the event.

Both companies will have a huge presence at the event as the traditional LAN party expands in to Kettering Conference Centre’s main hall, creating one of the biggest demonstration areas ever at epic.LAN for participants to enjoy in their downtime between casual and competitive games.

 

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FASTHOSTS TEAMS UP WITH EPIC.LAN TO POWER EPIC26 CS:GO TOURNAMENT

Gloucester-based hosting provider Fasthosts have joined forces with epic.LAN to sponsor the epic26 CS:GO tournament this February which will see the prize pool boosted as well as a 12-month match server for the winning team which will be managed by epic.LAN’s game server control platform.

epic.LAN hosts the majority of its online infrastructure with the UK-based hosting company and has a long history of working together going back to 2012 when the companies worked together to deliver two huge online CSS and COD4 tournaments each with 128 teams taking part.

During epic26, epic.LAN will be showcasing the new Fasthosts Bare Metal Server range with online aspects of the event including external CS:GO TV relays and Twitch stream relays to show off their capabilities.

 

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Let's level up for 2019

It's time to step up again as we announce our dates for 2019. After many sell-out events over recent years, we've finally agreed to move into the arena space at Kettering Conference Centre which will start to give us significantly more capacity, especially when combined with the new internet connection we had from the last event. 

So get your diaries, in 2019 we'll be bringing you epic.LAN events on the following dates:

  • epic26 - 7-10 February - 650 Spaces
  • epic27 - 13-16 June - 450 Spaces
  • epic28 - 10-13 October - 650 Spaces

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epic.LAN CS:GO Championship In Association with Grosvenor Casinos

We’re partnering up with Grosvenor Casinos to take CS:GO esports out to venues across the country over the coming months with a total of £10k on the line. The one-day events will have PCs provided, so all you have to do is turn up (with your own peripherals if you prefer).

Qualifiers will be taking place at:
• Grosvenor - Newcastle – 14th July
• Grosvenor - Coventry – 21st July
• Grosvenor – Manchester - 29th July
• Mecca – Glasgow Quay – 11th August
• Grosvenor – Reading (South) – 19th August

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GT Omega Returns to epic24

Welcome back to GT Omega Racing

You'll be able to try out all the latest GT Omega Racing gaming chairs in the gallery at epic24 from Friday to Sunday, as well as one of their awesome racing cockpits

Plus, if you decide to buy while you're at the event, there'll be some great offers available for you on chairs and backpacks

 

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Upcoming Changes For Your Data

As pretty much everybody now knows, new data protection regulations (GDPR) come in to force on 25th May this year, and like every other business, we've been taking time to review what data we hold, and how we process it. 

GDPR actually doesn't bring around many major changes from the old Data Protection Act, so any organisations who had high standards before, won't have many changes to make ready to be compliant under the new rules. 

 

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Introducing: epic.LANs Rocket League Autumn Challenge [Fun Tournament]

Date: Wednesday 18th November - Start at 19:00 GMT - Evening tournament

What?: 3 vs 3 Rocket League Single Elimination Tournament (Best Of 5 per series, with Best of 7 Finals)

Max Teams: 32

Sign Up Link Here

 

The Evening will be casted by JoeShow, joined by a serious Rocket Leaguest, Rab. Plus other guests throughout the night. Live over on our Twitch channel, Twitch.TV/epiclan.

We were so impressed by how well Rocket League went at epic.SIXTEEN it was obvious that we all need more of this in our lives! So the team here is really excited to offer a bit of fun Rocket League action. We hope whether you are a casual gamer or an eSport fanatic everyone can make some time to drive rocket cars around with us on the 18th November! 

 

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