Obviously StratLAN is still a LAN at heart and an unhealthy amount of time is spent playing games.
Because there are much fewer people than at an i-Series, it is easier to organise and people are always willing to try out new games.
It’s not uncommon for someone to shout out the name of a game and to have everyone in the room join the server!
The event is a "bring-your-own-booze" affair and so, if you’re over 18, you can bring all the beer you want to drink at your desk or in the social area!

Sound good? Head on over and book now!.

We have been working very hard the past week to deliver thousands of BETA keys for Dice's upcoming FPS multiplayer Battlefield: Bad Company 2 to our users, and this weekend we have significantly more keys to give away!

Throughout the weekend we will be releasing BETA keys on the hour, every hour, so head on over to Fileplay and create your free account! You'll have to be quick though, as we've seen batches of keys vanishing in under 15 seconds after release!

Don't forget you can subscribe to Fileplay for as little as £2 a month and guarantee yourself a key instantly!

We are also taking pre-orders for our Official Ranked Battlefield: Bad Company 2 servers, so head on over to our Gameservers site to bag yourself a high performance, low ping server now!

Yep, we've managed to secure even more Keys for the Battlefield Bad Company 2 BETA, which we will be able release later this week! We will once again be releasing the Keys on a first come first serve basis on Fileplay, as well as keeping all our mirrors primed for the BETA client, which you can download from here.

If you already have a key for the BETA then check out our forums for all the discussions regarding the game, and also find other community players in our In Game Soldiers Name thread.

Also, dont forget that we are still taking pre-orders for our Official Ranked Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Gameservers, which you can find out more about on our Gameservers site.
Keep a close eye on Fileplay in the next few days for the announcement of the BETA keys release!

UPDATE: We will be releasing another batch of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 BETA keys TOMMORROW AT 10AM GMT (Thursday 4th February 2010)
Keep and eye on Fileplay for the release of the keys, and don't forget you can grab the client right now from our BC2 BETA Download Page

Today we are very pleased to announce that S2 Games (the developers of Heroes of Newerth) will be supporting the Heroes of Newerth Cup at i39!

The minimum prize fund for Heroes of Newerth has more than doubled and will now be £2,250 increasing up to a massive £6,250 in one of the biggest potential prize funds we've ever had.

S2Games, also the creators of the Savage series, have a long history of supporting the communities around their games and a strong personal relationship with fans.

This contribution from S2Games is just another example of loyalty to fans of their games and we hope the community will reward this contribution with an amazing tournament.

If you've not played Heroes of Newerth yet, you can download the Closed Beta Client over at Fileplay
Tournament signups for i39 will be going live next week, and if you haven't got a ticket yet for what is sure to be an incredible event with some amazing games, head over to our ticket page. Tickets are currently selling very fast, so make sure you don't miss out!

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