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Minecraft Speed Build is Now Open!

Kharne — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Its time! Begin building Minecrafters! Click here to find out which plot, and the IP address for your build! Just add the server into your Minecraft server page, and join!

If you are not listed then we are sorry, but you signed up after the cut of time Wednesday and missed out this time.

A further note - if you are entering into the Video competition - do not feel pressured into filming your plot over the weekend - we will reopen them next week after the close time (Monday 9:30am GMT) for you to enter and film - but building will be disabled to prevent naughty last minute edits!

Good luck everyone!

insomnia46 tickets now on sale!

GeoSnipe — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Thats right! We have opened up ticket sales for insomnia46, which is being held on 24th - 27th August at the Telford International Centre.

We know that many of our customers can only attend one insomnia event a year and have enquired about purchasing these tickets earlier. With the extra strain of the Olympics on travel and accommodation this year, especially in the summer months, we wanted to give our customers ample time to make arrangements.

The earlier you book, the cheaper things are, that also applies to insomnia. We are releasing the first 500 tickets for insomnia46 at the earlier bird discount of 30%, thats only £64.40!

Head over to the tickets page to book today.

Want to win an IPad2?

GeoSnipe — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Well just head over to our Facebook Page, like and share the competition photo/post and be in with a chance to win an IPad2!

What are you waiting for? Go now!

No really go! :D

Speed Build Video Contest - Details Announced

Kharne — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Along side our weekend long speed build competition we are pleased to inform you there is something for you video makers out there too! If you make a video of your build, you could win an iPad 2! Yes you heard us right - an iPad 2! You could grab the mobile edition of Minecraft, or watch all the videos you could ever want with such an awesome prize!

How does it work? Well first of all you need to be in our Speed Build Contest, or get yourself added to the team you wish to make videos for. You then need to record a short (2-10 Minutes) video of you looking around your plot, explaining your inspiration, or how it works, or how you managed the build with your team, or anything you like really - as long as we are entertained with a decent build and the video is of reasonable quality you will be entered into the competition for the iPad 2!

All you need to do then is get people to "Love it" and collect votes for your video to have a chance at winning! There are some other rules as to the content of your video for it to be entered into the draw, but they are explained on our Minecraft Video Competition page.

Entries into the competition must be uploaded to Fileplay as per the instructions to be considered as part of the competition. You are welcome to upload your videos to your own channels, in fact we encourage it, but to make it an official entry into the competition you must also upload your video to our video host site - Fileplay. Find instructions on how it all works and make sure to read the rules on our competition page, and get some nice videos to us!

The votes will be counted on Wed Feb 29th, so get your video up as soon as possible next week!

i45 PC Rentals now on Sale

GeoSnipe — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

PC rentals are now on sale for insomnia 45.

We now have two different options available to choose from:

Pro Gamer Package: £75
PC Spec: Intel® Core™ i7-2600 processor, AMD Radeon™ HD 6870 GFX and 6GB Ram
Monitor Spec: iiyama 22" prolite

Casual Gamer Package: £60
PC Spec: Intel® Core™2 Q6600, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT GFX or higher and 4GB Ram
Monitor Spec: 19" Samsung/Packard Bell

To rent a PC for insomnia45 please head over to our support site and raise a ticket under event enquiries.

PC Rentals are sold on a first come first serve basis, make sure you get your order in quick before they all go!

To rent a PC you must have a paid ticket for insomnia45.
Seating for rental PCs are located in the TUP PC area, if you would like to take the rental PC out of the designation area, to sit with clan mates and friends, then a £200 deposit will be required.

TF2 is Back for More at Insomnia45 - Prizes Announced!

Kharne — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Team fortress 2 comes to our Spring LAN again, and we are continuing to support the community by putting up a prize fund of at least £600 if 8 or more teams attend. Like all of our other tournaments, this prize pot will scale up, so encourage more teams to show up, and you will see more money, and it will be paid out to more teams. Get to 64 teams and the top 8 win something!

But thats not the most exciting part, the winning team earns 6 tickets to insomnia46! Our summer LANs are the Mecca of TF2 globally - last summer our tournament was the biggest ever seen and we look to repeat this at insomnia46 in 2012.

Infused - Winners of insomnia44 TF2

Here are some prize pool examples:

12 teams = £900 and £642 worth of i46 tickets.
24 teams = £1,800 and £642 worth of i46 tickets.
32 teams = £2,400 and £642 worth of i46 tickets.
64 teams = £4,800 and £642 worth of i46 tickets!

Disguise yourself as an enemy pyro and make your way over to our tickets page to grab a BYOC ticket, and then get signed up on our Team Fortress 2 tournament Page.

Bonk!

Minecraft Speed Build Launched!

Kharne — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Our month long creative competition closed at 17:00 GMT today, and the judges will be released onto the creations to deliberate and compare this coming week! We also have a guest judge! Minecraft Chick from Mojang has agreed to decide the top 3 entries once our team of judges have finally narrowed them down.

We want to take this opportunity to also announce the launch of the Multiplay Mincraft Creative Speed Build, which will take place in 2 weeks and last only 1 weekend! It begins 3rd February at 3pm GMT and ends on Monday 6th at 9:30am GMT. Be warned however - signups will CLOSE on Wed Feb 1st at 4pm GMT so we have time to assign you plots to build in!

Just like our month long build, you will receive a 250x250 block plot, which you will need to build something creative with. There is no theme, just let your mind go crazy and impress our judges.

Prizes are as follows:
1st: $500 and Signed Minecraft T-Shirts for each player in the team
2nd: $250
3rd: $125
4th: $60
5th: $40
6th: $25

Just get on over to our tournament page and sign up now!

Asus Overclocking Masters UK @ i45

GeoSnipe — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Overclocking is all about getting something for nothing. It’s about making impossible speed, possible. To celebrate the dark art of the overclocking, the world’s leading component manufacturer has teamed up with Multiplay, Kingston Technology and KitGuru to invite the best of the best from the world of overclocking to step up and be measured.

Entry is quick and easy and won’t cost you a penny. In a nutshell, simply run CPU-Z on your PC at standard clocks, and again when overclocked.

Then, send your CPU-Z scores to asuscompetition@kitguru.net and the 12 biggest percentage increases will be invited to a shoot out!

It is all based on the PERCENTAGE increase you can achieve – not the overall top speed. So a guy with a 1GHz processor that he clocks to 2GHz, will beat someone who takes a 2GHz CPU up to 2.4GHz. The 100% O/C achieved by overclocker number 1 will beat the 20% achieved by the second overclocker.

At the regional finals, held in February, each winner will receive NVIDIA GTX 560 and will also be invited to ASUS Overclocking Masters UK Grand Finals.

The Grand Final itself will happen at our Insomnia45 event at the Telford International Centre on 4th - 7th May 2012.

The winner of the Grand Final will be crowned as the UKs Top Overclocker for 2012 and will walk away with an ARMY of prizes from ASUS, Kingston Technology, Intel, NVIDIA and BeQuiet.

Good Luck!

Minecraft Creative Competition - Live Preview!

ShedBOy^ — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Our very own Kharn is now live from Multiplay HQ with a preview of the best builds so far in our Minecraft Creative Competition.

Tune in live!

Get your hands on a VIP key for Tribes Ascend!

Dentist — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Not only do we have a massive key giveaway for the Tribes Ascend beta on Fileplay but we will also be giving away 10 VIP keys for Tribes Ascend!

These keys give you:

3,000 Tribes Gold (Value: $30 USD)

30-Day Booster* (Value: $15 USD)

Lifetime VIP Status

And of course, admission to Beta

*Boosters double your xp earnt, and tokens and VIP status gives you priority login to the game, forever!

If you are already in the Beta then do notworry, you can also apply these VIP keys to existing beta accounts and you will keep your character process that you have already earnt.

So, how do you win? There is two ways! Either retweet the competition tweet from @iseries, or like the competition post on our Facebook page. You will need to follow @iseries or be a fan of Multiplay on Facebook to be eligible for a prize.

Well be drawing the winners at 5pm UTC tomorrow (Friday), so don't miss out!

Minecraft Competition Preview – Live Video Stream All Day Friday

Kharne — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

The competitors in our Minecraft Creative Xmas Competition have almost run out of building time! Some of the things players have made are pretty epic, and others... not so much.

This Friday we will be live streaming a preview of some of the creations people have made - ALL DAY! Tune in any time between 10am and 5pm GMT to see what crazy things that peoples creative minds have come up with. Some of these builds literally have hundreds of hours work put into them so you do not want to miss this!

Find the stream embedded on this front page throughout Friday, or simply visit our twitch channel.

The live video stream is just a preview, the winning plots will be released in more yet to be announced videos! More will be revealed soon enough...

Tribes Ascend Beta Key Giveaway!

Dentist — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Today we are pleased to announce that we have a massive key giveaway for the Tribes Ascend beta on Fileplay!

Tribes: Ascend is the worlds fastest shooter. A high-adrenaline, online multiplayer shooter with jetpacks, skiing, vehicles, and multiple classes.

The classic shooter franchise Tribes has been played by well over 1 million people. With Tribes:Ascend, the franchise is reborn - fast-paced, vertical, acrobatic combat combined with class-based teamwork and stunning sci-fi visuals.

Not only do we have loads of beta keys to be given away, but well also be running a competition in which you can win one of 10 Tribes: Ascend VIP keys. These keys give you:

3,000 Tribes Gold (Value: $30 USD)

30-Day Booster (Value: $15 USD)

Lifetime VIP Status

Admission to Beta

Interested? Head on over to Fileplay now to claim your Beta Key or watch our Twitter and Facebook page for information on how to win a VIP key!

Clan Group Discounts

GeoSnipe — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Here at Multiplay we are all about the community and we are proud to introduce
"Clan Group Discounts"

Clan Group Discounts allow clans to purchase group tickets with a discount option and get a bonus £50 worth of Multiplay online services to help you get ready for LAN, this includes game and voice servers available at Multiplay GameServers

We have 3 clan group discount options available:

5+ Tickets

With the purchase of 5 to 9 insomnia45 tickets the clan can choose from 1 of 2 options:

Option 1: free EAS on all tickets or
Option 2: £50 worth of Multiplay online services.

More of a social clan? Get free EAS and spend another day playing games with your friends!

Competitive clan? Taking part in one of the many 5 v 5 tournaments announced for insomnia45 this May? Take advantage of the £50 worth of Multiplay services and use them to purchase a voice and game server to practise on.
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10+ Tickets

With the purchase of 10 to 19 insomnia45 tickets the clan can choose from 1 of 2 options:

Option 1: 10% off the ticket price or
Option 2: free EAS on all tickets and £50 worth of Multiplay online services!

Does your clan want to save money or spend more time gaming? Choose the option which best suits your clans needs.
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20+ Tickets

With the purchase of 20+ insomnia45 tickets the clan can choose from 1 of 2 options:
Option 1: 20% off the ticket price or
Option 2: free EAS on all tickets, a free 20 man Clanbox and £50 worth of Multiplay online services!

Does your clan want to save money, or game more in the comfort of your own clanbox? Choose the option which best suits your clans needs.
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How do you purchase one of these options?

Head over to our tickets page and select the group booking option, select the number of tickets you want to purchase, select bank transfer and read the agree to the terms and conditions.
You will then recieve an email which will include your group booking references.
Once you have these you can raise a support ticket with the following information:

* Full name
* The number of bookings you have made and which option (1 or 2) you would like to choose as a reward
* Booking references

Alternatively you can contact the office directly and purchase over the phone

All options cannot be used in conjunction with any other discounts or offers.

Minecraft Creative Competition at insomnia45 - Win a Share of £500!

Kharne — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Oh yes indeedy. We have something for those Minecraft lovers out there at our insomnia45 event in Telford, England on May 4th-7th. We are launching our Creative Build Competition! Now this tournament is like part of the furniture (built out of wooden blocks created from a punched tree of course) and we would not want you to miss out on a weekend of building cool stuff for us all to see.

Have a peek at what happened during our previous event, insomnia44:

That is A_Spec showing us around the winning 3 plots of the insomnia44 Creative Minecraft Competition - you could be immortalised in a video like this one! You could be joining our host on the stage to explain how your creation works to show it to the crowd. We had everything from Indiana Jones Temples to Skyrim Fortress replicas built on the servers!

If you want to get involved - grab your ticket, read about the competition and get signed up now. Maybe grab one of our servers for yourself, so you can practise building with your team - they are currently on a 25% deal.

Progress Report - Xmas Online Build Competition

Currently our online version of this competition is running on our incredibly popular Multiplay Minecraft Servers where over 500 teams of hopefuls are creating all sorts of awesome things, for example, the image below was on the first server we checked today:

It appears to be a Japanese Temple Fortress built with impeccable attention to detail - we cannot wait to see what else there is to see. There are also things like a working game of Guess Who which 2 players can play and a Theme Park with Working Ridable Rides! Check out our videos coming in the next few weeks!

Battlefield 3 Back to Karkand Community Cup and 64 Player Battles at insomnia45!

Kharne — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Community Cup at insomnia45

Everyone loves Battlefield 3 at the moment. Many of us here at Multiplay have clocked up hundreds of hours of play (at home! Honest boss!) and cant get enough of the 32 and 64 player battles which are only possible on PCs. Its a massive hit on our game servers (you can get one for yourself!) and at all of our LAN events.

We are hosting the BF3 Community Cup at insomnia45, and the rules are catered for the enjoyment of all players. With a team size of 8 players, and a mixture of gametypes (Conquest, Rush and Conquest Assault) we have opened up the use of vehicles and all equipment in our quest for a full battle experience in a tournament setting. This tournament does not have pro-focussed rules but all teams are welcome to come and win the money - with up to £10,000 for 110 teams or more.

Epic 64 player LAN Battles!

With the focus on fun, we will also be hosting a scheduled epic 64 player battle evening during the event. With servers set up on epic large maps like Gulf of Oman, Strike at Karkand, Kharg Island, Operation Firestorm and Caspian Border these will be the biggest LAN battles that have ever occurred! This will be found on the schedule so you can jump in at the right time and squad up with your mates for bragging rights when you meet up with the guys on that other row at the bar later on.

Does this sound like something you are interested in? Get your team of 8 formed by using our forums, and get your tickets, then sign up for the tournament. What have you got to lose?

Seat Picker Now Live!

GeoSnipe — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

You can now pick your seats for insomnia45, just head over to our seat picker, login and choose your seat in hall 2.

Do you love insomnia but dont like sitting in the main halls? Why not get together with some friends or clan-mates and purchase a clanbox, available for 20 or 32 gamers, raise a ticket to purchase one today.

Minecraft Servers now 25% Off!

ShedBOy^ — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Welcome to the new year everyone!

While Christmas may now be over, that doesnt mean that we cant keep giving you guys some awesome gifts, and in the spirit of the new year we have decided to keep our offer of 25% off all Minecraft Servers going!

As the worlds biggest Minecraft Server host, we have a huge array of great features that make our servers the best around. Would you like an SSD in your server to improve performance? No problem. Extra RAM? No worries! Coupled with 25% off, our servers have never been better value for money.

Our servers are also now available in 21 locations around the world, so there will always be a Multiplay Server location to suit you.

Head on over to our Server Order page to find out more about our great range of features.

So what are you waiting for? Make sure you get yourself the best possible server available with a Multiplay Minecraft Server in 2012, and dont forget to keep an eye out for our online & event Minecraft tournaments throughout the year.

Minecraft Tournament Announcement

Kharne — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

We hope you are enjoying building epic creations on our Minecraft Servers - we have had a look at many plots are some of the builds are breathtaking to say the least! We look forward to having some fun judging them and getting some entertaining videos out so the world can see what you have done!

We do have an announcement to make - due to some plots being spoiled by certain hacking players, our admins hands have been forced and we have had to disable TNT on all servers, and reset certain plots to a flat plain again. This will cause issues for some of the victims of abuse so the deadline has now been extended by 1 week - so now you have until Monday 23rd January at 5pm GMT/6pm CET/12pm EST/9am PST to complete your creation - thats two whole weeks from this post!

Not to fear though - the problems are in the minority, so most of our 500+ building teams should not experience any issues with their builds - they just get an extension to make further tweaks!

insomnia45 early bird ends 6pm today!

GeoSnipe — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

insomnia45 Extended Early Bird ends 6pm today!

Make sure you take advantage of the Multiplay January sale and get your insomnia45 ticket before 6PM today and recieve a massive 20% discount.

To take advantage of this awesome deal just head over to the tickets page now.

Why should you attend? Let us try and convince you!

Held at the Telford International Centre on 4th - 7th May, insomnia45 is the UKs largest gaming festival. Here are just some of the reasons you should attend:
Space for 3000 BYOC Gamers!
Clanboxes available - 20 and 32 man boxes available at a surcharge
PC and Monitor rental will be available closer to the event
Camping available a short distance from the venue
Ample parking available
On-site hotels available at discounted rates

We have just annouced the return of two of the biggest tournaments held at insomnia; Call of Duty 4 and Counter-Strike: Source. We are happy to see these two amasing titles return to yet another insomnia event

Counter-Strike: Source PC - Minimum of £5,000 Prize pool up to £10,000
Call of Duty 4 PC - Prize pool up to £8,000

insomnia45 will also see the continuation of our other world famous tournaments:

Starcraft 2 1v1 PC - Prize pool to be confirmed
League of Legends PC - Prize pool up to £8,000
Team Fortress 2 PC - Prize pool up to £8,000
Battlefield 3 PC - Prize pool up to £10,000
Fifa 12 Xbox - Prize pool up to £1,000
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Xbox - Prize pool up to £6,400
Fighting Games Xbox - Prize pool up to £1,000
Minecraft PC - Minimum of £1,000

Prize pools subject to minimum team requirements

Interested? Well head over to our tickets page and buy your ticket for just £73.60 today! Still not convinced? Check out all the media coverage from insomnia44

We now have a large selection of Photos and videos available to view, if you didnt attend insomnia44, why not have a look and see what you missed?

Call of Duty 4 Tournament at insomnia45! Prize Pool Over 9000! (Pounds)

Kharne — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Call of Duty 4 Returns to insomnia!

Yes, here we are, announcing our Call of Duty 4 tournament once again! We have been running COD4 for such a long time we would like to thank the community for supporting the insomnia tournaments, and have a massive possible prize pool of up to £9,600!

At our insomnia44 tournament we had highs - Phantasmix almost pulling an epic comeback out of the bag defeating infused and Dignitas to get back up into the grand finals, only to be denied at the final hurdle by TCM:

And there were lows - our admins caught a cheater using a blatant hack and had to remove him from the venue and ban him from future events. This shows that cheating never pays at LANs!

Grab your team of 5, use our insomnia45 forum to find other players, get your tickets for insomnia45 and sign up to the tournament. With Early bird pricing you get 20% off the ticket until 6pm Friday Jan 6th (thats TOMORROW!), be quick!

£10,000 Counter Strike: Source Tournament at i45

Kharne — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

If you know anything about our insomnia events, you have probably heard of our CS:S tournaments. You might have even played in them before. No? Well now is the time to get involved.

We have an epic prize pool for CS:S this coming spring, with a minimum prize pool of £5,000 and up to a possible £10,400 we expect around 72+ teams this event (stats taken from the last spring event), so there is a strong possibility that there will be just shy of £6,000 on the line, paid out to the top 8 teams. The winning team will also receive 5 free tickets, worth £535, to insomnia46 - our scorching summer LAN and always our biggest event of the year, to defend their crown.

At our last event, the clash of the titans occurred when CKRAS took on VERYGAMES in an intense upper final, resulting in CKRAS being forced into a close confrontation with TEAMCRG ending 16-14 allowing them to return to the grand final to have a rematch with VERYGAMES. Find out what happened by watching the video at the bottom of this news post.

We run a tournament format that gives every team as many games as possible, so even if you are not a top level team, you can progress through our intermediate or lower skilled brackets, and take on teams of a similar skill level in a social LAN environment - then go and buy the a drink when you beat them! There is another bonus of 20% OFF if you buy your tickets before 6pm Friday 6th Jan - thats tomorrow evening! So what are you waiting for? Book now!

insomnia45 Early Bird Extended

GeoSnipe — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

January Sale; Multiplay style!

We hope youve had a great time during the festive holiday and New Year celebrations, to ring in the new year we are extending insomnia45 early bird until Friday 6th January at 6pm.

To take advantage of this awesome deal just head over to the tickets page now.

Why should you attend? Let us try and convince you!

Held at the Telford International Centre on 4th - 7th May, insomnia45 is the UKs largest gaming festival. Here are just some of the reasons you should attend:
Space for 3000 BYOC Gamers!
Clanboxes available - 20 and 32 man boxes available at a surcharge
PC and Monitor rental will be available closer to the event
Camping available a short distance from the venue
Ample parking available
On-site hotels available at discounted rates

insomnia45 will also see the continuation of our world famous
e-sports tournaments:

Starcraft 2 1v1 PC - Prize pool to be confirmed
Counter-Strike: Source PC - Minimum of £5,000 Prize pool up to £10,000
Call of Duty 4 PC - Prize pool up to £8,000
League of Legends PC - Prize pool up to £8,000
Team Fortress 2 PC - Prize pool up to £8,000
Battlefield 3 PC - Prize pool up to £10,000
Fifa 12 Xbox - Prize pool up to £1,000
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Xbox - Prize pool up to £6,400
Fighting Games Xbox - Prize pool up to £1,000
Minecraft PC - Minimum of £1,000

Prize pools subject to minimum team requirements

Interested? Well head over to our tickets page and buy your ticket for just £73.60 today! Still not convinced? Check out all the media coverage from insomnia44

We now have a large selection of Photos and videos available to view, if you didnt attend insomnia44, why not have a look and see what you missed?

Happy New Year Everyone!

Killing — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

With 2011 over which saw some fantastic releases from BF3 to Minecraft, heres wishing everyone a Happy New Year from the Multiplay Team!

Merry Christmas from all at Multiplay

Killing — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Another year is coming to a close and with festive cheer all around, everyone at Multiplay wishes all our customers and community members a very merry Christmas!

12 Days of Christmas Giveaway: The End!

Deehem — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Uh oh, its Christmas Eve and the Multiplay 12 Days of Christmas draws its curtains for another year.

Yesterday we had the almighty iSeries 2012 Season Ticket up for grabs, along with £100 worth of MultiplayGameservers vouchers and (BF3/Karkand/Multiplay Comms server).

Congratulations to @carp3t who is the winner of the 2012 iSeries season ticket, along with Daniel Love and Fábio Pacheco who are taking away the £100 of MultiplayGameservers vouchers and BF3/Karkand/Comms Server respectively. We will be in contact shortly.

Well thats it. Weve given away hundreds of pounds worth of MEGA AWESOME prizes over the last few days. A big congratulations to all of the winners and thank you to everybody who entered into the competition over the past 12 days, it has been awesome!

We at Multiplay hope you all have a very merry Christmas and an awesome New Year!

12 Days of Christmas Giveaway: Day 12!

Deehem — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Oh noes, were on our final day for the Multiplay 12 Days of Christmas giveaway! :(

Now its time to pick the winners of yesterdays window. Each lucky person below will be receiving a PC copy of either DNF, Mafia II or Bioshock 2 (game selected at random). Prepare for the incoming list..

Helen Morgan
Noel McIlmoyle
Holly Green
Marc Jackson
Matthew Tooher
Joanna Kiely
@darklord1474
@wigelz
@iRyanJulie
@cristalfiona
@olicavecast
@salvagebrav
Jack Adam

Congratulations. We will be in contact at some point today regarding your prizes!

Now, sad times are upon us. The last day means were onto the last prize. OH NO! :(
Weve given away tons of prizes over the last few days including Battlefield, bundles, games, event tickets, more Battlefield, awesome keyboards and mice, online service vouchers and even more Battlefield!

Heres what we have up for grabs for our final trip to the mystery window of joy...

iSeries 2012 Season Ticket - entitling the lucky winner to all 2012 iSeries gaming events!

And were giving the following away too, because were just that nice!
£100 MultiplayGameservers Voucher
Battlefield 3, Karkand Expansion and a voice comms server for 3 months

To get your hands on the FINAL prizes, you must definitely know the drill by now!:

Head to the 12 Days of Christmas Page

Follow the link to our twitter and tweet the latest 12 Days of Xmas tweet OR like our Facebook Page and comment on the daily news post with your name, and thats it!

Each day we will announce the winners to the previous day along with the prizes that are up for grabs on that specific day.

Good Luck everyone!

12 Days of Christmas Giveaway: Day 11!

Deehem — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Its almost Christmaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas!

Starting with the amazing Day 10 where we had the almighty K60 Keyboard and M60 Mouse up for grabs courtesy of Corsair, its time to select the two lucky winners who will be taking these prizes home. *drumroll* -- Congratulations to @Dean_Bird AND Alan Shearer. We will be in contact shortly regarding your prizes.

Its now a new day and were nearing the end of our 12 Days of Christmas giveaway. Dont fret however as today were giving away an incredible amount of games and having 13, yes, THIRTEEN eligible winners who will take home a game each! We have 7 copies of Duke Nukem, 2 copies of NBA 2012, 2 copies of Mafia II and 2 copies of Bioshock 2 all to give away! A big thank you to the guys over at 2K games for making this possible.

To get your hands on todays prizes, you know the drill by now!:

Head to the 12 Days of Christmas Page

Follow the link to our twitter and tweet the latest 12 Days of Xmas tweet OR like our Facebook Page and comment on the daily news post with your name, and thats it!

Each day we will announce the winners to the previous day along with the prizes that are up for grabs on that specific day.

Good Luck everyone!

12 Days of Christmas Giveaway: Day 10!

Deehem — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

On the 10th Day of Christmas Multiplay gave to me...

Day 9 has since passed, now it is upon us to reveal the winner of the Mystery Multiplay Goodie Bag *oooh*. Congratulations to @Snakedrone. We'll be in contact shortly to take down your details.

Today we're doing something a little different. I know what you're thinking, MORE BATTLEFIELD? Unfortunately not :{ - HOWEVER we think you will be pleased with what we're giving away today.

Courtesy of Corsair we're giving away TWO amazing Corsair Vengeance K60 keyboards. Not only that but we're also giving away TWO Corsair M60 mice to keep those almighty frags accurate! (we're jealous already of whoever wins, just to clarify).

To get your hands on today's prizes, you know the drill by now!:

Head to the 12 Days of Christmas Page

Follow the link to our twitter and tweet the latest 12 Days of Xmas tweet OR like our Facebook Page and comment on the daily news post with your name, and thats it!

Each day we will announce the winners to the previous day along with the prizes that are up for grabs on that specific day.

Good Luck everyone!

12 Days of Christmas Giveaway: Day 9!

Deehem — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Were 3/4 of the way through the Multiplay 12 days of Christmas promotion. Weve already given away over a dozen games, several gameservers and a bunch of iSeries 2012 tickets!

Yesterday we gave away the almighty BF3 Bundle to the very lucky winner Zahrah Jay and BF3 + B2K expansion back to @trainsniffer. Congratulation guys, well be contacting you very soon with information on how to claim your prizes.

Taking a break from the Battlefield festivities, today were giving away *drumroll* a Multiplay goodie bag containing many mystery goodies to get you all slightly excited!

To get your hands on todays prize, you know the drill by now!:

Head to the 12 Days of Christmas Page

Follow the link to our twitter and tweet the latest 12 Days of Xmas tweet OR like our Facebook Page and comment on the daily news post with your name, and thats it!

Each day we will announce the winners to the previous day along with the prizes that are up for grabs on that specific day.

Good Luck everyone!

12 Days of Christmas Giveaway: Day 8!

Deehem — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Its Monday, Monday, 12 Days of Christmas on Monday!

Yesterday in Day 7 (insert big brother voiceover here) we gave away a staggering £200 worth of Multiplay online services for the two lucky winners to purchase all of the things. Congratulations to @Mesypher and Patrick Jaque - we will be contacting you shortly with information on how to claim your prizes.

Now it is time for EVEN MORE Battlefield 3 goodies! Todays window of joy consists of two lucky winners.

The first winner bagging themselves a Battlefield 3 *bundle* consisting of the Battlefield 3 (PC), Battlefield 3 Back to Karkand expansion pack and a 64 slot Multiplay Battlefield 3 gameserver for 3 months (including a free 64 slot Mumble comms server)!

The second lucky winner will be taking home a copy of Battlefield 3 (PC) and Back to Karkand. A perfect way to start the Christmas gaming festivities!

To get your hands on todays prize, you know the drill by now!:

Head to the 12 Days of Christmas Page

Follow the link to our twitter and tweet the latest 12 Days of Xmas tweet OR like our Facebook Page and comment on the daily news post with your name, and thats it!

Each day we will announce the winners to the previous day along with the prizes that are up for grabs on that specific day.

Good Luck everyone!

12 Days of Christmas Giveaway: Day 7!

ShedBOy^ — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

12 Days of Christmas continues this festive Sunday with more giveaway goodness!

Yesterday we gave away a copy of the utterly awesome (can you tell Im hooked on it?) Battlefield 3 with the Karkand expansion, as well a voice comms server to keep you and your mates in touch in the field of battle! Our lucky Facebook winner Paul Fletcher walks away with the prize, and we will be contacting you soon Paul to arrange your prize!

Day 7 beckons then, with yet more prizes of epic brilliance to distribute to the gaming masses.

But what is today I hear you tweet!

Well, today sees us giving away a huge £100 voucher for Multiplay Online Services, which coupled with our festive 50% Off everything means you effectively have £200 to spend on any server you like!

Not bad eh? Even Shakin Stevens is pretty excited about that prize, and its pretty difficult to be excited in a jumper like that...

To get your hands on todays prize, you know the drill by now!:

Head to the 12 Days of Christmas Page

Follow the link to our twitter and tweet the latest 12 Days of Xmas tweet OR like our Facebook Page and comment on the daily news post with your name, and thats it!

Each day we will announce the winners to the previous day along with the prizes that are up for grabs on that specific day.

Good Luck everyone!

12 Days of Christmas Giveaway: Day 6!

Deehem — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

And were half way there for our 12 Days of Christmas giveaway!

Yesterday we gave away a 12 slot Minecraft server with 1GB memory for 3 months to our very lucky winner Sarah-Jane Laycock. You will be contacted shortly with details on how to obtain your prize so keep checking your inbox! :)

So, what is up for grabs in todays double giveaway?
Well its the hottest game of the year and with the recent expansion it can only be even hotter, thats right, its a copy of Battlefield 3 and the Back to Karkand Expansion Pack. Not only that, but to keep you and your squad closely tied we are also including a free 10 slot Multiplay Voice Comms server of your choice for 3 months.

In addition we are offering a MASSIVE 50% Off all servers in our Christmas Sale, so why not grab yourself a game or voice server this Christmas!

To get your hands on todays prize, heres what you need to do:

Head to the 12 Days of Christmas Page

Follow the link to our twitter and tweet the latest 12 Days of Xmas tweet OR like our Facebook Page and comment on the daily news post with your name, and thats it!

Each day we will announce the winners to the previous day along with the prizes that are up for grabs on that specific day.

12 Days of Christmas Giveaway: Day 5!

Deehem — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Another day, another prize in our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway!

We gave away 2 rather nice 2012 Insomnia Gaming Festival Season Tickets yesterday to our lucky winners @fluffy1213 and Peter Bunn. Congratulations guys! We will be contacting you soon to sort out your prizes for you.

So, what is up for grabs in todays giveaway? Well, I hope you have a creating imagination and lots of time on your hands, cus were giving away a 12 player Minecraft Server in the location of your choice for 3 months, with 1GB of extra RAM for those crazy ass builds.

Not only that, but as we are offering 50% Off all servers in our Christmas Sale, so why not grab yourself a game or voice server this Christmas!

To get your hands on todays prize, heres what you need to do:

Head to the 12 Days of Christmas Page

Follow the link to our twitter and tweet the latest 12 Days of Xmas tweet OR like our Facebook Page and comment on the daily news post with your name, and thats it!

Each day we will announce the winners to the previous day along with the prizes that are up for grabs on that specific day.

Sign-ups for StratLAN Feb 2012 now open!

GeoSnipe — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Sign-ups for StratLAN Feb 2012 are now open! Why not head over to our ticket booking page and secure your ticket today.

Tickets cost just £52 and the event starts 6pm Friday 17th until 2pm Monday 20th February, thats just 77p per hour of LAN gaming, thats a bargain!

Why attend a StratLAN? Well here are just a few of the reasons we think you should!

More Big Games. It’s often something that people feed back to us, and we try very hard to ensure that we get as many big games sorted as we can. However, we are going to be putting more time & effort into making sure that we have more big matches of the games you want to play. Games on the radar so far include TF2, Blur, BF3, CSS, COD4 and UT2k4, but we will add whatever games people want to play!

Hangover Breakfast. It’s not unheard of that the occasional gamer will have a tipple of the good stuff during an evening of SLAN, and as a result can feel slightly “worse for wear” the following morning. But this cannot affect the days gaming! The answer? Bacon. Multiplay to the rescue! We will be putting on cooked Bacon breakfast baps for just £1 a bap each morning, to help you start your day of gaming right.

Console & Chillout Area. A big, proper, dedicated chill out area for watching films, TV, playing console games or catching up on something sad on TV on Saturday night.

Tuck Shop. The tuck shop is back to SLAN after some time away, but it won’t be anything like the size of the iSeries tuck shop! With some cans & snacks on offer, there will be enough to get you through between meals.

Bring your own alcohol. Enough said :D

12 Days of Christmas Giveaway: Day 4!

ShedBOy^ — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Welcome to Day4 of our 12 Days of Christmas! Yesterday saw us giving away two 2K Games packs to our lucky winners Simon Mattila and Ben Thomas; congratulations! We will be contacting you shortly to arrange the delivery of your prizes.

Today we are giving yet more awesome gifts in the spirit of Christmas, which this time out is in the form of not one, but two 2012 Insomnia Gaming Festival Golden Tickets! This means you can pick any iSeries event in 2012 to attend for free. Not a bad prize!

But how I hear you cry! How do I get my mitss on such awesome prizes?! Easy:

Head to the 12 Days of Christmas Page

Follow the link to our twitter and tweet the latest 12 Days of Xmas tweet OR like our Facebook Page and comment on the daily news post with your name, and thats it!

Each day we will announce the winners to the previous day along with the prizes that are up for grabs on that specific day.

As ever, we will be posting the winners tomorrow along with more festive gaming goodness.

Good Luck!

Minecraft Christmas Creative Competition Plots are Live!

Kharne — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The servers are now up and ready to build on - check the Plot Assignment Page for the details for your team.

Need some inspiration about what to build? Maybe something Christmas themed? Or how about some of the current big games out at the moment - a Battlefield 3 or Skyrim theme? Maybe create an epic building, or re-create Wizzos face with moving parts?

Whatever you decide you have a month to create something to wow our judges in January, so get building! Any issues, please Click here to submit a ticket to our support team.

12 Days of Christmas Giveaway: Day 3!

ShedBOy^ — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Time is flying by here in the MP office, with 3 of our 12 days already upon us! Yesterday saw two £50 Multiplay Online Services Vouchers up for grabs, allowing you to grab a Gameserver or voice-comms server during our awesome 50% Off Sale! (Yes we did give you £50 to spend and then give you half off. Not bad eh?)

The lucky winners from yesterday are: @wazupmaster and Anmar Alqassab! We will be contacting you shortly to arrange your prize! Congrats!

Which brings us nicely to Day 3! Today we will be giving away two Games Packs kindly sponsored by the awesome peeps over at 2K Games! Each pack features copies of NBA 2012, Bioshock 2, Duke Nukem Forever and Mafia 2 for the PC. Nice.

All you have to do to enter is the following:

Head to the 12 Days of Christmas Page

Follow the link to our twitter and tweet the latest 12 Days of Xmas tweet OR like our Facebook Page and comment on the daily news post with your name, and thats it!

Each day we will announce the winners to the previous day along with the prizes that are up for grabs on that specific day.

Dont forget that you can also still get 20% Off Insomnia 45 during our Early Bird promotion; grab your ticket to the UKs Biggest Gaming Festival while this offer lasts! For more info head on over to the Insomnia Site.

12 Days of Christmas Giveaway: Day 2!

ShedBOy^ — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Day 2 is here! Thanks to everyone that took part in yesterdays giveaway, with so many people itching to get themselves some BF3 action on the day the Karkand expansion is release!

The winners from Day 1 are: @Esimene, @Dadcookingtonight, @Blastercast and Tom Hodder all bag themselves a copy of BF3 with the Karkand Map Pack Expansion.

The big winner though was @Larkt91 who wins the 64 Player BF3 Ranked Multiplay Server for 3 Months, with a copy of BF3 & the Karkand Expansion! Congrats! :D

We will be contacting you all shortly with how to get your prizes :)

And so, to Day 2! Today we are giving away 2 x £50 vouchers for Multiplay Online Services, so you can get yourself any server of your choice in one of our 18 locations around the world. Not only that, but were currently offering 50% Off all servers, which means you get twice as much from your voucher!

How to get the prizes? It couldnt be simpler! All you will need to do is:

Head to the 12 Days of Christmas Page

Follow the link to our twitter and tweet the latest 12 Days of Xmas tweet OR like our Facebook Page and comment on the daily news post with your name, and thats it!

Each day we will announce the winners to the previous day along with the prizes that are up for grabs on that specific day.

Good Luck everyone!

A Festive 50% Off Everything! Plus: 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway!

ShedBOy^ — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

WARNING: To read this post you MUST listen to the below song while reading. Failure to read will result in you feeling empty inside and a certain coldness creeping over you. You will then proceed to lose all festive cheer along with whatever soul remains in that dark, heartless body of yours.

With the holidays just around the corner everyone here at Multiplay has gone a little Christmas crazy. In this time of good will and festive cheer, we have decided that everyone should be able to give the best gift of all: the gift of games! The gift that keeps giving.

With this in mind, we are now offering 50% Off Everything, including Gameservers and Voice-comms servers! Get yourself a Gameserver in the location you want this Christmas, with 18 server locations across the world!

Also, dont forget that insomnia45 is still under the orders of Early Bird, meaning you can grab your ticket for the UKs Biggest Gaming Festival with 20% Off! Head on over to the Insomnia Site to find out more.

But, our Christmas offerings do not end there! In this madness we have teamed up with EA and Origin and 2K Games to bring to you a ton of prizes in our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway!

For 12 days leading up until Christmas we are giving away a total of 33 different prizes. Each day we will give a selection of different prizes away which have kindly been donated by either us, EA and Origin or 2K Games. To find out what the prizes will be you will have to go and check out our 12 days of Christmas Giveaway Page each day to see what is up for grabs.

How to get the prizes? It couldnt be simpler! All you will need to do is:

Head to the 12 Days of Christmas Page

Follow the link to our twitter and tweet the latest 12 Days of Xmas tweet OR like our Facebook Page and comment on the daily news post with your name, and thats it!

Each day we will announce the winners to the previous day along with the prizes that are up for grabs on that specific day.

The prizes themselves are a surprise but we will tell you this, with partners like EA, Origin and 2K Games, you dont want to miss out. So to Day 1!

The first day of our 12 Days of Christmas comes courtesy of EA and Origin, who have very kindly donated several copies of Battlefield 3, each with a copy of the Back to Karkand expansion pack, out this week!

Not only that, but we are also giving away a Multiplay BF3 bundle, which gives you a 64 player Official Ranked BF3 Multiplay Server in any location for 3 months, as well as a copy of BF3 & Back to Karkand. Nice eh?

Make sure you get on over to the 12 Days Page, and tweet the daily tweet and / or like our Facebook page & comment with your name on the daily post to be in with a chance to win! :)

All prizes will be posted to the respective winners within 1 month of the winners being announced (should they need posting). Winners outside of the UK will be required to contribute towards postage and packaging. For more information on our Christmas promotions, check out our Info Page.

So what are you waiting for? Go check out the 12 days of Christmas Giveaway Page!

Creative Minecraft Competition Signups Open!

Kharne — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Please note: We have now reached our maximum number of teams and have closed our signups. If you have an existing team and would like more players adding to it, please submit a Minecraft Tournament Enquiries ticket with the name of the player and the team you are them adding to.

Also note: We are postponing the speed build until some time in the new year. Watch this space for further information about this other competition.

It is the moment you have been waiting for! We have opened the signups for our Minecraft Xmas Creative Build competitions! Teams of 1-6 players can enter and create something amazing during the Xmas period and win awesome prizes!

Here is what you can win:

Minecraft Xmas Creative Build - 1 Month Duration (Monday 12th December 2011 - Sunday January 8th 2012)

1st: $1000 and Mojang Signed Minecraft T-Shirts (One T-Shirt per player in the team)
2nd: $500
3rd: $250
4th: $125
5th: $75
6th: $50

Minecraft Xmas Speed Build - 1 Weekend Duration:

The speed build has been postponed while we run the crazy huge creative competition. We will be launching this as a separate event in the new year - the prizes will still be the same, so watch this space for further announcements!

1st: $500 and Mojang Signed Minecraft T-Shirts (One T-Shirt per player in the team)
2nd: $250
3rd: $125
4th: $60
5th: $40
6th: $25

Other prizes you can win include Multiplay Gameserver vouchers and other great prizes from sponsors yet to be announced.

For more information check out the Creative Build Information page or the Speed Build Competition Information page.

Check out 8Realms today and get yourself an exclusive Multiplay flag!

Dentist — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Were pleased to announce that we have partnered up with 8Realms creators, Jagex, to bring you a great VIP package for their new web based game, 8Realms.

8Realms is a competitive strategy game where you are playing with thousands of other players using armies, diplomacy and trade to get an edge. Running entirely on HTML there is no download needed and it works on nearly every mobile device out there, allowing you to play from wherever you wish, 24/7.

Were bringing you VIP early access to the game including an exclusive Multiplay flag ingame. Represent your community and youll also get your hands on £3 worth of in-game Gems, free of charge as a thankyou!

Want to know more? Why not check out the latest 8Realms Trailer below!

To take advantage of this exclusive 8Realms VIP Pack for Multiplay, simply click here and register or enter the VIP Access Key "MPUK" when youre signing up on the 8Realms site.

Astro Gaming and Calibur11 prizes!

ShedBOy^ — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

As you all know insomnia44 has been and gone in the last few weeks. There was drama, excitement, sadness and glory all in just a couple of days. Previous champions were dethroned and new heroes arose to take their places, winning themselves a whole host of prizes from hardware to cash monies!

Yesterday we sent out some nice Christmas present prizes for our lucky Tekken 6 and Fifa 12 winners and runners up. The prizes are courtesy of both Astro Gaming and Calibur11, who both donated to the prize pots for both competitions.

Lets take a look at what the guys will be receiving:

Fifa 12:

1st: Astro Gaming A40 Audio System, Calibur11 Xbox 360 Vault MLG: Apocalypse Face
2nd: Astro Gaming A*Star Earbuds

Tekken 6:

1st: Astro Gaming A40 Audio System, Calibur11 Xbox 360 Vault: Gears of War 3
2nd: Astro Gaming A*Star Earbuds

These are some fantastic prizes to have taken home from insomnia44 and certainly something I know will be useful for the gamers.

Massive thanks to both Astro Gaming and Calibur11 for contributing these prizes and we hope to see you both back at Insomnia45!

Starcraft 2 Sapphire Online Cup #2 - Win a Radeon HD 6870!

Kharne — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Multiplay are proud to present the second Starcraft 2 tournament sponsored by Sapphire. This is another chance to win one of Sapphires range of powerful graphics cards - the Radeon HD 6870 Dirt 3 Edition or the Sapphire Radeon HD 6770.

The full prize run down is as follows:

1st £100 & Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 Dirt 3 Edition

2nd £50 & Sapphire Radeon HD 6770

3rd £15

4th £15

This tournament is taking place over two evenings: Wednesday December 14th and Thursday December 15th. You must be available between 7 and 11pm GMT on both evenings if you wish to take part.

To to enter this cup, first check the schedule, rules and then click here to sign up!

RIFT now with 75% off!

Kharne — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Digital editions of RIFT are on sale with a HUGE 75% off! Explore Telara and go on an epic quest with your friends now for only £4.99. For an extra £5.00 on top you can get yourself a Spindrel Mount, a personal banker and a faction tabard, exclusive to owners of the Ashes of History Edition. Both versions come with 30 days free game time.

Ascend to save Telara, battling dragon gods and planar invasions from dynamic rifts to dungeons, Chronicles to PvP Warfonts and more. Quest solo or in groups, find all of the artifacts hidden around the world, or join a guild and battle huge enemies together in your search for even more powerful equipment. Rifts, dungeons, artifacts, invasions and World Events, and so much more awaits you.

Need some help? We have been provided an unofficial guide created by none other than Special Olympics, one of the top EU guilds! Download it and have a read, and learn more about the Factions, Races, classes and how best to approach your role in Telaria.

Get your massively discounted copy fast, the deal will end on the 28th November, in just 3 days!

What are you waiting for - grab RIFT now for just £4.99!

insomnia45 tickets now available, secure your 30% discount!

GeoSnipe — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Well, its now Monday and unfortunately insomnia44 is coming to a close. We have had an amazing time here at the Telford International Centre and We hope youve all had an awesome time here this weekend! congratulations to all of our tournament winners from across the weekend. Wed also like to thank everyone who attended the show and everyone watching on the stream at home for helping make insomnia44 the biggest esports LAN in the UK!

If you missed the action from i44 you can check out the vods on i-series website

We now have insomnia45 tickets available for purchase online! At a massive 30% "Earlier Bird" discount, tickets for our next amazing gaming festival cost just £64.40 for the entire weekend. Gold Discount holders (8 or more BYOC iseries) will also receive Early Arrival Service for free!

Heres the key features of what insomnia44 has to offer:

Held at the Telford International Centre from Friday 4th May until Monday 7th May 2012
Clanboxes available again. 32 man boxes available at a £320 surcharge
Monitor and PC rental will be available
Camping available a short walk from the venue
Halls 1 & 2 Open for BYOC Gamers
More parking available
On-site hotels available at discounted rates

insomnia45 will also feature a spectacular set of eSports tournaments:

Starcraft 2 1v1
Counter-Strike: Source
League of Legends
Beat em up titles
Call of Duty - Either CoD4 or MW3 will be selected subject to the suitability of MW3 as a competitive title
Battlefield 3, Dota2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Fifa 12 and Modern Warfare 3 are all also being considered subject to suitability and availability. More info on these titles to be released soon!

Make sure you take full advantage of the earlier bird discount and book today! Tickets cost just £64.40 until 09:00 on the 5th of December, giving you just over 2 weeks to secure your ticket at this amazing discounted rate. Tickets are available whilst stocks last so book now and make sure you dont miss out.

insomnia44 Coverage

darkliquid — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Make sure you also check out the Photography, Tournament Results and more coverage VODs on Fileplay.net.

50% Off Minecraft servers in celebration of Minecon!

Dentist — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

To support our sponsorship of Minecon and to celebrate the game leaving BETA for release, weve got a truly amazing offer on our Minecraft servers.

In response to customer feedback weve now dropped the prices of our additional RAM down to only £5 / €6 / $7.80 per 512mb increment which was half the previous price. Existing customers will see this apply automatically from their next renewal.

Not only have we lowered our price, were also offering a huge 50% off for new orders / renewal for a limited time only whilst stocks last. This makes our standard 8 slot 600mb server size just £4 / €4.60 / $6.40 a month. Dont miss out on this amazing offer, secure your discounted server today!

Seating Plan Locked!

GeoSnipe — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Thats right folks, the seating plan has now been locked for i44!

If you have not picked your seat yet then not to worry, we can help you when you check in.

Tickets are still available, just head over to our booking page and get in there quick!

Hope everyone is excited for i44, we know we are :D

Minecraft now available in Seattle, Washington

Deehem — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

We are pleased to announce that we are now offering Minecraft servers in the Seattle, Washington location.

To take advantage of this new location and purchase a Minecraft server, simply visit our Minecraft Page over at MultiplayGameservers.

24 Hour opening times now available for Support

Dentist — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

As part of our continued efforts to improve our service to Multiplay Gameserver customers, we very pleased to introduce 24/7 support!

Effective immediately we now have 24/7 ticket processing and Live Support which should result in a much better response time, particularly for our customers in West Coast USA and Asia.

We hope that this will provide everyone with a better experience of our support team should you ever need to get in touch.

As always, to get in touch with our support team head over to our Support Page and use one of the methods listed there.

Play Minecraft at insomnia44, Win Money!

Dentist — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

If you were not aware already, we are hosting a Minecraft Competition throughout the weekend at insomnia44. This will be available to everyone during the weekend, all you need is a copy of Minecraft and some creative thinking. With Minecon on at the same weekend, its chance to get noticed while the buzz is in the air. With the full release of the game at 7pm on the Friday 18th during the event, we expect everyone to be getting their picks out and having a go at this prize.

The prizes are £200 for 1st, £100 for 2nd and £50 for 3rd, so you have a good chance of winning some cash for your efforts. Another great thing about this competition is it runs from 4pm Friday all the way through until 11:30am Monday, so you can have a go no matter what tournaments you are already entered into. Your creation will be judged by a panel of hand picked judges at 13:30 on the stage.

Not only will there be some awesome activity at insomnia44, but well also have over $3,000 in prizes to give away for our online build competitions up until the end of the year! Stay tuned for more information on this soon!

Xbox 360 Tournament Details: Fifa 12 and Tekken 6

Damage — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Not satisfied with only PC game tournaments, we are hosting some console game tournaments for you to enter. They are open to spectators, so all you need is the £5 day ticket (plus an entry fee for the Fifa 12) and you can take part.

The two tournaments are:

Tekken 6 1v1

Saturday 19th November - Signups close at 11am GMT (Show up to the tournament area and speak to Dux). Tournament begins at 12 noon.
£1000 Winner-takes-all Prize.
Location: in the main exhibition hall, in the TUP Xbox360 area.

Fifa 12 1v1

Sunday 20th November - Signups close at 11am GMT (Show up to the tournament area and speak to Dave, of Sweetpatch.tv). Tournament begins at 12 noon.
Entry fee - £20 per player. Winner-takes-all.
Location: in the main exhibition hall, in the TUP Xbox360 area.

Final 8 Players Announced for IPL 4 UK Qualifiers

Damage — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

We have our full list of SC2 professional players that will compete against 16 hopefuls at insomnia44. The IPL Qualifiers are scheduled for Sunday 20th November and start at 10:00 GMT and run right through until midnight - a full day of top level games! We are incredibly excited to share the second batch of names with you here:

Team Alternate – Carlo "ClouD" Giannacco
Quantic Gaming - Kim “SaSe” Hammar
Millenium - Ilyes “Stephano”Satouri
Millenium - Benoît “Adelscott” Strypsteen
Evil Geniuses - Benjamin “DeMusliM” Baker
infused - Nathan “Lau” Lau

And the final two qualified players from the second online tournament Hosted by IGN & Playhem:

SlayerS - Kim Dong Won “Ryung”
MvP - Kim Won Hyung “TAiLS”

Check out our full Player List page for more information about these and the previously announced players! This is the biggest SC2 tournament ever hosted on UK soil! We have players from UK, Europe, Korea and the US competing for the coveted spot in the IPL4 and a share of $20,000!

Make sure you sign up to get your ticket now, and compete in our open BYOC tournament, or just come and watch these incredible top professional players play in our tournament with live casting from TotalBiscuit and dApollo! If you prefer to watch from home, we will be having a live stream in HD over the weekend for you to enjoy!

Watch the video below for an idea of what IPL really is - IPL3 in 2 Minutes:

Modern Warfare 3 servers now available!

Dentist — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Today we are pleased to announce that orders for Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 dedicated servers are now live!

Modern Warfare 3 delivers a multiplayer experience that continues to raise the bar by focusing on fast-paced, gun-on-gun combat, along with innovative features that support and enhance a large variety of play-styles.

As with all our game servers, a Modern Warfare 3 server rented from Multiplay is chock full of freebies and extras, giving you more bang for your buck without compromising on our oustanding quality service.

Servers are set up instantly and run on state of the art hardware and our high quality low lag gaming network. From just $1 / 64p / €0,75 a slot per month, why not get your hands on a Dedciated Modern Warfare 3 Server today?

Support System Maintenance - 09/11/2011

Deehem — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

We will be taking our Multiplay Support system temporarily offline during the outage window specified below.

During this time customers will be unable to access Livesupport, the frontend of the support system to raise tickets and create/respond to tickets via email.

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Start: Wednesday 09th November 2011 @ 06:00 (GMT)
End : Wednesday 09th November 2011 @ 12:00 (GMT)
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Telephone support will be operational as normal however we ask that customers only use this service for important issues such as service outages as we expect this will be a busy means of support.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused by this outage.

PayPal Outage

Killing — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Seems PayPal are having an issue with their payment systems currently which is causing order to fail if PayPal is used.

Other payment systems are unaffected and we are chasing PayPal to find out an ETA when they will have their systems fixed.

Update @ 13:43 GMT: This issue now appears to be resolved. We will continue to monitor the situation just in case.

Exhibitors at insomnia44 - What is Going On?

ShedBOy^ — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

We always have a bustling exhibition hall with things to see and do, and we thought we would give you an insight into the goings on at insomnia44:

Dev from Radio 1 will be back in attendance at the i-Series, having been to several events in the past! We cant divulge what he will be up to just yet, but keep an eye out!

Kick Energy are fast becoming a core exhibitor at insomnia, Kick are back again and will be bringing the rodeo can! Why not stop by there stand and give it a go? While there you can also enter their Xbox racing competition!

PC World - After the successful impact of exhibiting for the first time at i43, PC world have returned for i44 with more partners and goodies!

2K Games are bringing The Darkness II pre-release for you to get your lucky hands on, make sure to drop by and try it out!

CCL also return for i44 and will have various activities to participate in on their stand. They are also going to be giving away a top end PC in the world famous Multiplay Raffle! Specs to follow shortly.

InWin are back once more to show off their latest and coolest range of cases. Pop past their stand for all sorts of freebies and dont forget, these guys always donate heavily into the raffle too, so make sure you get your tickets!

Quiet PC will be back for more fun and games. With their Rockband final bringing fond memories (*cough* Craig falling on the stage) these guys are sure to bring you an interactive stand with plenty of activity.

Kustom PC are back with more tablets and crazy competitions for you to get involved in.

Team Dignitas will be running their world famous colouring competition at i44 as well as hosting ReadyUP TV direct from their stand.

Projector games are back in all their glory showing you gaming from a bygone age! Why dont you and your friends stop by for crazy multiplayer gaming and see who can master the pixels! O, did we add, the majority of games can take up to 12 / 16 players!

Magic the Gathering is back at insomnia - We’ll have Manaleak.com back at insomnia again to run some organised sanctioned drafts and constructed play for Magic the Gathering, as well as loads of space available for all of your other card and board game activities including the usual Werewolves, Yu Gi Oh and perhaps even a little Carcassonne! This will be set up in the main gaming hall and will feature Magic the Gathering drafts on both Saturday and Sunday during insomnia44, so bring your dice and check it out!

Tournament updates and Huge Games

GeoSnipe — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

We have some tournament updates for your reading pleasure:

- If you did not already know we are hosting a League of Legends Tournament with a rather huge £2,000 minimum prize pool! The community has shown that they are hungry for more tournaments at our LAN events and we have responded with cash prizes for the best teams.

- We are hosting a Battlefield 3 6v6 Conquest tournament over the weekend, with a big stage final. There will be a minimum prize fund of £1000 for teams to battle over. Sign ups will be opening soon so keep your eyes peeled for more announcements.

-Also we are very proud to bring you some Battlefield 3 Epic Games servers, with 4 x 64-Player and 4 x 32 player battles on going throughout the event for everyone to get involved in. If you have not experienced this game in multiplayer yet, you need to play during this weekend. Get a squad together on your row, and work as a team to defeat the rest of the LAN. Simply epic!

-We will be hosting a free to play area with high specification PCs so you can try some of the latest games, including Battlefield 3, Modern Warfare 3 and Rift. Come and create a character on RIFT, or jump into our multi-player servers on one of the brand new shooters, and you wont be disappointed!

-If you are more of a console gamer, we will have some free to play Xboxes with games like Ridge Racer, Ace Combat and other games so you can challenge your friends between viewing our exhibition hall, or having a drink in our bar.

Did we already mention we have our $20,000 Starcraft IPL Qualifier? What are you waiting for - book now!

Only 300 spaces remain for insomnia44!

ShedBOy^ — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

If you have not got your ticket for our winter gaming festival, be warned, they are selling out fast in the run up to insomnia44! There are only 300 tickets left, is this madness? No - this is Multiplay!

If you are not sure yet, you should see some of the incredible things we have happening at our not-so-quiet winter LAN:

- IGN Pro League, including some of the best players in the world, including Aleksey “WhiteRa” Krupnyk and Marcus “ThorZaIN” Eklöf taking part!

- Action filled exhibition hall, with big names showcasing the latest and greatest gaming products, including IGN, Ubisoft, 2K Games, In Win, Currys & PC World, Quiet PC, CCL Computers, Riot Games, Kick Energy, Kustom PC, Team Dignitas and Projector Games.

- Up to £30,000 worth of prizes up for grabs in our Tournaments, with finals casted live and broadcast in HD by talented casters John "TotalBiscuit" Bain and Shaun "dApollo" Clark. Come and watch them cast during Saturday and Sunday from the side stage area near the bar and have a drink & watch some Starcraft 2!

- Social activities, with a card and board gaming area separate from the rest of the gaming hall, the World Famous Pub Quiz, the Boat Race and the free to play area in the exhibition hall where you can try some of the latest games.

- Keep on eye on our Whats On page for more information on what will be happening during the event!

Dont miss out! Get your seat booked now!

i44 - First 8 IPL 4 Starcraft 2 Players and Prize Distribution

ShedBOy^ — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Excitement is mounting over our IPL4 UK Regional Qualifier tournament at insomnia44, and we are proud to announce the first 8 players that will be taking part, along side 16 players from the BYOC LAN and more top players we will reveal next week.

Dignitas - Samayan "BlinG" Kay
Team Grubby - Manuel "Grubby" Scenkhuizen
Ttesports - Aleksey "WhiteRa" Krupnyk
mousesports - Marcus "ThorZaIN" Eklöf
mousesports - Dennis "HasuObs" Schneider
Team Redbyte Italia - Maurizio "StarEagle" Carioti

And the 2 qualifiers from the first online tournament Hosted by IGN:

Team Alternate - Johnathan "DarKFoRcE" Belke
compLexity - Chad "Minigun" Jones

Check out our Player List page for more information about these players!

The incredible $20,000 prize pool will be paid out to the following positions:

1st: $10,000
2nd: $5,000
3rd: $2,000
4th: $1,000
5th-8th $500

Make sure you sign up to get your ticket now, and come and watch these incredible top professional players play in our tournament area, or take a seat during the day and watch the live casting of TotalBiscuit and dApollo!

StratLAN Xmas 2011 Signups Open!

ShedBOy^ — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The sign-ups are now open for StratLAN Xmas 2011! o/

Make sure you book fast as places go quick!

Why go to StratLAN Xmas? Well... We will be having secret santa, big scheduled games, bacon, tuck shop, Friday night party, bacon and more!

How can you get all of this? Head over to over booking page and sign-up now, make sure to click the box for secret santa on the additional services page!!!!11one

Official Overclockers UK Gaming Servers Powered by Multiplay! Competition inside!

Damage — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

You may have guessed from the title but we are pleased to announce our partnership with Overclockers UK. We will be providing Overclockers UK with all their game server needs, this includes a rather sexy 64 slot Battlefield 3 server.

To celebrate this Overclockers in conjuction with Corsair are running an awesome competition where you can win a fantastic set of Corsair Vengeance 1300 Professional Gaming Headset worth £70. See the details below along with the server IPs!

Overclockers UK had this to say:

"Overclockers UK has teamed with server giant Multiplay to bring you gaming servers which the OcUK community can enjoy together! We will be adding more servers as time continues but we have a small range to begin with for the start, but we all know that Battlefield 3 64 man will be the one filing up due to the release just hours away.

To celebrate this launch we are giving away a fantastic set of Corsair Vengeance 1300 Professional Gaming Headset worth £70 to a lucky forum members who respond to this thread quoting "Thank you Multiplay UK & Corsair we can all play together"
The winner will be chosen at Random on the 3rd November 2011. Overclockers UK reserve the right to the competition and reserves the right to change or withdraw the offer at anytime."

The forum post is HERE to enter the comp - so get going! Server IPs below <3

BF3 - 85.236.100.82:19767
CS:S - 85.236.101.35:37015
CoD4 - 85.236.101.73:29060
TF2 - 85.236.101.73:37315
Minecraft - 46.20.119.131:31565

IPL 4 Qualifier Prize Pool Now $20,000!

ShedBOy^ — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

If our partnership with IPL was not exciting enough for you, we are pleased to announce the prize pool for the IPL 4 Qualifier tournament on Sunday 20th November has increased to a mind blowing $20,000.

This should turn some heads and we expect some of the best players in the world to show up and fight tooth and nail, for the qualification position and massive prize!

If you want to have a chance at this prize, and enjoy all the other benefits of the biggest gaming festival in the UK, then grab your ticket now, and sign up for the tournament!.

Or turn up on the weekend and get in to watch the action for just £5! With Totalbiscuit and Apollo casting games all weekend, you can sit with a drink from the bar while enjoying the fruits of E-Sports!

Win an Insomnia44 Ticket in our Sapphire Starcraft 2 Cup!

ShedBOy^ — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Tonight is the start of our Sapphire Starcraft 2 Cup, and we have a little something extra to throw in with the already great prizes available!

Not only can you win a Radeon HD 6870 Dirt 3 Edition and £100 for coming first, you will also receive a full BYOC ticket for our prestigious event in November! Second prize is still the Sapphire Radeon HD 6770 and £50, which is better then a kick in the teeth!

Make sure you check the Rules and sign up before 17:00 BST. Also confirm you are playing on the same site from 18:00 BST onwards, or you might not be able to play!

Think you are up to the challenge? Sign up now!

BF3 Server Setups

Slanty — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Current status of server set ups:

24/10/11

Atlanta, Herndon, Los Angeles, New York, Seattle, Toronto, St. Louis: Complete!

25/10/11

Chicago: Complete!

26/10/11

Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Hudiksvall, Paris: Setting up servers.

Please be patient, we are setting servers up as fast as possible. We will update this post regularly.

King of the LAN, Big Games, Bacon, and More!

ShedBOy^ — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Sup everyone! It is the week of StratLAN, and we are all very ready for some serious awesomeness this coming weekend. But first though, we have some quick news ahead of the LAN to bring you up to speed!

First up, Bacon! We can confirm that we will be dishing out Hangover Bacon Rolls every morning between 10am and 11am, to revive you for another day of gaming. These will be available from the kitchen at the staggeringly awesome price of £1 a roll. A range of sauces will be available to spruce up your baps, but its strictly first come, first serve!

Secondly, we have a Schedule of BIG GAMES for the weekend, which you can find on our Forums Post.

Thirdly, King of the LAN Rules! Heres how it will work:

Geo will be first King.

Any player may challenge the current king on a game of their choice, the game must be on the list or otherwise sanctioned by Geo or Kharne. The King/Queen has to accept the challenge, or forfeit the crown. The Crown is then passed to the challenger and they receive 1 point. If the King wins you cannot challenge for another hour, and the King receives 1 point. If you re-challenge, you must choose a different game. The challenger list is on the white board and you must return to the back of the queue if you wish to re-challenge.

After winning a game, the new or existing king/queen of the lan must stand (In the main LAN area) and state clearly:

“I AM STILL KING OF THE LAN, AND GLADLY ACCEPT ALL CHALLENGERS!”
or
“I AM THE NEW KING OF THE LAN, AND GLADLY ACCEPT ALL CHALLENGERS!”

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Further rules are posted on the King of LAN thread on the forums, which you can find here.

The base games available for King Of LAN will be:

PC (If you do not have a game, we will have 2 machines set up with them on):
- SC2 (Best Of 1)
- CS 1v1 (First to 10 Aim map)
- COD4 1v1 (10 Mins 1v1 “TDM”)
- UT2k4 1v1 (10 Mins 1v1 DM (Normal weapons or insta)
- Q3A (10 Mins 1v1 DM)

CONSOLE (In the console area):
-Tekken 6 (Best Of 5 Rounds)
-Super Street Fighter 4 (Best Of 5 Rounds)
-Guitar Hero 5 (1 song)

Plus, dont forget to bring your game faces!

Battlefield 3 - Server Administration Docs Now Available!

Killing — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The BF3 server admin docs are down available guys and contain all the info you need to admin your Official Ranked Battlefield 3 server from Multiplay ;-)

Download the Battlefield 3 - Server Administration Docs now from from Fileplay

IGN Pro League 4 UK comes to Insomnia44!

ShedBOy^ — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

We here at Multiplay are very proud to present the IGN Pro League 4 UK Qualifiers, at our November LAN event, insomnia44! Featuring Starcraft 2, the IPL tournament will be a combination of players qualifying from the Insomnia Multiplay Starcraft 2 Tournament and invited pro players.

IGN launched the IPL earlier this year, to promote the fast-growing e-sports community leveraging its unrivalled online reach and the passion of its users to provide a platform for introducing the new generation of e-sports stars to millions of gaming fans.

The first-ever IPL regional tournament, for Blizzard Entertainments real time strategy game Starcraft II, will be held at insomnia44, taking place from November 18th to 21st at the Telford International Centre, UK.

David Ting, General Manager of eSports and Vice President of Research & Development at IGN, said:

"Were incredibly excited to be partnering with the experienced team at Multiplay, as we launch our first ever IPL 4 regional, in co-operation with IGN UK team. Multiplay has championed LAN gaming for over a decade, and together we can help grow e-sports internationally, fostering a new generation of e-sports stars through the IPL regionals. Well be building up to the IPL4 major next March in the US with a series of qualifiers across Europe and beyond."

Craig Fletcher, Managing Director, Multiplay added:

"IPL is rapidly taking the e-sports world by storm, so were delighted to be partnering with them to host their first regional tournament at our insomnia44 event. Being able to build on the work weve done in eSports over the past decade, and help contribute to a fantastic tournament & prize pot with IGN is something that were really proud to be part of."

More information on the IPL @ insomnia44 will be posted as we get closer to the event, so keep an eye out!

BF3 Launch Trailer

Killing — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Dont miss this awesome trailer for Battlefield 3 which shows off some snippets from the single player story line :)

Dont forget Battlefield 3 servers are available from just 70p a Slot from Multiplay

Last chance to win Trackmania 2 with StratLAN!

ShedBOy^ — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

TIME IS RUNNING OUT! You dont have long to get your seats booked if you want to be in with a chance of winning a free copy of Trackmania 2!

You have until MIDNIGHT TONIGHT to get your booking sorted, or you will miss out!

However, even if you do miss out, you should still book for October StratLAN, as its going to be awesome. How awesome? This awesome.

Never been to a Stratlan before? Heres some reasons why you should attend!

If youve been to SLAN before, we are making it even more brilliant with some rather spiffing new ideas which you might be interested in.

Head over to the StratLAN homepage for more information and to book your space today!

Team Fortress 2 Online Qualifiers

Damage — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Once again we are happy to bring to you our online Team Fortress 2 tournaments in which your team can win tickets to i44!

It is always an incredible experience taking part in our LAN tournaments, with some amazing finals and great excitable crowds. Now you might not even need to buy your tickets - just enter one of our online TF2 tournaments and earn your place.

Never fear if your team is not one of the best around, we have upper and lower tournaments for our higher skilled teams and the wider community. That means we will be giving TWO teams of 6 the tickets for our prestigious 4 day event!

Make sure you sign up your team now - either for the lower or upper tournament.

Please keep an eye on our tournament page for any updates once you are entered.

Battlefield 3 Server Setup Times

ShedBOy^ — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The time is approaching fast! Battlefield 3 is incoming, with a whirl of media interest and anticipation. The Open BETA whet everyones appetite, and then left us with a whole 3 weeks of waiting to get back into the fray, but the time is nearly upon us!

So when will your Official Ranked Multiplay BF3 Server be ready for you to play on? Well unfortunately BF3 has a split release date, which means that it will be launching in different regions around the world at different times. To help you get the most out of your server, we will not be setting up servers in locations until the game is actually released there, unless you ask us to.

The release dates for each region are as follows:

Tuesday 25th October 2011
USA, Canada, Singapore

Thursday 27th October 2011
Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Germany, Austria, France, Spain, Russia, Norway, Sweden, Australia, New Zealand

Friday 28th October 2011
UK, Poland, Czech Republic, Italy, Belgium

Here is a breakdown of when we will be setting up our servers in each of our locations by default:

17:01 BST (12:01 EDT and 09:01 PDT) Monday 24th October 2011 (We are allowed to setup from this time on the 24th)
Cananda: Toronto
US: Atlanta, Georgia, Chicago, Illinois, Herndon, Virginia, Los Angeles, California, New York, New York, San Antonio, Texas, Seattle, Washington, St. Louis, Missouri

23:00 BST / Midnight CEST Wednesday 27th October 2011 (Wednesday night / Thursday Morning)
Netherlands: Amsterdam
Germany: Frankfurt
France: Paris
Russia: Moscow
Sweden: Hudiksvall
Australia: Sydney

12 Midnight BST Friday 28th October 2011 (Thursday night / Friday Morning)
UK: London
Italy: Milan

We will be setting up servers in each location based on this timetable, however if you specify otherwise we can setup your server earlier, although we cannot setup any servers earlier than 17:01 BST Monday 24th October 2011.

To request an early server setup, simply head over to our Support Site and raise a ticket with our support team. If you add "BF3 Early Server Setup" in the title this will help the team identify these tickets quicker!

If there are any changes to this from the EA / DICE end, we will let you know ASAP.

See you on the servers!

October StratLAN; Now with additional Spacetime

ShedBOy^ — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

StratLAN October 2011 is already shaping up to be an amazing LAN, but today we have an announcement that is sure to set the standard of awesomeness for the event as a whole.

We here at Multiplay are very pleased to announce that we have managed to secure an additional hour of spacetime for everyone at StratLAN, meaning that you get an extra hour of LAN goodness at no extra cost what-so-ever!

The additional hour will come into play on Sunday morning @ 1am, when the clocks will be turned back to midnight. Whilst this means you get an additional hour of LAN goodness at no extra monetary cost, it does mean that you will be one hour older when you return to the real world. However, we are sure that spending that additional hour at LAN will be more than worth it!

So how will you spend this additional time?

Perhaps you will spend it playing some more of the sure to be awesome Battlefield 3 on one of our amazing Official Ranked Servers? Will you spend it getting a few more drinks down in the social area? You might event decide to take on the current King of the LAN? Who knows, but make sure you spend it wisely!

Speaking of Battlefield 3, make sure you have obtained your copy as October StratLAN starts on BF3s release day, and will surely feature heavily as the game of the weekend!

Look forward to seeing you there time travellers.

Early Bird comes to an end...

ShedBOy^ — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

So, once again Early Bird has come to an end, but do not despair! There are still plenty of reasons to get yourself signed up to the Biggest Gaming Festival in the UK this winter.

Applications for Clanboxes of 32 players are now open, meaning you and your friends can get yourselves seated in a nice quiet private box for the duration of the LAN, away from the masses. To do this, simply head over to our Support Site, and raise a ticket under Event Enquiries with all the booking IDs of all the players in your Clanbox.

Clanboxes are booked on a first come, first serve bases, so get your requests in fast!

In a change from i43, camping at i44 will be a different location this winter. Located on the pitches at the local Rugby Club, camping will have more space, more security and also have the capacity to allow caravans on site. This will hopefully please lots of you who experienced issues with the camping at the last event.

Tournaments sign-ups are now live! Call of Duty 4, Counter-Strike Source, League of Legends, Starcraft 2, Team Fortress 2, Minecraft and Beat em Ups have been confirmed with a combined minimum prize pot of £17k so far! Why not head over to our tournament page and sign-up today? Go on, you know you want to!

If you like to sound of this and still havent booked your ticket then head over to our ticket booking page for more information.

Multiplay Sapphire Online Cup

Dentist — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

We are pleased to announce our first online tournament for the incredibly popular E-Sport that is Starcraft 2! The winner will receive the Radeon HD 6870 Dirt 3 Edition and the nice little bonus of £100. The runner up also wins a graphics card and £50. Not bad for 2 evenings work!

We have hosted some of the most exciting games of Starcraft 2 at previous iseries, and we expect this to be no different.

Its easy to enter, just head on over to our Binary Beast tournament page and follow the instructions to create an account and sign up to the tournament. Read the rules page to see how things work.

The entire event will be covered by experienced caster Martijn "Mumbles" Bloemheuvel from GLHF.tv fame, and it will be shown on our own3D channel throughout for your enjoyment!

The tournament begins at 19:00 BST on Wednesday 26th October, and resumes at 19:00 BST on the Thursday 27th October.

Pre-order your Battlefield 3 server now from just 70p per slot!

Dentist — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

As one of the world's leading GSPs we are pleased to announce our new pricing structure for Battlefield 3 servers.

Our pre-order price was originally set from the information we obtained during the Alpha testing phase of Battlefield 3. Now that Beta has finished and we have compiled all of the valuable information, we have seen changes in how much resource is required to run servers.

As such we've now been able to reduce our prices, meaning you can now pre-order your Battlefield 3 server from just 70p / €0,80 / $1 per slot!

During the open beta we held over 20% of the entire world's BF3 players, meaning many of you will have already experienced our top quality and lag free Battlefield 3 experience. Want to continue this amazing experience into the launch? Pre-order today to secure this great discount.

We haven't forgotten our existing customers who have supported us strongly by already pre-ordering their service however! All existing customers should have recieved an emailing detailing an exclusive offer for anyone who has already preordered. If you've not already seen it, don't forget to check your spam folder and add Multiplay to your trusted senders list.

If you've not already pre-ordered Battlefield 3, don't forget to check out Origin to pre-order now and secure exclusive extras including the Back to Karkand expansion pack!

Early Bird hasnt got long!

ShedBOy^ — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Only 4 days remain. 4 days to get yourself a ticket to the Biggest Gaming Festival in the UK this winter, with a rather nice 20% off. 4 days. Its not long!

If youve been thinking about grabbing a ticket, but havent got as far as booking your seat yet, why not take advantage of this great offer while its still here! Head on over to our Tickets Page to find out more.

Already got your ticket? Awesome! Make sure youve got your seat picked out in the gaming halls via our Seat Picker

In other news, applications for Clanboxes of 32 players are now open, meaning you and your friends can get yourselves seated in a nice quiet private box for the duration of the LAN, away from the masses. To do this, simply head over to our Support Site, and raise a ticket under Event Enquiries with all the booking IDs of all the players in your Clanbox.

Clanboxes are booked on a first come, first serve bases, so get your requests in fast!

In a change from i43, camping at i44 will be a different location this winter. Located on the pitches at the local Rugby Club, camping will have more space, more security and also have the capacity to allow caravans on site. The rugby club is within walking distance of the venue, and will have showers & parking on site. This will hopefully please lots of you who experienced issues with the camping at the last event.

Make sure you head on over to our Tournament Pages to find out more about the Tournaments that have been announced, and keep an eye out for more news as we get closer to the event.

Win a Trackmania 2 Key!

ShedBOy^ — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

As if you need any more incentive to attend a StratLAN, we here at Multiplay are spoiling you lot even more!

If you book and pay for a space at StratLAN October before Wednesday 19th October and you will be entered into a prize draw to win a copy of Trackmania2!

Never been to a Stratlan before? Heres some reasons why you should attend!

If youve been to SLAN before, we are making it more awesome with some rather spiffing new ideas which you might be interested in.

Head over to the StratLAN homepage for more information and to book your space today!

All good things must come to an end...

ShedBOy^ — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

And so, the Battlefield 3 Open BETA will be very shortly coming to an end, but what a BETA it has been! With an insane amount of players on our servers almost constantly for the past 2 weeks, the BETA has seen a huge amount of testing for the release at the end of the month.

Here at Multiplay we have been enjoying the BETA immensely, and have been throwing more and more servers on-line for everyone to get their BF3 fix!

With over 760 servers and a staggering 27,840 player slots across 16 locations around the world, we certainly had plenty of space for everyone to play, and around a 5th of the worlds players during the BETA were playing on Multiplay Gameservers! At peak we had over 12,000 players crashing jets into the ground, so thanks for making our servers the place to play!

So what now? Well, your feedback is important and we want to make sure that we have everything as perfect as we can for the launch of BF3 on October 28th. We are working very closely with DICE & EA to ensure that we can get as much feedback from the community as possible, so make sure you leave your comments in both the Server Performance thread on the EA forums, as well as our own feedback thread on the Multiplay Community Forums.

We also have a thread up for reporting any client side bugs you have found in the game, which you can find here.

If youve not got yourself a server yet, head on over to our Gameservers Site, where we are currently offering 50% Off all BF3 server pre-orders in the EU, and $1 a slot for all servers in US locations. Both offers are fixed price for the life of the server.

If you havent yet purchased your copy, head over to Origin to grab Battlefield 3, with all the extras that come with the pre-order! Karkand anyone?

See you on the battlefield ;)

StratLAN - New & Improved

ShedBOy^ — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

StratLAN. Do you know what it is?

Have you heard the name banded around, and are vaguely aware of it, but never really given it much thought? Well, StratLAN is our smaller "Grass Roots" LAN event, held several times a year in Stratford-Upon-Avon in Warwickshire.

Its much smaller than i-Series at just over 100 people, with the emphasis very much on gaming at its very best; with friends!

StratLAN October is fast approaching, and runs from 6:00pm Friday 28th October – 2:00pm Monday 31st October 2011, and there are still places available!

If youve only ever been to an iSeries, or never been to a LAN at all, why not try StratLAN; its a great place to meet new people, play lots of games in a friendly environment and have the odd drink. If you want to know more about what SLAN is about, head on over to our "What is StratLAN?" page for more info.

Head on over to our Tickets Page for more information on how to get yourself to a StratLAN!

New & Improved SLAN eh? How so?

We have been thinking; what would make a SLAN even better? What would we like to see at a LAN that we attended? How can we improve on something already so awesome?

Here’s our ideas:

1. More Big Games. Its often something that people feed back to us, and we try very hard to ensure that we get as many big games sorted as we can. However, we are going to be putting more time & effort into making sure that we have more big matches of the games you want to play. Games on the radar so far include TF2, Blur, BF3, CSS, COD4 and UT2k4, but we will add whatever games people want to play!

2. King of LAN. A new feature to StratLAN, King of LAN will pit players head to head throughout the event, where challengers can take on the current King of LAN in a 1v1 game of their choice from the game list. If the challenger wins, they become King of LAN! The overall King will be the player that takes the most wins throughout the weekend, and will bag themselves something awesome. More detailed rules & games to follow!

3. Hangover Breakfast. Its not unheard of that the occasional gamer will have a tipple of the good stuff during an evening of SLAN, and as a result can feel slightly "worse for wear" the following morning. But this cannot affect the days gaming! The answer? Bacon. Multiplay to the rescue! We will be putting on cooked Bacon breakfast baps for weary gamers each morning, to help you start your day of gaming right.

4. Console & Chillout Area. A big, proper, dedicated chill out area for watching films, TV, playing console games or catching up on something sad on TV on Saturday night.

5. Mass Curry Night. There are plenty of awesome take outs in Stratford, so why miss out on the huge array of cultural cuisine on offer? We will be arranging mass orders from various take out establishments each evening, so that everyone will be able to sort out their meal for the evening.

6. Tuck Shop. The tuck shop is back to SLAN after some time away, but it wont be anything like the size of the iSeries tuck shop! With some cans & snacks on offer, there will be enough to get you through between meals.

7. Battlefield 3. It comes out on the first night of the October SLAN, and so there will be many of the games organised for the LAN! Maybe even get some Winter SLAN Battlefield Red vs Blue on the go. Excellent!

8. More ideas. We have them. We will be releasing more info when weve worked out the details!

Do you have an idea we havent thought of? I mean, were pretty on this, but you know... miracles happen! If you do though, tell us over on our StraLAN Community Forums and well do our best to make it happen!

Insomnia44 Tournament Announcements

Damage — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

With Insomnia44 creeping ever closer the tournaments have started to receive various updates, the latest being announcements for both Counter-Strike Source and Team Fortress 2. These are important announcements regarding both tournaments and should you be entering, have entered or are thinking about entering then these are critical that you read.

To read these articles please head over to the iSeries website here

Multiplay recruiting more support staff

Damage — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Multiplay are taking steps to seriously drive forward in key areas of our business, especially our online services. Due to our upcoming change to 24/7 support, we need more Support team members to help keep our high support standards, and to deal with growth moving forwards.

Vacancy - Customer Services and Support Technician - Part Time / Full Time

Purpose: Ensure a high level of customer care and quality of service for Multiplays online operations, most notably our hosted services such as game servers, voice comms and dedicateds.

Location: Option to work at the Multiplay office or from home
Package: £6.08+ per hour depending on candidate
Hours of Work: Support is 24 hours. Expected hours can be Days, Evenings, Nights and Weekends (rota-based)

Areas of Work:

Provide support to the Customer Services Manager which will include but not be limited to:

* Ensure timely resolution to customer service, sales and support enquiries
* Responsible for managing ticket queues from within the e-support system
* Responsible for managing all enquiries via telephone, Live Support
* Process on line service orders as required
* Monitor server farm performance metrics and respond to monitoring alerts
* Create and maintain support wiki articles as necessary

Skills and Experience:

* Good written and verbal communication skills
* Competent at both UNIX and Windows systems administration
* Experience in working in a customer service environment
* Competent in network administration, operation and diagnostics
* Good IT literacy

How to Apply:

Candidates should apply online by heading to http://support.multiplay.co.uk and submitting a ticket in the jobs/hr department. You can attach an electronic copy of your CV to the ticket as you create it. Should you wish to contact us by telephone you can call on 020 7100 1337 (Mon-Fri 9am-6pm).

Just over 1 week of i44 Early Bird to go!

ShedBOy^ — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

i44 is approaching fast! With only 44 days remaining at the time of writing there isnt much time to secure youre ticket to this years biggest winter gaming festival in the UK. But there is even less time to grab your ticket with an awesome 20% off!

Early Bird has just over 1 week to go, so make sure you get your discounted seat sorted.

Dont forget to check out all the Tournaments that have been announced so far, and keep an eye on the news for more announcements on why i44 will be exactly 37 different kinds of awesome.

For those of you that have already secured your ticket, you can now get you and your mates seated on our Seat Picker page.

Head on over to our Tickets Page to find out how you can get involved in the biggest gaming festival in the UK!

Seat Picker Now Live!

ShedBOy^ — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

With only 45 days to go until the next instalment of the UKs Biggest Gaming Festival, the Seat Picker is now available for you to get you and your mates seated in the gaming halls!

Back at The Telford International Centre after the success of i43, i44 looks set to be another great winter iSeries event! If youve not grabbed your ticket yet, make sure you head over to our Tickets Page to take advantage of our Early Bird Discount scheme, giving you 20% off your BYOC ticket price. There is only 2 weeks remaining for Early Bird, so get your ticket sorted asap!

Make sure you also head over to our Tournament Pages to find out what has been announced so far.

Battlefield 3 Beta Kicks off!

Killing — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000

For those who have pre-ordered the game through Origin or have pre-ordered a Multiplay BF3 server the Beta kicked off today with 48 hours of exclusive game play.

While there are always niggles with Betas we must say that DICEs latest shooter doesnt disappoint, so be sure to checkout the Multiplay Battlefield 3 servers for some hot BF3 action!

Nuclear Dawn - Launch Detected!

Damage — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000

From within the InterWave studios bunker, a single flash transmission was received. It read:

"Operation Heavens Fury has commenced. Nuclear launches have been detected across the globe and we expect impact on Steam at 2300 hours GMT. Prepare your forces, Nuclear Dawn approaches."

With phase 1 underway InterWave had one thing left to do, contact the Multiplay reaction centre and initiate phase 2, the implementation of command servers - globally. The only way to feasibly do this was to recruit young commanders and soldiers across the world and give them the access code that they would need. Due to encryption risks and the sensitivity of the codes, these are not being handed out through even the most secure of communication methods. Instead commanders are being directed to the Multiplay control panel which will give direct access to their unique code and the servers themselves.

To arms ladies and gentleman, for no war is like the war fought in a Nuclear Dawn.

To summise - Today InterWave studios launch their latest title, Nuclear Dawn. Working with InterWave studios Multiplay are happy to announce an exclusive offer of 20% off your server for life available through the Nuclear Dawn site.

"Nuclear Dawn is a Source engine based Multiplayer game that combines the visceral action of a First Person Shooter with the deep branching gameplay of a Real Time Strategy title." - Nuclear Dawn site

Get your copy of Nuclear Dawn today!

Free Battlefield 3 Headstart Beta keys with all BF3 server pre-orders!

Dentist — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Were running a special promotion for anyone who pre-orders their BF3 server from Multiplay. We are giving away a free Headstart Beta key for anyone with an active pre-order before the headstart begins on Tuesday.

All you have to do to get your hands on the game those 2 days early is to pre-order your server from battlefield3servers.com ! If you have already pre-ordered you are already getting yourself a key. Available whilst stocks last!

Paypal Payment Issues (Resolved)

Killing — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Paypal currently have a problem with their servers which is causing intermittent issues with payments globally.

We are in contact with Paypal to get the issue at their end resolved as quickly as possible, in the mean time you can use any of our alternative payment methods.

Update Paypal have now resolved this issue and payments are once again processing normally. If you had problems yesterday and want to pay using paypal, you can now do so.

Minecraft v1.8 Adventure Update Released

Killing — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Its time for another Minecraft update, this time v1.8 aka The Adventure Update which brings with it better graphics and a number of cool new gameplay features.

As always seconds after the official release of MC v1.8 our crack engineers started work on updating our minecraft servers to support the new v1.8 adventure update. Just a few hours later they where complete and support was rolled out across all our machines.

This is just one of the reason why Multiplay Gameservers is the worlds #1 Minecraft host :)

For those that dont realise whats required to rollout a new minecraft release, we explain:
Why does it takes so much effort to update to new Minecraft server releases?

Official Ranked Red Orchestra 2 ranked servers now available to purchase with instant setup!

Dentist — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Today we are pleased to announce that Red Orchestra 2 Servers are now live and ready to purchase with instant setup. As one of the worlds premier game server hosts, you can be sure that your experience will be the best possible.

From only 80p per slot, why not get your hands on a server today and get everything set up ready for the games main release tomorrow?

Purchase your Official Ranked Red Orchestra 2 server now and you could be playing within minutes and even get yourself a free Mumble server included as standard!

To find out more, check out our Gameserver website or get in touch!

Battlefield 3 - Guillotine Gameplay Teaser

Killing — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000

With the release of the new Guillotine Gameplay Trailer DICE’s upcoming BF3 continues to blow us away, so if you haven’t seen it yet make sure you checkout this Teaser.

Keep your eyes here for news about the upcoming BF3 BETA.

Don’t forget you can still pre-order your Multiplay BF3 server @ 50% off for the life of the server while stocks last.

The ASUS L4D2 Survival Campaign: Round 2!

Damage — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Round 2: Evacuate Asus!

It wasnt so long ago that hordes of zombies began to overun the Asus HQ, but after a call to arms Asus managed to recruit the mercenaries Rulah, bjorn, drago and ultrasick84 to hold back the invading zombie horde, enabling the Asus employees to escape with their lives to their new temporary haven, Maximus 4. The zombies, having been held off for some time, eventually overan our would be heroes who were forced to abandon defending the Bridge and worry about protecting their own respective hides. They had done their jobs though as not a single employee was eaten and Asus rewarded them handsomely for their deeds. All parties hoped that they had seen the worst of the zombie invasion, but they were wrong.

The zombies have now swarmed the area and are once again threatening the Asus employees at Maximus 4. In a desperate bid to survive Asus have put up a huge reward to 4 brave souls who can hold off the Zombie invasion for the longest period of time. This is to give the Asus employees at Maximus 4 enough time to get to safety in the new "Rampage" Bunker. The call came in the form of a broken Skype message through to the Multiplay reaction centre. All that could be deciphered was this:

".... this is Miodrag Relic, we have a breach..... urgent response requested....."

"we cant hold them...... too many!"

"Can anyone hear me?! ..... Anyone......."

Multiplays response was short and concise:

"If you can hear us, we are coming. Just try and survive, help is on its way"

If you are reading this then you are a recipent of the encoded distress signal Multiplay have put out on Asus behalf. There is no time to waste and judging from the sound of the broken SOS from Asus, we must react now. Assemble your teams, select your weapons and make sure you have plenty of medikits because this is going to be one hell of a ride.

You must cover the Asus evacuation as they pass through the Train Car zone in an area ironically known as "The Sacrifice". The team able to provide the best cover will earn the reward described below.

To find out more, i.e. the MASSIVE prizes and how to enter CLICK ME!

Please note: All scores / times must be entered on the original forum post on the Left4Dead Series forums (linked directly above)

insomnia44 tickets now available, secure your 30% discount!

Dentist — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Well, its now Monday and unfortunately insomnia43 is coming to a close. We hope youve all had an amazing time here in Telford this weekend and congratulations to all of our tournament winners from across the weekend. Wed also like to thank everyone who attended the show and everyone watching on the stream at home for helping make insomnia43 the biggest and hopefully best LAN event the UK has ever seen.

We now have insomnia44 tickets available for purchase online! At a massive 30% "Earlier Bird" discount, tickets for our next amazing gaming festival cost just £64.40 for the entire weekend. Gold Discount holders (8 or more BYOC iseries) will also receive Early Arrival Service for free!

Heres the key features of what insomnia44 has to offer:

Held at the Telford International Centre from Friday 18th November until Monday 21st November 2011
Clanboxes available again. 32 man boxes available at a £320 surcharge
Monitor and PC rental will be available
Camping available a short walk from the venue
Halls 1 & 2 Open for BYOC Gamers
More parking available
On-site hotels available at discounted rates

insomnia44 will also feature a spectacular set of eSports tournaments:

Starcraft 2 1v1 - Minimum prize fund of £4,000 with invite slots available
Counter-Strike: Source - Minimum prize fund of £5,000
League of Legends - Minimum prize fund of £2,000
Beat em up titles - Minimum prize fund of £1,000
Call of Duty - Either CoD4 or MW3 will be selected subject to the suitability of MW3 as a competitive title
Battlefield 3, Dota2 and Xbox360 Modern Warfare 3 are all also being considered subject to suitability and availability. More info on these titles to be released soon!

Hopefully thats piqued your interest! Tickets cost just £64.40 until 23:59 on the 13th of September, giving you just over 2 weeks to secure your ticket at this amazing discounted rate. Tickets are available whilst stocks last so book now and make sure you dont miss out.

Experience Battlfield 3 at its very first UK PC showing, exclusively at insomnia43

Dentist — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Today we are very excited to announce yet another UK first at insomnia43. This Sunday will officially be the first UK consumer showing of EA's upcoming Battlefield 3 on PC and you guys will be able to get your hands on the real thing in the exhibition hall!

Battlefield 3 is one of the mostly hotly anticipated titles due for release in 2011 and we're very proud to be able to bring you this opportunity to experience it a full 3 months early. Gamers will be able to play the game's Squad Deathmatch game-mode, pitting two teams of 4 against each other in epic warfare at it's finest.

When this game was shown at Gamescom in Cologne last weekend, the demonstration area saw gamers queueing for up to 9 hours just to get a hands on experience, so we expect demand at insomnia43 to be huge!

For those of you who don't already have a ticket for the UK's largest ever LAN event, why not head on down to insomnia43 and pick up a day ticket on the door for only £5 for the whole day!

Can't wait to get your hands on it? You can now pre-order Battlefield 3 via Origin and be one of the first to play with a 48 hour Beta headstart along with some other great pre-order bonuses.

Here is a little something to whet your appetite...

Currys and PC World activity - 3 PC madness!

Damage — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000

As we all know Currys and PC World will be headlining the Multiplay i43 Insomnia Gaming Festival at the International Centre in Telford this August bringing a variety of brands including Antec, ASUS, Kingston, NVidia, Intel, Madcatz and Roxio.

So what can you expect to see on the Currys and PC World stand? A whole heap of juicy activity thats what! They are giving away 3 PCs! Yes, you read correctly, 3 PCs! See below for details on how to get your hands on one and also a sneak peak regarding what Currys and PC World have in store for us at i43:

* Beat the pro gamer - 1vs1 first person shooter. Anyone that gets 3 kills or more goes into a prize draw to win a custom built PC worth around £1500 plus other prizes
Spec;

ANTEC TWELVE HUNDRED V3 / ANTEC HCP 1200 / ANTEC KÜHLER H2O 920 / ASUS MOBO / ASUS GTX580 / KINGSTON SSD 96GB / INTEL i7 2600k / 8GB KINGSTON RAM (4x2GB) / SONY DVD-R / BUNDLE OF CYBORG/STEELSERIES PERIPHERALS

* Racing rig - The person with the best laptime over the entire weekend will win a custom built PC worth around £1500 plus randomly selected runner ups will win prizes each day
Spec;

ANTEC DF-85 / ANTEC HCP 1200 / ANTEC KÜHLER H2O 920 / ASUS MOBO / 2x ASUS GTX580 / KINGSTON SSD 96GB / INTEL i7 2600k / 8GB KINGSTON RAM (4x2GB)/ SONY DVD-R / BUNDLE OF CYBORG/STEELSERIES PERIPHERALS

* Grand prize draw - enter online for your chance to win a state of the art custom built PC with runner up prizes consisting of various components and peripherals - Family fun games and free giveaways throughout the whole weekend
Spec;

ANTEC TWELVE HUNDRED V3 / ANTEC HCP 1200 / ANTEC KÜHLER H2O 920 / ASUS MOBO / ASUS GTX580 / KINGSTON SSD 96GB / INTEL i7 2600k / 8GB KINGSTON RAM (4x2GB) / SONY DVD-R / BUNDLE OF CYBORG/STEELSERIES PERIPHERALS

* Live overclocking to be demonstrated by expert Paul Watkinson with the opportunity to win a 1:1 overclocking training session with him.

* Free sweets and drinks along with loads of freebies and prizes to be won over the weekend from the likes of steelseriers, cyborg, blizzard and more.

Suppliers involved on the Currys and PCW stand will have experts there to demonstrate new products and answer any questions you may have. The list of suppliers is as follows: Advent, ASUS, Kingston, Cyborg, Antec, SteelSeries, Blizzard, Nvidia, Roxio, Intel, Wrigleys and Sodastream.

There will also be a selection of key components, peripherals, software and more to be sold at the event from the Currys and PC World stand so if you see something you like, you can take it home with you.

Currys and PC World attendance at the event will be filmed for a small promotional video to be seen after, so any of you that cant make it down to join in the action over the course of the weekend will have the opportunity to see what exciting activities Currys and PC World brought to i43 and what they are bringing gamers in the future.

For more information about whats happening @ i43, check out the Sponsors & Exhibitors page

Kingston Announce CS:S Prizes!

Damage — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000

With just under 1 week to go Kingston have unveiled the hardware they are putting into the CS:S tournament and they have excelled themselves again. With over £2,000 worth of hardware to add to the mix the tournament really is hotting up to be one of the biggest this year for Counter-Strike Source. Full list of prizes below:

Winners:
Kingston HyperX SSD 120GB each
RRP: £218

2nd Place:
Kingston HyperX Max 64GB External USB 3.0 drive each
RRP: £130

3rd Place:
Kingston HyperX 1600MHz CL9 16GB memory kit each
RRP £96

Total: £2,220

Update - Enter your Steam ID!

Please make sure that if you are participating in the Kingston Counter-Strike Source tournament then please all have your Steam Ids entered into clanforge as per the instructions in the sign up guide. This single step, should you already have signed up, is highlighted below:

5) Add your Steam IDs to Clanforge prior to the tournament beginning. To add your Steam ID to your Multiplay account click this link HERE and place it into the Battlenet info box! Yes we know the name is wrong.

Any questions or issues, come find the admin team in #insomnia-css @ Quakenet or head to the tournament page here.

The Admin Team

International Centre Travel Guide Videos

ShedBOy^ — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000

i43 will be the first event to be held at our new home at the International Centre in Telford, but where exactly is that? Well, our awesome content team took a day out to make some handy videos on how to get yourself to the event.

With directions from the M54 & the train station, as well as from Grays Hotel & the University accommodation, theres no excuse to be late to the biggest LAN in the UK ever! Unless theres traffic or something, but even then you should have left earlier ;)

Big thanks to BigDaveP and Phatass for making these videos possible!

own3D.tv confirmed as exclusive broadcast partner for insomnia43

Dentist — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000

We are very pleased to announce that at insomnia43 we will be broadcasting all the live action through Own3d.tv in stunning high definition.

own3D.tv have implemented a unique solution to deliver smooth, low latency and delay free streaming providing the best possible experience worldwide. Through own3D we will be able to deliver a quality HD stream to all of our followers worldwide, ensuring you don't miss out on any of the weekend's quality tournaments.

We will be running multiple streams throughout the weekend for the Starcraft 2, League of Legends, Call of Duty 4, Team Fortress 2 and Halo Reach tournaments with multiple streams available across the weekend. With such talented broadcasters as John "TotalBiscuit" Bain, Shaun "dApollo" Clark, Leigh "Deman" Smith, Joe Miller, Ahmad "Byte-me" Fansa, Roy "Socro" Griffiths, Phil "Ph1lzA" Watson and last but not least Dennis "Mennace" Fick, we've got so much great content for you to experience throughout the event. With Matt "A_Spec" Hoving your host of the show, this isn't to be missed.

You'll be able to experience all of the action from the insomnia43 coverage page, so get that page bookmarked ready!

Get your hands on free swag from CM Storm in the insomnia43 Exhibition!

ShedBOy^ — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000

CM Storm will be present for the first time at the insomnia gaming festival this year with a booth in the exhibition area where you can check out all the CM Storm gaming gear.

You can also participate in several activities on the stand including 2vs2 Counter Strike Source (against 2 players from TLR Esports) and race on our own CM Storm track in Trackmania Nations Forever.

Plus, you can participate in the CM Storm Lucky Draw where you can win some nice CM Storm prizes, so make sure to come by the CM Storm booth and check out the latest products and score some goodies!

Get your hands on a great gaming PC from Midland Computers in our World Famous raffle!

Dentist — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000

We've had word today on a very tasty prize for our World Famous insomnia raffle at insomnia43!

Provided by Midland Computers, you can get your hands on this amazing spec retailing at over £2,000! Tickets for our raffle can be purchased online as an additional service to your booking, or from the main tuck shop in the centre of Halls 1&2

The specification of this awesome bit of kit is:

Antec Lanboy Blue

Antec High Current Gamer Power Supply Unit (750W)

Gigabyte G1.Sniper Motherboard Intel Core i7 LGA1366 Intel X58 ATX RAID Gigabit LAN

NVIDIA Geforce GTX 560 Ti Graphics Card 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express

Intel Core i7 processor Retail Boxed i7-970

Antec Kuhler H20 920 CPU Liquid Cooler

6x 2GB DD3 Memory (12gb Total)

Intel 80GB SSD Primary Disk

Western Digital 1TB Sata III Secondary Disk

Liteon DVD-RW Sata

Windows Home Premium 64 -Bit

Gigabye Gaming Series Keyboard & Mouse

Midland 12 Months Warranty (RTB)

Don't currently have a ticket for insomnia43? There's still time to fix that! We've still got some tickets available so don't miss out.

Tournament Schedule & Matrix

ShedBOy^ — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000

With so many tournaments happening at i43, its been quite a difficult task trying to fit everything into 3.5 days! However, weve now got a Tournament Schedule & Matrix that incorporates everything across the event.

You can find all the information on Tournament timings, as well as the signup matrix, on the i43 Tournament Schedule & Matrix page.

Also, dont forget to head on over to our Tournaments Pages for more information on each tournament, and to sign-up!

Make sure you check out the schedule for your tournaments closing time for sign-ups, and be aware that with so many tournaments & time being so tight that you will need to make extra effort to ensure that you are ready for your matches in a timely fashion! Delays only make life harder for everyone, so please do your best to ensure you are on time.

Admins will be working hard to ensure tournaments run to schedule, but be aware that will have to draw the line somewhere!

With a minimum prize pot of over £25,000 across all tournaments, make sure you get your spot in all the tournaments you want to enter!

Pre-Order Your Battlefield 3 Server @ 50% Off!

Killing — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Its getting real close now to arguably the biggest multiplayer release of 2011. Thats right DICEs much anticipated Battlefield 3!

As one of worlds premier GSPs, Multiplay are pleased to announce were now offering BF3 server pre-orders with a massive 50% Off (fixed price for life)!

With BF3 servers using a huge amount of resources compared to previous games, this means youre saving even more by pre-ordering your server, and dont forget this is a permanent discount, so dont miss out on this great offer.

Not sure? Checkout the multiplayer footage below and you will be :)

MEDION’s mousesports challenge at insomnia43

ShedBOy^ — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000

For several years now, MEDION has partnered with Mousesports - a professional gaming organisation based out of Germany. During insomnia43, some of the mousesports clan will be on the Medion booth showing off their skills on the company’s high-performance gaming laptops and PCs.

If you’re ready, willing and able, come down to the stand where you can also battle against the Mousesports Team!

This will be happening throughout the festival, so make sure you give it a go. You might even win the latest MEDION USB gaming headset with 5.1 surround sound! In the meantime, check out MEDION’s Facebook page for special offers and announcements.

Sapphire confirm sponsorship of Starcraft 2 and League of Legends!

ShedBOy^ — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Sapphire have now joined a long list of big names at insomnia43 and will be sponsoring both the Starcraft 2 and League of Legends tournaments!

Not only that, but youll also be able to get your hands on some exclusive bundles at a great show discount during the event, or even win some great Sapphire prizes in our World Famous raffle!

With some great prizes to be confirmed soon, this is just yet another reason to take part in our huge Starcraft 2 and League of Legends tournaments at insomnia43. If youve not purchased your ticket yet, what are you waiting for?

In Win confirmed to exhibit at insomnia43

ShedBOy^ — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000

We now have yet another exhibitor confirmed for insomnia43!

For the first time in the event history, In Win will be attending and will display their newest and best performance gaming cases and PSUs. Visitors will also be able to see systems in action, so don’t miss the opportunity to check out one of the worldwide best known chassis manufacturer. Find out more about i43 Exhibitors on our Exhibitors Page.

In Win will also be providing giveaways and prizes across the event, so why not check them out?

i43′s table & card gaming area – powered by Manaleak.com

ShedBOy^ — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Historically at insomnia gaming festival events weve had quite a few players who indulged in card games, tabletop gaming and particularly Magic the Gathering events. With the move to Telford we now have more space available and some of that will now be dedicated to these activities!

Well have Manaleak.com on site to run some organised sanctioned drafts and constructed play for Magic the Gathering, as well as loads of space available for all of your other card and board game activities including the usual Werewolves, Yu Gi Oh and perhaps even a little Carcassonne!

This will be set up in Hall 2 and will feature Magic the Gathering drafts on both Saturday and Sunday during insomnia43, so bring your dice check it out!

Also, why not head on over to Manaleak.com to check out the guys ahead of the event.

Represent your nation at World Cyber Games!

ShedBOy^ — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Weve now finalised all the details for all of your World Cyber Games UK activity at insomnia43 and you can find out all the information on how to get involved over on the World Cyber Games tournament page!

Get yourselves involved at insomnia43 and Eurogamer Expo and you could see yourselves on an all expenses paid trip helping the UK improve on last years second place in the medal tally! In both Warsow, Poland and Busan, South Korea, join such greats as George Monkey Boothby and Shaun dApollo Clark in the history books by bringing home the medals.

Could you be the one to save a life at insomnia43?

Dentist — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Multiplay are proud to be supporting Anthony Nolan at insomnia43 who are here on Saturday and Sunday to encourage gamers to sign up to the stem cell register. Could you be the match for one of the 1600 people in the UK who are searching for a chance of life?

Most people aren’t aware that over 80% of donations now happen via the blood (just like giving blood but just takes a little longer). To register you just need to take 5 minutes to provide a saliva sample and fill out a form in the exhibition in Hall 3. Our recruitment focus in currently on young men aged between 18 and 30.

We need more men in this age range to come forward, as almost three quarters of our donations come from men, but young men in this age range account for less than 22% of those on our register. Please do something amazing at insomnia43 and Save a Life

Want to know more? Charlie Brooker made an (un)appeal via YouTube, check it out below (some offensive language)

insomnia43 now the biggest UK LAN Party ever!

Dentist — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000

That's right! We're very proud to announce that we've now broken our own previous record set at i34 and with 2074 tickets sold, insomnia43 will be the biggest LAN party the UK has ever seen.

Many thanks to everyone who has already purchased a ticket in helping us create the biggest and what will hopefully be the best UK LAN ever. Here's some of what we've got in store:

Up to £50,000 worth of prizes available in our tournaments, now broadcast live in HD with talented commentators such as John "TotalBiscuit" Bain, Shaun "dApollo" Clark, Leigh "Deman" Smith and returning to his insomnia roots once more, Joe Miller!

Action packed exhibition hall with many great names showcasing the latest and greatest gaming products including Currys PC World, Medion, QuietPC, CCL Computers, Electronic Arts, Iiyama, ASUS, Riot Games, Aquatuning, Kick Energy, TteSports, Antec and Team Dignitas

Loads of great social activities including sanctioned Magic the Gathering play, the World Famous Pub Quiz, The Boat Race and a whole host of fun tournaments in the exhibition across the weekend

our tickets page

ROCCAT to support League of Legends tournament at insomnia43!

Dentist — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000

That's right! ROCCAT will be supporting the insomnia43 League of Legends tournament with loads of the latest ROCCAT kit for the winners, including the ROCCAT Kone, Isku and Kulo Stereo! Not only that, but you'll see their gear in our World Famous iSeries raffle.

Want to get your hands on these great peripherals? Why not sign up over on our League of Legends tournament page?

ESET announce fantastic prizes for their on-stand tournaments!

Dentist — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000

We told you to watch this space!

ESET will be running a LEFT4DEAD2 Tournament (same as last year) for teams of 4 with the top 2 times set going through to the Grand Finale on the main stage. The prize for the winners will be an INTEL Smackover 2 DX58SO2 MotherBoard & INTEL Core i7 Processor for each team member.

We will also be running a MineCraft “individual best build” competition where you get a fixed time for a build of your choice and we will pick a Winner who will also get an INTEL Smackover 2 DX58SO2 MotherBoard & INTEL Core i7 Processor.

We'll organize something for the Runners Up as well and we'll have the usual freebies :). You gotta be in it to win it so get yourself to the ESET stand, say hello to Big Al, Andy the Android, the rest of the ESET crew and try your luck!

Get involved with Minecraft at insomnia43

Slanty — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000

For those of you who saw the coverage of our Minecraft competition from insomnia42, you will have seen some of the amazing creations made by the entrants of the competition. For insomnia43 we expect to see bigger and better grand designs on our newly expanded plots of 100x100 blocks!

Teams up to 6 in size will be able to showcase their creativity throughout the weekend with all creations being judged on their originality, use of the space provided, interactivity and their sheer impressiveness!

Players will be invited to work on their creations between midday Friday and midday Sunday with the best entries being showcased live on stage on Sunday afternoon. Signups will be opening via the iseries website in the coming weeks, so rally your team mates and get those creative juices flowing!

To get everyone warmed up we're excited to see the creations you've found around the web that have inspired and impressed you most. Post the best over on our community forums

Medion to showcase ERAZER gaming PCs @ i43!

ShedBOy^ — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000

For the first time, MEDION will be showcasing its range of ERAZER Gaming PCs, laptops and accessories at the Insomnia Gaming Festival!

MEDION has a strong commitment to the gaming market. Its gaming machines have been well received across Europe and won plenty of awards from industry publications in the UK too.

For all-out power and speed, MEDIONs kit comes with the latest technology at affordable and unrivaled prices. Look out for all the latest computers, accessories and special offers either on the companys exhibition booth or in the MEDION-sponsored PC tournament area.

And in the meantime, check out MEDIONs Facebook page for more special offers and announcements.

£5 Day Pass Launched!

ShedBOy^ — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Today we are launching our brand new visitor ticket for the Insomnia Gaming Festival; the £5 Day Pass! Now you can enjoy the UKs Biggest Gaming Festival for a mere £5!

So what can you do on a £5 pass? Well, you will have access to our Exhibition & Live Finals Arena, with loads of competitions, free to play console areas, tournaments and activities to enter, as well as all the action from the main stage!

You can also purchase a Family Day Pass Ticket at £15 for the whole family.

For more information about whats on at the event, check out our Whats On Page

We have also updated our standard Spectator tickets, allowing you to get a full weekend pass with camping for just £25.

Head on over to our Tickets Page to book your Day Pass, or buy on the door during the event!

For more information, dont hesitate to Contact Us

(Note that Day Spectator and £5 Day Pass tickets exclude camping.)

Currys & PC World confirmed @ i43!

ShedBOy^ — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000

We have some great news about the latest addition to the Exhibition Hall & Live Finals Arena @ insomnia43!

Currys and PC World will be headlining the Multiplay i43 Insomnia Gaming Festival at the International Centre in Telford this August bringing a variety of brands including Antec, ASUS, Kingston, NVidia, Intel, Madcatz and Roxio. The extensive range of games, peripherals and components from all of these big name brands and more can be seen online and in-store at Currys and PC World.

The Currys and PC World stand will be the one to be seen at during the Multiplay Insomnia Gaming Festival with a series of games, demonstrations, free giveaways and chances to win big prizes happening every day! Dont miss out!

Watch this space for more updates on even more big brands, details on prizes and games!

For more information about whats happening @ i43, check out the Sponsors & Exhibitors page.

Multiplay to host the Official Call of Duty XP UK Qualifiers

GeoSnipe — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Our nation’s honour is at stake!

Multiplay are proud to host the Official Call of Duty® XP UK Qualifiers.

Do you think you and your team have what it takes to prove that the UK are the best Xbox360® Call of Duty: Black Ops players in the world?

We’re looking for the UK’s best team to represent our nation. Win an all expenses paid trip to Los Angeles to prove it, competing against 31 other teams from all over the globe for a record $1 million in cash prizes. On September 3rd, one victorious four-man crew will win $400,000 and international acclaim as the world’s premier Call of Duty players at Call of Duty XP.

To learn more about the event and for more info please head over to the Call of Duty XP site.

Taking place in Sound at Leicester Square, London on Sunday 7th August 2011, the UK qualifiers will take 128 hopeful gamers down to an elite 4 worthy of taking the UK’s “A-Game” across the pond for the LA finals!

Think you’ve got what it takes to be the UK’s best Xbox360 Call of Duty: Black Ops team? Check out the Official Call of Duty XP UK Qualifier website to find out how to get involved.

All the action from the tournament will be commentated upon by Matt ‘A_Spec’ Hoving, and available through Video on Demand on Multiplay’s video coverage site Fileplay after the event, so keep an eye out for all the coverage!

If you are a member of the press and are interested in attending this event, please email Press@Multiplay.co.uk to apply for a Press Pass.

Your country needs you, Make us proud!

PC Rental Service - Register your interest!

ShedBOy^ — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000

We now have a limited number of PCs available for rental at insomnia43 and were looking for players to register their interest!

This rental includes a 19"+ 59/60hz montitor, and the following specification at a minimum:

Q6600 Core2Quad Processor
6GB Ram
HD6870 AMD Radeon Graphics Card
250GB HDD
Windows 7

The additional service cost for these rentals will be £58, and theyll be available from the start of Early Arrival Service. A full BYOC ticket including PC rental will be £150.

Teams who take advantage of this service will be sat within the PC Rental area in Hall 2. For example if you have a team taking 2 rental PCs and 3 BYOCs, the BYOCs can sit with the players renting a machine, but you must all sit in the PC Rental Zone in Hall 2.

To register your interest please submit a ticket on the Multiplay Support Site under Event Enquiries. First refusal will be to European players / teams as we expect high demand due to only 40 machines being available.

TotalBiscuit & dApollo return to Insomnia!

ShedBOy^ — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Theyre back! Internet casting celebrities TotalBiscuit & dApollo return once again to the home of eSports in the UK for more Starcraft2, and we just so happen to have a nice huge new arena for them to cast in!

The i43 StarCraft2 tournament, sponsored by Razer, is now up to £5,000 a prize pot, which will surely created a hotly contested tournament. Not only that, but with our new HD streaming coverage you will able to enjoy the action in pixel perfect quality!

More information on what TotalBiscuit & dApollo will be up to at i43 will be announced in the coming weeks, so keep an eye out.

Signup for all our tournaments, including Starcraft2, are now open so head on over to our Tournaments Section and get yourselves signed up!

TF2 Online Tournament Signups Open

Damage — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Its back again! We have opened the Signups to the Team Fortress 2 Online tournaments. Yes, plural, tournaments! To keep all members of the TF2 community happy we have seperated out the "Higher" and "Lower" teams and put 2 sets of tickets up for grabs, one for each tournament.

The aim with these tournaments is to give both a top, and an up and coming team the opportunity to win tickets to Insomnia43. For all the information head over to the Tournaments page and scroll down to the Online Tournament Section. All the details you will need are on the relevant tournament news pages including which tournament you qualify for.

Its time to see what the TF2 community can do, maybe you will be part of the next LAN Trilogy!

ADDITIONAL INFO: Signups had an issue over the weekend, this has now been resolved. Please try signing up again using the normal instructions.

2 weeks until the end of our Deposit Scheme

ShedBOy^ — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The biggest gaming event in the UK this summer is creeping up fast, so you need to make sure youve secured your seat!

Not to worry, youve taken us up on our fantastic deposit scheme offer right? Awesome! But, have you made sure youve secured your seat for definite by paying the remainder of the ticket? No?! Well, not to worry; there are still 2 whole weeks to go until the deposit scheme ends!

You have until the 26th July 2011 to complete your booking, to what is sure to be the most awesome gaming event of the year.

To complete your deposit ticket booking, head over to our Booking Page to pay the remainder!

Havent heard about the Deposit Scheme?! Head over Info Page to find out more

Get your hotel booked up for i43!

ShedBOy^ — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000

For anyone that is looking to grab some of the fantastic Hotel Accommodation for Insomnia 43 this summer, you may be aware that we currently have a reservation on the rooms in the onsite hotels around the venue.

However, this reservation will end of the 16th July 2011, meaning you have until the end of the week to grab your rooms before they are opened up to the public!

Dont worry though, if you miss this date you can still get the discounted rate for your room by quoting that you are attending i43 when booking.

For more information on how to book your room, head over to our Accommodation Pages!

i43 CS:Source Online Tournament Signups Open!

ShedBOy^ — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The Counter-Strike Source Online tournament signups are now officially open! With i43 tickets up for grabs for not only the winners but the runners up also, the stage has been set for an incredible EU tournament. The only slight difference to this tournament is the addition of ESL Wire courtesy of The ESL, ensuring a clean and fair tournament for all.

To get yourself signed up to the tournament please head to the Counter-Strike Source Online Tournament news page to make sure you fully understand how to sign your team up and the requirements to get your ESL Wire working.

Cu on!

Insomnia43 Tournament Sign-ups Released!

ShedBOy^ — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Insomnia43 tournaments are now officially open! With more tournaments being finalised and to be announced, the current confirmed tournaments are ready for you to sign up.

To get yourself signed up to one of the many prize winning tournaments simply head to the tournaments signups page and follow these simple instructions below:

1) Create a Multiplay account if you do not have one: https://www.multiplay.co.uk/account/new - make sure you verify with the Authorisation e-mail!

2) Head to the tournaments signups page

3) Select the appropriate Tab for your tournament, be that a WCG tournament, prize winning or simply fun.

4) Create a new team in the left hand box with "Not Entered" written in by typing in the name of the team into the box. Click Save in the bottom left. If you already have a team signed up (a friend/team mate has completed this step) then skip to the step below.

5) If you already have a team entered select that team in the right hand box that has "Not Entered" in it. This box is a drop down menu where you will be able to select your team, if previously created. Select your team, click save in the bottom left.

6) If your tournament requires a SteamID(CS:S), Battlenet Account(SC2) or GUID(CoD4) then please add them to Clanforge prior to the tournament beginning. To add your relevant ID/Account to your Multiplay account click this link here and place it into the Battlenet info box! Yes we know the name is wrong.

Each team must check the opposite teams/players IDs BEFORE the match goes LIVE, after live you can not dispute an invalid ID, but please inform the admins regardless. Please note all admin decisions are final.

7) You are signed up! Keep regular tabs on the relevant tournament News page as it will come with updates regarding teams, scheduling, match times, delays, news etc.

8) Play some games at LAN ;)

SIGNUPS! - CLICK ME

Insomnia Streaming Coverage goes HD!

ShedBOy^ — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000

We are always looking to make the Insomnia Gaming Festival bigger & better, and with our new venue comes new investment in our video coverage to take it to the next level; into High Definition!

This is something that we have been looking to do for the last couple of events, as expectations of video coverage quality have increased dramatically in the last 12 months, and games such as SC2 use such finite detail for game information that it means SD simply does not cut it any more.

Surely HD is something that is easy to do these days though right?

Well, despite many people being able to easily produce HD content from home on streams and VODs with webcams, its much harder & expensive to do so in a production environment such as the finals arena with so many video inputs, PCs, cameras and audio sources! Our awesome content team have been working hard to put together a solution that will enable us to do just that however, and it will all be ready for i43!

Our new kit enables us to move to a HD stream at 720p, with the ability to upgrade to 1080p when the time calls for it, so you will be able to enjoy all our streaming and VOD coverage of all the games in glorious High Definition :D

We will have more information on what we have planned for the finals arena closer to the event, so keep an eye on the Insomnia site for more news in the coming weeks.

MinecraftViewer.com Adds Custom Background Images & more...

Killing — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000

MinecraftViewer just got updated adding the following great new features:-

More Background Images
Fully Customizable background images
Dynamic IP address server support, for those who dont have Multiplay Minecraft Server ;-)

So if you dont already have your own cool forum sigs like the one below, or want to customise your existing banner, then head on over to MinecraftViewer.com

Example Banner

Deus Ex Human Revolution - 2027 World Trailer

Killing — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Doesnt need words, just watch and experience some of the scenes youre going to encounter when Deus Ex Human Revolution finally releases.

Minecraft v1.7.2 update

Killing — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000

As Im sure everyones aware Mojang released Minecraft v1.7 updated this week, quickly followed by two patch releases bring it to v1.7.2.

The highlight of this version are the following
+ Added pistons
+ Fire or redstone is now required to trigger TNT
+ Fences can be stacked
+ Added shears
+ Shears can be used to pick up leaf blocks
+ Shears can be used to shear sheep without hurting them
* Sheep no longer drop wool from being punched
- Removed Herobrine

With this release we saw the Bukkit team release their updated server version quickly, meaning not only where able to play on the Multiplay Minecraft Servers with our Vanilla version but also with Bukkit

To see what pistons can do checkout this video on Fileplay

Battlefield Heroes Site Hacked & User details Stolen

Killing — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Latest in the spate of hackings, this time the website of free to play game Battlefield Heroes has been hacked and user details including hashed passwords have been stolen.

As we have many Heroes players in the community we wanted to ensure everyone was aware of this.

If you have used the password from the Heroes site on other sites or email accounts etc we would advise you to change these passwords now to avoid having your security further compromised.

Update The compromised accounts are "apparently" Beta accounts

Homefront Demo Released & 50% Off Weekend

Killing — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Kayos Studios have released a demo of their latest FPS Homefront which shows off 2 of the multiplayer maps. If you havent already got the game heres your chance to see what its all about.

If you like the demo and want more, theres 50% off the game this weekend on steam so dont miss out.

To top it all off Multiplay are also offering 50% off their Homefront Servers so theres no excuse not to defend the mother land.

Seating in Hall 2 now available for insomnia43!

Dentist — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000

With over 1700 seats now sold for insomnia43, we've had to open up some extra areas for everyone to sit!
The Team Fortress 2 section of the seating has now moved into Hall 2 on the bottom of the plan. If you were previously sat in that area, you'll now found yourself moved into Hall 2 in the new TF2 area.

This means there is now additional Squad FPS and CoD4 seating available in Hall 1, and more CSS, TF2 and "Other Games" seating in Hall 2.

If you already have your ticket, or simply want to change your seat, you can head over to our Seat Picker and get yourself seated where you want in the gaming halls.

Are you still yet to get your ticket? Want to go but not sure you have the cash right now? No problem! Check out our new Deposit Scheme which allows you to secure your place now, and pay later!

To grab your ticket head over to our Tickets Page and get yourself sorted!

Insomnia43 hits 1,700 tickets sold!

ShedBOy^ — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000

With just over 2 months to go until the event, tickets are still flying out the door for the biggest gaming event of the summer! Now at just over 1700 sold, i43 is gearing up to be one hell of a LAN!

Dont forget that if you already have your ticket, you can head over to our Seat Picker and get yourself seated in the gaming halls.

Also dont forget that if you are looking forward to i43, but not sure if you want to sit in the main gaming halls, then we have the answer for you; ClanBoxes! These are still available, so head over to our Clanbox Information page to find out how you and your mates can get your mitts on one.

Are you still yet to get your ticket? Want to go but not sure you have the cash right now? No problem! Check out our new Deposit Scheme which allows you to secure your place now, and pay later!

Keep an eye on the site over the next couple of weeks, as we will also be launching sign-ups for our huge range of i43 Tournaments, including Starcraft2 – Up to £5k prize pot, Team Fortress 2 – Up to £13.5k prize pot and Halo Reach and Counter-Strike Source with an amazing prize of up to £15k!

To grab your ticket head over to our Tickets Page and get yourself sorted! :)

Terraria servers now available

liv3d — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Minecraft - Bukkit RB #860 Released

Killing — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The Bukkit team promoted build #860 to a Recommended Build. This includes a large number of bug fixes and enhancements from the initial Minecraft v1.6 compatible #816 build.

For more information on what exactly is included in this update checkout the RB #860 update post by the Bukkit Team

For all Multiplay Minecraft Server customers, simply restart your server to pickup this new version.

If you want a Minecraft Server and dont already have one our 50% off promotion on Minecraft Servers is still running, but not for much longer, so order yours today or youll miss out on this this massive saving.

Paypal Outage

liv3d — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000

We have been informed of upcoming emergency maintenance work on PayPals website(s) which will affect all PayPal payments.

During this time, you will be unable to pay for any Event ticket or GameServer purchase / renewal via PayPal.

Outage Window:
Emergency Maintenance start time: Jun 10, 6:10 AM GMT( Jun 09, 11:10 PM PDT)
Emergency Maintenance end time: Jun 10, 6:25 AM GMT (Jun 09, 11:25 PM PDT)

Credit and Debit card payment options are currently unaffected by this outage.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused by this outage

Battlefield 3 - Thunder Run Tank Gameplay Trailer

Killing — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Another trailer showing off what Frostbyte 2 is achieving in DICEs highly anticipated FPS Battlefield 3.

Cant wait to get on a Battlefield 3 server and get me some frags!

Multiplay recruiting more Support Technicians!

Dentist — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Multiplay are taking steps to seriously drive forward in key areas of our business, especially our online services. We need more Support team members to help keep our high support standards, and to deal with growth moving forwards.

Vacancy - Customer Services and Support Technician - Part Time

Purpose: Ensure a high level of customer care and quality of service for Multiplays online operations, most notably our hosted services such as game servers, voice comms and dedicateds.

Location: Work from home

Package: £5.93+ per hour depending on candidate

Hours of Work: Days, Evenings and Weekends (rota-based)

Areas of Work:

Provide support to the Customer Services Manager which will include but not be limited to:
Ensure timely resolution to customer service, sales and support enquires
Responsible for managing ticket queues from within the e-support system
Responsible for managing all nquiries via telephone, IRC etc
Process on line service orders as required
Monitor server farm performance metrics and respond to monitoring alerts
Create and maintain support wiki articles as necessary

Skills and Experience:

Good written and verbal communication skills
Competent at both UNIX and Windows systems administration
Experience in working in a customer service environment
Competent in network administration, operation and diagnostics
Good IT literacy

How to Apply:

Candidates should apply online by heading to http://support.multiplay.co.uk and submitting a ticket in the jobs/hr department. You can attach an electronic copy of your CV to the ticket as you create it. Should you wish to contact us by telephone you can call on 020 7100 1337 (Mon-Fri 9am-6pm).

Terraria Servers Coming Soon!

Killing — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Theres a game in town that those who like Minecraft will definitely enjoy, its called Terraria and its a 2D scroller where you dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. The world is your canvas and the ground itself is your paint.

As youd expect were working with the developer on getting the features need to run dedicated servers into the game and tonight saw the first release of the server. If you want to try one out theres a temporary test server up on 85.236.101.111 so feel free to join and have a go.

If you want to see what its all about checkout the video:-

Seat picker now live for insomnia43!

Dentist — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000

With the end of our Early Bird promotion, we#39;ve now made the Seat Picker available for you to choose where you#39;ll be sat at insomnia43!

The iSeries Seat Picker has undergone a few quick changes to help make it a little more usable and load faster, particularly for those of you who regularly find yourselves seating manager of a large group. We#39;ve opened up Hall 1 for seating initially which contains 1500 seats, but we expect this to fill very fast and we#39;ll be opening parts of Hall 2 in turn.

We have allocated large blocks of the seating plan to each group, in accordance to the proportion of currently booked tickets. Whilst these are not set in stone, we do suggest you aim to sit in the correct game area unless you have a valid reason to do otherwise. This means everyone gets to sit with like minded gamers, rather than fragmenting communities across the hall!

Not sure what colour corrisponds with which game area? Check the key by selecting what do all the colours mean? on the left hand side.

For those of you with clan boxes, you#39;ll be able to see the layouts now on the plan, and for those of you who have paid you#39;ll be moved across in the new few days.

Got a paid booking for insomnia43? Select your seat now!

Deposit Scheme now available for Insomnia series events!

Dentist — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000

One piece of feedback we#39;ve constantly received from our customers over the years is that some people struggle to pay up front for the entire event ticket cost in one go. Well, today#39;s announcement should go some way towards helping those of you on stricter budgets!

We#39;re pleased to announce that from today you#39;ll be able to secure your place at i43 and future events by simply paying a deposit of £20. You can then pay the remaining balance any time up to one month before the event starts.

To use this new system, simply tick the "Deposit Scheme" box on the website whilst booking your BYOC ticket. You#39;ll pay £20 up front and you can then return to the booking system at any point before 26/07/2011 to pay the remainder of the ticket cost. This will act like a paid ticket, allowing you to select a seat on the seating picker with your friends and also allowing you to register your interest for our tournaments once signups are available.

Please note: Deposits are non-refundable and tickets reserved by deposit must have the balance paid in full by 26/07/2011 otherwise your deposit, booking and seat reservation will be lost. Discounts and promotions are not valid on deposit purchases. Reminder emails will be issued in the lead up to the cut off date, just to ensure no-one forgets to complete their booking.

This does however mean that those of you with loyalty discounts, or any early payment promotions on future events won#39;t be able to make use of them when using the deposit scheme. To secure those discounted tickets, you#39;ll be required to pay the entire ticket price in one go.

Want to take advantage of this? Book now!

Only 13 hours remain of our Early Bird discount, dont miss out!

Dentist — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000

With just 13 hours of our Early Bird promotion remaining, now is the time to make sure you've secured your ticket for the biggest gaming event of the summer in the UK!

Don't forget we've also announced the prize pots for all the i43 Tournaments, including Counter-Strike Source, Team Fortress 2 and Halo Reach, with an amazing guaranteed minimum tournament prize pot of over £24,500!

We now have more than half the tickets sold for insomnia43, so make sure you get your ticket and be part of what is sure to be one of the best events in the history of the i-Series!

Head on over to our Tickets Page to grab your ticket, or if you want more information on our new home why not check out our new Venue Guide page.

Special 50% Off Minecraft Servers Celebration!

ShedBOy^ — Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000

To celebrate the launch of Minecraft Viewer, and the return of the Minecraft Tournament at Insomnia 43, we here at Multiplay have decided that 25% off Minecraft servers just isnt enough! So, for a limited period only, all new Minecraft servers will be a rather nice 50% off!

Of course our existing customers can also join in this celebration. If you pay to extend or upgrade your service during the promotional period we will also give you the 50% off. Simply raise a ticket in the Clanserver Billing queue to take advantage of this offer! This offer is available in all locations, and all server sizes.

Why not bag yourself a server with this fantastic offer over on our Gameservers Site, and also check out our brand new Minecraft Viewer!

Available to everyone, Minecraft Viewer allows you create a fully customisable website or forum graphic, that tracks your minecraft server in real time. Its simple & easy to setup, and is 100% absolutely free! You dont even have to have your own Minecraft server, just point it at any server to get real time updates (even if that server is not a Multiplay server).

Also, make sure you check out the Insomnia Gaming Festival website, for more information about the Minecraft Tournament at the UKs biggest gaming festival!

i43 ClanBoxes now available to book!

ShedBOy^ — Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Looking forward to i43, but not sure if you want to sit in the main gaming halls? Thinking that maybe you want a more secluded gaming weekend? Then we have the answer for you; ClanBoxes!

Located just outside the main gaming halls, our 8 luxury ClanBoxes offer a quiet space to spend gaming throughout i43, with full air conditioning and lockable doors. There are space for 32 players in each clan box, which are located on both the ground and 1st floor.

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In order to book a ClanBox you need to do the following:

1. Get 32 of your friends all signed up with paid tickets to i43
2. Head over to our Support Site, and raise a ticket under Event Enquiries with all 32 booking references in
3. Note that this process is on a strictly first come, first serve basis!
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We will be taking these tickets and processing them from Tuesday 31st May 2011 onwards, and will be notifying those of you who have secured a ClanBox from that point onwards.

Note however that to have a ClanBox will incur an additional charge of £10 per ticket, due to the extra cost levied by the venue to rent out these rooms.

Therefore an additional £320 will need to be paid in one payment by your nominated ClanBox leader, for all 32 members when your ticket is processed. We will be doing this manually, and contacting you directly to secure your ClanBox places. Remember as always ClanBox payments are non refundable and once a booking is confirmed as being in a ClanBox it becomes non refundable unless a replacement for that seat in the box is found.

There may be additional ClanBoxes available at a later date, depending on demand, which will have enough room for 36 players in each. Information on these boxes will be posted when they become available!

Only 5 days of i43 Early Bird remain!

ShedBOy^ — Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000

With 5 days of our Early Bird promotion remaining, now is the time to make sure youve secured your ticket for the biggest gaming event of the summer in the UK!

Although the end of Early Bird officially ends on the 31st May, we have extended this deadline by one day for those of you that get paid on the 1st of the month. Therefore the end of Early Bird will now be at 23:59:59 GMT on Wednesday 1st June 2011.

Dont forget weve also announced the prize pots for all the i43 Tournaments, including Counter-Strike Source, Team Fortress 2 and Halo Reach, with an amazing guaranteed minimum tournament prize pot of over £24,500!

We are quickly approaching half the tickets sold for insomnia43, so make sure you get your ticket and be part of what is sure to be one of the best events in the history of the i-Series!

Head on over to our Tickets Page to grab your ticket, or if you want more information on our new home why not check out our new Venue Guide page.

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - Reveal Trailer

Killing — Tue, 24 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000

So Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 or Battlefield 3?

The both look sexy as hell but if MW3 doesnt have multiple server providers, I know where my money is going.

Minecraft Viewer Launched!

ShedBOy^ — Tue, 24 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000

We here at Multiplay are pleased to announce the latest edition to our family of sites and online services, in the form of our new Minecraft Viewer site!

Available to everyone, Minecraft Viewer allows you create a fully customisable website or forum graphic, that tracks your minecraft server in real time. Its simple & easy to setup, and is 100% absolutely free! You dont even have to have your own Minecraft server, just point it at any server to get real time updates (even if that server is not a Multiplay server).

Heres an example of a Minecraft sig you can create:

Head on over to MinecraftViewer.com to create your own!

The International Centre - Venue Introduction

ShedBOy^ — Mon, 23 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000

After the very exciting announcement last week that the home of the i-Series was moving north to the International Centre at Telford, we sent Shed & the content crew up to the new venue to give you a tour of everything that our new home has to offer!

With 11,600 square metres of space, two massive gaming halls, a separate exhibition & live finals arena, luxury clan-boxes and fantastic accommodation options, the new home of the Insomnia Gaming festival has so much to offer!

With the expansion to 3000 players, and the extension of our awesome 20% off Early Bird promotion, this really is a great time to get involved in the biggest lan in the UK!

Head on over to our Tickets Page for more information on tickets, and secure your seat!

Also, dont forget to check out our Flickr Photo Collection for more images of the new venue.

Huge thanks to Phatass, WhiteKnight & DaveP for giving their time & effort to make this video possible!

Over 1,000 i43 tickets sold during Early Bird!

ShedBOy^ — Tue, 17 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000

With the announcement of our move to the International Centre in Telford, the increased capacity to 3000 players and our awesome 20% off Early Bird ticket discount still available until 31st May, tickets have been flying out the door for the UKs Biggest Gaming Festival!

With only 3 weeks since i42, we are now well over 1,000 tickets sold for Insomnia43 which is sure to be the biggest gaming event of the year in the UK. Thats over a third sold already!

If you havent secured your ticket yet, you need to hurry! With only 2 weeks remaining in our Early Bird discount, you need to take advantage of the massive 20% off before its too late!

Weve also announced the prize pots for all the i43 Tournaments, including Counter-Strike Source, Team Fortress 2 and Halo Reach, with an amazing guaranteed minimum tournament prize pot of over £22,000!

Make sure you secure your seat!

Insomnia Gaming Festival moves to the Telford International Centre!

Wizzo — Thu, 12 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000

We are very excited to announce that the Insomnia Gaming Festival will be moving to a new home at the Telford International Centre, Shropshire! We have been working hard to ensure this is the right move for the future of the Insomnia festival, and after a very in-depth consultation with our customers we have decided that Telford is where the future lies for our flagship event.

The ability to host over 3000 gamers, a more central location in the UK and awesome amenities are just some of the benefits it offers! The move to Telford will start with the upcoming i43 Summer event.

Click for more info.

Order your Brink Server!

Killing — Mon, 09 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Mere hours now till SplashDamages highly anticipated new FPS Brink launches for those in the US anyway, those of us in Europe we need to wait a few more days :(

As Multiplay now has servers across the globe we wanted to ensure our US compatriots can get their top quality Brink Servers on the day of release so you can now all pre-order your Brink Server now!

Theres going to be a server update on release which needs a little more work so well be setting up all servers come the morning (UK time).

Thats the good news, the bad news is Brink servers are quite a bit more expensive and BF, Crysis 2 etc of the same size due to the significant extra resources required. Were talking 3x CPU and 2-3x Memory on the current code, so dont be fooled by some providers who have priced servers without running the code; Multiplay Brink servers take this into account to ensure top quality lag free gaming :)

StratLAN Summer Party Signups now live!

Dentist — Mon, 09 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000

After all of the feedback weve received from our customers over the past week, weve decided that theres enough demand for both StratLAN Summer Party and iLite! Based on this, were pleased to announce that StratLAN Summer Party bookings are now live with a 20% Early Bird Discount, valid for one week only!

Book now to get your hands on a ticket to one of the biggest StratLAN events this year, including the world famous Red vs Blue competition and BBQ in the glorious sun.

BYOC Tickets are only £49.60 during the early bird discount period, which ends on Monday 16th May at 23:59 BST, so dont miss out!

Brink Servers Coming Soon!

Killing — Sun, 08 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000

With the release of SplashDamages highly anticipated new FPS Brink just round the corner, weve already had lots of you ask if were going to be run servers?

Well we can confirm we are working hard with the developers SplashDamage to prepare our usual top quality Multiplay servers for Brink, ready for the release of the game.

If dont know what the excitement is about checkout the multiplayer trailer:-

New Gameserver Hardware in Amsterdam

Killing — Sun, 08 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000

With Amsterdam being such a central location in Europe its been a very popular location especially for Minecraft, were hence pleased to announce today the install of a large number of top specification machines with 24 Cores, 48GB RAM, 1TB HDDs and of course SDDs for top performance Minecraft world loading for lag free gaming :)

So if your looking for best performance server for across Europe order a new Multiplay Gameserver in Amsterdam today.

iLite 2011 Confirmed - Book now!

Dentist — Wed, 04 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Well, never say never. We have now managed to confirm iLite 2011 will take place from the 23rd to the 27th of June 2011 at Newbury Racecourse, in the Long Room in the Berkshire Stand.

Quick info:

6:00pm Thursday 23rd June - 4:00pm Monday 27th June 2011
The Long Room, Newbury Racecourse
200 BYOC Spaces - £50.00
Spectator tickets £10.00 for the first 2 days, £5.00/day after that.
1Gbit internet pipe of awesomeness from Demon for everyone to enjoy! :D
Server CoLo services available
Venue Facilities: Showers, Camping space, Red Rooms
Alcohol Policy: On site licensed Bar

Well have more information in the coming weeks leading up to the event, but rest assured last event was amazing, with some even claiming it was the best event they ever attended. Make sure you dont miss out, book your ticket today!

All 500 Earlier Bird tickets now sold!

Dentist — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000

That's right! All 500 Earlier Bird tickets have now been sold, in the quickest rate of sale that we've ever seen.

For those of you who missed out however, we've still got 1000 more tickets left at 20% discount. Those of you with Gold level loyalty discount will still get free EAS during Early Bird.
With only 1000 available, we expect all of these to be sold by the end of the weekend, and with payday being tomorrow for most of you, you don't want to miss out!

Secure your ticket today and don't miss out on what will be the greatest gaming event this summer.

Over 435 tickets for insomnia43 gone!

Dentist — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Tickets are flying out the door at record pace, clearly everyone loved i42 which was a fantastic event!

For those that missed it, check out the i42 coverage:

i42 Videos

i42 Photos

So don't miss out - book your insomnia43 ticket early and get 30% off. Remember, there's now less than 65 tickets left at this 30% discounted rate!

Get your hands on Brink at insomina42!

Dentist — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Multiplay are pleased to announce that Bethesda Softworks’ first-person shooter Brink®, being developed at Splash Damage Ltd®, will be at this weekend’s insomnia42 event in Newbury. From 4pm on Saturday attendees will be able to get their hands on Brink, the immersive first-person shooter which blends single-player, co-op, and multiplayer gameplay into one seamless experience and allows you to develop your character across all modes of play.

You decide the role you want to assume in the world of Brink as you fight to save yourself and mankind´s last refuge for humanity. Brink offers a compelling mix of dynamic battlefields, extensive customization options and an innovative control system that will keep you coming back for more.

Brink will be released on Xbox 360®, PlayStation®3 and PC on May 13th. For more information on Brink please visit www.BrinkTheGame.com

i42 - Kingston Technology sponsor CounterStrike Source tournament!

Damage — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000

With Insomnia42 in literally a few days, 22nd April – 25th April, Multiplay are pleased to announce Kingston Technology as the headline sponsor for the CounterStrike Source tourmanent.

The Kingston CounterStrike Source cup has the same value in monetary prize, however, it now holds a host of additional prizes in the form of the Kingston HyperX® brand.

Additional prizes:

1st Place will receive:

5 x USB 3.0 128GB HyperX Max External Storage Device

2nd Place will receive:

5 x 4GB 1600Mhz HyperX Memory Kit: KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX

Read more over at the new Insomnia Site.

More seating areas now available for insomnia42!

Dentist — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000

With only Mere Days left until insomina42, there is the usual mad rush to get everyone's seating finalised!

To assist you all in this, we've now opened the last remaining seating areas on the floor plan, allowing you all to get yourselves seated with your friends.

Remember however, seats are on a first come first served basis. Despite this, if you're still having problems, we might be able to help.

To request assistance, submit a ticket before Tuesday morning and we'll do what we can to help. Make sure you're already sat in another seat as a backup plan.

Kick Energy & Bulletstorm!

ShedBOy^ — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Kick Energy return once again to the UKs Biggest Gaming Festival, with a whole host of competitions, giveaways and prizes!

With the help of the fully kitted out Kick Energy gaming Landrover, they will be running a Bulletstorm competition throughout the weekend, giving you the chance to win a day with the Kick gaming Landrover at your house, to do with as you please!

The competition will use the Bulletstorms Echo mode, pitting players against each other to get the highest score throughout the weekend, Top Gear style. Not only that, but there will be plenty of Kick Energy drinks available from the Kick Bar on the stand, so make sure you check them out in the Exhibition Hall!

You can also head over to the Kick Energy Website and enter their online Bulletstorm competition, and be in with a chance to win a trip to Las Vegas! Every voucher also gets a £10 EA Store voucher, so why not check it out?

Nintendo Unleashed bringing unreleased titles to i42!

ShedBOy^ — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000

We have some awesome news for you guys! Not only will you be able to get your hands on the awesome new Nintendo 3DS @ i42, but you will also be able to play not one, not two, not even three, but FIVE fantastic pre-release titles while youre there!

Unreleased Nintendo 3DS titles; Dead or Alive, Kid Icarus, Resident Evil, Steel Diver and the timeless awesomeness that is Zelda Ocarina of Time will all be on the Nintendo Unleashed stand throughout the weekend! Alongside other pre release Wii and DS games. Nice.

Nintendo will be right next to the Finals Arena in the main exhibition hall showcasing their latest piece of gaming kit, so why not check it out?

You can also find out what all our other Event Sponsors & Exhibitors will be up to throughout the weekend on our Sponsors Pages.

Also check out the new Nintendo 3DS website, the Facebook Page and the Nintendo Website

Nintendo to showcase the 3DS at insomnia42!

Dentist — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Yes, thats right! Check out the brand new and supremely awesome Nintendo 3DS in all its glory at insomnia42! Youll be able to try out the latest games on the new hand-held, plus get involved in a wide range of great activities taking place on the Nintendo stand across the weekend, including the opportunity to get your hands on some great goodies!

Nintendo will be right next to the Finals Arena in the main exhibition hall showcasing their latest piece of gaming kit, so why not check it out?

You can also find out what all our other Event Sponsors & Exhibitors will be up to throughout the weekend on our Sponsors Pages.

Win an iPad2 with Multiplay & Kit Guru!

ShedBOy^ — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Want to be in with a chance to get your mitts on a brand spanking new iPad2? Well youre in luck!

We here at Multiplay have teamed up with Kit Guru to give you the chance to win a 32GB WiFi iPad2, and it couldnt be simpler to enter the prize draw!

Simply visit our iPad2 Competition Page and follow the instructions to be in with a chance to win!

What are you waiting for?! Get Signed Up!

(Please note that signups are only available to persons within the EU, US and Canada. Signups close on Friday 29th April 2011 @ 18:00 GMT. Anyone subscribed to the Kit Guru Newsletter at this time will be entered into the prize draw. Information on the terms of the competition can be found on the Competition Page.)

All insomnia42 tickets now provisionally booked, dont miss out!

Dentist — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000

We are now at the point where we have more provisional bookings outstanding than we have tickets remaining! This means that at least some of these people are going to miss out on an amazing weekend of fun and gaming.

With brand new FIFA and Fighting games tournaments confirmed 2 days ago, and the prize fund secured for Starcraft 2, were really seeing a dramatic increase in ticket sales!

We also have up to £12,000 confirmed for Team Fortress 2, £10,000 for Counter-Strike: Source and up to £8,000 for Call of Duty 4, plus a whole host of other great activities throughout the weekend!

With all this amazing activity packed into just one weekend, you really wouldnt want to miss out.

Remember the only way to secure your place at the event is to purchase your ticket. Merely having a provisional booking does not reserve you a space!

Brand New Insomnia Gaming Festival Web-Site!

ShedBOy^ — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Welcome to the new Insomnia Gaming Festival site!

Over the past months weve spend loads of time developing the brand new Insomnia website to incorporate loads of new features, information and coverage!

The new site now has the ability to show content from previous and future events, meaning that all of the previous tournament results, coverage from the event and write ups relevant to the event will be archived and ready for you to go back and view.

Want to know who won CS:S at i39? No problem!

This also means that each year youll be able to look forward to the later events in the year and get more information, including dates and any already confirmed tournaments and exhibitors.

Also included in this revamp has been a full review of all information we present about the event, meaning you can now find the answers to your questions about the event even easier! Either use our new Frequently Asked Questions Pages, or just search the entire site.

Even if youre not entirely sure that the Insomnia Gaming Festival is, you can read all about how it all works, how it came together and what happens at the events on our Event Info page.

Weve also incorporated a new Tournament Section into the site, allowing you find all the tournament information in one place, before, during and after the event. This includes an embedded web IRC for the tournament channels within each tournament section!

Thanks to everyone who help out and gave feedback on the forums, and helped make the new site happen! o/

Starcraft 2 Prize Fund confirmed as a minimum of £1,500!

Along with the new website, were also able to announce our minimum prize fund for Starcraft 2 as £1,500. Were still actively seeking sponsorship for this tournament with the aim to increase the prize fund, but were keen to continue our support the UK community in light of other European tournaments on the same weekend.

£1,000 first place prize up for grabs for FIFA 11!

Yes, thats right, £1,000 is yours for the taking for the winner of our FIFA 11 Tournament at insomnia42. All you need to participate is a valid ticket for the event, be that spectator or full BYOC, anyone at the event can enter.

Were proud to be continuing our support for the FIFA community once more with a Multiplay funded prize tournament which also includes a whole host of insomnia tickets and even more goodies up for grabs, with an even bigger tournament taking place at insomnia43!

Get your hands on the latest HD6990 and 490GTX graphics cards in our Left 4 Dead 2 survival challenge, sponsored by ASUS!

ASUS are making their return to insomnia42 and the Multiplay community and giving you the chance to get your hands on the latest kit, including the two best graphics cards that money can buy!

Running both online before the event and also run at the event, youll be able to set your time on the Left 4 Dead 2 Survival Challenge, with the winning team taking home a great bunch of prizes.

Find out more by checking out the Left 4 Dead 2 Tournament Page.

Get your hands on a share of £600 in our Fighting Games series of tournaments!

After listening to feedback from our customers, were now reintroducing prize funds to our Fighting tournaments, and stepping up our game! Taking place throughout Sunday on the Multiplay Stand will be 3 prize winning fighting tournaments, with £200 up for grabs in each title, plus a bunch of great hardware prizes!

Try out at Marvel vs Capcom 3, Super Street Fighter 4 or even the brand new Mortal Kombat 9!

Find out more on our Fighting Games Tournament Page!

Minecraft Competition!

Slightly different to our traditional competitions at the insomnia festivals, weve got something new this event – Minecraft! Ever tried to re-build a Racecourse solely in Minecraft?

Find out more all about this on our Minecraft Competition Page!

Multiplay Freeplay and Tournament exhibition stand, sponsored by Thermaltake

Not only do we have a whole host of tournaments being featured on our stand in the exhibition, well also have loads of other activities going on throughout the weekend!

Chill out and play the latest titles from a wide range of publishers on our Xbox360s and PCs available across the weekend. Well also have quite a few impromptu fun tournaments run across the weekend here, so there will always be something to keep you entertained!

Thermaltake are also proud to be supporting the area with all of the latest PC kit and more, so check it out!

Find out more by visiting the stand during the event and speaking to our team!

Phew, so there we go! That should keep you all going for a few days. If you want to leave any feedback on the new site, dont forget to check out our Community Forums or visit the Contact Us page to find out how to get in touch!

Battlefield Play4Free Beta Keys @ Fileplay.net

Killing — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Weve got another great Beta Key giveaway on Fileplay this time for the Free to Play shooter Battlefield Play4Free.

To ensure everyone gets a chance to get a key we are giving them away in batches on the hour every hour, but as always keys are in limited supply so get over to Fileplay quickly before they run out.

For more information about the game head over to the Official Battlefield Play4Free site

If you cant get enough and want to control your own server you can Pre-Order your Battlefield Play4Free server @ Multiplay Game Servers

Battlefield Heroes - 25% Off New Orders & Renewals to Celebrate 7 million Heroes!

Killing — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000

To celebrate 7 million Heroes, Multiplay are offering 25% off new Battlefield Heroes servers and renewals for one week only!

So dont delay soldier signup for a Multiplay Heroes servers to get 25% off before the end of Wednesday 16th to qualify :)

WCG Titles for the 2011 Grand Final now confirmed!

Dentist — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Today we have had news of the games that will be featured in the World Cyber Games 2011 Grand Final, to be held in South Korea.

There are some very exciting new developments here, including the inclusion of two new Blizzard titles to the WCG Lineup, Starcraft 2 and World of Warcraft: Cataclysm!

The return of League of Legends as a full title is also great to see, as is the inclusion of Tekken 6.

Surprisingly the game list is smaller than last year, with Starcraft: Brood War seeing their exit from the lineup after many years.

Official Game WCG 2011:
Tekken 6 (Namco Bandai Games)
Counter-Strike 1.6 (Valve)
Crossfire (Neowiz Games / Smile Gate)
Special Force (Dragonfly)
World of Warcraft ®: Cataclysm ™ (Blizzard Entertainment)
League of Legends (Riot Games)
StarCraft ® II: Wings of Liberty ™ (Blizzard Entertainment)
Warcraft ® III: The Frozen Throne ™ (Blizzard Entertainment)
FIFA 11 (Electronic Arts)

Well be following up soon with which WCG titles the UK will be supporting, and World Cyber Games will soon be announcing additional official, mobile and promotional titles for the WCG 2011 Grand Final.

Multiplay reach 3000 active services! Three chances to win a £50 Minecraft voucher!

Dentist — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Today is a very special day here at Multiplay. Were celebrating reaching 3000 active Minecraft servers!

We thought wed do something special today to reward everyone who helped us get here, and give something back to the community.

So were giving you all not one chance, but three different chances to win yourself a £50 Minecraft voucher, with over £600 of prizes to be given away!

Here are the three different ways you can win:

First up, for existing Minecraft customers only, weve got a post here over on our forums. What you need to do to enter is tell us, in the most creative way possible, why you think you deserve to win a £50 voucher from Multiplay for your Minecraft service. Just drop a response to this forum thread with your MH number and your answer, and well be judging them next week.

Some ideas to start you off:

Remix us a song. We like music here in the office, and if youve got a lovely little song about the creeper who could (win a voucher), wed love to hear it.

Make us a video. We get distracted by things that flash and make noise quite easily, so why not make a little video, perhaps even in Minecraft to let us know what you think! Remember you can upload videos to our videos site Fileplay.net and then embed them here on the forums with your answer.

Build something! Take a screenshot and post it on our forums. The more impressive the better!

Now, this isnt the only way you can win.

Open to everyone we have two social media competitions! Many of you may be aware that were active on both Facebook and Twitter giving you all the latest information about Multiplay. Weve now got Clanforge news posting to @ClanForge

First up we have Facebook. Simply head over to our Facebook pageand like the competition post there to enter. Simple as that!

Secondly we have our Twitter competition. You can either click here and youll be taken across to Twitter, or head over to the iSeries twitter page and retweet the competition tweet!

StratLAN Early Bird discount extended

Dentist — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Unfortunately we realise that a whole host of you had problems with our payment provider yesterday and today causing you to potentially miss out on the StratLAN early bird discount.

Because of this, we're now extending the discount period until 4pm GMT on Tuesday the 8th March!

Click here to book or here for more information.

Minecraft - Bukkit Support Testing Progress

Killing — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000

We have completed the first round of testing for Bukkit and are now processing all the received test applicants who will be receiving a mail update to their tickets shortly to confirm they are happy to have their server moved.

During today we will moving servers for those that agree to the test box and creating them a Bukkit profile to test.

If all goes well with testing over the weekend we will look to roll out Bukkit support to everyone next week.

Crysis 2 - Official Demo Problems Statement

Killing — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Crytek / EA just released this statement about the issues players have been seeing on the Demo Crysis 2 servers.

"The Crysis 2 PC demo has been overwhelmingly popular, this has both an upside and downside.

The upside was that our Ranked Server Partners had to scale up for demand, nearly doubling capacity, and did so seamlessly.

The downside was we have overwhelmed our backend servers and this has required us to make a few changes to help better balance the load.

During that time (Approx 5 AM GMT - 11 AM GMT) it was necessary to bring down both the account servers and the matchmaking services. All is up and running once again and we are monitoring things closely.

Many thanks for your patience. Your participation and feedback will help to make this a great launch for everyone!"

Im sure you have all seen but we are offering 25% off Crysis 2 server pre-orders so dont miss out!

Payment Issues: Outage with our Payment Provider

Dentist — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000

We are currently experiencing an extended outage with our credit/debit card payment provider.
This will cause any renewals / new orders to error with "Card Declined by the bank"

Whilst we await a fix for this issue, we suggest customers use Paypal for their payments which is unaffected.

Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

Dont miss out on the StratLAN Early Bird discount!

Dentist — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Thats right. Youve got just under 26 hours to secure your discounted place at StratLAN May 2011, as the Early Bird discount runs out tomorrow (Friday) at 16:00GMT!

Get yourself a whole weekend of fun for only £40.29 if you book before 4pm tomorrow, you dont want to miss out!

Click here to book or here for more information.

Were currently experiencing intermittent problems with our payment provider, so if you see a Payment Request failed (503, Service Unavailable ) error, just try again later or pay using Paypal. Apologies for any inconvenience this might cause.

Crysis 2 Multiplay Demo Live on Fileplay!

ShedBOy^ — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Right, here we go peeps, the Crysis2 Multiplayer Demo is now live on Fileplay to download!

The sequel to the hugely successful Crysis & Crysis Warhead, Crysis2 features a new setting, new game modes and even prettier graphics!

Like the demo? Fancy yourself a server for the full game?
Save 25% off all Crysis 2 server pre-orders @ Crysis2Servers.com

Over 1000 now paid for insomnia42!

Dentist — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Tickets are selling out fast for insomnia42, with over 1000 people now having secured their place in gaming history. That leaves a maximum of 650 tickets, and weve only got 52 days to go! At this rate, well be sold out before the start of the event, so dont delay.

Remember, the only way to secure your place at the best gaming event this spring is to book now.

With a whole host of great exhibitors and world class eSports tournaments lined up, this is not one to be missed, so book today!

Did you know you can always follow the latest information about iSeries on our Facebook and Twitter, so why not check them out?

20% Off RIFT Collectors Edition

Wizzo — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0000

We have a bundle of 20% off voucher codes for the latest and greatest MMO "Rift: Planes of Telara" from Trion Worlds. These codes are valid for the Collectors Edition through Direct2Drive.

With over 1 million people registered for the game so far, this could well be the next big thing in MMOs so why not give it a try and save yourself some pennies in the process?

Head over to the Fileplay Keys and Betas page to claim yours. Grab them while you can!

Minecraft - v1.3 Support Released

Killing — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0000

As promised after the v1.2 update we have worked hard to get new updates on the servers as quick as possible with the creation of our mini wrapper.

While doesnt have all the features of hMod or Bukkit is much quicker for us to update, which you can see by the fact only a few hours after release we already have v1.3 support available to all our customers.

So please enjoy and dont for get to check out forums and help us test our new performance settings by joining our test server on 85.236.100.50

Minecraft 1.3 Patch coming soon - Find out more!

Dentist — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Were now expecting that the Minecraft 1.3 server & client patch will be very soon.
Weve taken the time to write a guide to our customers including:

How customers can move over to 1.3 once its released
How this will impact the servers
How to keep your server on 1.2 and retain hMod functionality

You can check out this guide over on our community forums. If you've not checked them out before, our community forums are very active with Minecraft users and weve got a decent set of guides now building up!

15% off all Roccat gear! 1 Week Only!

Damage — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0000

As the banner states, for 1 week only Kustom PC are bringing you all the latest Roccat Gaming gear with 15% off, just in time to prepare for insomia42! This is exclusive to Multiplay users and can only be achieved by heading to the Kustom PC Roccat shop and putting in the code "MPLAY" upon purchase.

So what are you waiting for? This is only valid until the close of play on 26th Feb so take advantage of this special offer and get your new Roccat Kone or Roccat Kave cheaper than ever before at Kustom PC!

Over 900 places now sold for insomnia42!

Dentist — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Tickets are selling out fast for insomnia42, with over 900 people now having secured their place in gaming history.

Remember, the only way to secure your place at the best gaming event this spring is to book now.

With a whole host of great exhibitors and world class eSports tournaments lined up, this is not one to be missed, so book today!

Did you know you can always follow the latest information about iSeries on our Facebook and Twitter, so why not check them out?

Get 25% off Crysis 2 Gameserver Preorders and get the chance to win a server!

Dentist — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0000

To celebrate the launch of Crysis 2 Preorders and crysis2servers.com were giving everyone the chance to win a Crysis 2 Gameserver with 16 slots for 6 months!

To enter, simply like this post, and well be drawing the winners this Friday at 1PM GMT. Share this with your friends, as the more people who like this post the more well be giving away!

Should you want to secure your preorder, were also offering 25% off all preorders from crysis2servers.com, so why not head on over and get your server today?

Multiplay Minecraft servers now available with extra RAM and up to 100 slots!

Dentist — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Today we are pleased to announce that you are now able to take advantage of larger Minecraft services with MultiplayGameservers.com Weve been working hard over the past few weeks to change many of our systems to now allow you to purchase more than the default allocation of RAM for your server, and more than 24 slots.

For those of you who want larger servers or know youre going to be creating epic masterpieces across a vast world, we can now provide you the tools to let you do this.

Simply select a higher slot count or additional RAM on the Minecraft server order page. If youre an existing customer, nothing will change, but youre welcome to upgrade by dropping us a line.

From this day onwards, the only limit is your creativity. Get yourself a server that can handle everything you want to achieve at MultiplayGameservers.com

Minecraft servers now available in Moscow

Dentist — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Were now able to host our amazing Minecraft services in Moscow! From only £6 or 286RUR per month, now is the time to get yourself your own platform to enjoy with your friends on our top quality servers.

Get 50% off new Minecraft servers for today only!

Dentist — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Today MultiplayGameservers.com have broken yet another milestone, with our 1,500th service going live!
To celebrate, we are now offering a totally crazy one day only offer. Any new purchases of Minecraft servers made before 11:00 UTC 29/01 can get a massive 50% off the first period!

This means you can get your hands on a Minecraft server for only £0.50/€0.59/$0.76 per slot in 9 locations worldwide, with more coming soon!

MultiplayGameservers provide managed servers on our top quality Gameserver network, with over 14 years GSP experience. With our servers being hosted on SSDs, Phone & IRC Support, instant 24/7 setup and the ability to backup and upload your world, why not change to a MultiplayGameserver today?

This offer applies to your first payment, so pre-purchase for 3/6/12 months to secure this discount for even longer.

Want to know more? Check out the MultiplayGameservers.com website.

Up to £10k prize pot for CSS at i42, plus TF2 & CoD4 prizes confirmed!

Dentist — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Today we are very pleased to confirm Multiplays contribution to the CSS, TF2 and CoD4 prize funds!

Were proud to be re-investing into the communities that have supported us over the years, and after seeing the TF2 community pull together weve taken steps to ensure we give them the best possible prize pot!

For insomnia42 we are also proportionally increasing the amount up for grabs at each stage of our prize triggers, with a massive £10,000 available should 128 teams enter the CSS tournament.

Counter-Strike: Source has a minimum of £3,000 available, and were highly confident the tournament can hit much higher numbers than this! Were also able to confirm that CoD4 will have a minimum of £1,000 available and TF2 a minimum of £2,250.

We are still in discussions with sponsors over our Starcraft 2 prize fund, and well also have more tournaments to announce in the coming weeks. This is just the beginning!

Weve broken down all of the prize funds available and the breakdowns of each prize fund on the individual tournaments page, so go check out the Counter-Strike Source, Team Fortress 2 and Call of Duty 4 tournament pages.

Bookings for May StratLAN now open, secure your Early Bird ticket!

Dentist — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Signups for StratLAN May 2011 are now live, and you can secure your place now for only £40!

For those of you who havent been to a StratLAN event before, its the heart of our social gaming. With the whole lan often playing the same game, its very easy to make new friends at a StratLAN event, and its not just for regular members of our community!

Quick info:

6:00pm Friday 6th May - 4:00pm Monday 9th May 2011

The Paddock Suite, Stratford-on-Avon Racecourse

110 BYOC Spaces - £51.00 or £40 during Early Bird! (Ends March 4th at 16:00 GMT)

Spectator tickets £10.00 for the first 2 days, £5.00/day after that.

8Mb net connection (limited/traffic shaped connection)

Server CoLo services available

Venue Facilities: Showers, Camping space, some Kitchen facilities.

Alcohol Policy: Bring your Own Beer

If you want some more information check this page first! Book a ticket here today and secure your place!

New EA Store Dead Space 2 Offer!

Damage — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The title says it all! EA Store have done it again with another 50% discount offer. This time, however, instead of simply giving Multiplay an exclusive 50% off they are running the offer in conjunction with their Dead Space 2 release.

All you have to do to receive your 50% off voucher code for any PC direct download at EA Store is buy Dead Space 2 by clicking on one of the banners on the Multiplay sites e.g Fileplay / i-Series / Multiplay Forums.

Or for ease of use, simply click on the banner at the top of this post to be taken directly through to the pre order page for Dead Space 2 :)

Once you have paid you will be sent an email confirming your order and in that email there will be your 50% discount code. The only restrictions on what game you purchase with this code are, it must be PC on direct download.

So what are you waiting for? Go get your 50% off now! This offer only lasts until 18/02/2011 at 23:00.

Check out the Dead Space 2 Release Trailer Here!

Play The Gamer Announcement

Damage — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000

On Saturday 15th January, at three of the UK’s most luxurious casinos (Plymouth, Brighton and Glasgow) the Play the Gamer national league will be holding a one-day, free to play, winner-takes-all competition. The games being played with be FIFA 11, Need for Speed Shift, and Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 and to win the top prize, youll need to show that you can compete in all three (but itll be a great event whether you win or not).

Pre-registration is not necessary but, as the event is being held in a casino, photo ID will be necessary to gain entrance. Scheduled to start at approximately 3:30, why not come along and take up the challenge to win £100 and the regional final trophy. These competitions will be held back-to-back with the Poker in the Pub (www.pokerinthepub.com) national league regional finals, so if you are interested in poker, then spectators are also welcome for the regional final too. Full details of the events can be found at Play The Gamer

We hope to see you there!

Interim insomnia42 site & seat picker now live!

ShedBOy^ — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000

For those of you who have been reading our forums, you will know were currently in the middle of a complete re-design and reimplementation of our events website! This includes insomnia42, so in the mean time weve updated the current site to include all the information about insomnia42 youll need.

Not only that, but weve now launched the insomnia42 seat picker! Make sure you and your clan members get on and pick your seats as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

If you or your friends havent yet secured your place at Europes premier gaming event, including the biggcest eSports tournaments in the UK during Spring 2011, get your ticket today!

Multiplay The Planet - The Expansion Continues

tomcat — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Multiplay is dedicated to gaming. We strive to provide gamers the lowest ping, high action servers as possible. With this in mind comes the release of even more locations for customers to choose from. With more and more locations coming online every week, we give you, our customer, the opportunity for low ping - high octane gaming experiences and cutting edge voice communication servers.

The newest locations are as follows.

Voice Communication - Moscow, Russia - Sydney, Australia - St. Louis, USA

Game Servers - St. Louis, USA - Additional Dallas Location specializing in Minecraft hosting - Paris, France.

Coming soon to the Multiplay lineup is additional Gameserver locations for Moscow and Sydney! Keep an eye out for these coming soon.

EA Store BC2:Vietnam Tournament Winners Announced!

Damage — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The winners of the BC2:Vietnam competition that ran on Saturday 18th December have been announced! Congratulations to the top 3 winning teams! You can see them listed below along with their prizes which are en route.

1st: Team Empire

5 x Sapphire 6970 Vietnam Edition Graphics Cards
5 x i42 Tickets
5 x Vietnam T Shirts
5 x Bad Company Sandals
5 x Vietnam Magnets
5 x Vietnam Baseball Hats
1 x 32 slot Warpack server for a year

2nd: Team Paranoia

5 x Sapphire 6970 Vietnam Edition Graphics Cards
5 x BC2 T Shirts

3rd: Espilon eSports

5 x Sapphire 6970 Vietnam Edition Graphics Cards

Last day to secure your Early Bird insomnia42 ticket!

Dentist — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Youve now got just 18 hours at the time of writing to beat the rise! Purchase your ticket today during our Early Bird period for only £72, getting a massive £20 off the 2011 price!

With confirmed prize winning tournaments for Starcraft 2, Counter-Strike: Source, Team Fortress 2 and Call of Duty 4, you cant afford to miss out.

These are going to be the biggest eSports tournaments in the UK during Spring 2011, so encourage your team and mates to secure their places today ready for the seating plan going live soon!

You can find out more about insomnia42 and purchase tickets over on our insomnia42 holding page.

Happy Christmas from Multiplay!

Killing — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Hope everyone got home OK, with all the white stuff around ;-)

Anyway just a quick note to wish everyone a Happy Christmas from everyone here at Multiplay!

Beat the Taxman by securing your insomnia42 ticket during Early Bird!

Dentist — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000

As Im sure most of you are aware, the tax man has decided that hes going to be increasing the Value Added Tax rate to 20% :( This means for all of our event tickets were going to have to pay 20% of the value back in tax, increasing the price of a standard ticket to £92

Not to worry! You can beat the rise by purchasing your ticket today during our Early Bird period for only £72, getting a massive £20 off the 2011 price!

Youve only got just over 17 days at the time of writing to secure your ticket for the first iSeries of 2011 at this low price. Weve confirmed prize winning tournaments for Starcraft 2, Counter-Strike: Source, Team Fortress 2 and Call of Duty 4.

These are going to be the biggest eSports tournaments in the UK during Spring 2011, so dont miss out. If youve already confirmed your place, encourage your team to secure their places today ready for the seating plan going live in the new year!

You can find out more about insomnia42 and purchase tickets over on our insomnia42 holding page.

LAN Events in Holland - We want your opinions!

Dentist — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Today were after some more opinions from you guys, our customers.

We need to know some information about what would affect your desire to attend a Multiplay LAN event in central Holland, and wed appreciate it if you could spend just 5 minutes filling in a very short survey.

You can find the survey here and all comments and opinions are welcomed!

Multiplay Xmas Opening Hours 2010/11

Dentist — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The Multiplay Office will be closed over the Christmas season from Wednesday 23rd December and reopen on Tuesday 4th January. Clanserver Support will be working at full capacity for most of the holiday season with the exception of a handful of public holidays where our service will be reduced to emergency cover only (via support tickets).

Our Full Christmas/New Year Opening Hours are detailed below, with closures in bold. All of the below times are GMT / UK time:

Date	Event	Office	Support
Tue 21st Dec		9am-6pm	9am-10pm
Wed 22nd Dec		9am-6pm	9am-3am
Thu 23rd Dec		9am-1pm	9am-3am
Fri 24th Dec	Christmas Eve	Closed	9am-6pm
Sat 25th Dec	Christmas Day	Closed	Closed
Sun 26th Dec	Boxing Day	Closed	Closed
Mon 27th Dec		Closed	1pm-10pm
Tue 28th Dec		Closed	1pm-3am
Wed 29th Dec		Closed	1pm-3am
Thu 30th Dec		Closed	1pm-3am
Fri 31st Dec	New Years Eve	Closed	1pm-10pm
Sat 1st Jan	New Years Day	Closed	Closed
Sun 2nd Jan		Closed	1pm-3am
Mon 3rd Jan		Closed	1pm-10pm
Tue 4th Jan		9am-6pm	9am-10pm

To contact us in an emergency (downed machines, broken servers, power cycle requests for dedicated customers etc) please submit a ticket on our support website - http://support.multiplay.co.uk.

From everyone at Multiplay, we wish you a Happy Christmas and a very Merry New Year :)

Get your 2011 StratLAN Season Ticket & book for February StratLAN!

Dentist — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Signups for StratLAN February 2011 are now live, and its time for the first LAN of 2011!

For those of you who havent been to a StratLAN event before, its the heart of our social gaming. With the whole lan often playing the same game, its very easy to make new friends at a StratLAN event, and its not just for regular members of our community!

2011 StratLAN Season Ticket

£210 for all 5 events throughout the year, or £175 for any 4 events!
Convenient. Just pay once and your bookings for the year are sorted!
Beat the rush. Season ticket holders get at least 48 hours advance access to the seating plan before each event opens. Always get the seats you want!

Interested? Get in touch! We have to process these tickets manually, but rest assured itll work just the same as 4/5 normal StratLAN tickets, just with a lower price!

Quick info:

6:00pm Friday 4th February - 4:00pm Monday 7th February 2011
The Paddock Suite, Stratford-on-Avon Racecourse
110 BYOC Spaces - £51.00
Spectator tickets £10.00 for the first 2 days, £5.00/day after that.
8Mb net connection (limited/traffic shaped connection)
Server CoLo services available
Venue Facilities: Showers, Camping space, some Kitchen facilities.
Alcohol Policy: Bring your Own Beer

If you want some more information check this page first! You can book a ticket here or pick your seat by clicking here.

EA Store BC2:Vietnam Tournament Prizes Announced!

Damage — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The prizes for the BC2:Vietnam competition that starts this Saturday 18th December have been announced! For details on the tournament itself head here or see below for the prizes! If you havent signed up, what are you waiting for?

1st:
5 x AMD ATi Graphics Cards
5 x i42 Tickets
5 x Vietnam T Shirts
5 x Bad Company Sandals
5 x Vietnam Magnets
5 x Vietnam Baseball Hats
1 x 32 slot Warpack server for a year

2nd:
5 x AMD ATi Graphics Cards
5 x BC2 T Shirts

3rd:
5 x AMD ATi Graphics Cards

To determine third, we will have both 2nd place teams from Saturday and Sunday playing each other on Monday before the Grand Final to determine the 3rd place winner. Should that team be the same team on both days, they will automatically default to 3rd and claim their prize!

All Entrants:
1 Month extension onto their Multiplay Server contracts if an exisiting Multiplay customer. If you are not currently a Multiplay customer, you can purchase a server between now and the tournament start and still be elegible for your free month! Head to Multiplay Game Servers to purchase your War Pack / BC2 Server today!

Signups are HERE

See you there!

Multiplay expands again... to Sweden!

Damage — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Due to ever increasing demand and such great success across the globe Multiplay are expanding again!

We have a new location which currently only hosts voice comms, but will very soon be hosting voice and game servers. This new location is none other than Sweden!

This means Multiplay now host in 8 locations worldwide. To celebrate this news, we have reduced the costs of all voice servers by 50% globally. Make sure you dont miss out and order your server now!

Awesome Festive Offers from Multiplay!

ShedBOy^ — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Christmas is here at Multiplay, and we have some awesome festive offers for you!

Not only have we cooked up some mega offers for you on our huge range of Gameservers and Voice Comms servers, but weve also got 20% Off the next installment of the our flagship gaming event; insomnia42! During Early Bird i42 is just £72, so go check out the i42 event page!

Fancy a nice new Voice Comms server to go with your new purchase of Cataclysm? Well then, weve just the deal for you! Half Off all our voice comms servers, including Ventrilo, Mumble and Teamspeak! Not only that but weve just secured our new data center location in Sweden, offering you even more choice.

Weve also slashed our prices on a huge range of Gameservers, including 50% off our War Pack which now includes Bad Comapny 2: Vietnam, an insane 75% off Team Fortress 2 servers, 25% off Minecraft, 50% off Left4Dead and COD servers and a cracking 20% off Battlefield Heroes! Phew!

But wait, there is yet MORE! Were also running our Christmas competition, giving you the chance to win one of three £50 Multiplay vouchers every week during Christmas, so why not check out our offers page and bag yourself a bargain!

Merry Christmas from off us here at Multiplay; we hope you have a great break and a fantastic New Year :)

The Multiplay Survey - Winners!

Damage — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Many thanks to all who completed the Multiplay Survey. We are grateful for all the feedback and it will help us to move forward more efficiently and provide you, the gamers, with even better service.

Please find below a list of the winners and what they won! Congratulations to all those listed! All winners were contacted through the e-mail they provided. Unfortunately to those that have not replied, it is now too late to claim your prize.

Samsung PX2370 - 23 inch Widescreen LED TFT Monitor - Hayley Shipley

Golden Tickets to insomnia41 - Marcel Cutts
Golden Tickets to insomnia41 - William Woolner

Golden Spectator Pass to insomnia41 - Christian Colley

1 x Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty Collectors Edition - Mattias Hallberg

1 x Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty - Becki Poole

50 pounds of Online Services Vouchers - James Banton

50 pounds of Online Services Vouchers - Ross Bevan
50 pounds of Online Services Vouchers - Peter Blunden

Fileplay Subscriptions for 1 year - Tim Jollie

Medal of Honor - Robert Stacey
Medal of Honor - Ed Tew
Medal of Honor - Damon Garder
Medal of Honor - Laura Telford
Medal of Honor - Dominic Duke
Medal of Honor - Tom Morgan
Medal of Honor - Barry Stride

Minecraft - MultiplayAdmin Plugin Updated

Killing — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000

We released a new version of the Multiplay Admin plugin for Minecraft today which adds the ability to customise the kick messages used via Rcon.

The custom messages are also now used by Clanforge when restarting servers to tell the players that they where kicked for a server restart instead of just a generic message which could be confusing to the users.

This enhancement is based on feedback from you guys on our forums, so keep it coming: How would you enhance Multiplays Minecraft Server Support?

Triple Key Giveaway!

Rob — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Three keys up for grabs right now and theyre all very shiny!

We have beta keys for the fantastic Bloodline Champions and wed love you to try it out!

If you enjoy the likes of League of Legends, Heroes of Newerth, World of Warcraft Arena or even the Warlocks custom map for Warcraft 3 we think youll really enjoy this fast paced arena game!

Oh, and theres something special with this beta key - all of you will have an exclusive in-game title of The Meatgrinder!

Welcome to Hollywood! The home of fame and fortune! That’s what the flyer said anyway. The reality hasn’t proven quite so fruitful. All you need is one shot, and you’ll do whatever it takes to get it.

Up to 8 players can play simultaneously on this exclusively multiplayer first person shooter from the makers of cult-classic The Ship. Choose your character and shoot down your competitors in 4 game modes (Hunt, Elimination, Revenge, Death Match) and on 3 Hollywood sets. Be prepared to run for fame and succeed at any cost or die trying!

Co-op zombie apocalypse survival game. In your browser. Nuff said.

You can grab all the above over at Fileplays Beta page.

Let us know how you get on in the comments or alternatively on twitter - were @Fileplay!

Minecraft: Updates!

liv3d — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000

With the rapid expansion of Minecraft, weve been busy making changes behind the scenes to both improve the quality of service here at Multiplay, and improve your gaming experience.

A few of the visible changes to your minecraft server includes:

Ability to backup, restore and start a new world via Clanforges Live Control
Server Statistics at the touch of a button
Ability to kick & ban players directly via Live Control
Changes to the way the server saves, now saves the world every 10 minutes
Changes & improvements into Hey0s admin mod (hMod), which have since been incorporated within the mod its self
Tuned the Java engine for better performance

Were still looking for more ways to improve your service and are currently looking for your feedback via our feedback thead on the forums

Dabs.com go wild! Final reminder also!

Damage — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000

3 huge bits of news. The first being a quick reminder to enter Dabs.com Weekly Deals competition:

The competition is simply called "What Weekly Deals would you like to see?"

The title is self explainatory. Dabs.com want to know what deals that you, the consumer, would like to see on the weekly deals that appear in the top right of the Multiplay forums. Do you want it to focus on high performance mice, or perhaps bundle packages that come pre assembled? In return for this information they are putting up a set of Logitech Pure-Fi Mobile Portable speakers as a prize.

For more information head to the "Ask Dabs.com" forum here and click on the Dabs.com Competition Time post

2nd piece of news is also another reminder! Dabs.com are offering specific deals only to Multiplay users on various products. The list can be found HERE. These deals range from a gaming rig specifically put together for us gamers along with discounts on relevant products like Solid State Drives.

Dont miss out, get over there.

3rd piece of news, another competition from Dabs.com!

Win an amazing Visionracer VR3 Rig and LCD Stand.

Simply purchase any Logitech product over £29.99 between 1st November and 15th December 2010 and youll be automatically entered into a draw to win this amazing, custom-built gaming rig from Visionracer, delivered in time for Christmas.

Full details on the Dabs.com website HERE or simply click one of the Dabs.com banners!

Insomnia42 bookings now live!

Dentist — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Thats right, Early Early Bird is back once again offering you a staggering 30% off your ticket to the UKs biggest gaming festival, giving you up to 5 days of awesome LAN gaming for only £63! Early Early Bird ends 23rd November 2010, so hurry to take advantage!

Check out the insomnia42 website to purchase tickets and find out more.

Also available are 2011 Season Tickets! Get entrance to insomnia42, insomnia43, and insomnia44 for only £200 including Early Arrival Service! A saving of £61 on Early Bird prices throughout the year, these tickets also include priority access to the seat picker.

The Dates:
- insomnia42: 22nd - 25th April 2011
- insomnia43: 26th - 29th August 2011
- insomnia44: 11th - 14th November 2011

Interested? Get in touch! We have to process these tickets manually, but rest assured itll work just the same as 3 normal iSeries tickets, just with a lower price!

Exclusive Offer for i41 Attendees - 50% Off at EA Store

XiLLy — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000

We are delighted to announce that the fantastic offer that Electronic Arts are giving to attendees of insomnia41 is now fully functional!

All of you here at the event will now be able to take advantage of this by making your way over to the EA Store and claiming 50% off all titles by entering "i41" as your discount code in your basket throughout the course of insomnia41.

This kind of deal doesnt come around that often, so dont waste any time in picking up your copy of any of the EA titles for an extremely low price.

Offer available in the UK only from www.eastore.co.uk and excludes titles on pre-order, points packs and time cards. Offer valid 12/11/10 through 15/11/10.

Saturday Night Poker with PartyPoker.com

XiLLy — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Are you ready for another night of rivers, turns, flops, flushes and straights? If so youll probably want to take part in the PartyPoker tournament this evening!

At 19:00 anyone who wishes to play in an open match can do so by following the below instructions, this is available to anyone who wants to take part and can also be done from your own machine and not just at the stand!

To play in the 19:00 match please follow the below instructions :

Step by step guide

Download the client from www.partypoker.com

Create an account

Deposit some cash

Click the tournaments tab in the client

In Tournaments > Game Name select Special

On the tournament list click Name, this will put them in Alphabetical order

Double Click the table referenced in the below screenshot (click for bigger version!)

Enter the password of MULTIPP41

Enjoy!

If youd rather have the opportunity to glare across the table into the eyes of your opponent, at 20:00 there will be an 8 player match of poker on the machines located in the PartyPoker area. To get the password to play in this match come down to the stand to see Odee who will be happy to assist.

Bloodline Champions at insomnia41

XiLLy — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Participants at insomnia41 will have the opportunity to play Bloodline Champions on the Team Dignitas stand throughout the weekend. Stunlock Studios and Funcom have invited those who go to the stand and play the arena-based PvP game will walk away with a beta key!

You will also have the chance to play with or against Team Dignitas Professional Gamers; Ryan Hydra Van Buiten and Chris Kalimist Ioannou.

Tau Petersson, CEO of Stunlock Studios said; "Multiplay i41 is a fantastic opportunity for us to reach out to gamers. With over 100,000 beta players, Bloodline Champions has certainly showed its popularity, and we hope even more gamers will be exposed to the game’s competitive nature during Multiplay i41".

Team Dignitas will be holding daily walk-in Bloodline Champions tournaments where you could win a Bigfoot 2100 Network card!

For more information, visit www.bloodlinechampions.com.

Narella.

Cardschat full tilt referral code

Dentist — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Get your cardschat full tilt referral code here!

Aquatuning at insomnia41

Dentist — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Aquatuning will once again be returning to the iSeries, showing off the latest in PC cooling technology and creating all sorts of mayhem as normal.

The Aquatuning Demo PCs will be packed with the latest hardware including dual Sapphire 6870’s running experimental nano fluid cooling!

And yes…. Aqua-girl will be giving out Haribo & freebies for the masses!

Find out more by visiting Aquatuning at the event!

Sign up to the Multiplay insomnia41 Poker Tournament with PartyPoker.com

Dentist — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000

We are pleased to confirm that Multiplay in conjunction PartyPoker.com will be hosting exclusive private tournaments every night during insomnia41!

Each evening of the event, at 8pm, 9pm, 10pm and 11pm you’ll be able to enter an 8 player No-Limit Texas Hold’em STT tournament in the exhibition hall of the event, with only a $5 buy-in.

The winners of each STT tournament will win money into their account and be invited to an on line Multiplay Grand Final tournament on 21st November, giving you the chance to win your share of $400 and an exclusive Multiplay PartyPoker.com trophy.

Then each evening at 7pm will be a massive $5 buy in Multi-Table Online No Limit Texas Hold’em STT tournament, available to all Multiplay users either at the event or at home from your own computer!

Signups for these private tournaments are now live from the Party Poker client, using code MULTIPP41 to pre-register!

You can find out more at the dedicated PartyPoker.com landing page!

Dabs.com Competition time!!!

Damage — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Its Dabs.com competition time!

The competition is simply called "What Weekly Deals would you like to see?"

The title is self explainatory. Dabs.com want to know what deals that you, the consumer, would like to see on the weekly deals that appear in the top right of the Multiplay forums. Do you want it to focus on high performance mice, or perhaps bundle packages that come pre assembled? In return for this information they are putting up a set of Logitech Pure-Fi Mobile Portable speakers as a prize.

It couldnt be easier to enter, all you have to do is head to the "Ask Dabs.com" forum here and create a new post which includes "Dabs Deals" in the title. You then simply need to explain what type of deals you would like to see with a little explaination as to why. The post that receives the most votes will determine the winner and they will then be sent the prize. The cut off date is the 19th November! Dont miss it.

To vote on someones post, all you need to do is reply to someones thread with "Vote" at the top of the reply. So if someone suggests something you like then make sure you vote on their thread. Get your friends, teamates, even your family involved!

The winner after the 2 weeks will receive the Logitech speakers as well as having their suggested weekly deals on rotation for a month.

What are you waiting for? Get suggesting!

Get in touch with your creative side using Minecraft at insomnia41!

Dentist — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000

As Im sure many of you are aware, Minecraft has been used for some amazing creations recently.

As a result, were going to be running a competition for the most impressive creation made on our event Minecraft servers across the weekend.

Some of the awesome creations weve seen are hosted on our new Fileplay Minecraft Channel, and you can watch videos made about them below.

Were going to be judging at the end of the weekend with our very own panel of judges, including a special guest, and well be awarding some great prizes to the winners.

Get your ideas ready, construction will be available from the start of the event on our very own hosted superserver!

If youve not currently got a ticket for insomnia41, youve only got 9 days left! Secure your place by purchasing your ticket here.

Looking for somewhere to test your ideas? Weve got Minecraft Gameservers now for as little as 80p/slot, letting you use all of the major addons and plugins. Clanforge also gives you access to backup, download and restore worlds, as well as our very own fixes to the game code giving you the best SMP experience possible!

Antec Confirm for insomnia41

Dentist — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Today we are pleased to announce that Antec will be exhibiting as insomnia41!

Theyre bringing some of their brand new products including the new LanBoy Air chassis, a one of a kind open-air modular chassis.

The LanBoy Air is a fully-modular chassis designed to provide extensive customisability for PC gamers and modders, including five 120mm fans.

Youll be able to check out the new case on the Kustom PCs stand in the exhibition hall, along with Antecs brand new Soundscience™ Speaker System delivering Full High-Definition 3D sound.

Check out the rest of Antecs catalogue of products and many more exciting activities in our Exhibition hall at insomnia41.

Food and Drink offerings confirmed for insomnia41

Dentist — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Today we are pleased to confirm the food offerings that will be available at insomnia41!

Making a return after a successful début at the iSeries will be Frankies Diner and Bar, offering a wide range of products.

Youll be able to get Full English breakfasts and breakfast buns in the morning, both in the Diner and delivered to your desk.
Throughout the day you can purchase from a selection of tasty hot and cold meals, providing you the fuel required for your gaming.

Once again, these can be delivered piping hot and freshly made straight to your desk

Also available once again are Stone Willies Pizza, providing freshly cooked Pizza piping hot to your desk.
They will also be delivering Chicken Wraps and brand new Melt wraps late into the evening, providing you with food whenever youre ready.

Dont forget well also be running our usual Tuck Shop stocking a wide variety of soft drinks, chocolate and other snacks.

All of these products are available to be delivered fresh and quickly to your desk via our food ordering system, FoodPlay™, so get your Paypal accounts ready!

Come play with ProjectorGames at insomnia41

Dentist — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000

We are pleased to announce once more the return of an old i-Series favourite to insomnia41 today, ProjectorGames!

ProjectorGames offers remakes of classic games and brand new, simple party and arcade games with a twist and can support up to 512 players on a SINGLE screen!

Check them out at the event for some great fun games, but be warned, they are very addictive and great fun!

Multiplay 50% Off US Servers Ends Sunday!

liv3d — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Our massive 50% introductory offer in the United States is coming to end on the 31st October. To ensure you dont miss out on this amazing offer, make sure you order your server this weekend!

You can get this offer via our Gameservers website!

The Multiplay insomnia41 Poker Tournament with PartyPoker.com

Dentist — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000

We are pleased to confirm that Multiplay in conjunction PartyPoker.com will be hosting exclusive private tournaments every night during insomnia41!

Each evening of the event, at 8pm, 9pm, 10pm and 11pm you’ll be able to enter an 8 player No-Limit Texas Hold’em STT tournament in the exhibition hall of the event, with only a £5 buy-in.

The winners of each STT tournament will win money into their account and be invited to an on line Multiplay Grand Final tournament on 21st November, giving you the chance to win your share of £400 and an exclusive Multiplay PartyPoker.com trophy.

Then each evening at 7pm will be a massive £5 buy in Multi-Table Online No Limit Texas Hold’em STT tournament, available to all Multiplay users either at the event or at home from your own computer!

You can find out more at the dedicated PartyPoker.com landing page!

Find out more about Whats On at insomnia41!

Dentist — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000

So you’re all booked up for insomnia41; excellent! But what’s on during the weekend?

Well, if you’ve been before you will know some of the regular stuff that happens at the event, but if you’re new to all this then you will probably be wondering what else goes on apart from an obscene amount of gaming... the answer is "loads"!

Weve created a whole page on what fun activities you can get involved in throughout the weekend, which you can now view here.

There is plenty to do away from your desk, from activities in the exhibition hall, tournaments & prizes on the main stage, to competitions & social events the bar. Keep your eye on the iSeries site throughout the weekend to find out what’s going on!

Starcraft 2 Online Cups – Win an insomnia41 ticket and £50!

Dentist — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Thats right guys. Check out our Starcraft 2 Cups, giving you guys the chance to win insomnia41 tickets, cash prizes of £50 and Thermaltake Hardware!

The first cup starts this Thursday at 6pm UK time, but spaces are limited!

You can find out more about the cups over on our dedicated Online Cups page, or sign ups via CraftCups website!

QuietPC confirm attendance at insomnia41!

Dentist — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Quiet PC are happy to announce they will be attending i41. Just like i40 they will have four PC systems up and running the latest games in 3D, thanks to the excellent Zalman 3D Trimon monitors. Two systems will also feature ATI’s Eyefinity which will also be in 3D!

As well as that, they will also be the latest and greatest products from Zalman, Scythe, Arctic Cooling, Fractal Design and Noctua on show. There will be prizes to be won with their daily competitions. Let them know which competitions you want in their poll found here.

And if that was not enough Quiet PC will also have an Xbox 360 where they will no doubt have Rock Band 3 (yes 3) blasting out. It’s going to be epic!

Book now for Stratlan Xmas Party 2010!

Dentist — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Signups for StratLAN Xmas Party 2010 are now live, and its time to revive your festival spirits!

For those of you who havent been to a StratLAN event before, its the heart of our social gaming. With the whole lan often playing the same game, its very easy to make new friends at a StratLAN event, and its not just for regular members of our community!

Quick info:

6:00pm Friday 10th December - 4:00pm Monday 13th December 2010

The Paddock Suite, Stratford-on-Avon Racecourse

110 BYOC Spaces - £56.00

Spectator tickets £10.00 for the first 2 days, £5.00/day after that.

8Mb net connection (limited/traffic shaped connection)

Server CoLo services available

Venue Facilities: Showers, Camping space, some Kitchen facilities.

Alcohol Policy: Bring your Own Beer

If you want some more information check this page first! You can book a ticket here or pick your seat by clicking here.

Get 20% off Medal of Honor with the Multiplay Newsletter

Wizzo — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The latest edition of the Multiplay newsletter is here! Check it out @ http://eepurl.com/bkRiT.

If you have yet to purchase the awesome Medal of Honor from EA, there is a whopping 20% off voucher code in the newsletter that is valid for EA Store globally. In the UK, USA and Canada it is also valid on boxed product through EA store, with the exception of the Limited Edition box product in the UK.

Make sure you dont miss out on weekly updates of all the goings on here at Multiplay by ticking the "Multiplay Newsletter" box on your Account Details.

Thermaltake to sponsor the insomnia41 Starcraft 2 tournament

Dentist — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000

We are very pleased to announce that Thermaltake are now sponsoring the Starcraft 2 tournament at insomnia41!

As part of this amazing sponsorship deal, the tournament will have a fantastic prize fund of £5,000.

In conjunction with the insomnia41 LAN tournament, well be running online qualfiers starting next Thursday, providing you the opportunity to win free entry to insomnia41.

Well be releasing more information, including instructions on how to sign up soon.

Also, due to only being able to announce this today, we will be extending our insomnia41 Early Bird promotion, giving you 20% off, until Friday 8th at 23:59.

Starcraft 2 gave us some amazing coverage at our last event, and were pleased to once again be supporting a new community returning to the iSeries events.

We will also be announcing details on our live coverage both online and at the events in the coming days, and for the latest information dont forget to follow @iseries on twitter!

Make sure you dont miss out on your chance to get yourself a discounted ticket for insomnia41 at only £72. You can purchase your insomnia41 ticket here to secure your place at the event.

The Multiplay Survey - With Prizes Galore!

Damage — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The title explains it all. We would like for you to complete the Multiplay survey to help us deliver a more efficient, reliable and fun service to our customers.

In return for taking up some of your valuable time we have put together over £1500 worth of prizes to be won, just by answering a few questions!

A full list of whats up for grabs can be found below but before that we would like to thank you in advance for your input and patience. This is incredibly important to Multiplay so please do take the time to answer our very simple questions. So want to know whats up for grabs? I guess we should tell you whats in the draw.

Survey close: Sunday 24th Oct Midnight
Prizes announced: Mon 25th Oct

N.B. All information gathered will be subject to the Multiplay User Privacy Policy. No information held will be personally identifiable. The information gathered will only be used for demographic research. All e-mails provided will remain anonymous along with not being attached to the answers provided. The e-mails aquired will only be used for prize giving as a form of contact.

Click me to do the Survey!

The Headline Prize:

1 x Samsung PX2370 - 23 inch Widescreen LED TFT Monitor. These are awesome! Shed uses them here in the Multiplay office and they are very shiny.

Main Prizes:

5 x Golden Tickets to insomnia41 - These are full BYOC tickets including EAS to Multiplays insomnia41 gaming event in November. Details can be found here: http://iseries.multiplay.co.uk

5 x Golden Spectator Pass to insomnia41 - These are full weekend Spectator tickets including EAS to the insomnia41 gaming event in November. Details can be found here: http://iseries.multiplay.co.uk

1 x Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty Collectors Edition - This is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed by Blizzard Entertainment. Having had its first competitive tournament run at insomnia40 casted by the legendary Team Dignitas Shaun d.Apollo Clark and John "TotalBiscuit" Bain this is not a game to miss! Very sought after, lots of fun, a must have for a die hard Starcraft fan!

1 x Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty - As above but the regular edition for SC2. Only slightly less awesome.

5 x £50 Online Services Vouchers - To be used at MultiplayGameServers.com - These vouchers will entitle each winner to credit themselves with £50 worth of Online Goods from MultiplayGameServers. This can range from multiple game servers over several months or perhaps a years worth of Voice Comms. What you spend it on will be up to you!

5 x £25 Online Services Vouchers - Again to be used at MultiplayGameServers.com - These vouchers will entitle each winner to credit themselves with £25 worth of Online Goods from MultiplayGameServers.

5 x Fileplay Subscriptions - Each winner will get 1 years subscription to Fileplay.net worth £24! These will give the users access to faster download mirrors, exclusive content as well as much more. Head to http://www.fileplay.net to see what you could win.

The survey itself should only take approximately 5-10 minutes, just make sure at the end if you want to be in with a chance to win one of the prizes that you include your e-mail otherwise we wont know who to get in contact with! Should you want to aid Multiplay and answer the Survey but remain anonymous, simply leave the e-mail field blank and the survey will remain anonymous. Once again we would like to thank you for your time and energy spent answering this survey and we wish you luck in the prize draw!

Early Bird discount extended by 48 hours!

Dentist — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Unfortunately some of you had problems with our booking systems yesterday. We have now tracked down the issue and fixed it, but we wouldnt want anyone to miss out!

To ensure all of you are able to take advantage of this great discount, we will be extending the Early Bird discount for everyone until 23:59 on 6th October 2010.

This means you are still able to purchase a ticket for insomnia41 at the low price of only £72 for a whole weekend of amazing gaming.

Weve got tournaments confirmed for some of the hottest titles around, as well as an amazing exhibition lined up.

You really dont want to miss out on such a great offer, so secure your ticket today.

Only one day left of the insomnia41 Early Bird discount!

Dentist — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Thats right! Youve now only got one day left to get yourself a massive 20% discount on Bring your own computer tickets for insomnia41.

You can currently get yourself a ticket to the final insomnia event of 2010 for only £72!

With some amazing tournaments lined up in titles such as Starcraft 2 and Counter-Strike Source, dont miss out on the hottest gaming event of 2010.

Were also proud to announce that well be having additional indoor sleeping here at insomnia41. For those of you who were perhaps worried you might be a little cold, and dont want to shell out the cost for a hotel, were opening some more indoor sleeping areas!

With heating and a solid structure, all you will need is an airbed and some bedding to get yourself some great sleep during the event, ensuring youre able to stay at your gaming peak for longer.

Dont miss out on this amazing offer. To confirm your place at the discounted rate youll need to purchase today!

World Cyber Games Grand Finals Roundup

Dentist — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Today is the last day here at the World Cyber Games Grand Finals!

Team UK have all done very well, and weve won ourseleves one Gold medal and one Silver medal!

Daveskills definitely had the skills this weekend and brings home a Gold medal for Team UK in Forza Motorsport 3.

George Boothby unfortunately fell at the final hurdle, losing on the last note of the last song in the Best of 3 format final. He has still done amazingly well, and brings home a Silver in Guitar Hero 5.

My congratulations to our medalists, and thanks everyone for following our progress here in Los Angeles and for supporting the team.

See you all again for the World Cyber Games 2011 UK National Finals!

World Cyber Games 2010 Grand Finals - Lunchtime Day 2

Dentist — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Team UK at the World Cyber Games 2010 Grand finals have already gotten off to a good start!

Daveyskills, currently the #1 ranked player in the world at Forza Motorsport 3 had a very close game versus SK|Johnson. Daveyskills initially made a few mistakes on the first couple of laps, but then performed the second half of the race flawlessly to take victory on the last corners of the last lap. Davey then went on to win the other two games comfortably putting him first place in his group.

Ryan Heart AKA The Prodigal Son has had his first Tekken 6 match on stage after some technical difficulties. Ryan unfortunately lost this match versus the #2 Korean player, in what will undoubtably be the toughest match of his group.

George Boothby, Tom Shaw and Chris Bullard all continue their group matches starting in the next 1-2 hours, and Ill keep you up to date with their progress as the day progresses here in Los Angeles.

Medal of Honor - Open Beta

liv3d — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000

We are pleased to annouce the high anticipated Medal of Honor open beta can be downloaded now via Fileplay.

The open beta officialy starts on the 4th October and lasts until 23:59 PDT on the 7th October (07:59 BST on the 8th October UK time).

With the download weighing in at a massive 1.6 GB, installing this today will mean your ready to go when the open beta goes live on the 4th October!

While this is awesome news, whats more amazing is over at the game servers site, we are currently offering a massive 50% of both Medal of Honor and the Multiplay War Pack

Download now!

WCG 2010 Grand Finals - Team UK Day 1

Dentist — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Hello from Los Angeles, where Team UK are currently competing in the Grand Finals of the World Cyber Games 2010!

Only two players from the team have had matches today, which has included events such as the Opening Ceremony, and the flag parade.

ChrissyB, Team UK FIFA 10 player, had a default win for his first match of the day due to the Russian player being unable to attend at the last minute. His second match of the day was versus Saudi Arabia, which he won 7-0 after both halves.

George Boothby, Team UK Guitar Hero 5 player and 2008 Guitar Hero world champion started his tournament strongly as well. He came away victorious in his first and only match of the day in a nearly flawless performance.

Well have more updates for you from the Grand Finals tomorrow, which holds more games for both Chris and George, as well as the first matches in Tekken 6, Forza Motorsport 3 and Trackmania Nations.

Keep checking back for more news from LA!

Minecraft servers launched

liv3d — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000

We are pleased to annouce the availabilty of Minecraft servers here @ MultiplayGameservers.com

If you didnt know, Minecraft is one of the hotest new indie games this year! Minecraft is very much an 8-bit version of Lego and has a feeling that anything can be build in the massive randomly generated world!

While currently still in an alpha stage Minecraft is highly addictive with it being quite possible to lose an entire day building your new home/castle/spaceship/towers/forts!

What will you build?

Less than one week of Early Bird remaining

Dentist — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Its now less than one week remaining of our Early Bird promotion for insomnia41.

Were currently offering 20% off BYOC tickets for insomnia41 meaning you can get a booking for only £72 for an amazing weekend of fun.

With an amazing line-up of tournaments for insomnia41, you dont want to miss out! Secure your place today

Multiplay Launch War Games Pack!

ShedBOy^ — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000

With the impending release of Medal of Honor, were offering you all something very special.

Not only are we offering Medal of Honor servers for 50p/slot for the lifetime of the server, weve also created something new; the Multiplay War Games Pack!

By combining the new Medal of Honor with the award winning Battlefield and Call of Duty series, our all new War Games Pack gives you 11 games on one gameserver at 50p/slot; the same price of a standard Medal of Honor server!

Our War Games Pack includes:
- 11 Switchable game titles for the price of one!
- 7 Locations available in the UK, EU and US.
- New locations available in Frankfurt and Chicago
- Official EA Ranked servers for MOH & BF Series
- Free Mumble server, or 50% off a TS or Vent server!
- Instant Setup
- Fast and efficient support

This special offer means youre able to get the highest quality Multiplay Gameserver with 11 games, at the lowest price of any major provider.

Why not find out more over on our offers page, and bag yourself a bargain!

Dabs.com Exclusive Offer

Damage — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Multiplay have partnered with Dabs.com to provide you this exclusive deal to Multiplay members. We sent out an e-mail to all those on the mailing list however the initial link does not function correctly on the Dabs.com website. We would like to formally apologise for this inconvenience and it will be rectified shortly and direct you straight through to Dabs.com.

In the meantime we have put up this News post along with a Forum post to make you all aware of this sensational offer. This offer only lasts until the 30th of September so if you have anything you want to order time is of the essence! Should you have any questions regarding any hardware on the Dabs.com site feel free to quiz Duncan on our forums who is Dabs.com Product Manager and is also our go to guy with regards to tips, advice and support. He can be found in the Multiplay Hardware forum sponsored by Dabs.com so go ask away!

Once again apologies for the inconvenience and thanks to Dabs.com for this awesome offer.

Initial insomnia41 tournaments now confirmed

Dentist — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Today we are pleased to announce the initial batch of prize winning tournaments that will take place at insomnia41.

We have 4 world class games now confirmed. Counter-Strike: Source, Call of Duty 4, Team Fortress 2 and Starcraft 2.

Counter-Strike: Source: 5v5, Guaranteed £2,000, Up to £8,000 prize pool (128 teams)
Call of Duty 4: 5v5, Guaranteed £1,000 Up to £8,000 prize pool (128 teams)
Team Fortress 2: 6v6, Guaranteed £1,750, Up to £9,500 prize pool (128 teams)
Starcraft 2: 1v1, Prize fund to be confirmed

Weve taken the step of supporting Call of Duty 4 once again at our events, keeping what the community wants.

We will be releasing full prize breakdowns including what percentage goes to what place, and what number of teams achieves which prize bracket next week. Further announcements are to come regarding online qualifiers and what Starcraft 2 holds for the event.

Weve got some really exciting new ideas in development for our Starcraft 2 tournament which will be announced in the days to come.

With an amazing line-up of tournaments for insomnia41, you dont want to miss out! Secure your place today

Free full copy of DogFighter for i41 attendees!

Dentist — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Today we are pleased to announce that we are offering anyone with a paid insomnia41 booking during Early Bird the opportunity to get a copy of the amazing indie game DogFighter free of charge!

DogFighter is a great title from Darkwater Studios, and a perfect game to be played at a LAN party!

Well be using Fileplay to distribute the keys, and youll soon be able to head over to the Fileplay Keys page and redeem your key!

Simply register this key via steam and youll be entitled to a full copy of the game, yours to keep and enjoy forever.

Theres now under 3 weeks left in our Early Bird promotion, so make sure you dont miss out on tickets for insomnia41 for only £72!

i41 Seat Picker now open!

Dentist — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000

We are pleased to announce that the seat picker for insomnia41 is now live. You can now head over to our Seat Picker website and select your seat.

We are opening only as many seats on the plan as there are paid bookings in an attempt to get everyone seated together in a group more efficiently.

There are also new suggested areas for certain games.

First floor Grandstand will be mostly squad-based FPS games other than CSS. For example, CoD Series and TF2
Second floor Grandstand will be suggested as our CSS area. The Counterstrike Source community is often very loud and boisterous, so make sure you know what you are letting yourself into!

Berkshire Stand Concourse is our MMO area, and often the quieter area of the LAN. For those of you who enjoy peace and quiet whilst gaming, we suggest this area.
Berkshire Stand First Floor is for our RTS players, for games such as Starcraft 2. With a bar in the middle of the room and food nearby, this is one of our most popular areas.

We also have Clan Boxes available, which seat 11, 22 or 44 players. These can be redeemed by applying for a Clanbox via our support system.
Once tickets have been placed into a Clan Box, they become non-refundable and cannot move individually out of the clanbox. Please ensure you are certain of your choice before requesting a clanbox!

These are allocated on a first requested first served basis, and must be exactly the number required.

The only way to secure your seat is to purchase your ticket! Make sure you get your ticket now before they sell out!

Get your Early Bird tickets for insomnia41!

Dentist — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Unfortunately Early Early Bird is now over. But dont despair, you can still take advantage of our crazy Early Bird offer! You can now get 20% off your ticket, which means you can get your pass into the UKs biggest gaming event for a meagre £72!

Running from 12th to the 15th of November at Newbury Racecourse once more, you can expect to see more awesome tournaments, exhibitors, events and activities throughout the weekend.
We might even have something special exclusively for those people who purchase their tickets during early bird!

Make sure you get your ticket now before they sell out!

Early Early Bird is back with 30% off insomnia41!

ShedBOy^ — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Early Early Bird is back! You can now get 30% off your ticket, which means you can get your pass into the UKs biggest gaming event for a meagre £63!

Running from 12th to the 15th of November at Newbury Racecourse once more, you can expect to see more awesome tournaments, exhibitors, events and activities throughout the weekend.

Make sure you get your ticket now before they sell out!

insomnia40 comes to an end

ShedBOy^ — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Well, thats it for i40! Another massive weekend of gaming finally comes to an end! Thanks to all of you who attended and made the event so awesome, thanks to all the exhibitors for supporting the event and thanks to all our volunteer staff for making the event possible!

There are thousands of photos up on our coverage pages, so have a look and see if you ended up in any of them, also check out some of our iLive videos from the event.

All the video on demand videos will be online within the next few days, once we have un-camped from Newbury and got back to the office!

Keep an eye on the i-Series site for more news regarding the sleepless winter event that will be insomnia41, and make sure you check out our forums and get involved in the community!

Until next time, check the traffic and have a safe journey home.

Well see you at i41!

Fighting the Infected with ESET’s Left 4 Dead 2 Tournament

Dentist — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Fighting the Infected with ESET’s Left 4 Dead 2 Tournament (£4,000 worth of Intel prizes for winning team)

Visit the ESET stand on Friday and Saturday and set the best time in Left 4 Dead 2 Survival mode. Survive the longest across the weekend and you’ll be invited to set another time live on stage in the final !

The winning team of 4 will each receive one of the latest Intel® Core™ i7-980X Extreme Edition CPU’s plus a top of the range Intel Motherboard, worth £1,000 a pair !

All you need to do to enter this tournament is to register at the ESET exhibition stand at i40 !

Check out our dedicated i40 website to see what else is happening ! lesslagmorefrag.co.uk

Food and Drink at insomnia40

Dentist — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Today were pleased to announce all of the lovely food and drink that will be available at insomnia40!

Major changes from previous events include:

A change in our pizza supplier to Stone Willys pizza, which will be cooked fresh on site, and is even better value for money than previous events! Get them delivered to your desk via our online ordering system

Greens has now changed to Frankies Diner, including Frankies bar in the middle of the Long Room! Frankies will be serving high quality American Diner style food for both online ordering and sit-down meals.

Tuck shop will now be performing delivery to your desk via the online ordering system!

Our Online Ordering system has had a revamp, with all new pretty colours and sparkles and magic pixie dust.

Find out more on our Food and drink guide for the event, and dont forget to top up your paypal account for the online ordering!

Call the PC Doctors at insomnia40!

Dentist — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

ESET Technicians are on call Saturday & Sunday. Text your number and location at i40 to 07563 118 003. ESET technicians will arrange to visit and will assist you with removing any viruses, customising your rig for better performance and advise you on the best security available for your gaming rig!

Check out www.lesslagmorefrag.co.uk/ for more information!

Demon launch Demon Game Pro at insomnia40

Dentist — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

We are pleased to announce that at insomnia40, Demon Broadband will be launching a new, very low latency gaming broadband product where gaming traffic is truly prioritised.

This will be ideal for serious gamers who want the best gaming experience at home, and a competitive edge over other players.

Demon Game Pro will provide a better gaming experience than standard products because of the lower network latency, improved ping times and 24x7 UK based, in-house technical support from a team comprised of dedicated employees (including some avid gamers) with an average of 11 years Demon expertise.

The service will offer speeds of up to 20Mb downstream and 1Mb upstream, free wireless router, free 24 x 7 in-house UK based support, traffic prioritisation and free static IP address.

Demon Game Pro soft launched on 20th, with it’s full launch at insomnia40.

To find out more, check out the Demon Game Pro website, or visit the Demon booth at insomnia40!

Aquatuning & Coolermaster Prize draw

Dentist — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Is your case looking old and run down?

Well Aquatuning has teamed up with the epic case manufacturer Coolermaster to offer you the chance to win the latest gaming case the HAF-X!

All you have to do is register here for your chance to win the case. A runner up will also receive a brand spanking CM Storm Sentinel Advance mouse.

Please note this competition is only open to insomnia40 attendees and the prizes must be picked up from the Aquatuning stand on Monday, the prize draw will be at 11am.

Enter the Quiet PC tournaments at insomnia40

Dentist — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Across the weekend, Quiet PC are running a number of great fun tournaments on their stand, with swag worth £3000 up for grabs!

With kit from Zalman, Scythe, Noctua, Arctic and Gelid up for grabs, there is loads to get your hands on throughout the weekend.

Want to know more? Check out this post on our community forums where Paul AKA Skippylee from Quiet PC explains all about it!

Take part in the iHunt insomnia40!

Dentist — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Were proud to announce the return of the iHunt; the fun iSeries game that gives players the opportunity to participate in a contest of intellect, lateral thinking and logical skill. The secret to winning? Just be the fastest thinker out there.

iHunt fanatics and Multiplay forum members, Hexxeh and Garywoo will be taking the reigns of the iHunt, and will be bringing you an exiting and adventure filled iHunt experience.

The contest takes place both in cyberspace and at locations throughout the event, and is open to any BYOC participant who wishes to compete in our 21st century treasure hunt. Bring your camera, mobile phone, notepad and stop-watch, you just might need them. Entry to this is free, with only a simple signup on the iHunt website needed. Compete in teams or by yourself. More info, and details about signing up will be announced at the start of the event!

ZOTAC, Alienbags.co.uk and Synology exhibiting at insomnia40!

Dentist — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

We are pleased to announce we have confirmed another stand for insomnia40. Imacula will be at insomnia40 representing ZOTAC, Alienbags.co.uk and Synology.

Heres some information about what ZOTAC have planned.

They will be displaying the latest GTX480 AMP! Edition, the ZOTAC DIY ZBOX Net-top featuring latest NVIDIA ION2 technology and the perfect LAN PC featuring ZOTAC M-ITX motherboard, graphics and Silverstone SG07 chassis.

They will also be running a couple of tournaments across the weekend, including:

Beat the Pro Gamer - win some exclusive ZOTAC and Alienware l33t t-shirts, wireless mice, SteelSeries Gear and graphics cards.

Build the ZBOX competition - the fastest person to build up a ZOTAC ZBOX will win a brand new unit over the weekend.

Alienbags.co.uk, the official laptop bags for Alienware laptops made by mobileedge, will be on force giving out customisable helium balloons which will win you prizes!

Come join in the fun and you could get a l33t t-shirt by ZOTAC and alienbags.

Just guess the weight of the exclusive alienware chocolate head to enter our competition!

Synology will be demoing for the first time their new NAS interface, DSM3.0. Theyll also be running a ninja photo competition, with the top prize being a DS1010 NAS worth over £650!

You can get 20% off a Synology NAS box as well direct from CCL at the event. Only the first 5 will be discounted, so make sure youre quick!

All of these brands will be represented on one stand in the exhibition hall, so why not check it out at the event!

DogFighter Servers Released.

liv3d — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

We are pleased to annouce that Multiplay are the official server provider for DogFighter

With prices starting from 80p per slot, get your server today!

To celebrate the release of the Dedication Path, DogFighter is currently 50% off in the steam store!
A long with Demo which also includes multiplayer support is also available at the steam store

Check out the Venue Layout and Tournament Matrix!

Dentist — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Weve now released the venue layout for everyone to see what changes we are making to the venue at insomnia40.

You can head over to our event guide map to see the new layout!

Check-in will now be done at the main Newbury ticket turnstiles by the Members car park. All entrance and exit to and from the event will be via this single security checkpoint. We will have parking attendants on the main event setup days directing cars in the car park, and operating the system allowing you to get near the stands with your cars to unload.

Camping will be all in one area with festival showers and toilets on site. Many of you will never have noticed quite how big this area is, so dont worry there is plenty of room!

We have also now confirmed which tournaments will be available to be selected with which, you can check the matrix over here

Play Ubisofts new game at insomnia40 - Might and Magic Heroes Kingdoms

Dentist — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Ubisoft will be at i40 with their browser-based battles game Might and Magic Heroes Kingdoms. The developers have cooked up a special version of the game just for i40 which runs at a much faster pace than usual, fitting weeks worth of turns into 6 hours along with a few other fun tweaks. Build your army, train your heroes, and prepare to conquer the enemys lands in glorious battle!

We’ll be running three sessions between 12 midday and 6pm on Friday and Saturday, with a late-night finale between 6pm and 12 midnight on Sunday. You can reserve your username NOW here and details of how to join the game will be available at i40.

Dabs.com to sponsor the Team Fortress 2 cup!

Dentist — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Today we are thrilled to announce that Dabs.com will be providing hardware prizes for the winners of Team Fortress 2 cup!

Adding to the already huge potential prize fund of £5000, Dabs.com have kindly agreed to provide the top teams in the Team Fortress 2 Cup with some great sets of hardware.
We'll have more information on the specific items of hardware for each winner soon!

If you've not already entered the Team Fortress 2 tournament, you can enter yourself into a team here or find out more information about the tournament here.

Fight the Infected with ESET at insomnia40 - How to enter

Dentist — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

ESET will be running a challenge across the insomnia40 weekend, to prove that you and your friends at the best at Fighting the Infected.

Visit the ESET stand on Friday and Saturday and set the best time in Left 4 Dead 2 Survival mode. Survive the longest across the weekend and you’ll be invited to set another time live on stage!

The winners will receive one of the latest Intel® Core™ i7-980X processor Extreme Edition each, worth over £800!

All you need to do to enter this tournament is to register at the ESET exhibition stand at insomnia40!

ESET will also be giving a massive 50% off ESET NOD32 Antivirus for all i40 visitors only! Come to the stand to make your purchases (cash sales only on stand) or see ESET staff on stand at i40 for your promotional code to purchase online!

S2Games to support Heroes of Newerth at insomnia40!

Dentist — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Today we are very pleased to announce that S2 Games (the developers of Heroes of Newerth) together with SteelSeries, will be supporting the Heroes of Newerth Cup at insomnia40.

There is a huge £2,500 up for grabs! We will also have a trial key for everyone at insomnia40, allowing players to play 10 games of HoN for free!
SteelSeries will also be providing prizes for the top 3 teams in the form of the Xai Laser Mouse, the Kinzu Optical Mouse and the QcK mousepad, and a pair of the Siberia v2 USB headset for the Most Valuable Player in the tournament!

Tournament signups 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!

You can find the rules here or enter the tournament by clicking the button below.

Only 100 tickets left for insomnia40!

Dentist — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

We're now getting very close to our insomnia40 event and there is still loads of really exciting news to come.
With the best prize winning tournaments of the year and a completely packed exhibition hall, you simply cannot afford to miss out.

Remember that the only way to secure your place at the event is to purchase your ticket today!

Blocks now available on the seating plan

Dentist — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Over the past couple of weeks we have been working hard to optimize the seating at the event to try and make sure everyone is able to be sat together as much as possible.

If you were previously having problems getting yourselves sat together, you should now be able to select seats together on the seat picker!

New Headline Sponsor for insomnia40 - Demon Broadband!

Dentist — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Here at Multiplay we're excited to announce a new Headline Sponsor for insomnia40 - Demon Broadband!

Demon Broadband, one of the UK's first ISP's, will be helping us take the Multiplay iSeries events to a brand new level over the coming year. Demon broadband are providing us with an amazing new level of connectivity for the iSeries events, in the form a 1Gb line, which will officially make iSeries events the fastest LAN parties in the UK!

In addition, Demon Broadband is launching a very low latency gaming connection where gaming traffic is truly prioritised, ideal for serious gamers. They also have a direct connection to the UK's largest farm of game servers, in our very own London datacentre.

We're hoping that this partnership will mean you get the best gaming experience at home and at our events, no matter if your game is against 5 other people in the same room, or with millions of others playing across the internet.

If you haven't already secured your place at what will be the best gaming event of 2010, head on over to our tickets page and book now!

Razer to support the Multiplay Starcraft 2 Cup!

Dentist — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000

We are very pleased to announce that Razer will be supporting the Starcraft 2 tournament at insomnia40!
Providing the top 3 players in the tournament with a great range of kit from their new Starcraft 2 range.

Up for grabs will be the Razer Spectre StarCraft II Gaming Mouse, the Razer Maurauder StarCraft II Gaming Keyboard and the Razer Banshee StarCraft II Gaming Headset

We are also very pleased to announce that we will have a very special guest in attendance at insomnia40 to help us produce the best coverage surrounding the event.

TotalBiscuit, the Cynical Brit, will be at insomnia40 providing you all with the latest up to date information on the Starcraft 2 tournament, including video coverage of the tournament and live casting of the tournament finals!

Currently the most viewed director on Youtube, beating the likes of 4OD and the BBC, TotalBiscuit provides authentic British Cataclysm and Starcraft 2 commentary.

You can check out his Youtube channel here and check out some of his previous videos!

If you've not already got a ticket for what is shaping up to be the best gaming event of 2010, secure your place now by purchasing a ticket here

Rulesets now available for Starcraft 2 and Battlefield Bad Company 2

Dentist — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Today we have finalised the rulesets for our most recent tournaments to be announced, Starcraft 2 and Battlefield Bad Company 2.
Want to get practising, find the sneaky routes round the maps or the best build order for your zerg rush? xD Just head on over to our Tournaments Page to check out the rulesets for all of the tournaments at insomnia40.

World Cyber Games UK Online Qualifier signups now live!

Dentist — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000

You can now enter for your chance to win a ticket for and a place in the UK National Finals for World Cyber Games, held at insomnia40.
The qualifiers will take place in Guitar Hero 5, Tekken 6 and Forza Motorsport 3 starting on the 3rd of August.
Check out our online qualifiers page for more information!

Alien Swarm - Now Available!

liv3d — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Yesterday, saw the release of Valve's newest game Alien Swarm!
Alien Swarm was created by BlackCat Games, who also created Unreal Tournament 2004 mod of the same name.

Here at Multiplay Game Servers, we are pleased to annouce you can get your very own Alien Swarm server!

Radio 1's DJ Dev to attend insomnia40 with Ludus Magnus

Dentist — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000

We are pleased to announce that Radio 1's very own Devin Griffin will be attending Insomnia40!

The Relentless Colosseum Games will be held at Insomnia 40, bringing 32 sponsored teams from the 32 boroughs of London to battle it out in the Ludus Magnus / Cyber Gladiators tournament, one of the most unique charity fundraising events ever.

BBC Radio 1 DJ and Ludus Magnus Patron, Devin Griffin, will be showcasing his creative skills to the community for charity to inspire the youth to “stop the killing and start creating” as part of the Ludus Magnus zero harm campaign.

We'll have more news about what you can expect Dev to be doing at insomnia40 will follow shortly.

ESET are Fighting the Infected at Insomnia40!

Dentist — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000

We are delighted to announce that once again ESET will be returning to the iSeries!

ESET will be Fighting the Infected at insomnia40 with their Left 4 Dead 2 tournament held in their exhibition area with the Grand Final live on stage and on the stream of the event!

There will be loads of really fun activities running from the stand throughout the weekend and the chance to get your hands on some of ESET's award winning products. ESET NOD32 Antivirus and ESET Smart Security products will be on sale at massive discounts to i40 visitors plus find out more about ESET Mobile Antivirus!

ESET will be holding a PC Medic Service on Saturday & Sunday for anyone running or trialling ESET. ESET Technicians will be on stand to troubleshoot any issues and set up the gaming configuration for users!

So why not come and check out their booth at the event!

EA and EA Store to support BFBC2 at insomnia40!

Dentist — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000

We are very pleased to announce that EA and EA Store will yet again support the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 tournament at Insomnia40, with a whacking £2,500 prize pot! The latest in the Battlfield series, Bad Company 2 has proved to be insanely popular with gamers across the globe, and is sure to be just as popular at insomnia40!

If you like Bad Company 2, Why not take a look at Medal of Honor? EA Store have just released Medal of Honor: Limited Edition and you can get your hands on exclusive EA Store unclocks such as the MP-7 and early access to the Shotgun Pack!

With a maximum of 48 teams, you will have to hurry in order to get your team signed up! First place will secure you a huge £1,500 prize, with second place getting £750, and third £250.

If you haven't got your ticket for insomnia40, head on over to our i-Series booking page and secure your place at the UK's biggest gaming event! We will be posting rules on the tournament in due course.

DinoPC to attend Insomnia40!

Dentist — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000

We are pleased to announce that DinoPC.com will be sponsoring our Multiplay area and showcasing their latest hardware. Here's what Jonny Raymond from DinoPC.com has to say:

"Think you have what it takes to be the next Lewis Hamilton?"

Visit DinoPC at the insomnia40 event, where you can set your fastest lap on our racing simulator.

There are 3 prizes available. The fastest lap wins NVIDIA 3D Glasses and 22" 3D-Ready Viewsonic screen, second position wins a Gigabyte H55N-USB3 mini-ITX motherboard and third position wins an Antec ISK300-65 mini-ITX case.

To find out more about DinoPC.com check out their website, or come visit their booth at Insomnia40!

StratLAN October 2010 Signups now open!

Dentist — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Signups for StratLAN October 2010 are now live, and we've got some good news!
StratLAN October will now extend to a 4th day, running from 6pm 15th of October until 4pm Monday the 18th!

For those of you who haven't been to a StratLAN event before, it's the heart of our social gaming.
With the whole lan often playing the same game, it's very easy to make new friends at a StratLAN event, and it's not just for regular members of our community!

Quick info:

6:00pm Friday 15th October – 4:00pm Monday 18th October 2010

The Paddock Suite, Stratford-on-Avon Racecourse

110 BYOC Spaces – £50.00 or £40.00 before August 7th!

Venue Facilities: Showers, Camping space, some Kitchen facilities.

Alcohol Policy: Bring your Own Beer

If you want some more information or want to sign up, just head on over to our new StratLAN website!

Medal of Honor servers now available for Pre-Order with 30% off!

Dentist — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Today we are pleased to announce that we are now taking Pre-Orders for Gameservers with an amazing 30% off on the hottest title of this summer, Medal of Honor!

As an official EA Ranked Server provider for Medal of Honor and other EA titles, we've got the highest quality gaming server setup around.

We've got a bespoke network finely tuned to be the best for your Gameserver, and the best server hardware that money can buy. You can always be sure to get the best performance possible from a Multiplay Gameserver.

Want to experience the best before the game is released? Purchase a Bad Company 2 server today and you'll be able to swap to Medal of Honor upon release instantly and at no extra cost!

As ever all our game servers come with instant setup, free web hosting, free mumble voice comms server (or half price Ventrilo/Teamspeak server) and course our fast and efficient support! Why not head over to www.multiplaygameservers.com and check out our amazing offers.

Medal of Honor Beta Keys Live!

Rob — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Following on from our previous news about the Medal of Honor beta client, we're excited to announce we have beta keys available on Fileplay!

We've put aside a batch for subscribers on a first come, first serve basis - for the public we will be releasing keys on the hour, every hour until we run out!

Head over to the Fileplay keys page to claim yours!

Medal of Honor BETA on Fileplay!

ShedBOy^ — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Yes, you read right; the BETA for the latest in the Medal of Honor series is now available to download from Fileplay! The highly anticipated title from DICE is looking to make inroads into the hold that Bad Company 2 has taken in the genre, and with some of the early footage and screenshots it seems to be gearing up to do a good job!

You can grab the MOH BETA client from Fileplay here.

To get access to the beta, you need to pre-order the game which you can do via EA Store.

If you don't want to pre-order the game however, never fear! We will have public BETA Keys available on Fileplay later in the month, and we'll let you know when they are available for download!

We are also proud to announce that Multiplay will be once again be an official Ranked Server provider for EA with Medal of Honor, meaning that you will be able to get your hands on a one of our high quality, low ping official MOH gameservers for you and your clan. Plus with our recent US gameservers launch you can now get your gameserver in 5 locations across the USA and Europe! Gameserver pre-orders are not live as yet, but watch this space for when they go live!

Keep an eye on our Twitter, Facebook Page or the Multiplay News page for more information on BETA keys when we have it!

The Thermaltake Counter-Strike Source Cup Online Qualifiers Live!

Dentist — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Over the weekend we opened up signups for the Thermaltake Counter-Strike Source Cup Online Qualifiers.

We will be running Online Qualifiers for the Thermaltake Counter-Strike Source Cup, allowing 4 teams the chance to win free entry into Insomnia40.

Signups are now open for the 64 team double elimination online qualifiers. 16 teams have been invited so there are only 48 available spaces that will be issued on a first come first serve basis. Signups will close when 48 full teams (5 members) have signed up or the signup end date is reached on the 30th June.

Instead of 1st and 2nd place going through to the elimination round as if they had finished first and 3rd and 4th going through to the elimination round as if they had finished second, we have decided that the 4 winning teams will simply be seeded 1 - 4 in the elimination bracket at insomnia40. We hope this change will increase the incentive to enter the online qualifier. We will also release the confirmed invited teams shortly.

To sign up head to tournaments.multiplay.co.uk/signups/ and use your normal Multiplay Login to register your team. All 5 members MUST be signed up to the team for it to be classed as a complete team so please ensure you all get signed up. This is looking set to be a great tournament with some great interest already so go get signed up!

If you've not already got a ticket for what will undoutably be the best event so far this year, head on over to our tickets page to secure your place today!

All Points Bulletin - Key to the City BETA is live!

ShedBOy^ — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000

UPDATE! The keys are live! Grab them while you can.

All Points Bulletin, the highly anticipated action MMO from Realtime Worlds & EA will be arriving on our very own Fileplay tomorrow (10th June) in the form of their latest BETA; APB Key to the City! We will have 50,000 keys to give away throughout the next five days, which will give you access to the APB world for a limited time.

We will have more information tomorrow when the keys become available for download, but needless to say keep an eye on www.fileplay.net!

The Thermaltake Counter-Strike Source Cup - Now with Online Qualifiers!

Dentist — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Today we are delighted to announce the Thermaltake Counter-Strike Source Cup!

We will be running Online Qualifiers for the Thermaltake Counter-Strike Source Cup, allowing 4 teams the chance to win free entry into Insomnia40. Signups will be opening here on the Multiplay website soon, with the Online tournament running throughout July.

The Grand Finals of The Thermaltake Counter-Strike Source Cup will be held at Insomnia40 at Newbury Racecourse, with last chance qualifiers and up to £5,000 in prize money!

Thermaltake became the number one choice for PC DIY enthusiasts worldwide with its innovative breakthrough product designs. The concept of “Quality”, “Performance”, and “Reliability” have been incorporated into the design of Thermaltake PC Chassis, Cooler and Power Supply to assure the components meet the highest standard. Click here to find out more about Thermaltake and TT eSports, Thermaltake's brand of eSport peripherals.

If you've not already got a ticket for what will undoutably be the best event so far this year, head on over to our tickets page to secure your place today!

Multiplay Launch Servers in the USA!

ShedBOy^ — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000

We are proud to announce today that Multiplay are heading west to launch our awesome gameservers across the pond in the USA!

All of the great servers that we currently offer across Europe are now available in 3 locations across America in Virginia, Texas and California. To celebrate this we are offering a staggering 50% off the first 50 gameservers bought in the USA in each location, meaning 150 half price game servers await!

As ever all our game servers come with instant setup, free web hosting, free mumble voice comms server (or half price Ventrilo/Teamspeak server) and course our fast and efficient support! Why not head over to www.multiplaygameservers.com and check out our amazing offers; with over 60 titles to choose from, you're sure to find the server you want!

Multiplay Launch Cutting Edge Match Servers

ShedBOy^ — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000

We know that the performance of your server is critical, especially when in competitive matches. The slightest glitch can mean the difference between landing that crucial shot, and not. With this in mind we have created a solution for competitive teams to get the very best from their game server; Multiplay Match Servers.

Multiplay Match Servers are game servers specifically tuned for match conditions, running at a higher FPS and making use of custom code written by Multiplay which pushes your server to obtain the smoothest possible gaming experience that's required when playing competitive matches. Not only that but you get up to 1000 bookable SourceTV slots free of charge!

To ensure that we had created servers suitable for professional teams, we asked the likes of Team Dignitas, TLR, TCM and Rasta Gaming to test our Match Servers, and this is what they had to say:

Dunc from Team Dignitas TF2:
"When it comes to TF2 servers, the majority of the community will agree that there aren't any consistently reliable providers. Multiplay themselves struggled to make a breakthrough, but now they have. Their latest batch of 1000 FPS servers are noticeably more smooth than any other TF2 server I've played on. With UK and NL hosting options, there's definitely a Multiplay TF2 server for everyone. No choke, no loss and backed up by Clanforge's excellent facilities, you really can't go wrong this time round."

Bash, ex R!ve Gaming CSS:
"The reg felt spot on, with no ticket drops from what I could see. Always fun to play on a server where you don't have to worry about outside things and can just have fun aiming."

HudzG from TCM-Gaming CSS:
"TCM's 2000FPS Match Server is really good, we got our UK and NL servers 2-3 weeks ago. Reg is good and tick is stable as well as my ping!"

Pure from Complexity TF2:
"We have always aimed to play on Mutliplay servers during our occasional tirades in EU, so getting a Multiplay European server when we actually needed one for the upcoming Ubercharge tournament was a no brainer."

serp- from Rasta-Gaming CSS:
"This is the first time I've felt comfortable in an online css server and I feel I could shoot properly in these high quality servers"

Available for both Counter-Strike Source and Team Fortress 2, Multiplay Match Servers are available in 500, 1000 & 2000 fps for CSS, and 500 & 1000 fps for TF2. With pro teams such as TCM, TLR, Team Dignitas and Rasta Gaming taking up Multiplay Match Servers in both CSS and TF2, don't you think you should push it too?

Head on over to www.multiplaygameservers.com to find out more.

Want to Try Before You Buy? Try one of our test 2000fps Match Servers for CSS here:

Multiplay 2000FPS CSS Demo Server [UK]
Multiplay 2000FPS CSS Demo Server [NL]

and for Team Fortress 2 here:

Multiplay 1000FPS TF2 Demo Server [UK]
Multiplay 1000FPS TF2 Demo Server [NL]

If you want to try a Match Server at any of the other FPS speeds for either CSS and TF2, then head on over to the Multiplay Gameservers site for our list of test servers.

Relentless Energy to support Insomnia40

Dentist — Wed, 26 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Today we have some great information on what Relentless Energy will be bringing to Insomnia 40!

Here's what Relentless have to say:

"We are pleased to announce Relentless Energy drink will be supporting Insomnia40 this year and bringing along some great interactive activation!

Relentless will be bringing along not one, but two massive trucks, one inside our exhibition hall, which is their Relentless Land Rover Defender, a vehicle that cannot be missed and then their brand new interactive to 2010 sampling vehicle outside the main hall.

Inside you can expect to see a really cool gaming area, with racing games where you can enjoy a cold can of Relentless.
Outside will be the sampling vehicle will have a very impressive sound system and games such as Guitar Hero and Rock Band which you can try your hand at winning some amazing goodies such as festival tickets, clothing and other giveaways. The truck also has a chill out area where you can relax after your intensive gaming sessions.

Sound good? Why not come and check out Relentless Energy at our Insomnia40 event 27th - 30th Aug."

If you want to find out a little more about Relentless before the event check out the relentlessenergy.com website.

You can also expect to see some really fun and interesting activities taking part in the beer garden around the outside area, including some great music from their mobile stage and an awesome atmosphere.
They will have some special surprises for everyone on the day, so stay tuned for further announcements!

New Season Ticket type available!

Dentist — Tue, 25 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Today we are pleased to announce to launch of a new type of Season ticket, containing attendance to both iLite and 2 of our iSeries events.

iLite & 2 i-Series 2010 Season Ticket

Includes: 2 Main i-series of 2010 (i39, i40 or i41) and i-Lite

Cost: A mere £180 including Free EAS.

Discount: Insane value saving £105 on the usual price!

Find out more over on our Season Tickets page

Team Dignitas are back @ insomnia40!

ShedBOy^ — Mon, 24 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Team Dignitas will be back again at the i-series after a successful weekend at i39, where not only did they have a great response to their stand in the exhibition hall, but also added a numbers of tournament titles to their list!

The Team Dignitas booth will again be hosting loads of mini tournaments & competitions, as well as handing out spot prizes to their fans. Returning due to popular demand will be the crayon colouring competition, as well as a few thousand pounds worth of goodies to give away thanks to their sponsors!

If you want to take part or come and talk to the Team Dignitas players, do go and see them in the exhibition hall!

iLite now has 150 people paid!

Dentist — Thu, 20 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Today we're pleased to announce that our brand new event, iLite, has now hit over 150 people paid!
You can get tickets for iLite now for just £60, and if you're not quite sure what iLite is, check out our FAQ!
Like the sound of it? Head on over to our tickets page and Book Now!

StratLAN July 2010 signups now live!

Dentist — Thu, 20 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Today we've launched our next StratLAN event, held at Stratford Racecourse from 6:00pm Friday 2nd July - 6:00pm Sunday 4th July 2010.
Every StratLAN is unique, with its own memorable moments and great gaming. If you miss it, you're missing an experience that you won't necessarily find again.

We've now got our Early Bird promotions running with StratLANs! Get your StratLAN July 2010 ticket before the 2nd of June and it'll only cost you £32!

If you're new to StratLAN, now's a perfect time to get involved. StratLAN is famed for its warm, friendly atmosphere – welcoming to newcomers and veterans alike. If you’ve never been to a Stratlan before it’ll take about 20 minutes for someone to say hi and from that point in you’re part of the group.

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!.

Initial Prize Funds for Insomnia40 Confirmed!

Dentist — Wed, 19 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Today we are pleased to confirm our initial prize funds for the prize winning tournaments at Insomnia40.

First up we have a guaranteed £2,500 for the Thermaltake Counter-Strike Source Cup, with the potential to hit £5,000 at 80 teams entering the tournament! One of the changes we've made to the prize structure this event is a much more gradual increase in prize money over lots of different entrance figures, based on the feedback after the last event.

Secondly we have a minimum of £2,500 for Team Fortress 2, hitting a massive £5,000 at 64 teams. We are overjoyed by the response this event has seen to our commitment to the Team Fortress 2 community, and we're pleased to be able to reward that commitment with a prize fund it deserves.

Up third we have Call of Duty 4 with a minimum of £1,000, with the same potential for a massive £5,000 at 80 teams! We're pleased to continue the support of Call of Duty 4 with it's resurgence within the Call of Duty community.

Last but not least for this announcement we're pleased to announce a new game to the Insomnia Series, Starcraft 2! There will be a minimum of £250 up for grabs, scaling up to a massive £1,000 should it attract the interest of 80 players on the weekend.

We'll have announcements about Bad Company 2 and Heroes of Newerth coming soon, as will tournament sign-ups. We will be locking the amount of teams who contribute to the prize triggers 2 weeks before the event starts, so make sure you've all got tickets and you're ready to sign up!

If you've not already got a ticket for what is shaping up to be the best LAN the UK has ever seen, head on over to our events page to secure your place!

More exhibitors confirm for Insomnia40!

Dentist — Wed, 19 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000

We are now ready to confirm a huge group of companies that will be involved in Insomnia40! Here's the list we've got for you today:

- Relentless
- Samsung
- Samsung Mobile
- World Cyber Games
- Coca-Cola
- Kustom PC
- Microsoft
- S2 Games
- Team Dignitas

We'll have loads more information on what these guys are all doing here at our event shortly, stay tuned for more information! You can find out more about all of our exhibitors for Insomnia40 here.
If you've not already got your ticket for Insomnia40, why not head on over to our events page and secure your place at the best LAN event the UK has ever seen!

50% Off all Voice Comms Servers!

ShedBOy^ — Tue, 18 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Spring is in the air here at Multiplay, and maybe it's a result of too much pollen floating about but this week we've decided to slash a rather large 50% off all our voice comms servers until the end of June! This means you can now pick up a Teamspeak2, Teamspeak3 or Ventrilo server from as little as 9 pence per slot, and Mumble servers from an amazing 4 pence per slot!

Not only that, but if you can find a better deal on Comms Servers anywhere on the interwebs, we'll match it! If you do find one, let us know by raising a ticket on our support site and we'll match any like for like quote.

With locations now available worldwide, including mainland Europe and multiple US locations, why not head on over to our Gameservers site and get your mits on a brand new Voice Comms server now?!

Final day of insomnia40 Early Bird!

ShedBOy^ — Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000

With Insomnia40 selling out faster than any gaming event we've done, you’ve now got just 15 hours to secure your ticket for the UK's biggest ever gaming event.

At the discounted price of just £72 you can save a massive 20%!

We are very close to selling out for Insomnia40, and over 88% of the seats have now gone. More people have now booked but not paid for insomnia40 than we have tickets available for sale, which means some of you are going to miss out on what is shaping up to be one of the best LAN parties the UK has ever seen. You need to pay for your ticket to ensure your seat!

There are only 240 seats remaining, so make sure you head on over to our events page and secure your place before it's too late!

Multiplay activities at iLite!

Dentist — Fri, 07 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Some of you who attended i39 will have seen the Multiplay Ultimate Gamer stand in the exhibition hall, running all kinds of crazy tournaments and competitions as well as a load of hardware running freeplay of the latest game. After the success of this, we'll be bringing the same team to iLite to run some awesome activities to entertain all involved, and there might even be some interesting prizes up for grabs!

For those of you who aren't too sure of what iLite is, check out What is iLite? for some more information!

Interested? Head on over to the tickets page and book now!

Bad Company 2: Client R8 and Server R12 coming soon! Changelog released

Dentist — Thu, 06 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The newest patch for Bad Company 2, both for the client and server is coming soon.

We have a list of the full changelog over on our community forums, so why not come let us know what you think?
Don't forget you can get a Bad Company 2 Server from Multiplay Gameservers for a very competitive price, on the best gaming hardware and network around.

More All Points Bulletin Beta Keys!

Rob — Thu, 06 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000

After our first batch of keys went so fast, we've obtained more for people who missed out the first time.

If you head over to www.fileplay.net/keys you can watch the intro trailer and get your beta key now.

We have a limited number so be quick!

Supported games for UK WCG National Finals 2010

Dentist — Thu, 06 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Today we are pleased to announce the return of the World Cyber Games to the i-Series. As ever, the winners from the UK leg of the WCG will become UK representatives at the WCG Grand Finals 2010 which this year are being hosted in Los Angeles, California!

This years competition will feature the following games:

On the PC - Trackmania and Fifa 2010
On the Xbox360 - Forza Motorsport 3, Guitar Hero 5 and Tekken 6.

You will be able to compete to win a trip to the WCG Grand Finals 2010 at our Insomnia40 event hosted at Newbury Racecourse on the 27-31st of August 2010. All you need to be able to enter these tournaments will be a Spectator or Full Particpant ticket. All tournaments will be held on the Samsung WCG Stand at the event, so you'll only need to bring yourself!

Could you become the next George Boothby, World Champion at Guitar Hero 3, at WCG 2008? Why not come and find out!

For those of you who haven't heard of the WCG before, it's a rapidly growing international olympics of gaming in which nearly one million players compete against eachother worldwide. The World Cyber Games is the world's first Cyber Game Festival, designed to build a healthy cyber culture. The best gamers around the world gather into different cities to share the excitement and fun of games tournaments, with over 9.5 million spectators watching worldwide!

You can get tickets for insomnia40 now over at our events page, and you can currently secure yourself a massive 20% off until the 10th of May.

Call of Duty 4 tournament confirmed for Insomnia40

Dentist — Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000

After our previous announcement of the first round of tournaments confirmed for Insomnia40, we're now able to confirm that there will be a 5v5 SnD tournament run at Insomnia40!

We are still seeking additional sources of sponsorship for the prize fund, but we're hoping to announce the initial prize funds for all of our tournaments very soon.
We realise that many of our customers were awaiting this announcement today, and there are currently just over 300 seats remaining for Insomnia40. Make sure you head over to our events page and secure your seat before it's too late!

Don’t forget though that Early Bird ends at 23:59:59 on Monday 10th May 2010, so you haven’t got long to take advantage of the massive 20% discount we're currently offering!c

Just 5 days left to take advantage of Early Bird!

Dentist — Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000

With Insomnia40 selling out faster than any gaming event we’ve done, you've now got just 5 days to secure your ticket for the UK's biggest ever gaming event, at the discounted price of just £72, saving a massive 20%.
We are very close to selling out for Insomnia40, and over 80% of the seats have now gone. There are only just over 300 seats remain, so make sure you head on over to our events page and secure your seat before it's too late!

Don’t forget though that Early Bird ends at 23:59:59 on Monday 10th May 2010, so you haven’t got long.

i40 More Seating Space Available & Early Bird

Rob — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000

With Insomnia40 selling out faster than any gaming event we've done, seating has been getting cramped very quickly! With that in mind we have now arranged for more seating to become available on the First Floor Grandstand, which is now open on the seat picker for everyone who has paid for their ticket. Head on over to our Seat Picker page to get you and your clan mates sat together!

We are also now very close to selling out for Insomnia40, with over 80% of seats now gone! Only 400 seats currently remain for the UK's biggest gaming event, so head on over to our events page and secure your seat before it's too late! If you hurry you will be able to take advantage of our Early Bird discount, which currently gives you 4 days of awesome summer LAN gaming for only £72!

Don't forget though that Early Bird ends at 23:59:59 on Monday 10th May 2010, so you haven't got long!

1500 paid for insomnia40!

Dentist — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000

We have now sold a massive 1500 tickets for our next i-Series event, Insomnia40. Breaking all previous records of ticket sales for the UK's biggest gaming event, tickets are flying out of the door and competition for seating is becoming hot, with all ClanBoxes now being allocated. This is gonna be a scorcher of a lan!

If you've not secured your seat yet, you might want to hurry! With less than 2 weeks remaining of Early Bird, you haven't got long! What does that mean? Well, it means you can get 4 days of awesome LAN gaming for only £72! That's 20% off! Head on over to our i-Series site to find out more, and also don't forget to check out our insomnia40 forums to see what's going on in the community!

We have already confirmed prize tournaments for Counter-Strike Source, Team Fortress 2 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2, with more being considered.

MadCatz confirm attendance at insomnia40!

Dentist — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Building on the success of i39, Mad Catz will be returning in August along with successful sponsored partners TCM Gaming in tow. Visit our stand to come and show your support for the guys during their tournaments, try your hand at a head to head against our pro's or simply just come for a natter. In addition we will be running competitions across the whole weekend with some fantastic prizes - Be the envy of your co-gamers and instantly up your gameplay by bagging yourself a R.A.T 7, the most talked about gaming mouse to date!

You can check out their website at http://www.cyborggaming.com, see you there!

Aquatuning @ insomnia40

ShedBOy^ — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Aquatuning UK Europe’s largest PC Modding and Watercooling company has confirmed they will be attending i40 in force this year. We last saw Aquatuning at i37 where they took the unique approach of sponsoring the toilets, and due to the success of that campaign they have scaled things up and will have a stand at i40.

Although they are being quite secretive with what they have planned for us we do know that they will have Custom PC Magazine and Bit-tech staff on hand so we expect to see few big announcements from Aquatuning in the coming weeks.

If you are not familiar with what Aquatuning is all about check out the Aquatuning website for more info.

1300 paid for insomnia40!

ShedBOy^ — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000

We have now sold a massive 1300 tickets for our next i-Series event, Insomnia40. Breaking all previous records of ticket sales for the UK's biggest gaming event, tickets are flying out of the door and competition for seating is becoming hot. This is gonna be a scorcher of a lan!

If you've not secured your seat yet, you might want to hurry! With less than 3 weeks remaining of Early Bird, you haven't got long! What does that mean? Well, it means you can get 4 days of awesome LAN gaming for only £72! That's 20% off! Head on over to our i-Series site to find out more, and also don't forget to check out our insomnia40 forums to see what's going on in the community!

We have already confirmed prize tournaments for Counter-Strike Source, Team Fortress 2 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2, with more being considered!

iLite goes live!

ShedBOy^ — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000

We are proud to announce today our latest addition to our family of awesome gaming events in the UK; iLite!

So what is iLite? Well, the world famous Multiplay i-Series has been busy with StratLAN, our small community based LAN, cooking up a little surprise for gamers everywhere! The result is iLite; a smaller version of i-Series but only in size, not in awesomeness.

With a focus on mass games, organised LAN gaming & fun tournaments, iLite brings the best of SLAN and the i-Series together in one awesome weekend of chill-out and games! To find out exactly what's different from an i-Series you can check out our "What is iLite?" page for more information.

So does this mean that iLite will be cheaper than i-Series? Yes! A full weekend BYOC ticket costs only £60, and during Early Bird, you get a massive 20% off making the price only £48! Mega.

Visit the new iLite site here, and we hope to see you there!

1000 Paid for i40!

Dentist — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Yes, you read correctly. We have now officially entered unknown territory for the i-Series, breaking all previous records of ticket sales for the UK's biggest gaming event. In just under a week since launching Early Early Bird, we have now sold over 50% of the tickets for i40, with over 1000 keen gamers securing their seats! Jeez. This is gonna be a scorcher of a lan!

If you've not secured your seat yet, you might want to hurry! With less than 6 hours remaining of Early Early Bird, you haven't got long! What does that mean? Well, it means you can get 4 days of awesome LAN gaming for only £63! That's 30% off! Awesome eh? Head on over to our i-Series site to find out more, and also don't forget to check out our insomnia40 forums to see what's going on in the community!

We have already confirmed prize tournaments for Counter-Strike Source, Team Fortress 2 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2, with more being considered!

Remember you only have until 23:59:59 GMT tonight (Wednesday 14th April 2010) to take advantage of this awesome offer!

500 Paid for i40 with Early Early Bird!

ShedBOy^ — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Yes, you read correctly. We have now officially entered unknown territory for the i-Series, breaking all previous records of ticket sales for the UK's biggest gaming event. In just under a week since launching Early Early Bird, we have now sold over 25% of the tickets for i40, with 500 keen gamers securing their seats! Jeez. This is gonna be a scorcher of a lan!

If you've not secured your seat yet, you might want to hurry! With less than 36 hours remaining of Early Early Bird, you haven't got long! What does that mean? Well, it means you can get 4 days of awesome LAN gaming for only £63! That's 30% off! Awesome eh? Head on over to our i-Series site to find out more, and also don't forget to check out our insomnia40 forums to see what's going on in the community!

We have already confirmed prize tournaments for Counter-Strike Source, Team Fortress 2 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2, with more being considered!

Remember you have until 23:59:59 GMT tomorrow (Wednesday 14th April 2010) to take advantage of this awesome offer!

The World Famous i-Series Raffle Results!

ShedBOy^ — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The World Famous i-Series raffle was back once again at i39, with a colossal haul of prizes on offer; but did you win? Well, if you missed out on the draw here are the numbers. Remember, don't phone the office to find out what you've won! Just send the winning ticket to us here at the Multiplay office, and we'll let you know what your prize is! Also, if your prize is huge (i.e. a computer chassis) we ask for a small £10 donation towards postage, as we will of course be sending it recorded delivery!

Blue (Ref: AV471979)
29, 87, 134, 162, 205, 245, 315, 376, 396, 463, 611, 646, 749, 792, 841, 847, 940, 991, 994

Green (Ref: AV918646)
14

Peach (Ref: AV453464)
62, 127, 238, 351, 401, 432, 451, 606, 608, 753, 756, 901, 912

Pink (Ref: AV687092)
43, 77, 601, 722, 727

Lilac (Ref: AV889775)
161, 165, 224, 289, 365, 527, 536, 558, 580, 686, 706, 750, 907

Yellow (Ref: AV580824)
9, 108, 123, 141, 179, 257, 265, 637, 661, 735

The Multiplay Office address is:
Multiplay (UK) Ltd
Unit 7 Whitefield
Lepe Road
Blackfield
Southampton
Hampshire
SO45 1XR

Good Luck!

All Points Bulletin Beta Keys

Rob — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Live on Fileplay we have beta keys for All Points Bulletin, the new MMORPG from Realtime Worlds and EA.

If you head over to www.fileplay.net/keys you can watch the intro trailer and get your beta key now.

We have a limited number so be quick!

i40 Early Early Bird!

ShedBOy^ — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Not even the early bird gets up this early....

With i39 now done and dusted, we here at Multiplay are now looking ahead to the massive summer LAN that will be Insomnia 40! And, as a huge thank-you for everyone that made i39 such a success, for one week only we will be offering a massive 30% off the ticket price of i40, meaning you can get 4 whole days of the UK's biggest LAN event for a seriously meagre £63! Insomnia 40 is gearing up to be one of the biggest events we've ever done, weighing in at a massive 2000 players!

Remember though that this offer only lasts for one week from today, meaning that come 23:59:59 on Wednesday 14th April 2010 if you have not bought you're ticket you've missed out!

Head on over to our i-Series booking page to find out more! Also don't forget to check out all the coverage from i39 on our coverage pages and also our video page on Fileplay!

Thank-you to everyone that came to i39 and made it such a success, including our exhibitors, sponsors & volunteer staff, but most of all thanks to you our gamers who came and played at the UK's biggest gaming event! We hope to you see at our future events!

The Multiplay Team

Get 30% off ESET Anti Virus Software!

Dentist — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000

ESET have today given us an amazing offer for all of us customers!

Get a massive 30% discount off ESET software, valid for 1, 2, 3 and 4 User Home Edition licenses on all durations for ESET NOD32 Antivirus, ESET Smart Security and even ESET Mobile Antivirus for PDA's/Smartphones!

All you need to do is the use discount code i39ESET to claim your huge discount.

ESET will be here at our i39 event this weekend, so why not come and check out what they are showcasing, including the latest Gamer Profile for the ESET Smart Security suite!

Coolermaster to provide prizes for i39

Dentist — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

We are pleased to announce that Coolermaster will be providing our raffle and Multiplay Ultimate Gamer with some awesome prizes! We've got Gladiator 600 cases, Silent Pro M 850W PSUs and the latest CM Storm Sentinel Advanced gaming mice worth over £1100. Fancy being in with a chance of winning one of these amazing prizes? Just pick up some tickets to our famous i-Series raffle from the event front desk!

RUSE at i39

ShedBOy^ — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The deceptive RTS R.U.S.E. (www.rusegame.com) will be at i39 again this Easter, though with a twist! With the public beta now open, we'll be offering you the chance to win prizes for playing R.U.S.E. at your desk with anyone you like. No ladders, tournaments or time slots - you just need to prove you're the superior strategist. All we'll need is a screenshot of your victory submitted to Fileplay, and you can enter every time you win a match at i39!

Up for grabs each day is a copy of R.U.S.E. on PC when it's released, as well as a top collection of SteelSeries (www.steelseries.com) pro gaming gear that includes the finely textured 9HD Mousepad, top-end Xai Laser Mouse and Siberia v2 Headset.

1100 BYOC Paid for i39!

Dentist — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

As we approach just mere days to go to the event the rate of signups and payments is ramping up! We have just past the 1100 paid milestone which means we have only 500 seats left. "Only?!" I hear you scream! Historically we have seen over half the event seats sold in the last 4 weeks before the event, with it ramping to 200+ seats sold in a single day as people see them running out fast!

As we are now in the final run-up to the event it really is a good idea to get your bookings paid up and your seats picked ASAP. Act now before the truly mad rush starts!

If you have yet to book head to the tickets page. If you have already booked but not paid you need to head to the event payment page to secure it or call us on 0845 868 1337 between 9am and 6pm Monday to Friday to pay over the phone. Remember that your booking is only confirmed once you have paid for it!

ESET to attend i39!

Dentist — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The latest group to confirm their place at i39 are ESET!
ESET deliver the fastest, most effective antivirus software with spyware and malware protection available to combat viruses, spyware, rootkits and other internet attacks, keeping your identity and data safe from hackers and thieves.

Those gamers amongst you will know that protecting your PC whilst getting the most out of your gaming machine isn't always the easiest of tasks, but with ESET Smart Security's Gamer Profile, you can be safe in the knowledge you will always be protected whilst still getting the best gaming experience out of your hardware.

With special discounted software and the opportunity to get hands on with their products, why not check out ESET's stand at i39 to find out more about this great group of products?

EA & EA Store to sponsor i39 Battlefield: Bad Company 2 tournament!

ShedBOy^ — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

We are very pleased to announce that EA and EA Store will sponsor Europe's first Battlefield: Bad Company 2 tournament at i39, with a whacking £2,500 prize pot! The latest in the Battlfield series, Bad Company 2 has proved to be insanely popular with gamers across the globe, and is sure to be just as popular at i39!

With a maximum of 48 teams, you will have to hurry in order to get your team signed up! First place will secure you a huge £1,500 prize, with second place getting £750, and third £250.

If you haven't got your ticket for i39, head on over to our i-Series booking page and secure your place at the UK's biggest gaming event! If you and your team already have your tickets, head on over to our Tournaments page on the i-Series site to enter yourselves into the tournament!

We will be posting rules on the tournament in due course.

IncGamers.com Interview Wizzo

ShedBOy^ — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The guys over at IncGamers.com have been busy interviewing our very own commander in chief Craig "Wizzo" Fletcher ahead of the next installment of the UK's biggest gaming event; i39! The interview can be found on their latest podcast here, which also includes discussion on Activision's latest map pack, issues with DRM, Microsoft and Nintendo's patent appeal win and, of course, the Bull**** Story of the Week.

You can also meet the IncGamer guys at i39, where they will be filming and interviewing various people throughout the event!

i39 Tournament Signups - Don't forget!

ShedBOy^ — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Don't forget to sign up for entrance to your tournaments of choice at i39!
You can find out more information on Tournaments page including the latest on our rules and maplists.

We've got over 40 teams signed up for CSS, meaning there are limited spaces available! You must sign up by Sunday the 28th if you wish to be seeded in your tournament!

To sign up, simply head over to the Tournaments page and click on your tournament page.

Multiplay to host Europe's first Battlefield Bad Company 2 LAN tournament!

Dentist — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Multiplay are always keen to support the best new games coming into the competative market. Because of this, we are now pleased to announce Europe's first Bad Company 2 LAN tournament will be held at our very own i-Series event, i39!

Taking the format of a 4v4 Squad Rush competition, we've currently not got a secured prize fund for this tournament, but we're seeking sponsorship from other sources and we're confident we'll have some awesome prizes ready to award.

Sign ups will be opening later this week, so stay tuned for more information!

In the mean time you can grab your team a Bad Company 2 Server from Multiplay Gameservers and start practising ;-D

i39 Event Map

Dentist — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

For those of you who are new to our i-Series events at Newbury Racecourse, the venue can be a bit daunting.
Because of this, we've got a site map detailing everything you should need at the event.

We've got all of the most important things listed, food, showers, camping, everything. Never get lost finding a pint ever again!

To get your hands on the latest version, just click here!

1000 BYOC Paid for i39!

Dentist — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

As we approach 2 weeks to go to the event the rate of signups and payments is ramping up! We have just past the 1000 paid milestone which means we have only 600 seats left. "Only?!" I hear you scream! Historically we have seen over half the event seats sold in the last 4 weeks before the event, with it ramping to 200+ seats sold in a single day as people see them running out fast!

As we are now in the final run-up to the event it really is a good idea to get your bookings paid up and your seats picked asap. Act now before the truly mad rush starts!

If you have yet to book head to the tickets page. If you have already booked but not paid you need to head to the event payment page to secure it or call us on 0845 868 1337 between 9am and 6pm Monday to Friday to pay over the phone. Remember that your booking is only confirmed once you have paid for it!

And Now For Something Completely Different

Rob — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Multiplay are pleased to announce Multiplay Ultimate Gamer!

Featured in the exhibition hall, the Multiplay Ultimate Gamer arena and staff will be hosting a wide range of challenges for teams and individuals to compete in during gaps from their main tournaments, or just offer a nice retreat for some casual and social gaming fun.

Here is a realistic video of the Multiplay Ultimate Gamer challenge:

Ok not that realistic, but it still looks fun eh?!

By now you are all probably wondering what Multiplay Ultimate Gamer is, or at the very least questioning Dux0r’s sanity.

Over the i39 weekend we will be hosting regular opportunities to become a Multiplay Ultimate Gamer. Speed is of the essence here as you will be faced with a variety of gaming challenges to test all of your gaming skill. Only the fastest will emerge victorious and collect the rewards!

There's plenty more to come so stay tuned! Oh and did I mention freebies?

Multiplay Breaks 22,000 Concurrent Players Online

Wizzo — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

With the seemingly insatiable appetite for Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Multiplay's online servers are going absolutely nuts! Last night we set a new record for our online gameservers, hosting 22,479 concurrent players at peak across over 4,000 server processes in London and Amsterdam.

Running our own network infrastructure allows us to deliver the best possible connectivity to our gameservers to customers all over Europe. We directly connect (peer) with over 500 ISPs which means customers get the most direct and lowest-latency routes to our servers. This, combined with some of the latest Dell blade technology means we are able to host top performance, lag-free and smooth servers.

Want to get yourself a high performance BFBC2 server for your clan? Well we offer some really competitive prices. Check them out on our Battlefield: Bad Company 2 order form. Note that DICE have asked all providers to queue setups right now whilst they work on their master server issues, but this is expected to only be a short wait. Get your order in now so we can set it up as soon as they give us the go ahead!

If you already have a BFBC2 server we are building up a wealth of FAQs and documentation in our Support Knowledgebase. In particular check out the Bad Company 2 - FAQ & Known Issues. There is also the community help given in our Bad Company 2 Forums.

900 BYOC Paid for i39!

Wizzo — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

As we approach 3 weeks to go to the event the rate of signups and payments is ramping up! We have just past the 900 paid milestone which means we have only 700 seats left. "Only?!" I hear you scream! Historically we have seen over half the event seats sold in the last 4 weeks before the event, with it ramping to 200+ seats sold in a single day as people see them running out fast!

As we are now in the final run-up to the event it really is a good idea to get your bookings paid up and your seats picked asap. Act now before the truly mad rush starts!

If you have yet to book head to the tickets page. If you have already booked but not paid you need to head to the event payment page to secure it or call us on 0845 868 1337 between 9am and 6pm Monday to Friday to pay over the phone. Remember that your booking is only confirmed once you have paid for it!

The Great Multiplay Affiliate Scheme

ShedBOy^ — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Fancy getting some money off your next server renewel? Well durr, who doesn't! In these times of economic crisis it makes sense to get money off the essentials, and that's where our Affiliate Scheme comes in!

We know gamers are friendly peeps, and as such have lots of the friends that could benefit from one of our high performance, low ping servers. So how does it work? It's very simple:

- Go to our Affiliate Page and login

- Create your Voucher Code

- Link the code to all your amazing friends

- Get 30% of the value of any order placed using your code credited to your account!

Good eh? Indeed. There is no limit to the number of referrals you can make, and you can keep track of all the money you have saved by logging in to the site.

If you have any further questions regarding our Affiliate scheme, please contact us on any of our support methods!

Battlefield Bad Company 2 Servers

ShedBOy^ — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Multiplay are very pleased to announce that we are now offering Official Ranked servers for one of the years most hotly anticipated releases; Battlefield Bad Company 2!

Tactical destruction is taken to new heights with the updated DICE 'Frostbite' engine. Players can now take down entire buildings or create their own vantage points by blasting holes through cover, thereby delivering a unique dynamic experience in every match.

As with all Multiplay Gameservers you can expect the highest quality server, with ultra low pings all at a very competitive price, but thats not all! For Battlefield fans you get an extra special bonus: BF1942, BF:V, BF2, BF2142 and now Bad Company 2 all switchable for free!

Visit our Gameservers site and take advantage of our highly competitive prices on our low latency, high performance servers! Don't forget every Gameserver gets a free mumble comms server, or a whacking 50% off Vent or Teamspeak servers!

Nintendo to feature the new DSi XL at i39!

Dentist — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Share the fun with the new Nintendo DSi™ XL

With bigger screens, pre-installed software, two styluses and a wider viewing angle, the new Nintendo DSi XL is larger and more incredible than ever before! Visit us at i39 on 2nd – 5th April to see how the Nintendo DSi XL builds on everything the Nintendo DS™ has to offer – and takes it to another level. Now get ready to experience the bigger, bolder world of the Nintendo DSi XL!

You can find out more about Nintendo and our other confirmed exhibitors at i39 on our exhibitors page.

If you haven't already got your ticket for i39, why not head over to our booking page and secure your place now!

Tournament sign-ups now live!

Dentist — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Earlier this month we announced what tournaments you could expect to see at the first instalment of the i-Series this year, i39.
We are now proud to announce that you are now able to sign up to all of our first batch of tournaments!

We've also got some extra information on the tournaments including a breakdown of all of the amazing prizes up for grabs.
To find out more about each tournament and to get your team signed up, simply head on over to our tournament page!

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!

i39 BYOC / BYOX Capacity now at 1600!

Dentist — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Due to restructuring how we intend to use all of the space available to us at i39, there is now room for 1600 BYOC / BYOX spaces i39! This is to allow us to do all of the other exciting things going on at i39, and to make room for all of our amazing exhibitors.

This means that there are now even less BYOC seats available, so make sure you head over to our ticket page and purchase now!

Tickets are currently selling very fast, so make sure you don't miss out!

New Years Prize Draw Winners!

Dentist — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Even after we extended our Early Bird promotion into the start of January, some of you unfortunately missed out.

Anyone who purchased a ticket between the end of Early Bird and the 1st of February was entered into a prize draw to win one of many prizes including free i-Series tickets, online service hosting vouchers and even some hardware!

The two top prizes were won by Adam Scott and Mark Tilbrook, with Adam winning a nice pack of Crucial Ram worth over £100 and Mark getting himself a free ticket for i40, worth £90! All of our other winners haver been informed via email, so congratulations everyone!

30% Off All New Voice Comms Servers!

ShedBOy^ — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Did you know that Multiplay host voice comms servers in the UK, Europe and across the US? No? Well now you do! And we are now offering an introductory 30% discount on all Teamspeak, Ventrilo and Mumble servers in any of our locations.

What does this mean?

Well, if you purchase one of our high performance, low ping servers then you get a 30% discount off the initial purchase period. So if you go for the maximum 12 months period, you get almost 4 months of free voice comms!

Not bad eh? So what are you waiting for; head on over to our gameservers site to find out more, it would illogical not to!

Signups are now live for StratLAN May 2010!

Dentist — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Taking place from 6:00pm Friday 30th April - 4:00pm Monday 3rd May 2010 at Stratford-Upon-Avon racecourse, we've got 4 days of solid fun up for grabs.
Every StratLAN is unique, with its own memorable moments and great gaming. If you miss it, you're missing an experience that you won't necessarily find again.

If you're new to StratLAN, now's a perfect time to get involved. StratLAN is famed for its warm, friendly atmosphere – welcoming to newcomers and veterans alike. If you’ve never been to a Stratlan before it’ll take about 20 minutes for someone to say hi and from that point in you’re part of the group.

Sound good? Head on over and book now!.

Fileplay to give away more Bad Company 2 BETA Keys this weekend!

ShedBOy^ — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

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!

More Battlefield: Bad Company 2 BETA Keys coming!

ShedBOy^ — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

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

The Multiplay Heroes of Newerth Cup sponsored by S2Games!

Dentist — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

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!

Multiplay - Official Ranked Battlefield Bad Company 2 Servers

Killing — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Multiplay are very excited to announce Pre-Orders for Official Ranked - Battlefield Bad Company 2 Servers!

As with all Multiplay Gameservers you can expect the highest quality server, with ultra low pings all at a very competitive price, but thats not all! For Battlefield fans you get an extra special bonus: BF1942, BF:V, BF2, BF2142 and now Bad Company 2 all switchable for free!

This game is looking to be the FPS multiplayer hit of the year! With the Battlefield Bad Company 2 PC BETA from DICE, now just round the corner; there's not much longer to wait...

If you don't know what we're talking about check out the Bad Company 2 Trailers in HD over on Fileplay. For those of you who want can't wait for the release and want to get involved in the BETA, you may want to keep a very close eye on www.fileplay.net ;-)

Jolt Energy - Pre order for i39 - only 50 cases available!

Dentist — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Jolt Energy CX2 drinks are in limited supply for i39; with the demise of Jolt (USA) this could be one of the last times you see it for sale in the UK!

Good news though, we have managed to secure a very limited supply of only 50 cases and are making them available on a 1st come 1st served bases.

To guarantee your supply of Jolt Energy all you need to do is go to the services page and book your case for collection at i39. If you want your drink earlier, then simply phone us on 0845 8681337 and we can arrange delivery for a fee of £5.

If you haven't already paid for your i-Series booking, just select it as as bookable service when you go to pay for your ticket.

If you've already paid for your i-Series ticket, here's what to do:

Step 1: Head on over to your i-Series booking page.

Step 2: Click on your booking ID for i39

Step 3: Click on Services

Step 4: Click on Add a Service

Step 5: Pick which services you wish to purchase

Step 6: Pay for your services

Step 7: Pick up your pre-orders from the event and enjoy!

i-Series 2010 Season Tickets Launched

Wizzo — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Following the launch of our StratLAN season ticket, we've had a number of enquiries about whether we would be doing a similar thing for the i-Series. Today, we are pleased to announce the i-Series 2010 Season Ticket. This offers a simply insane discount on the cost of attending the i-Series in 2010, along with a number of other benefits.

You will need to act fast if you wish to take advantage of my apparent insanity though, as we are only offering 200 of these bargain tickets. The tickets come in two flavours: one for all four i-Series events planned this year and one for just the three largest. Head to the i-Series 2010 Season Ticket Page to find more, including how to purchase and answers to key questions. Hurry these are sure to go quick!

The i-Series New Years Prize Draw

Dentist — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Even after we extended our Early Bird promotion into the start of January, some of you will have unfortunately missed out. Not to worry however, as we've now got over £500 worth of prizes to give away in a prize draw!

Anyone who has purchased a ticket between the end of Early Bird and the 1st of February will be entered into a prize draw to win one of many prizes including free i-Series tickets, online service hosting vouchers and even some hardware!

All you need to do is enter is have a paid full BYOC ticket purchased between the end of Early Bird and the end of the 31st of Jan to stand a chance to win one of the amazing prizes on offer.

Sound good? Head on over to our booking page to buy your ticket now!

FIWC UK Online Pre-Qualifiers brought to you by EA Sports MATES Leagues

Dentist — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Have you got FIFA 10 on the PS3? If so then the FIWC UK Online Pre-Qualifiers will be of interest to you!

The FIFA Interactive World Cup is a new online cup based on the EA Sports MATES league system.

Here's where to sign up and find out more

-FIWC UK Online Pre-Qual 3 (22 Jan 2010 – 01 Feb 2010)

-FIWC UK Online Pre-Qual 4 (12 Feb 2010 – 19 Feb 2010)

-FIWC UK Online Pre-Qual 5 (22 Feb 2010 – 01 March 2010)

-FIWC UK Online Pre-Qual 6 (03 March 2010 – 10 March 2010)

These events act as a lead in to the UK Live event at the Emirates on the 22nd March where the UK Champion will be crowned and a trip to Barcelona will be the prize.

Barcelona will be the Global Final with a prize of $20,000 on offer so make sure you don't miss out!

Find out more about our new US comms servers!

Dentist — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Don't forget that we've got new US comms server locations - the spearhead of our invasion of services across the pond!

We can now offer low ping, high performance voice comms servers in Virginia (East), California (West) and Texas (Central) US locations, as well as London and Amsterdam across our whole range of servers. This includes Teamspeak 2, Teamspeak 3, Ventrilo and Mumble.

To celebrate this we are offering a massive 50% off all our voice comms servers until the end of January, making our already low prices utterly insane!

Make sure you don’t miss out; head on over to our gameservers site to find out more.

Multiplay on Facebook and Twitter

Dentist — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Did you know you can find out all of the latest news, promotions and information from Multiplay on both Facebook and Twitter?

We have exclusive giveaways on our social networking sites, so make sure you don't miss out!

Become a Fan of Multiplay on Facebook here!

Follow @iseries on twitter

Don't forget to pick your seat for i39!

Dentist — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Don't forget to head over to the i39 seating page and choose your seat for i39!

The areas of the event that are currently open for you to select your seat are:

- First Floor Grandstand (TF2 / Squad FPS and RTS area)

- Second Floor Grandstand (CoD series and CSS area)

- Berkshire Stand - Ground Floor - Concourse (Suggested MMO Area)
- Berkshire Stand - First Floor (Xbox and Console Area)

There is an area on the First Floor Berkshire that is only available those who have their game area set to Xbox in their i39 booking. If you dont have your area set to Xbox and you wish to sit in this area, you will need to head over to our support page and submit a ticket. The grandstand and the ground floor berkshire stand are the suggested areas for FPS / RTS and MMO's respectively, but these are only a suggestion; i.e. if you have an MMO as your game area you can still sit in the FPS section!

Clan boxes are also on the seating plan, but you will not be able to select these in the seating plan. Clan boxes are a great way for you and your clan to experience the i-Series, and they are now available to book!

But how I hear you cry; well its very simple:

- Step 1 – Get at least 22 people signed up and paid for i39 (this is the minimum size of our clan boxes)

- Step 2 – Go to http://support.multiplay.co.uk and raise a ticket (use event enquiries as the ticket type)

- Step 3 – Request a clan box with all the booking IDs of everyone you wish to be seated in your clan box

Another method is to purchase 22 seats using our group booking system and then just let us know!

We have only released 1250 seats for now, so get your ticket paid and grab a seat now to ensure you and your community will be sat together at i39!

StratLAN February 2010 tickets still available!

Dentist — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Signups are live for StratLAN February 2010!

Taking place from 6:00pm Friday 5th February til 4:00pm Sunday 7th February 2010 at Stratford-Upon-Avon racecourse, this will be the first StratLAN of the new decade.
Why not start things with a bang? Every StratLAN is unique, with its own memorable moments and great gaming. If you miss it, you're missing an experience that you won't necessarily find again.

Not been to a StratLAN before? Now is a perfect time to get involved. StratLAN is famed for its warm, friendly atmosphere – welcoming to newcomers and veterans alike. If you’ve never been to a Stratlan before it’ll take about 20 minutes for someone to say hi and from that point in you’re part of the group.

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.
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!.

Multiplay seeking Student Ambassadors

Dentist — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Are you both an i-Series fan, and a student at a University in the UK? Then we've got an offer for you!

We're seeking one person from each University across the UK to work closely with to promote our i-Series events, and get students from across the land to particiapte the UK's biggest LAN event!

We're providing some great incentives too, such as exclusive discounts and support to ambassadors that can help us acheive this task, so why not sign up today!

If this sounds like something you would be interested in, get in touch with Dentist via email on dentist[at]multiplay.co.uk

(Please bear in mind that we don't have any flags for you to wave, but feel free to make your own)

Initial i39 Prize Tournaments Announced!

Dentist — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Today we are ready to announce the first set of tournaments we will be running at the first i-Series of this year, i39. We have some old regulars, something new, and the return of an i-series favourite!

Counter-Strike Source (PC)
First up, for the PC we are pleased to announce another prize winning Counter-Strike Source tournament, held for the 16th event in a row! We have a guaranteed £2,500 up to grabs, and we're currently seeking funding from other sources to try and increase this to as high as possible. Should we see 96 teams commit to and enter the tournament, we'll have a massive £5,000 up for grabs!

Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare (PC)
Secondly we're proud to announce the return of the Call of Duty 4 prize winning tournament for i39. We're committing a minimum of £2,500, with the potential for a massive £5,000 should we get 96 teams! As with CS:S and our other prize winning tournaments, we're strongly seeking funding from other avenues and parties to help us make this tournament the huge return that this game deserves.

Heroes of Newerth (PC)
Third up for the PC, we have a new game for the i-Series; Heroes of Newerth! Our i39 tournament will be the highest prize funded HON tournament ever in the world to date! One of the fastest growing communities we've ever experienced, we're very excited about Heroes of Newerth and we're committing a minimum of £1,000 to a prize winning tournament! Should 48 teams sign up, the prize fund will hit £2,500, and should 96 teams up we'll be giving away a huge sum of £5,000!

Team Fortress (PC)
Last but not least for the PC, we have our Team Fortress 2 tournament, with at least £1,500 increasing up to a massive £5,000! After the community rallied behind the tournament run at i38, we're committing once again for a minimum guaranteed cash prize. Should 48 teams sign up, the prize fund will hit £2,500, and should 96 teams up we'll be giving away a huge sum of £5,000!

Halo 3: ODST (Xbox 360)
For the Xbox 360 we've got Halo 3: ODST, now a staple of i-Series tournaments. There is a confirmed minimum of £1,500 up for grabs, increasing should the community support the tournament and attend in large numbers. Should 48 teams sign up, the prize fund will hit £2,500, and should 96 teams up we'll be providing a huge sum of £5,000!

Responding to feedback from i38, our Xbox 360 tournaments will currently be limited to BYOX entrants only, and players will need to bring their own copies of the games used in the tournaments. We will be creating a new Turn up and Play ticket for our Xbox 360 tournaments in the near future. This will be in place in plenty of time ready for i39, and we're also looking into running more Xbox 360 tournaments for i39.

Just to recap, here's what we've got ready for i39 in this first release:
- a minimum of £2,500 for Counter-strike: Source on the PC
- a minimum of £2,500 for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare on the PC
- a minimum of £1,500 for Team Fortress 2 on the PC
- a minimum of £1,000 for Heroes of Newerth on the PC
- a minimum of £1,500 for Halo 3 ODST on the Xbox 360

Head on over to our i-Series site to find out more! Tickets are selling fast, so book today to avoid disappointment!

Get your StratLAN season ticket now!

Dentist — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Here at Multiplay we always want to reward our long standing customers in different ways.
Today, we're launching the StratLAN Season Ticket!

Get all 5 events confirmed so far for 2010 for the low price of only £180! That's better than getting a whole StratLAN for free!
Now we realise there will be many of you who cannot make all 5 dates, so we're also offering a pick and mix Season Ticket, giving you any 4 events for a huge 15% off the list price.

Here are our confirmed dates for the year so far, and the prices:

5-7 February = £40
30 April - 3 May = £50
2-4 July = £40
15-17 October = £40
10-13 December = £55

For example, the first four events of the year would cost you just £144.50!

Sound good? Just give the office a call on 0845 868 1337 (9:00am - 6:00pm, mon-fri) or raise a ticket in the event enquiries queue.

StratLAN February 2010 Launched!

Dentist — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Signups are now live for StratLAN February 2010!

Taking place from 6:00pm Friday 5th February til 4:00pm Sunday 7th February 2010 at Stratford-Upon-Avon racecourse, this will be the first StratLAN of the new decade.
Why not start things with a bang? Every StratLAN is unique, with its own memorable moments and great gaming. If you miss it, you're missing an experience that you won't necessarily find again.

Not been to a StratLAN before? Now's a perfect time to get involved. StratLAN is famed for its warm, friendly atmosphere – welcoming to newcomers and veterans alike. If you’ve never been to a Stratlan before it’ll take about 20 minutes for someone to say hi and from that point in you’re part of the group.

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.
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!

Multiplay launch US comms servers!

ShedBOy^ — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

We here at Multiplay are very pleased to announce the launch of our new US comms server locations, as the spearhead of our invasion of services across the pond! We can now offer low ping, high performance voice comms servers in Virginia (East), California (West) and Texas (Central) US locations, as well as London and Amsterdam across our whole range of servers. This includes Teamspeak 2, Teamspeak 3, Ventrilo and Mumble.

To celebrate this we are offering a massive 50% off all our voice comms servers until the end of January, making our already low prices utterly insane! Make sure you don’t miss out; head on over to our gameservers site to find out more.

StratLAN February 2010 launches this Friday!

Dentist — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Just a quick heads up to let all of you know that the signups for StratLAN February 2010 will be launched this Friday!
We'll even have something special on offer for our more regular customers to take advantage of, so stay tuned.

Never been to a StratLAN before? StratLAN is famed for its warm, friendly atmosphere – welcoming to newcomers and veterans alike.
Every StratLAN we have seems to bring its own memorable moments and great gaming.
Each event is unique and if you miss it, you're missing an experience that you won't necessarily find again.
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!

If you've not been to one before, why not try one this February? 5-7th Feb, Stratford-upon-Avon

Did you know you can also find out about StratLAN and other Multiplay events via both Twitter and Fileplay?
Follow @iseries on twitter, and become a fan on Facebook

Mere hours left of Early Bird!

Dentist — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

You've only got until midnight to take advantage of our massive 20% savings for i39!

The only way to guarantee your discount for the first instalment of Europe's leading gaming event is to head on over and book now!

Already been to loads of our events and earned yourself a Gold discount level? You’ll get yourself free Early Arrival Service on top of your discount, saving yourself over £30!

At i36 last year we had all tickets sell out at a record rate, so don't miss out on what will undoubtedly be the best LAN of the year so far!

Last Chance for Early Bird!

Dentist — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

You've only got until tomorrow at midnight to take advantage of our massive 20% savings for i39!

The only way to guarantee your discount for the first instalment of Europe's leading gaming event is to head on over and book now!

Already been to loads of our events and earned yourself a Gold discount level? You’ll get yourself free Early Arrival Service on top of your discount, saving yourself over £30!

At i36 last year we had all tickets sell out at a record rate, so don't miss out on what will undoubtedly be the best LAN of the year!

Don't forget that we're still offering the chance to get a hold of your very own private Clan Box at i39. They are proving very popular and already going fast, so if you and your clan want to get yourselves your very own clan box for the weekend then get your team signed up ASAP to get your hands on one!

Seating is already available too and competition for places is only going to get stronger as the tickets to sell out, so why not purchase now to make sure you can sit exactly where you and your friends want at the next event?

But "how?" I hear you cry! Well, its very simple:
Step 1 – Get at least 22 people signed up and paid for i39 (this is the minimum size of our clan boxes)
Step 2 – Go to http://www.support.multiplay.co.uk and raise a ticket (use event enquiries as the ticket type)
Step 3 – Request a clan box with all the booking IDs of everyone you wish to be seated in your clan box

We will not be taking individual seating requests this event, so make sure you pay now to get the seats you and your clan want!

TeamSpeak 3 Beta Released, Servers Available!

Killing — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The long awaited updated for TeamSpeak is now upon us, TeamSpeak 3 Open BETA started today! This is a major update from the old TeamSpeak with many many new features so be sure to check it out.

Client Downloads

TeamSpeak 3 - Client Win32 3.0.0 Beta 7

TeamSpeak 3 - Client Win64 3.0.0 Beta 7

TeamSpeak 3 - Client MacOSX 3.0.0 Beta 7

TeamSpeak 3 - Client Linux X86 3.0.0 Beta 7

TeamSpeak 3 - Client Linux AMD64 3.0.0 Beta 7

Server Downloads

TeamSpeak 3 - Server Win32 3.0.0 Beta 9

TeamSpeak 3 - Server Win64 3.0.0 Beta 9

TeamSpeak 3 - Server MacOSX 3.0.0 Beta 9

TeamSpeak 3 - Server Linux X86 3.0.0 Beta 9

TeamSpeak 3 - Server Linux AMD64 3.0.0 Beta 9

Of course Multiplay as an Authorised TeamSpeak 3 host will be providing top quality, low price TeamSpeak 3 servers for all your team, clan, guild etc needs.

Update - 2009-12-26 00:56: BETA 7 Client and BETA 9 Server now available

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

ShedBOy^ — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000

First up, all of us here at Multiplay would like to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, and a big thanks for making 2009 another succesful year at Multiplay! We hope to see you at our events and on our servers in the new year! :)

Early Bird Extended
It's Christmas time here at Multiplay, and we're feeling festive! Therefore we've decided to extend our i39 Early Bird promotion, and give you guys 20% off all i39 tickets until 5th January!

As the first installment of the UK's biggest LAN in 2010, i39 is sure to be huge! With only mere days until Christmas, why not purchase yourself a gift of a ticket for the first i-Series of the new year? Just head on over and book now.

Already been to loads of our events and earned yourself a Gold discount level? You’ll get yourself free Early Arrival Service on top of your discount, saving yourself over £30!

A festive 30% off all servers!
The festive cheer continues from the extension of our early bird promotion, to the extension of our online servers discount scheme, giving you a whacking 30% all our comms and gameservers! Fancy some lag free gaming over the Christmas period? Head on over to our gameservers site and take advantage of this fantastic offer before it runs out!

Support Hours
As ever, our support team will be available during the festive period, so if you need to get in touch with them check this link for opening days and times.

Merry Christmas! :D

i39 Early Bird promotion extended to 5th January

Dentist — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000

It's Christmas time here at Multiplay, and we're feeling festive! Therefore today we decided to extend our i39 Early Bird promotion, and give you guys 20% off all i39 tickets until 5th January!

As the first installment of the UK's biggest LAN in 2010, i39 is sure to be huge! With only 10 days until Christmas, why not purchase yourself a gift of a ticket for the first i-Series of the new year?

Just head on over and book now.
Already been to loads of our events and earned yourself a Gold discount level? You’ll get yourself free Early Arrival Service on top of your discount, saving yourself over £30!

Only 5 days of Early Bird remain!

Dentist — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Time is running out for you to get hold of a discounted ticket for another instalment of the UK's biggest LAN!
With only 5 days to go, make sure you don't miss out on a chunky 20% discount on your ticket.

If you're interested, just head on over and book now.

Already been to loads of our events and earned yourself a Gold discount level? You’ll get yourself free Early Arrival Service on top of your discount, saving yourself over £30!

Stratlan Christmas 2009 - Mere Days!

Dentist — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000

With only a few days to go until the largest StratLAN ever held, we've put together a quick guide to what's happening at the event, a checklist of things not to forget and other helpful information.

Head on over to the forums to check it out!

Colin McRae DiRT 2 Demo Released

Rob — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000

A must-have for racing fans, the Colin McRae: DiRT 2 demo has been released on Fileplay.

This demo enables gamers to compete in two of Colin McRae: DiRT 2’s exhilarating events. In the ‘Trailblazer’ event, players take on the ultimate test of rally car against the challenging Moroccan terrain on a point-to-point track filled with flat-out straights and hair-raising hairpins in the Mitsubishi Eclipse GT. In the second event, gamers compete in a ‘Landrush’ race at the spectacular Ensenada Port circuit set in Baja California, where players go wheel-to-wheel in an 8-vehicle riotous race over lethal bumps and killer jumps in the West Coast Choppers Stuka Trophy Truck.

Grab it here: DiRT 2 Demo on Fileplay

Vodafone & Nokia N97 Mini Giveaway!

ShedBOy^ — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Vodafone & Nokia have come together with us here at Multiplay to give gamers the chance to get their mits on one of 2 brand new Nokia N97 Mini Pay As You Go phones! All you have to do is go to the competition page, fill out the form and submit to be in with a chance of winning! Winners will be drawn on 14th December 2009 and will be notified via the email address submitted in the form.

Good luck!

Xfire Video Capture Contest

ShedBOy^ — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

After receiving numerous online entries in our Video Capture Contest at i38, we have decided to host a special Online Multiplay Video Capture Contest open to UK residents from November 23rd until December 6th!

To enter the contest you simply need join the Multiplay Community and upload your in-game video captured using Xfire. Members of the Official Multiplay community will be able vote (cool or lame) and at the end of the event, the videos with the most votes win.

The top 10 will be awarded kickass prizes by both Antec and Razer! Good luck!

i39 Seating Plan now live!

Dentist — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

You can now head over to the i39 seating page and choose your seat for i39!

The areas of the event that are currently open for you to select your seat are:

- First Floor Grandstand (TF2 / Squad FPS and RTS area)

- Second Floor Grandstand (CoD series and CSS area)

- Berkshire Stand - Ground Floor - Concourse (Suggested MMO Area)
- Berkshire Stand - First Floor (Xbox and Console Area)

There is an area on the First Floor Berkshire that is only available those who have their game area set to Xbox in their i39 booking. If you dont have your area set to Xbox and you wish to sit in this area, you will need to head over to our support page and submit a ticket.

The grandstand and the ground floor berkshire stand are the suggested areas for FPS / RTS and MMO's respectively, but these are only a suggestion; i.e. if you have an MMO as your game area you can still sit in the FPS section!

Clan boxes are also on the seating plan, but you will not be able to select these in the seating plan. Clan boxes are a great way for you and your clan to experience the i-Series, and they are now available to book!

But how I hear you cry; well its very simple:

- Step 1 – Get at least 22 people signed up and paid for i39 (this is the minimum size of our clan boxes)

- Step 2 – Go to http://support.multiplay.co.uk and raise a ticket (use event enquiries as the ticket type)

- Step 3 – Request a clan box with all the booking IDs of everyone you wish to be seated in your clan box

Another method is to purchase 22 seats using our group booking system and then just let us know!

We have only released 1250 seats for now, so get your ticket paid and grab a seat now to ensure you and your community will be sat together at i39!

i39 Clan Boxes and Seating Plan

Dentist — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

With i38 done and dusted, everyone here at Multiplay is starting to look forward to the next instalment of the UK's biggest & best LAN; i39! The i39 early-bird discount promotion has now been launched, meaning those of you who get in early and book your seat can get a cracking 20% discount.

Already been to loads of our events and earned yourself a Gold discount level? You'll get yourself free Early Arrival Service on top of your discount, saving yourself over £30!

At i36 last year we had all tickets sell out at a record rate, so don't miss out on what will undoubtedly be the best LAN of the year!

Clan Boxes are also becoming very popular at the i-Series, so if you and your clan want to get yourselves your very own clan box for the weekend, then get your team signed up ASAP to get your hands on one!

But "how?" I hear you cry! Well, its very simple:

Step 1 – Get at least 22 people signed up and paid for i39 (this is the minimum size of our clan boxes)

Step 2 – Go to http://www.support.multiplay.co.uk and raise a ticket (use event enquiries as the ticket type)

Step 3 – Request a clan box with all the booking IDs of everyone you wish to be seated in your clan box

We will be opening the seat picker by the end of the week (Friday 27th November), so make sure your clan is signed up and paid to secure your seats. (Remember, you need 22 paid up in order to secure a whole clan box for your team)

We will not be taking individual seating requests this event, so make sure you pay now to get the seats you and your clan want!

i38 Winning Raffle Tickets

ShedBOy^ — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

So here it is, the important news that everyone needs to check after the event... the winning raffle tickets! In order to claim you must send us your winning raffle ticket(s) along with your address printed on a seperate peice of paper so we can mail your prize straight back to you. You need to make sure that your winning raffle ticket arrives to us here at MPHQ by Monday 30th November!

Also, please don't ring asking what your prizes are, as until we open up all the boxes after the 30th we dont know which prize will be yours! :)

Here are the winning tickets:

Blue Tickets
53, 151, 162, 220, 292, 304, 336, 449, 464, 473, 532, 588, 605, 760, 767, 775, 805, 847, 928, 960, 995

Green Tickets
33, 54, 55, 94, 169, 191, 202, 214, 268, 438, 441, 541, 565, 610, 628

Peach Tickets
60, 65, 92, 119, 135, 150, 311, 349, 369

White Tickets
140, 156, 185, 190, 236, 295, 376, 385, 892, 895, 997, 1000

Yellow Tickets
17, 92, 110, 113, 184, 303, 366, 487, 605, 643

Good luck!

Left 4 Dead 2 Gameservers up to 30% off!

Dentist — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Yesterday (17th Nov) saw the release of one of the most exciting new game releases of the season - Left 4 Dead 2! To celebrate the release of such an amazing game, we've extended our Gameservers offer, giving everyone the chance to get their hands on a brand new Left 4 Dead 2 server at up to a massive 30% off!

This is a limited time offer, so don't miss out! Head on over to our Gameservers website to find out more!

i39 Launched

Neophyte — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Our i39 early-bird promotion has now been launched. For those of you wanting to get in on a chunky 20% discount on your tickets, just head on over and book now.

Already been to loads of our events and earned yourself a Gold discount level? You’ll get yourself free Early Arrival Service on top of your discount, saving yourself over £30!

i39 is set for 2nd-5th April 2010, offers an initial 1500 BYOC/BYOX spaces and sees us agin at Newbury Racecourse, arguably the spiritual home of LAN gaming in the UK.

Head on over to our i39 subsite for more info!

Activision at i38

Neophyte — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Activision are the Lead Sponsor for i38, bringing the hottest game of the year; Modern Warfare 2.

They have the largest exhibition stand at the event, with MW2 brought to you on 24 PC's, as well as 24 Xbox 360's with 6 Xbox pods thrown in for good measure.

I don't think we have ever had this many systems on an Exhibitor's stand before, giving everyone at i38 an excellent opportunity to get hands on before you buy the game.

On top of all this, Activision are sponsoring a tournament for both platforms, with a £1,000 prize fund for each tournament. These tournaments are kicking off now and we will have latter stages played on their stand for people to watch. The Grand Finals will of course be on the main stage and streamed to the Internet to allow people not at the event to tune into the World's first MW2 tournament.

Many thanks to Activision for their massive support for i38.

Activision to support the world’s first Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 2 tournaments at i38

Dentist — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Today we are pleased to announce that the very first Modern Warfare 2 tournaments on the PC and Xbox 360 are to be held at i38, 13th to 16th of November at Newbury Racecourse.

Activision will not only have a huge presence in our i38 exhibition hall, but they will be bringing with them the most hotly anticipated title of the year; Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
The game will be available to play in all it's glory on 24 Xbox 360s, 6 Xbox 360 pods, and 24 of the latest gaming PCs on the Activision stand, with jDome technology giving gamers 180 degree vision of the action.

To celebrate the launch of one of the biggest titles this year, Activision will be sponsoring the world's first prize tournaments for Modern Warfare 2 on both the Xbox 360 and PC, with a huge prize fund to be announced next week!

Tournament sign-ups will be available from the i-Series tournament website which can be found here

If you've not yet secured your place at Europe's premier gaming event, head on over to our i-Series website and book now!

No MW2 copies for sale @ i38

ShedBOy^ — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

After our previous news post about copies of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 being available at i38, we will now no longer have any copies for sale during the weekend. With the game already available this should not stop anyone wishing to get a copy of the game for the event from doing so, however if you are holding off to grab your copy at the event then be aware that we will no longer have any for sale! We apologise for any inconvenience.

Modern Warfare 2 Tournament Age Limit Confirmed

Wizzo — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

We have had a number of enquiries asking whether we would be lifting the over 18 restriction on the forthcoming Modern Warfare 2 tournaments at this weekend’s i38. The game has been rated 18 by the BBFC which means it is illegal for someone under this age to purchase it in the UK. We know that in reality many people under this age will actively play the game and wanted to enter the tournament. However, after discussions with Activision and our legal advisors we simply cannot lift this restriction. For such a high profile tournament with prize money, we feel it is irresponsible to ignore the age restriction and that doing so would send out the wrong message, even with parental consent.

We understand this will disappoint many of our under-18 attendees. However, we will be running a Call of Duty 4 fun PC tournament on the Sunday of the event, amongst other fun tournaments and organised games over the weekend. Check the event website for details over the weekend.

Qantm at i38

Rob — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Qantm was founded in 1996 in Australia, backed by several key universities, government departments and arts bodies. In November 2004 the SAE group became Qantm's new backer, bringing with it an unrivaled excellence in the field of technology education. With more than 50 colleges around the globe SAE has become a dominant force in the fields of audio production and multimedia education. The combined expertise of SAE and Qantm looks set to revolutionise the teaching of game programming, web design and 3D animation around the globe.

iiyama at i38

Rob — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Iiyama is one of the world's leading manufacturers of colour monitors. We are pleased to announce that they will make their first appearance as an exhibitor at Multiplay i38.

Showing off their latest range of Displays and announcing a new range of LED and Gamer displays, iiyama also have a special offer available on their two most popular gaming displays; the 24" E2407HDS and 22" E2208HDS available through Scan Computers for the period of the show only.

iiyama will also be running a Colin Mcrae: Dirt 2 Time Trail Competition. The person who has the best time over one of the courses throughout the duration of the show wins an iiyama E2407HDS 24" Display. Runner up prizes are 2nd place: E2208HDS 22" Display and 3rd place gets £50 Vouchers. The competition is free to enter and you can have as many goes as you like (within reason) to better your time over the show.

i38 Live Streaming Coverage

ShedBOy^ — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Multiplay in association with Fileplay are proud to announce streamed coverage of i38! With the best the UK has to offer in Counter-Strike Source, Modern Warfare 2, Fifa 10, Team Fortress 2, Halo, Battlefield 2 and Gears of War, tune in from Friday to see who can take home the cash and bragging rights. With teams such as Dignitas, Power Gaming, Team Coolermaster, Toxic, Fnatic, Reason and others the games on offer have a dearth of talent not seen in the UK in recent memory.

Join Jay Atkins, David 'Zaccubus' Treacy, James 'Dogbert' Given, Richard 'Gonzo' Lewis and Tom 'DuRuS' Neville for what is sure to be a stella (if not for you then at least for Dogbert) weekend of eSports action, live from i38 in Newbury, UK.

Win a Driving Force GT Racing Wheel with Logitech and VisionRacer!

ShedBOy^ — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Try the awesome new Logitech G27 Racing Wheel @ i38 and you could get your mits on a brand new Driving Force GT Racing Wheel. Make sure you head on over to the Logitech stand during the event to get some practice in! Practice times are as follows:

Friday + Saturday (win mugs!)
We’ll have two racing rigs here throughout i38 for practice where you can race the GT5: Daytona International Speedway – Road Course (including the in-field) If you can get within 2s of our tame racing driver’s** lap time, you get a mug. How hard can that be?

Tournament Day - Sunday (win a wheel!)
Race 2 laps of the Daytona International Speedway and the quickest time of the day wins a Logitech Driving Force GT racing wheel! Runner-Up wins a copy of Codemasters' Dirt2.

** Geoff Turton, founder of VisionRacer. He's quick... very quick.

Ubisoft, Avatar, Ruse & VIP BETA Keys!

ShedBOy^ — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

R.U.S.E, Ubisoft's upcoming strategic war title, will not only be playable at the Ubisoft stand at i38 on top-end Intel Core i7 pc's, but players will also be able to get their hands on exclusive VIP codes for the closed BETA starting later this year! R.U.S.E is set to redefine the strategy genre, introducing deception techniques that will let you bluff your enemy to lead your nations's army to victory. Camouflage your troops, lure your opponent with decoy units, sabotage his logistics: strategy is intuitive and deep at the same time. R.U.S.E features cutting edge graphics and effects with the outstanding IRISZOOM Engine, immersive coembat and a simplified interface that allows you to detrmind your nations strategy to defeat your enemies.

Gamers will also be able to try James Cameron's AVATAR The Game, the stunning new third person shooter from Ubisoft Montreal. The game will be playable on Xbox 360 as well as an incredible JVC 3D TV!

In James Cameron's Avatar: The Game, you arrive on the distant world Pandora, hand picked to take part in the Avatar Program, a little known scientific initiative launched by the RDA Corporation, which is mining Pandora for rare minerals. You will learn to pilot your own avatar, a hybrid of your DNA and that of Pandora's indigenous species, the Na'vi. As you venture further into the Pandoran jungle, you learn more about its many creatures and their struggle with the corporation to save Pandora. At the flashpoint of this conflict, you must decide where your true allegiance lies...

Make sure you head over to the Ubisoft stand during the event to get your hands on all this and more!

Xfire Video Capture Contest

Dentist — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Xfire along with Antec and Razer are holding a video capture contest during i38.

To enter the contest you simply need to join the Multiplay Xfire community and upload your in-game video captured during i38. Other members will be able to vote your video cool or lame and at the end of the event the videos with the most votes win.

There’s a total of €4000 worth of prizes available courtesy of Antec and Razer. To see the prizes for the top 10 click here.

i38 Fast Passes Now Available

Dentist — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

With i38 being mere days away, its time to launch our quick checking service for everyone attending the event. Our Fast Pass system, along with our checkin improvements since the i37, will mean that we will be able to get everyone checked into the event in uber quick time. All you need to do is go to the fast pass page, login and then print off the pass for the event. Bring this and your ID along with you to the event, and it will help us to get you checked in quicker by using the barcode to bring up all your booking details.

It's very important that you bring your ID with you as well as the fast pass though, so don't forget! Also, don't forget to set your Steam content servers to Ireland, and update your games and operating systems before you get to the event!

EA SPORTS™ FIFA 10 Tournament supported by Multiplay, Team Dignitas, Sweetpatch and Power Gaming.

Neophyte — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Today we are pleased to announce the hosting at i38 of one of the first EA SPORTS™ FIFA 10 LAN tournaments held in the United Kingdom. The tournament format will be XBOX360 and will be run again with the help of community site Sweetpatch. The tournament also has a prize fund of £1000 thanks to EA SPORTS™, Multiplay, Team Dignitas, Power Gaming and Sweetpatch.

Signups will be handled at the event.

Food & Drink @ i38

ShedBOy^ — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

At i38 we know one of the most important things on the mind of the gamer. Food and Drink. What fun would a weekend be if you were hungry and thirsty all event? And we all like to have a drink with friends at the end of a hard day of gaming.

Well, you'll all be glad to hear we've confirmed all the lovely food and drink that we'll be offering you at the event. All of the food is produced in-house by Newbury Racecourse, who have really worked hard to get you some quality on-site food, as well as the return of a fond i-Series favourite: Papa Johns delivering to the event!

Here's what's available for food & drink on site:

The Gourmet Burger Unit - Open 24 hours a day from EAS right the way till the end of the event.
The Fish & Chip shop - Located in the Copperking Bar building located outside of the main Grandstand, offering the standard Fish shop fare, open until midnight each day.
New to i38 is the Green's restraunt - on the first floor Berkshire stand, this will be offering a full range of counter food including full english breakfasts, pies during the afternoon and a hot dish of the day. They will also be offering a full bar service.

Also new to i38 is the Newbury Racecourse "Deliver to your Desk" service. Don't fancy pizza? Get a cheeseburger or pie delivered straight to your desk! Nice.

Last but certainly not least is the Fuller's Bar, operated in the Copperking Bar building outside of the main Grandstand. Open from mid-day to 1am each day, the Fuller's bar will be offering draught beer lager and cider, as well as a wide range of bottled drinks, wine and spirits & liqueurs.

Logitech Exhibition @ i38

ShedBOy^ — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Logitech are back once again at the i-Series, with a huge range of their latest hardware for you try out in the exhibition hall. A huge range of keyboards, G-Series gaming mice and the latest gaming headsets will all be on display for you to try out at your leisure, as well as the G27 racing wheel and the awesome VisionRacer VR3! They will also have the founder of the VisionRacer, Geoff Turton, on hand on the Sunday to talk about his racing rig, and organising a driving tournament, with a racing wheel and a copy of Colin McRae Dirt 2 up for grabs (come practice Friday and Saturday!)

Logitech will also be sponsoring the i38 Guitar Hero World Tour tournament, pitting gamers in a 1v1 face off for the chance to win a stunning Logitech wireless guitar controller! Made from Rosewood and Steel, and complete with touch sensitive neck slider, this is a seriously awesome bit of kit.

Make sure you head on over to our i38 tournament section and get signed up!

Steelseries support Alienware Counter-Strike Source Trophy!

ShedBOy^ — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Back once again at the i-Series, Steelseries are supporting the Alienware CS Source Trophy with some top of the range kit for 1st and 2nd place teams! Steelseries will be giving prizes worth over £240 to each winning member of the winning CS:S team, including:

1x SteelSeries 5Hv2 in white worth £85
1x SteelSeries Ikari Laser mouse worth £85
1x SteelSeries Merc Stealth Keyboard worth £55
1x SteelSeries mouse pad worth £15-20

Each member of the runners up team will receive a SteelSeries 5Hv2 White each. Head on over to our tournaments sign up page if you havent signed your team up yet!

Sapphire @ i38

ShedBOy^ — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Sapphire are back once again at the i-Series, showcasing their latest hardware as well as putting some top of the range kit up for grabs in the world famous i-Series raffle!

Sapphire said: "After lots of begging and pleading the guys at Multiplay finally agreed to let Sapphire Technology back into the iSeries. Why did we want to come back so bad? Well, because it's simply the best event in the UK to show off our latest technology. On display at our cute 12msq stand will be the latest, fastest and most beautiful Graphics cards (5K Series), Motherboards and PSUs money can buy; some cool giveaways (for a small price) and the chance to have a go on an 3 monitor Eyefinity system. See you there!"

i-Deserve it - the winner!

ShedBOy^ — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Ladies and gentleman; we have a winner. Craig "Wizzo" Fletcher has sat and watched all your entries, along with the rest of the crew here at MPHQ, and there was a unanimous victor above all the others. Obviously our maturity levels are not the best in the world, but then it meant that Jonesy simply knew his audience! Yes, for the carwash scene from COD4, Jonesy wins a free pass to i38 for his i-Deserve it effort:

Well done Jonesy! An email is winging its way to now :) Thanks to all that contributed to the competition!

Left 4 Dead 2 - Server Release

ShedBOy^ — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

With the demo of Valve's zombie horor game Left 4 Dead 2 due for release today, we are pleased to annouce that dedicated servers for the demo are now available!
You can purchase a Left 4 Dead 2 server from just 88p per slot in either London or Amsterdam, and will be converted to the full version upon release.
Order now to take advantage of our 10% extra off promotion running all this month, giving you up to a massive 30% off your gameserver!

All of our Left 4 Dead 2 servers come with a free 8 slot Mumble server, or upgrade to Ventrilo or Teamspeak for 50% off.

Sound good? Head on over to our Gameservers site

Existing Left 4 Dead customers, can swap over to Left 4 Dead 2 demo at any time.

Vodafone & Nokia @ i38

ShedBOy^ — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

For the first time ever, Vodafone & Nokia will both be in attendance at an i-Series event, and for i38 they are giving you the chance to win one of 3 brand new N97 Mini's! There are several ways you can enter the competition to win one, not least of which will be the world famous i-Series raffle! They will also be sponsoring the Multiplay i-Hunt; our intellectual challenge that requires some serious mystery-solving skills. You win the i-Hunt by answering questions as fast as possible, with clues and hints being hidden around the event in various forms. More information on how to enter i-Hunt will be announced at i38.

Lime @ i38

ShedBOy^ — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

We are proud to announce that Lime the console gamers peripheral suppliers will be attending Multiplay i38, showcasing the Astro A40 Audio system along with the Zowie range of PC Peripherals. Lime will also be part of our interactive exhibition and will be selling products from their large range of console equipment, this will include the The Kontrol Freek FPS thumb stick extensions and the Evil Controller Thumb stick replacement parts. They will also be setting up a stand within the Xbox area of the event, so you can get your mits on the latest kit without having to go to far!

Gigabyte @ i38

ShedBOy^ — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

We are pleased to announce today that Gigabyte will be in attendance at the i38 exhibition, showcasing their latest P55 performance motherboard and some serious overclocking demonstrations. What better place to demonstrate their motherboard's performance, stability, and overclocking abilities than this very audience – you, the professional gamer!

This is the first time that Gigabyte will demonstrate such overclocking ability in front of so many gamers, giving you the chance to meet and talk directly to Gigabyte, and it doesn’t stop here! Gigabyte is also proud to have invited UK’s top overclockers, Benchtec, to attend and be part of the action, and as usual they will be using liquid nitrogen (LN2) on Gigabytes’s P55 motherboard. Plus, Gigabyte will be giving away LOTS of prizes throughout the event, from pens to motherboards.

Ask Craig "Wizzo" Fletcher

ShedBOy^ — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Popular gaming coverage site Cadred have interviewed our very own Craig "Wizzo" Fletcher, putting your questions to him regarding Multiplay, gaming and the future of the i-Series events.

You can read the full interview here

Fileplay partner with Pangea Movies

Rob — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Fileplay are excited to announce a brand new partner who will be promoting the Fileplay movie section together with us.

Joining the ranks are the renowned moviemaker crew Pangea Movies; known worldwide for their quality fragmovies in Counter-Strike: Source. They will be representing Fileplay under their current name, and help grow the site into the leading source for frag movies. As part of the deal you can expect to see all the Pangea Movies exclusively released on Fileplay.

Pangea Movies are...

Marcel "eNji" Poguntke: (Germany)
Age: 20
Function: Leader
About: eNji is widely known for making the Destiny movies. Besides leading the crew he is also one of the finest moviemakers in the scene.

Baptiste "impure" Le Bail: (France)
Age: 19
Function: Leader
About: The maker of well known movies such as Maxlan 2008 and Live Less, Play More. Currently working on eGnition 3 which will be another epic community project.

George "Alm0st" Gould: (United Kingdom)
Age: 18
About: The graphic artist of Pangea Movies. George helped us make this partnership possible and is definitely going to stick around in Pangea for quite a while.

Fabien "MaLaK" Fourcroy: (France)
Age: 22
About: Everybody knows MaLaK from making epic movies such as mTw 2008-2009 and rFlexs goodbye.

Thomas "J0k3r" Wagner: (Germany)
Age: 27
About: A moviemaker who doesn’t need much introduction. The creator of the Frag Effects series (1 & 2) and #3 coming up, don’t miss it!

Swen ‘Lowki’: (France)
Age: 19
About: The Co-Leader of Pangea and one of the moviemakers. Currently working on orga & eXce, a project which will be just awesome.

Thibaut "TOuF" Fery: (France)
Age: 21
About: Being the creator of the successful eGnition community movie series made him the perfect man for this crew. Make sure you check his new upcoming project when it’s released.

Sebastian "ORION": (Germany)
Age: 18
About: This German moviemaker became known as a great moviemaker by creating Resurrected and Deadly Revenge.

Currently working on GuardiaN – The Movie, I bet you can’t wait for that one!

queNtin "k0s" Bernet: (France)
Age: 16
About: One of the moviemakers but also a graphical artist. Having worked for numerous prestigious organizations he definitely makes a good contribution.

Valentin "XhoK" Naïna: (France)
Age: 17
About: A very talented moviemaker, having numerous projects on his name such as Ex6tenZ History. Make sure you check out his tutorials if you want to learn something new!

(2007)
Unsighted 2 - Trailer • by Dom3kk
Get Alive 2 • by aL
Out Of Order • by k1u
Destiny 2 • by eNji

(2008)
Destiny 3 • by eNji
Behind French Eyes 3 • by MaLaK
crZ - Trailer • by k0s

(2009)
Accelerant • by k0s
Liquefy • by eNji
Deadly Revenge • by Orion
Fear Effects 2 • by J0k3r
Fear Effects 3 - Trailer • by J0k3r
mTw 2008-2009 • by MaLaK
MaxLan 2008 • by impure
Accelerant 2 • by k0s
HCGL Teaser • by impure
EPS VI RedLine • by impure
Live Less, Play More • by impure

Show your support and stay up to date by joining the Fileplay and Pangea Movies steam groups.
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/fileplay and http://steamcommunity.com/groups/PanGeaMovies

i38 check-in improvements

ShedBOy^ — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

We here at Multiplay we are always striving to improve our events in every way possible. One of main topics of feedback from i37 was the length of time it took to get everyone checked into the event during EAS. Based on this, we are making several improvements to normal EAS checkin, as well as potentially introducing a premium checkin service for customers who want just a little bit more!

EAS Checkin

At i37 we know it took too long to get everyone checked into the event during EAS. To help combat this, for people who print out their e-ticket (or "fast pass") we will be opening checkin to collect badges and wrist bands from 2pm on the Thursday. Note that this will be getting your badge only. You will not be able to bring your stuff into the event until 6pm when the doors open. However, this is 4 extra hours to deal with the "early early arrivals" meaning come 6pm we would have several hundred already badged and banded :) This is in additional to opening more checkins at key periods, such as Thursday night and Friday morning.

Premium Check-in Service

To find out more about our idea for potential premium check-in service, head over to our forums and read our Priority Checkin Service Consultation thread

Ubisoft bring Ruse & Avatar to i38!

ShedBOy^ — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Back once more at the i-Series are gaming giants Ubisoft, with some mouth watering titles to get your mits on! The gaming side of the highly anticipated movie & game combination Avatar will be on show in the exhibition hall at Ubisoft's stand, as well as the chance to get to grips with their new strategic war game Ruse. If you haven't seen anything on Ruse yet, head over to our comprehensive gaming download site Fileplay, and watch the trailers and gameplay teasers in glorious high definition!

Multiplay gameserver upgrades

ShedBOy^ — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Here at Multiplay we are constantly striving to deliver the best performing gameservers possible. Helping us complete that goal, we are today pleased to announce that we will be upgrading all of our machines that currently run our gameservers. We will be moving to the latest server technology; Dell Poweredge M610 Blade systems, with 16 CPU cores, 24GB of RAM and all new high performance SAS hard drives in each machine.

This will allow us to give you even better performance on our already excellent gameservers, and ensure that we keep that level of service moving fowards into the future!

This move will be starting next week on Tuesday 27th of October, and we expect it to last for around a week. There will be almost no downtime experienced when we perform the move, other than up to an hour for some services. If you will be affected in any other way, we will be in contact with you individually.

Logitech Guitar Hero World Tour Tournament

ShedBOy^ — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Long time supporters of the I-Series Logitech are back once more at i38, bringing you the Logitech Guitar Hero World Tour tournament! Put your musical skills to the test with Activisions latest incarnation of the Guitar Hero series, and battle it out against other guitarists in a 1v1 face off for the chance to win a stunning Logitech wireless guitar controller! Made from Rosewood and Steel, and complete with touch sensitive neck slider, this is a seriously awesome bit of kit.

Logitech will be giving this guitar away in the Guitar Hero World Tour tournament, along with a wireless GH:WT drum kit and many more prizes in the raffle! They will also be giving away some Ultimate Ears headphones for those to make the biggest artistic impressions. Want to be in with a chance? Get yourself signed up to the tournament and get practicing!

Jolt pre-orders on hold

ShedBOy^ — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

We have been informed by our suppliers today that Jolt Cola has filed for chapter 11 in the US, which means that for now our Jolt pre-orders will be on hold until we can confirm our stock for the event. Mountain Dew pre-orders are unaffected by this, so you can still order your supplies for i38! We will post more information on our Jolt supplies when we have it.

iHunt is back!

ShedBOy^ — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Back for i38 is the Multiplay i-Hunt; a thrilling intellectual challenge that requires some serious mystery-solving skills! You don't need have any special skills or tools to compete in the hunt; you only need to know how to obtain them... You win the Multiplay i-Hunt by answering questions as fast as possible, with clues and hints being hidden around the event in various forms. At i37 we hosted the first iHunt, which went down so well that it's back again for i38, bigger and better!

More information on the iHunt will posted in the coming weeks, so watch this space :D

Yet more sponsors for i38!

ShedBOy^ — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

As we get within 3 weeks of i38, more sponsors and exhibitors are joining every day! Today we can announce the addition of four new exhibitors at i38: Gigabyte, Sapphire, Alienware and Ubisoft!

Gigabyte will be showcasing some of their latest products, as well as showing off some awesome liquid nitrogen overclocking courtesy of Benchtec. Sapphire will also be in attendance showcasing their latest hardware, as well as putting some top of the range kit up for grabs in the world famous I-Series raffle!

Alienware will be not only sponsoring the Counter-Strike Source Trophy, now with an increased minimum prize pot of £4,000, but will also have some awesomes surprises in the exhbition itself! We will give you more information on this shortly. Finally Ubisoft, the developers of the epic Assassins Creed series, will be showing off some of their latest titles at the event, with a chance to get hands on with some of their upcoming releases. Nice.

So there you go! With over 750 seats already sold and only 3 weeks to go, seats are going fast!
Book now and get seated to ensure your place

StratLAN Xmas 2009 signups live!

Dentist — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Our StratLAN events are much smaller more casual events, with a solid party atmosphere and some serious LAN gaming.
The StratLAN XMAS Party, from Friday 11th till Monday 14th December, is the most popular StratLAN of the year, with everyone coming together and celebrating extra hard the season upon us ;)
In addition to the usual StratLAN fun, we will be organising various silly games throughout the weekend and adding some extra little touches to make this StratLAN extra special.

The event is a completely different experience to an iSeries, so why not come along and give it a try!
It's only £55 for 70 hours of serious fun, with a bring your own alcohol policy and a fridge for all of your food.
Places are likely to go quickly, so Book Now!

The Alienware Counter-Strike Source Trophy

ShedBOy^ — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

i38 is shaping up to be amazing, with new sponsors and exhibitors confirming every day for the event, it's one not to be missed! The first announcement we have this week is the Alienware Counter-Strike Source Trophy Tournament, which has seen the prize pot for CSS increased to a minimum of £4,000! As well as sponsoring the CSS tournament, Alienware will also be at the event showcasing their latest M17x laptops and more at the i38 exhibition!

Tournament signups are now open, with a maximum of 128 team places available, so get your team signed up quick!

No Dedicated Server for Modern Warfare 2?

Killing — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Huge news from the Community Manager for Infinity Ward 402, he has stated for Modern Warfare 2

No dedicated server

Match making only

Cheat protection will be via VAC

You can find the full chat here: BASHandSlash - Modern Warfare 2

If true, is this the end for highly anticipated Modern Warfare 2? Will be be cancelling your pre order of MW? Discuss in the comments!

UPDATE: The Petition to bring back Dedicated servers has now broken 100,000 signatures, are IW getting the idea this was a bad call yet?

Crucial Dodgeball!

ShedBOy^ — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Based on feedback from i37 attendees, the crew from Crucial are ramping up their participation at i38 to include a 5v5 dodgeball tournament! w00t! If you have followed popular LANs like QuakeCon and PDXLAN, you know that Crucial Dodgeball Tournaments are a LAN staple in the US – we are proud to announce that i38 will host the first tournament outside of N. America! Get your team of five people signed up to the tournament here to in with a chance to win some of these great prizes!

Additionally, Crucial are cranking up their prizes to include some of their new M225 SSD drives as well as numerous Crucial Ballistix Tracer high-performance memory kits! And to make it even better, they’ll be bringing along hundreds of newly designed hardcore “Crucial Memory Hawg” T-shirts!

Not familiar with dodgeball? Below is a breakdown of the rules:

Teams of 5 line up at either end of a 30’ x 60’ court.

Five dodgeballs are placed across a centre line.

At the starting whistle, players race to grab the dodgeballs.

Players throw the dodgeballs at the competing team attempting to get them “out.”

A player hit with a dodgeball is “out,” and leaves the court permanently.

If a player catches a thrown dodgeball, the thrower is “out.”

Once all members of a team are “out,” the remaining team wins.

Check out these videos to see some Crucial Dodgeball action:

Netwar LAN | MillionManLan | PDXLAN | Dodgeball the Movie

Get your team together and sign up here!

i-Deserve it!

Dentist — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Here at Multiplay we've got some full BYOC tickets ready to give away completely free of charge.
What could be better than a weekend at Europe's premier gaming event? Getting the same for free!

All judging will be done by Craig 'Wizzo' Fletcher himself, and the funniest entries will win full BYOC/BYOX participant tickets to i38.

Want to know how you can win? Check out our competition page.

All entries must be submitted by the 30th October to be in with a chance to win, so get filming!

Join the official Multiplay Xfire Community!

Dentist — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Xfire is a free tool that automatically keeps track of when and where gamers are playing PC games online and lets their friends join them easily.
It works regardless of game type, server browser, or gaming service that a player is using.
Xfire eliminates the hassles of running multiple programs like IRC, instant messengers, or in-game friends lists to keep track of when and where a gamer's friends are playing.

Multiplay have now been accepted as an official community on Xfire and that means that anyone can now join our community on Xfire. To join simply navigate to our community page and click join.

Also coming from Xfire will be an awesome video capture competition, giving you to chance to win one of a great lineup of prizes.

All you'll have to do is use Xfire at i38 to capture yourself playing the latest games including Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2!
Then your peers and fellow gamers will be able to vote for the best video captured at the event using Xfire's website!

We'll have more information including what prizes you can expect to see, including more support for this competition soon, so stay tuned.

Western Digital confirm i38 attendance

Dentist — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

New to our events at i37 were Western Digital, who have now confirmed they will be coming back for a second event!

Western Digital will be showcasing their new WD Caviar Black 2TB hard drives, their VelociRaptor series of high performance drives and the new 1TB external Passport drives.

The popular family of WD Caviar Black drives, now led by the new 2 TB capacity, is perfect for gaming, high-performance desktop systems and workstations.
WD VelociRaptor is the next step up for the speed-craving PC enthusiast, and as with all WD drives, attention to detail in features, performance and reliability is a top priority.

Visit the Western Digital homepage for more information about their products, or visit their exhibition at i38!

Fractal Design sponsor TF2 Tournament!

ShedBOy^ — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Another week and another tournament sponsor for i38! This time we have case makers Fractal Design, who are putting up 6 of their sleek Define R2 Cases, complete with Newton 800W PSU's up for grabs for the winners of the Team Fortress 2 tournament at i38, with runners up also getting an R2 case each!

Not bad eh?

If you're not signed up for i38 yet you need to hurry, as places are going fast! Head on over to our I-Series site for more information on the event and our tournaments and get signed up before it's too late!

Raffle and Jolt pre-orders now live!

Dentist — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Sales of American energy drinks at our i-Series have been a core part of our tuck shop offering for over two years now.

You are now able to pre-book to secure your supply of Raffle Tickets, Jolt and Mountain Dew along with your i-Series event ticket, ready for collection as the event begins!

If you haven't already paid for your i-Series booking, just select it as as bookable service when you go to pay for your ticket.

If you've already paid for your i-Series ticket, here's what to do:

Step 1: Head on over to your i-Series booking page.

Step 2: Click on your booking ID for i38

Step 3: Click on Services

Step 4: Click on Add a Service

Step 5: Pick which services you wish to purchase

Step 6: Pay for your services

Step 7: Pick up your pre-orders from the event and enjoy!

The i38 seating plan is now live!

Dentist — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

You can now head over to the i38 seating page and choose your seat for i38!

The areas of the event that are currently open for you to select your seat are:

- First Floor Grandstand (Xbox Only)

- Second Floor Grandstand (Suggested FPS & RTS Area)

- Berkshire Stand - Ground Floor - Concourse (Suggested MMO Area)

The first floor grandstand is only available those who have their game area set to Xbox in their i38 booking. If you dont have your area set to Xbox and you wish to sit in this area, you will need to head over to our support page and submit a ticket.

The second floor grandstand and the ground floor berkshire stand are the suggested areas for FPS and MMO's respectively, but these are only a suggestion; i.e. if you have an MMO as your game area you can still sit in the FPS section!

Clan boxes are also on the seating plan, but you will not be able to select these in the seating plan. Clan boxes are a great way for you and your clan to experience the i-Series, and they are still now available to book!

But how I hear you cry; well its very simple:

- Step 1 – Get at least 22 people signed up and paid for i38 (this is the minimum size of our clan boxes)

- Step 2 – Go to http://support.multiplay.co.uk and raise a ticket (use event enquiries as the ticket type)

- Step 3 – Request a clan box with all the booking IDs of everyone you wish to be seated in your clan box

Another method is to purchase 22 seats using our group booking system and then just let us know!

Anyone who has already requested a clan box will be displayed on the seating plan from tomorrow (Thursday 8th October)

Food and Drink at i38

Dentist — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Since we announced i38 would be at Newbury, we've been working hard to get the best food and drink available.

Today we're able to announce what sort of thing you can expect to see available at i38, including the return of an old LAN favourite.

A Gourmet Burger Unit, open 24 hours a day!

Fish and Chip shop in the Tote Bar with food late into the evening.

Pizza from a major chain retailer, delivering straight to your desk.

Additional table service delivering full meals to your desk.

Restaraunt in the Long Room, ofering full english breakfast and a selection of meals for lunch and dinner.

The Tote Bar, offering draught and bottles cider and lager, and great real ale.

We'll have more information regarding the full offerings from each outlet nearer the event.

Zowie Gear supporting Left 4 Dead tournament!

Dentist — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Today we are pleased to announce that Zowie Gear will be supporting i38's Left 4 Dead tournament!

Zowie Gear produce high quality, efficient, and durable products all at affordable prices for the gamer market.

They will be giving 4 of their brand new Zowie Gear Hammer Headsets to the winners of our Left 4 Dead tournament, as well as some other great prizes for our world famous i-Series raffle!

To find out more about Zowie Gear, head on over to their website , or to sign up for our Prize Winning Left 4 Dead tournament, check out the tournament signups page.

StratLAN seats available!

Dentist — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

It's now under 11 days until StratLAN October 2009, and we've still got seats available!

Our StratLAN events are much smaller more casual events, with a solid party atmosphere and some serious LAN gaming.

The event is a completely different experience to an iSeries, so why not come along and give it a try!

It's only £40 for 48 hours of serious fun, with a bring your own alcohol policy and a fridge for all of your food.

Head on over to our StratLAN website to find out more, and I hope to see you there!

Battlefield Heroes clanservers now available!

Dentist — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Today we are pleased to launch our latest addition to Multiplay Gameservers - Battlefield: Heroes! As an EA Trusted Server Partner, providing the official UK Ranked gameservers, you'll be sure you will always get the best performance and lowest ping to your Multiplay gameserver.

Our gameservers come with both Ranked (Veteran) and Unranked (Recruit) modes. When playing on one of our Ranked servers, all your statistics are stored, you get full control over the map rotation and eight reserved slots for you and your clanmembers!

You can purchase a Battlefield: Heroes server now, from just £1.40 per slot, in either London or Amsterdam.

Order now to take advantage of our 10% extra off promotion running all this month, giving you up to a massive 30% off your gameserver!

All of our BF: Heroes servers come with a free 16 slot Mumble server, or upgrade to Ventrilo or Teamspeak for 50% off.

Sound good? Head on over to our Gameservers site and purchase now.

i38 Twitter Giveaway

Dentist — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Fancy a free participant pass to i38? Of course you do!

With the UK's biggest LAN only 5 weeks away, tickets are starting to sell fast! So how do you get your mits on a free pass? Well, head over to our Twitter page, follow the @iSeries feed, then re-tweet the latest tweet to be in with a chance to win!

But that's not all! We will also be selecting at random 5 other re-tweeters to win a free Fileplay Subscription! Good eh? Make sure you check out the i-Series homepage for all the latest information on the event too!

iSeries Tournament Announcement

Dentist — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Our November i-Series events are our only i-Series that doesn't fall on a holiday weekend.

Because of this fact we have taken steps this event to make sure that our Prize tournaments are still able to be entered by those who don't have the Friday and Monday free from Work / School / Uni.

This means that our Prize winning tournaments will start at the earliest on 6pm on Friday, and will be finished by Sunday night.

Just another reason to come on down to i38 and come play in our massive prize winning tournaments.
Secure your place at i38 here!

Along with this, we're setting a deadline on achieving the prize trigger for our GoW1 tournament. There must be 20 teams signed up by the 1st of November for the extra prize fund to be released! Signups for GoW1 will be opened on Wednesday, so get your teams paid and ready!

So just to recap:

£2,500 for Top 4 Halo 3 teams.

£500 for top 8 Street Fighter 4 players.

Up to £2,500 for the top 8 Team Fortress 2 players.

£500 for the top 4 Battlefield 2 teams.

£2,500 minimum for Counterstrike: Source.

£TBA for a Call of Duty series game.

Up to £1,500 for Gears of War one

Quiet PC announce i38 attendance

Dentist — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Quickly becoming a permament feature at i-Series exhibitions, we're pleased to announce that Quiet PC are back once again for i38.

Here's what Paul 'Skippy' Lee has in store for you:

"As usual we will be showcasing the very latest products from Zalman, Scythe, Arctic Cooling and Noctua, giving you the chance to see the products in action.

All the PC on show will be running loads of different 3D games over the event, so if you have been living under a rock and not tried 3D gaming yet this is your chance to see what all the fuss is about.

We also plan to give away around £500 in competitions prizes.

The L4D survival and Street Fighter 4 comps will be back, but the highlight must be a 1 v 1 competition with someone from the clan you all love to hate..."

Head over to http://www.quietpc.com/ to see the products on offer, or follow @quietpc on twitter for their latest product information!

Kustom PCs attending i38

Dentist — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

At i38, Kustom PC return with their usual offering of computer equipment at excellent prices.

The Kustom PC Stand will enable you to purchase all those items you may have forgotten to bring to the event, or should the worst happen, to replace breakages.

They'll also be here showing the latest gaming peripherals - a great chance to try out the 'touchy feely stuff' and accessorise your PC with some LAN essentials.

Most of their range of mice, mats, keyboards and headsets will be able to view and try at our stand - it's much better than window shopping on the internet.

For more information, check out the Kustom PCs Website, or follow @kustompcs on twitter!

Antec Exhibiting at i38

Dentist — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Whether you’re a gamer looking for that cutting-edge case or a system integrator seeking a reliable and efficient power supply, you’ve got a lot of factors to consider, from performance to stability to style.

Antec will be in attendance at i38 showing their high performance PC components in our Exhibition hall.

A PC is an investment, and you should settle for nothing short of the system of your dreams. Build it. Believe it. That’s the Antec way.

To find out more, check out Antec's website or follow @AntecInc on twitter!

Cruical return to i38

Dentist — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Crucial Memory Technology are back once again! Historically one of the most interactive exhibition stands, you can play a variety of games involving Crucial Memory sticks.

Their games often include stacking the famous Crucial Pink Pigs, and playing Jenga with their memory!

Aside from the fun and games, Crucial will be showcasing the latest and best in memory technology here at i38.

Their website can tell you more about their products, or follow @crucialmemory on twitter!

Huge savings on Voice Comms & Game Servers!

Dentist — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Here at Multiplay we always strive to bring you the latest and very best options for your gameservers and voice comms hosting, and this month is no exception! Not only have we slashed all our comms and gameserver prices by up to 30% if you order in the next month, but we've also released the latest addition to our comms server family: Mumble!

Mumble is optimized for low latency, resulting in almost instant communication and incredible sound quality. All communication is encrypted to ensure user privacy, and there is even an integrated overlay for use with your games!

Plus, with the launch of Mumble we are now offering a free Mumble server with any of our high quality gameservers! Good eh? But wait, there's yet more! We have now also launched PayPal subscriptions with all of our servers, meaning that its now completely hassle free to renew your servers, and continue to get low latency, high performance gaming from your Multiplay server!

What more could you ask for! Head over to our Gameservers Site to find out more about our amazing offers!

Call of Duty: World at War - Patch v1.6 Released

Killing — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Call of Duty: World at War patch v1.6 has been released which adds 3 new maps as well as fixes a number of bugs. You can download it off Fileplay from the links below.

Download Call of Duty: World at War Patch v1.6

Download Call of Duty: World at War Patch v1.6 - German Edition

Download Call of Duty: World at War Mod Tools v1.4

Download Call of Duty: World at War v1.6 Linux Server

Don't forget top quality clan servers for Call of Duty: World at War and all your other favourite games are available at great prices over at Multiplay Game Servers

The Multiplay i38 BF2 Championship supported by QPAD 5K

Dentist — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

We are pleased to announce the Multiplay i38 BF2 Championship will now be supported by Sweden's premier gaming peripheral company, QPAD.
Today Swedish QPAD launched their first mouse for gaming the QPAD 5k - featuring an innovative shape and ground breaking technology.
We've now got some of these great new mice and Limited Edition BF2 CT mouse pads as prizes for our Battlefield 2 tournament, as well as the £500 we're contributing to the prize fund.
This is just another great development in the lead up to the best gaming event this Autumn, and yet another reason to book your ticket now!
For more information on the new QPAD 5k, check out their press release

i38 hits 600 places sold

Dentist — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Yesterday (the 15th) we hit 600 people signed up and paid for our November i-Series event, i38.
With a little over 8 weeks left to go until the event, that's nearly half of all seats sold out!
We're expecting to be fully sold out before the start of the event, so don't delay, book today!

Already this week we've announced a new prize fund for Gears of War on the XBOX, to compliment our existing prize fund already announced:

£2,500 for Top 4 Halo 3 teams.

£500 for top 8 Street Fighter 4 players.

Up to £1,500 for
Up to £2,500 for the top 8 Team Fortress 2 players.

£500 for the top 4 Battlefield 2 teams.

£2,500 minimum for Counterstrike: Source.

£TBA for a Call of Duty series game.

With such a strong line up of tournaments for some awesome games, you wouldn't want to miss out on this Autumn's best gaming event!

Team Fortress 2 - Updated

Killing — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

A big Team Fortress 2 update was released last night which includes:

Backpack improvement

Alt-fire on the Sandvich now drops sandviches

Medic regen changes

And much more

For more information see the official patch notes

i38 Attendance List Now Live

ShedBOy^ — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The i38 attendance list is now live, and can be found here!. i38 is shaping up to be another fantastic event, so don't miss out! Make sure you book your place soon, as places are starting to get snapped up quicker by the day, with over a third now gone! Head over to our sign up page to secure you place now!

Clan Boxes update

Dentist — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Clan boxes are still available for the latest instalment of the i-Series, i38. We have assigned two boxes already, leaving 8 still up for grabs.
Clan boxes are a great way for you and your clan to experience the i-Series, and they are now available to book for i38. But the best news is yet to come: they are completely free! That’s right, you can have your own clan room for i38 at no extra cost! However, it is on a first come first served basis, so get your box reserved now!

But how I hear you cry; well its very simple:
Step 1 – Get at least 22 people signed up and paid for i38 (this is the minimum size of our clan boxes)
Step 2 – Go to http://www.support.multiplay.co.uk and raise a ticket (use event enquiries as the ticket type)
Step 3 – Request a clan box with all the booking IDs of everyone you wish to be seated in your clan box

Another method is to purchase 22 seats using our group booking system and then just let us know!

Be quick! Remember, first come first served!

Gears of War 1 Prize Tournament at i38

Dentist — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Further expanding into the console community, Multiplay will be hosting a Gears of War Xbox 360 tournament at i38.

There's a guaranteed £500 up for grabs with that increasing to a grand total of £1500 providing a minimum of 20 teams sign up.

If you haven't signed up already, don't forget today (14th September) is the last day for Earlybird so make the most of it!

Last day of Earlybird Discount!

Dentist — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

There is only one day remaining on our Early Bird promotion! This is your last chance to get yourself a whopping 20% discount on your ticket, so make sure you don't miss out.

The discount ends tonight at midnight.

For those of you who missed the news this week, we are running a promotion for anyone who has purchased a ticket by 5pm each night. Our fitth and sixth winners were drawn last night, so make sure you've got your contact details up to date!

The winners over this weekend were Alan Jones, AKA Acey, and Dave Hamer, AKA Idylla. Congratulations guys!

All you need to do to enter is to have purchased a ticket. We will run this draw for the last time tonight, so purchase now to get your last chance to win!
Today is your last chance to purchase a ticket with our early-bird discount, so don't miss out on a fantastic offer for a fantastic weekend!

Only 4 days of Early Bird remain!

Dentist — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Mere days are left on our Early Bird promotion, don't miss your chance to get yourself a whopping 20% discount on your ticket!

There are now only 4 days remaining to take advantage of the early bird discount which ends on Monday 14th September 2009 at midnight!

For those of you who missed the news this week, we are running a promotion for anyone who has purchased a ticket by 5pm each night. Our third winner was drawn last night, so make sure you've got your contact details up to date!

These people will be placed into a prize draw for a chance to win one of our prizes, ranging from a years Fileplay subscription, to online hosting vouchers and even additional services for the event!

Tonights winner was Phillip Evans AKA Carpet3! Phil has won a £20 online gameserver voucher for use with our services!

All you need to do to enter is to have purchased a ticket. We will run this draw every single day until the end of earlybird, so purchase now to get 3 chances to win!
Tickets are expected to sell out so purchase now to avoid disappointment!

5 days of Early Bird

Dentist — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Time is running out for you to get hold of a discounted ticket for another installment of the UK's biggest lan!

There are now only 5 days remaining to take advantage of the 20% early bird discount which ends on Monday 14th September 2009 at midnight!
For those of you who missed the news this week, we are running a promotion for anyone who has purchased a ticket by 5pm each night. Our second winner was drawn last night, so make sure you've got your contact details up to date!
These people will be placed into a prize draw for a chance to win one of our prizes, ranging from a years Fileplay subscription, to online hosting vouchers and even additional services for the event!

Tonights winner was Joe Hill AKA Lusc. Congratulations on your win Joe!

All you need to do to enter is to have purchased a ticket. We will run this draw every single day until the end of earlybird, so purchase now to get 4 chances to win!
Tickets are expected to sell out so purchase now to avoid disappointment!

First i38 Tournaments Released

Dentist — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Today we are pleased to bring you the first announcement of prize funds for our gaming tournaments at i38.

First of all we have a guaranteed £2,500 prize fund for the top 4 teams for our Halo 3 tournament on Xbox 360. After the enthusiasm shown by the community at previous events we are pleased to commit our own funds to this tournament.

Also for the Xbox we have £500 for our Street Fighter IV Tournament on Xbox. Coming as a full weekend spectator? Why not join in the fun and try your hand at winning some prize money!

For PC Tournaments we have a prize fund promised live on stage by Craig 'Wizzo' Fletcher: £1,500 for the top 8 teams in our Team Fortress 2 tournament.

However, should the TF2 community rally and if we achieve 64 full teams signed up, we'll increase that to a massive £2,500!

We are looking forward to running this tournament and hope the community rally to make this the best event for TF2 we've ever run.

Next up we have Battlefield 2. This game has had prize tournaments many times at our events before, and we're offering £500 for the top 4 teams in the BF2 Tournament at i38.

For many events our Call of Duty and Counter-strike: Source series tournaments have been key in our prize tournament lineup. Counter-strike: Source has a guaranteed minimum prize fund of £2,500, but we're currently strongly seeking support for this tournament from other organisations to help bolster the offering to the CS:S community.

We haven't forgotten Call of Duty and there will definitely be a prize winning tournament for a Call of Duty series game. We're currently exploring all avenues of funding for this tournament to give you guys the best prize fund possible.

So just to recap:

£2,500 for Top 4 Halo 3 teams.

£500 for top 8 Street Fighter 4 players.

Up to £2,500 for the top 8 Team Fortress 2 players.

£500 for the top 4 Battlefield 2 teams.

£2,500 minimum for Counterstrike: Source.

£TBA for a Call of Duty series game.

6 days of Early Bird

Dentist — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Time is running out for you to get hold of a discounted ticket for another installment of the UK's biggest lan!

There are now only 6 days remaining to take advantage of the 20% early bird discount which ends on Monday 14th September 2009 at midnight!
For those of you who missed the news yesterday, we are running a promotion for anyone who has purchased a ticket by 5pm each night. Our first winner was drawn last night, so make sure you've got your contact details up to date!
These people will be placed into a prize draw for a chance to win one of our prizes, ranging from a years Fileplay subscription, to online hosting vouchers and even additional services for the event!

All you need to do to enter is to have purchased a ticket. We will run this draw every single day until the end of earlybird, so purchase now to get 6 chances to win!
Tickets are expected to sell out so purchase now to avoid disappointment!

Cash facilities for i38

Dentist — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Ready for i38 we have confirmed the availability of on site cash machines.
These will be LINK style cash machines and will be in place around the venue.

They provide a convenient on-site alternative to the 10 minute walk into town to the nearest cash machine, and will be marked on all site maps.
We expect the owners of the cash machines to levy a charge on their use, but it does provide convenience for those of you not able or willing to drive off-site!

Fileplay is evolving

Rob — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Fileplay, our beta gaming download site, has just got even better! Not only can you download all your essential gaming files at blistering speeds from our super fast servers, but there are now even more ways to find the best that Fileplay has to offer. Our new features include;

- New user profile page, with custom avatars for subscribers
- Ability to favourite your best files and gaming videos
- View all your friends recently watched videos or downloaded files

Plus each file keeps a list of all user activity, allowing you to follow others users links to loads more content that might not otherwise have found!

If you haven't visited lately then you may have missed our release of Fileplay's HD video streaming. Our aim is to make even the highest resolution of movie accessible to more than those with huge download speeds. Our HD stream can provide videos at full 1080p HD quality, at a little over 2mb/s! Take for example one of our favourites - a cinematic Starcraft 2 trailer. It just oozes quality!

Additionally we ensure the highest quality of audio, regardless of your choice - we hate the tinny sound that low quality streams often provide and it can completely ruin the experience so that's why we ensure you don't get that poor experience on Fileplay.

Head over to Fileplay.net to give it a go and don't forget that if you've ever used any of our services, our events or forums then you already have a member account.

The 7 days of Early Bird

Dentist — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Time is running out for you to get hold of a discounted ticket for another installment of the UK's biggest lan!
With only 7 days to go, we're launching a competition to give you guys something extra.
Everyone who has purchased a ticket by 5pm tonight will go into a draw to win one of our prizes, ranging from a years Fileplay subscription, to online hosting vouchers and even additional services for the event!
All you need to do to enter is to have purchased a ticket. We will run this draw every single day until the end of earlybird, so purchase now to get 7 chances to win!

There are only 7 days left to take advantage of the 20% early bird discount which ends on Monday 14th September 2009 at midnight!

Tickets are expected to sell out so purchase now to avoid disappointment!

Indoor Sleeping for i38

Dentist — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

With the move of i38 back to Newbury Racecourse, the home of UK LAN gaming, there are more options for sleeping at i38. Available for i38 are the "Red Rooms", cunningly named for the glow emitted by the heaters. There is limited space available here for your air and camp beds, providing a warm alternative to camping in the harsh november weather.
There is only limited space available, with it being available on a first come first served basis.

i38 Online Checkin

Dentist — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

After recieving feedback from you guys after i37, we will be introducing our new online check-in service at i38. This will save you precious gaming time by enabling you to simply walk directly into the venue, having your pass posted straight to your door.

More information on this service will be released soon, so watch this space.

i38 Clan Boxes now open!

Dentist — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Fancy your own clan box for i38? Now you can! Clan boxes are a great way for you and your clan to experience the i-Series, and they are now available to book for i38. But the best news is yet to come; they are completely free! That’s right, you can have your own clan room for i38 at no extra cost! However, it is strictly on a first come first served basis, so get your box reserved now!

But how I hear you cry; well its very simple:
Step 1 – Get at least 22 people signed up and paid for i38 (this is the minimum size of our clan boxes)
Step 2 – Go to http://www.support.multiplay.co.uk and raise a ticket (use event enquiries as the ticket type)
Step 3 – Request a clan box with all the booking ID’s of everyone you wish to be seated in your clan box

Be quick! Remember, first come first served!

11 days left of early bird - get 20% off i38 Now!

Neophyte — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Time is running out fast to secure your discounted place at i38! Multiplay are taking the i-Series back home to Newbury and we expect demand will be high for this event. Make sure you book as early as possible to ensure you don't miss out on reliving the Newbury Experience.

There are only 11 days left to take advantage of the 20% early bird discount which ends on Monday 14th September 2009 at midnight!

Tickets are expected to sell out so to avoid disappointment Book now and confirm your place by payment.

Battlefield 2 Patch v1.5

Killing — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The long awaited Battlefield 2 v1.5 Patch has now been released. This update includes a number of new features, including the two bonus packs for Free, as well as tone of bug fixes.

So head over to Fileplay and download it now:

Download Battlefield 2 Patch v1.5

For all those clans who can't get enough of this classic game, don't forget Multiplay also provide top quality, low cost Ranked Battlefield 2 servers

One Stratlan Place Remaining

Dentist — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Due to a cancellation we now have one place open for Stratlan this coming weekend. If you're interested in this, just head on over and
book now!
This place will go fast, so don't delay and get yourself a place at an awesome weekend of fun!

Blizzcon 2009 WoW Cataclysm Recap

Wizzo — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Yesterday Blizzard announced the new expansion for WoW, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. "Bootz the Insane" takes us through the changes and new content announced so far in her article.

Blizzcon 2009 Day 1 Recap

Wizzo — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000

In sunny Anaheim, California, Blizzcon day 2 is now well underway. 3 of us from Multiplay have voyaged across the pond to experience the awesome that is the annual celebration of Blizzard Entertainment's titles. Check out our recap of day 1.

We have a load of photos up already on our Flickr feed and all the new movies are up on Fileplay's video pages.

Wolfenstein Servers Released

Dentist — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000

With the release of Raven Software's latest incarnation of the Wolfenstein Series today, aptly named Wolfenstein; Multiplay are pleased to announce a massive 15% extra discount for anyone purchasing a server this week!

In Wolfenstein you play B.J. Blazkowicz, a highly decorated member of the Office of Secret Actions(OSA).

You are sent on a special mission into the heart of the Reich to investigate evidence of the Nazi's possession of a new and mysterious power.

While behind enemy lines, you discover they have done much more than develop a new weapon. The Nazis are harnessing the power of a dark parallel dimension called The Veil; in order to create a weapon of war-ending magnitude.

This discount will only be running for a week, so get your server now here!

Offical Wolfenstein Servers Ready for Release

Killing — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000

With the imminent release of Raven Software's latest incarnation of the Wolfenstein Series, aptly named Wolfenstein; Multiplay are once again all ready to provide the all important Official Servers and Clanservers

In Wolfenstein you play B.J. Blazkowicz who takes on a special mission deep into the heart of the Reich to investigate evidence of the Nazi's possession of a new and mysterious power.

Want to know more? Check out the following links:-

Offical Wolfenstein Website

Offical Wolfenstein Game Servers by Multiplay

HD Wolfenstein Launch Trailer on Fileplay

Team Fortress 2 Updated

liv3d — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Today saw a massive update for Team Fortress 2.

Changes include:

Added King Of The Hill game mode.

Added a color blind option to add a Jarate icon above enemies who are busy accepting a terrifying existence where they have no dignity

Engineers wrenching a teleporter will repair the other end as well, and remove Sappers from both if they exist.

Added community map Arena_Offblast

Added community map Cp_Yukon

For a full list, please check out our forums here

Cash Machines for i37

Dentist — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000

As a last minute addition to i37, we've managed to source some cash machines to use at the event.
These will be on site outside in front of reception. This should help save trips out of the event just for some cash!

i37 seats still available

Dentist — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000

With only a few days left in the run up to the event, we've managed to create even more spaces for you guys to sit in at the lan! We'll be opening up the additional places on the seating plan later today, and if you want to purchase an i37 ticket, just head on over to book your ticket now!

i37 Fast Passes available

Dentist — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The Fast Pass for i37 is now available to view and print out. We use these to help reduce queuing during check-in, and it also serves as a handy information sheet for anyone packing and traveling to the event. Just print it out and bring it along to the event with your ID, and you'll be able to check in quicker! Get your fast pass here

Radio 1 DJ Dev to open M Festival!

Neophyte — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000

3rd August 2009 – Multiplay are pleased to announce that Radio 1 DJ Devin Griffin will be making an appearance on Friday 7th August to open M Festival. Dev is really passionate about gaming and fighting games such as Street Fighter are high on his list of favourites. In conjunction with Colosseum Games, Dev will be taking part in a Celebrity Fun Street Fighter 4 tournament on the main stage at M Festival.

Held from 7th – 10th August at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, M Festival is the largest electronic games festival in the UK – and ranks high as one of the premium gaming events in Europe. The purpose of M Festival is to bring the world of computer games and gaming technology to the public at large, whilst also appealing to the existing games community.

The M Festival events aim to bring more awareness and exposure of how far games have come, by bringing both the hard core and casual gamers together for a four day celebration of gaming. This latest announcement shows that M Festival is making real progress!

BBC Radio 1 recently announced Dev as the new host of the weekend breakfast show, previously he was presenting the early breakfast on BBC 1Xtra. Dev was at 1Xtra since the station launched in 2002 – first presenting a Saturday show with Reggie Yates, and then hosting his own weekend show before early weekday breakfast.

On opening M Festival Devin Griffin said “I am looking forward to attending and opening M Festival at Stoneleigh Park on Friday, meeting so many gamers in one place will be fun. I have been playing Street Fighter for years and with Colosseum Games we are excited to bring our celebrity tournaments to M Festival”.

Multiplay Managing Director Craig Fletcher said “We are very excited about Dev's attendance at the M Festival. Having such a high profile figure attending who is truly passionate about games shows not only just how far gaming has come along in the mainstream, but the growing audience and appeal of our events. No longer is being a gamer associated with being antisocial but quite the opposite. It's a very social pass time and more and more people in the UK are discovering just how engaging and rewarding it can be.”

About Colosseum Games: Established in 2008, Colosseum Games is a community focused company that specialises in celebrity gaming events and projects for the creation of commercial/educational games for the community by the community. Through our extensive virtual intellectual properties provided by our CEO, Omar Jobson-Lewis and developed by the Colosseum geniuses. These games are played and mastered by our cyber gladiators on the new stage of the Colosseum. Our vision “to solve environmental, social and economic problems
by creating innovative solutions by interactive entertainment. Working together for creating and grooming the creative geniuses of our future.” This is made possible by our ever growing community and continued support from our honourable pillar sponsors.

About Multiplay: Multiplay are organisers of the UK’s largest video games festival, the i-Series. Established in 1997 they have over ten years of experience in organising LAN parties and have seen tens of thousands of gamers attend the events. Complimenting their events Multiplay are also Europe’s largest online games service provider, offering server hosting for the best multiplayer games of the day. Their self-owned and operated network infrastructure connects the UK with mainland Europe, providing the fastest connections to their servers.

Quiet PC release more information

Neophyte — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Quiet PC have issued the following press release on what they will be bringing to i37:

UK, York, 31st July, 2009: Why are there over 2000 gamers crammed into one massive hall during the height of summer? Simple, to win a slice of the £15,000 prize money with the winners invited to play for the UK at the next World Cyber Games, you'd be mad to miss it. Quietpc.com will be showcasing at Multiplay's Mfestival (featuring i37) some of their latest gaming weaponry, including the revolutionary 3D PC Gaming monitors and their Ultra-quiet Xboxes.

3D gaming continues to grow and grow and Quiet PC know seeing is believing.
If you fancy a play or have not experienced 3D gaming before, feel free to pop down to the Quiet PC stand and test over 10 popular 3D games on their Zalman monitors that add an extra dimension to your gaming!

Quiet PC will also be showcasing some of their latest products from manufacturers Zalman, Scythe, Noctua and Arctic Cooling. You'll find new PSUs, cases, CPU & VGA coolers and much more. You can even buy products at a special i37 price.

Finally they will also be playing a range of Xbox games on a modded Xbox 360. This Xbox has been upgraded with one thing in mind, noise reduction. See here for more details and if you have any questions feel free to ask them when you are there!

Western Digital Confirm M Festival Attendance

Neophyte — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Western Digital have confirmed they will be attending Multiplays M Festival. They will be showcasing their latest range of Hard Drives and Storage Solutions from their own booth in Hall 1. Western Digital are still finalising details of what they will be offering, however make sure you check them out!

Western Digital are the latest exhibitor to confirm, with more exhibitors looking likely to confirm in the run up to the event. We will post more details on Western Digital as soon as we receive them.

i-Series attendees to get early Beta on Section 8

Neophyte — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The Press office here at Multiplay is literally buzzing this morning, with Southpeak Games releasing the following Press Statement:

Leicester, July 31st – SouthPeak Games is pleased to announce that the highly anticipated multiplayer first person shooter Section 8 will be playable during this year’s Multiplay M Festival – which incorporates the world famous i-Series event. Taking place between August 7 and 9, this is the first time the epic multiplayer FPS has been publically playable in Europe.

For the duration of M Festival, FPS fans can finally go hands-on with the PC and the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft® versions of the game. What’s more, the European beta of Section 8 will be exclusively available for download - a full three days before open beta launch - so gamers can take their frag-fests home with them. Finally, anyone who fancies themselves as a sharp shooter should come along to SouthPeak Games’ booth to take part in a range of challenges and tournaments to win some awesome prizes.

Available for Xbox 360 and PC this September, Section 8 is a large-scale, sci-fi first person shooter where fast-paced action meets military strategy in the far reaches of the galaxy. Join the epic battle between the 8th Armoured Infantry and the Arm of Orion by taking part in fierce squad-based combat across majestic alien worlds.

Choose the experience you want to play by customising your own equipment Loadouts, and dynamically manipulate the flow of combat with on-demand vehicle requisitions, strategic asset deliveries and Dynamic Combat Missions.

For more information on Section 8, visit www.joinsection8.com. Multiplay and the I-Series take place at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, from August 7until August 10. For more details, head to http://iseries.multiplay.co.uk/.

We are not done yet with announcements today, keep watching for even more exciting news later

Pie and a Pint? All you can eat Buffet? Food and drink at i37

Neophyte — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000

We have just had confirmation of the food and drink options available at i37, and its good news! The all important Bar is back, but relocated into Strollers restaurant this time around. The bar will sell the usual mixture of draught beers, Spirits, Wines and soft drinks. For those worried about the bar being in the restaurant there will be a seperate roped off seating area exclusively for the bar. Details are still being finalised but expect some special offers such as Pie and a Pint or similar each day.

Strollers Restaurant are also pulling out all the stops this time around, They will be offering their usual selection of quality healthy meals, but with the addition of an “International all you can eat buffet.” Pizza is also available with a fantastic 3 for 2 offer throughout the weekend.

If fast food is your thing then we also have the usual Burger Van Outlet offering their usual selection of food. More details on all the offerings will be released once pricing is confirmed.

Multiplay to have a booth at M Festival

Neophyte — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000

We have wanted to do this for some time now, and at i36 we trialled our Chill Out Zone which was packed all weekend! However for i37 we will be taking this one step further. The Chill out zone will return where you can relax and play Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360 games all weekend.

That's great and everything, but what about being able to speak to us? where's the all important freebies? Well, you can head across from the Chill out zone to our stand this event, pick up some free Candy Floss and go watch some gaming movies on our superb Fileplay movie site. Then you can head onto the pcs and test out our awesome gameservers! We will be holding sessions where you can speak to members of the team and find out what plans we have for the future. We will also be handing out free energy shots, more information on these will be appearing later today.

Make sure you don't miss out on our important announcement...live on stage between the CoD4 and CS:S finals. We will also be hosting a question and answer session. Keep checking the i-Series website over the course of today as we have some fantastic announcements lined up.

Stage Schedule Released

Neophyte — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000

We are proud to announce the Stage schedule for i37. This event we have so much happening on stage, from Live finals, to family activities. There is something on stage for everyone.

Friday will start with the usual opening Ceremony followed straight after by the Celebrity Fun Tournament, Live on Stage. Then the top Fifa 09 players kick off the event tournaments in an emphatic battle to win their share of £10,000. The day rounds off with the Fifa09 winners receiving their awards.

After a fantastic opening day we then see some of the top European Halo 3 slug it out on their quest to win a part of £2,500. In between these matches attendees get the chance to play games on stage, with our fun Wii and PS3 challenges. Then we have the world Cyber Games UK National Grand Finals! If that wasn't enough we round off the day with a triple bill of fighting games followed by the prize ceremony of the day.

Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest....not at i37! We have some huge finals on show including the massive Counterstrike: Source final and the crowd pulling Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare final. There is also the ever exciting Team Fortress 2 final warming the stage up before hand.

Not wanting to go out quietly we have Left 4 Dead on Monday followed by the Final of Halo 3

Check out the schedule for yourself here

Multiplay to give away 5000 beta keys for Heroes of Newerth

Rob — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Multiplay - one of the largest gaming communities in Europe - is pleased to announce it has 5,000 beta keys for S2 Games' Heroes of Newerth. The keys are for the closed beta and will be available from Monday 3rd August from Multiplay's gaming downloads site, www.fileplay.net.

Craig Fletcher, Managing Director of Multiplay said:

"We are very pleased to be chosen by S2 Games to release 5000 keys for their highly-anticipated title. This represents the latest in an increasing portfolio of content delivered through the Fileplay site. Developers and publishers alike are really seeing the benefits of the clean, easy-to-use site for their beta key and file distribution needs. With new features still being launched, such as the High Definition video streaming last week, the site is going from strength to strength."

To coincide with the UK’s largest LAN event, i37 (http://iseries.multiplay.co.uk), Multiplay will be allocating 2,000 of these keys specifically for those attending the event. The remaining 3,000 will be distributed over five days, with 600 available each day. These keys will allow the lucky gamers to join the closed beta and be some of a select few who are enjoying the game in advance of general release.

Demand is immense for what many are calling the next version of DotA, so people need to be fast to secure a key. Further information on how to claim can be found here: http://www.fileplay.net/keys/12/heroes-of-newerth-beta

WCG and Fun Tournament schedules, Event Plan and Hostel rooms!

Neophyte — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Only 24 hours after the prize tournament schedules were announced, Multiplay are pleased to release schedules for both the WCG and Fun Tournaments. This will allow attendees to plan their event more efficiently, whether they are competing themselves, or coming along to watch some of the best players in Europe battle it out! What's more, this event sees more tournaments than ever before....with more of them appearing on stage than previously.

All tournament schedules can be viewed here. Simply use the tabs at the top to switch between tournament types.

So now that you know when you are playing, you want to know where you can eat, watch stage games and visit the exhibition in between games right? Simply view the Event Plan and see where everything is!

Obviously you will now be planning your weekend better and doing more activities, you may be worried about getting a good nights sleep to recover each night. Fear not! we have magically found 5 Hostel spaces which we are selling on a first come first served basis. If you would like to snap one of these up, head over to our booking page now. We expect these to disappear quickly so make sure you get yours reserved with payment sharpish!

There is more announcements coming very soon, so watch this space!

i37 - Prize Tournaments schedule released!

Neophyte — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Multiplay are pleased to announce the Prize Tournament schedule ahead of next weekends 2,070 player lan event. The stakes are high as teams battle it out for their share of a possible £23,500. Community and Tournament Manager Steve Lynch had the following to say:

We have worked hard to finalise the schedules in advance this event, to allow teams more time to plan their weekend. We hope by releasing this teams can plan social activites around their games and get even more enjoyment out of the event.

The i-Series has steadily grown and i37 will set yet another record for a LAN event in the UK. A huge 2070 have paid for BYOC tickets with many more waiting in the wings to attend. In addition to this even more people will be participating in the event via the M Festival Day passes.

Schedules for both World Cyber Games and Fun Tournaments will be released tomorrow.

The Prize Tournament Schedule can be viewed here.

Introducing the i-Hunt

Dentist — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000

We're proud to announce the i-Hunt; new to the i-series this activity sees players finding themselves in a contest of intellect, lateral thinking and logical skill. The secret to winning? Just be the fastest thinker out there.

The contest takes place both in cyberspace and at locations throughout the event, and is open to any BYOC participant who wishes to compete in our 21st century treasure hunt. Bring your camera, mobile phone, notepad and stop-watch, you just might need them. Entry to this is free, with no signups necessary. We will be announcing more information about how to enter at the start of the event!

Additional BYOC Seats Available

Dentist — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000

As we enter the final fortnight leading up to the event, we've managed to free up 30 more spaces in our BYOC area, bringing the total to 2070 spaces.

To book yourself a place at i37, just head over to our booking page and secure yourself a place!

Another Fun Tournament Announced

Neophyte — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Multiplay are pleased to announce a further fun tournament at this years M Festival event. Marvel vs Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes joins the XBOX 360 Fighting Games section, alongside Street Fighter IV and Virtua Fighter 5. The tournament will be open to both i37 spectators and M Festival visitors on the Saturday, as well as BYOC and TUP participants. Competitors attending for both the Street Fighter IV tournament and Virtua Fighter 5 tournaments will also be able to enter. Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes (a.k.a. Marvel vs. Capcom 2 or MvC2) is the fourth and final game in the Marvel vs. Capcom series of fighting games.

Further details of all tournaments including match schedules will be released over the next 48 hours, watch this space!

If you would like to see how this game plays why not watch the trailers on fileplay

EA Fifa 09 tournament announced for World Cyber Games UK

Neophyte — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Multiplay are pleased to announce EA will be supporting FIFA 09 for the World Cyber Games 2009. The winner will have the opportunity to represent the UK in the World finals in Chengdu, China. Qualification will take place through preliminary tournaments held at the National Final. This will be happening at Multiplay's M Festival / i-Series event at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire. The Qualifiers for the tournaments will be on Friday the 7th August 2009 with the National Finals taking place on Saturday 8th August at the same venue.

Participants must hold a valid UK Passport to be entered into the tournament. Further details of these and all tournaments featured at this event can be found on the i Series Website.

Registration for all of the WCG tournaments will end at 12pm Friday 7th August and must be made in person at the venue.

Further Details about M Festival can be found on the M Festival 2009 Website.

SouthPeak Games Confirm M Festival Attendance

Neophyte — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000

SouthPeak Games have become the latest exhibitor to confirm their attendance at Multiplays i37 / M Festival Event. Details are being kept under wraps but we can reveal SouthPeak Games will be showcasing their new first person shooter, Section 8.

If you have been living under a rock for the past year why not check out the following trailers and behind the scenes video footage of the game on Fileplay:

Developers Diary

Game Trailer 1

Game Trailer 2

Developed by TimeGate Studios, Section 8 is an epic multiplayer FPS that gives players unprecedented strategic control over the battlefield, employing tactical assets and on-demand vehicle deliveries to dynamically alter the flow of combat. Set in the distant future when humanity is facing a growing insurrection among its colonies, Earth dispatches the elite 8th Armoured Infantry to turn the tide.

Utilising advanced powered armour suits, these volunteers are the only ones crazy enough to smash through enemy defences and drop directly into the battlefield from 15,000 feet. Their bravery earned them the nickname “Section 8”, an old military regulation where soldiers were classed as unfit for duty due to mental instability.

Features

Play in single player, online multiplayer or Instant Action on all of the multiplayer maps against robust and competitive AI.

No more classes, completely customise the Loadouts of weapons, gear, and passive module upgrades for your powered armour suit.

Burn-In Spawning deploys from dropships 15,000 feet above the battlefield so you can choose anywhere on the map to land.

Dynamic Combat Missions (DCMs) offer a robust player-driven objective system, allowing for dynamically generated missions during the course of combat.

Vehicle and Deployable Requisitions can be delivered anywhere on the map.

EA Meet Your Match £10,000 Finals to take place at Multiplays M Festival.

Neophyte — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000

We are proud to announce that the finals of the EA Meet Your Match tournament will be held on Friday 7th August 2009 on the main stage at Multiplays M Festival. Meet Your Match will feature the top 32 players all battling it out for a share of the huge £10,000 prize fund. Data is currently being extracted to determine the top 32 players who will all receive their invites shortly. Expect more exciting announcements over the next few days!

For more information on Meet Your Match visit their website

Streaming on Fileplay

Rob — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000

We're happy to announce that streaming is now available on Fileplay! No longer are you restricted to downloading the entire movie before you can watch it.

Here's an overview of how it works:

Lights Off: White background a bit bright for you? Just flick the switch to turn off the lights.

Full Screen: Click the four arrows when the overlay is up to expand the video to full screen. HD is recommended for this!

*Play In Window: Opens the video in a new window and enables HD quality.

*HD Option: If you hover the mouse over the video you'll see a small HD button. Click this to enable the highest quality version.

The features with a * by them require being logged in to Fileplay. You have a Fileplay account if you've ever purchased anything from Multiplay or visited our forums.

If you haven't done the above, don't worry as it only takes 30 seconds to sign up for free!

Enough talking though, why not check out a HD frag movie here : Str8 Rippin Montage

Call of Duty: World at War updated

liv3d — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Treyarch's Call of Duty: World of War has been updated to version 1.5

The huge patch can be downloaded here via our download site Fileplay

Multiplay are Recruiting

Wizzo — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Multiplay are taking steps to seriously drive forward in key areas of our business, especially our online services. We need more staff to realise our exciting plans for development of both existing and as yet unseen systems.

We currently have the following vacancies available.

Senior Developer (2x) - Full Time - Based at our Southampton Office

Customer Services and Support Technician (1x) - Part Time - Work from Home with occasional office trips

If you are interested in either of the above, or would like more information, please head to our Support Site and raise a ticket in the Jobs/HR department. You can attach an electronic version of your CV when you raise a ticket. Alternatively, should you wish to contact us by phone then call us on 020 7100 1337 (Mon-Fri 9am-6pm).

More Fun Tournaments announced

Neophyte — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Multiplay is pleased to announce some additional fun tournaments for i37. In addition to the popular tournaments for Team Fortress 2 and Left 4 Dead we will also be running Battlefield 2, Plants vs Zombies and Peggle Deluxe Tournaments. Battlefield 2 will be open to i37 BYOC only and both Plants vs Zombies and Peggle Deluxe will be open to TUP participants on the Multiplay Stand.

Community and Tournament Manager Steve Lynch said:

“We have been listening to the community on what further tournaments they wish to participate in at the event. We expect these tournaments to be both popular and entertaining for the event. Battlefield 2 was a much requested tournament that we felt we could not ignore. Both Peggle and Plants vs Zombies should provide attendees with competition more on the light hearted side. This shows our commitment to make tournaments more accessible and provides appeal to the masses.”

Signups for these tournaments will open tomorrow.

Changes to Prize Ceremonies

Neophyte — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Multiplay will be making some important changes to the way prizes are given out, and the overall structure of the Prize giving Ceremony. Previously Multiplay have held the Prize giving Ceremonies on the Monday, forcing winners to stay till the end to receive their rewards. This all changes from i37, as Multiplay will be holding the Prize Ceremonies at the end of each day. This means that should you win the Call of Duty 4 Final on the Sunday Afternoon, you will need to attend the Sunday night Prize Ceremony.

Managing Director Craig Fletcher had the following to say:

“We have listened to the concerns of teams attending our events, some of whom find it difficult to stay for a Monday afternoon presentation ceremony. We expect the change to multiple prize ceremonies to further increase the appeal of the i-Series to international teams. This in turn should help grow the spectator audience, both at the event and online. This demonstrates Multiplay's continuing commitment to help grow e-sports, both in the UK and beyond.”

In addition to the above, the final tournament schedules will be announced within the next week, allowing customers to see for the first time when they will be playing, and allow them to plan their weekends more efficiently. Whilst they will not know who they are playing until signups close, teams will at least know when matches will be taking place.

Street Fighter IV elevated to prize tournament

Neophyte — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000

We are pleased to announce that the Street Fighter IV (XBox 360) tournament has been elevated from a fun tournament to a prize winning tournament! This will make i37 the first major tournament for SF IV in 2009.

The tournament will take place on Saturday 8th August in the M Festival hall. Both participants of i37 and visitors to M Festival will be able to take part in the tournament, which is being held in the "Turn Up and Play" area of the hall. All you need to do to take part is register and bring yourself along on the day - no need to bring your console, we have plenty! Alongside this tournament will be the World Cyber Games Virtua Fighter 5 tournament and competitors will be able to enter both. Entering any of the WCG tournaments means a chance to win a trip to China and represent the UK in the WCG Grand Final later this year.

An initial £200 will be awarded to the winner of Street Fighter IV, with £100 going to the runner up and a further £50 given to the 3rd placed competitor. These prize funds are guaranteed to be at least this much but we will substantially increase this figure if signups prove popular. To give you an idea, the total prize fund would increase to £500 should we get 64 competitors and again to £1,000 if we hit 128+ registrations. So make sure you get all your friends involved!

To register for this tournament you will need an M Festival day pass which you can book via our M Festival website. Many of our other tournaments require a full "Weekend Festival" ticket but to show our support for the thriving SF IV community we have dropped the requirement to just a single day ticket as a minimum.

Registrations will open tomorrow (Friday 3rd July 2009) via our i-Series website. Hadouken!

i37 - Limited BYOC tickets available

Neophyte — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000

A limited number of tickets have become available for the BYOC area of i37. These tickets are sure to be snapped up very fast so if you are still wanting to attend we are advising everyone to confirm their places with payment as soon as possible.

If you want to be part of the gaming event of the summer, then order your tickets online here. These tickets are limited and there is no guarantee any further ones will be made available.

WCG UK Xbox 360 Tournaments Announced

Neophyte — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000

We are pleased to announce the Xbox 360 tournaments for the upcoming World Cyber Games UK Nationals. The UK will be entering players for both Guitar Hero World Tour and Virtua Fighter 5 from the Xbox360 games division. Qualification will be via Qualifiers leading to the National Final held at Multiplays M Festival / i-Series event at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire. The Qualifiers for these tournaments will be held on Friday the 7th August 2009 with the National Finals taking place on Saturday 8th August at the same venue.

Participants must hold a valid UK Passport to be entered into the tournament. Further details of these and all tournaments featured at this event can be found on The iseries Website

Registration for either of these tournaments will end at 12pm Friday 7th August and must be made in person at the venue. Further tournaments for both the PC and XBox 360 platforms will be announced within the next week.

Further Details about M Festival can be found on the M Festival 2009 Website

Left 4 Dead updated

liv3d — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Today Valve released an update to Left 4 Dead
Some of the major changes include support for custom campaigns.

For the complete change list & to comment, check out the update post in our forums

Exclusive Be internet offer for all Multiplay Customers

Neophyte — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Be are supporting Multiplay once again with a last minute offer on broadband to all Multiplay customers. For the last few days of the month, Be will be giving away £48 Amazon gift certificates (instead of £24) on all 12 month contracts. You must enter a special offer code – 24OfferBTC1 – during sign up to qualify. The offer ends 30 June 2009 so don’t delay.

To take advantage of this excellent offer, head on over to the Be website now!

Updates to Team Fortress 2, Half-Life 2: Episode 1 & 2, and Portal

Dentist — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

These provide support for the Novint Falcon gaming device and provides a host of bug fixes, particually focusing on the achievements for the Sniper and Spy update. You can see the full patch notes here

ArmA2 Clanserver Information

Dentist — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

We are looking into being able to support ArmA2, but due to the current instabilities in the dedicated server code, and some other issues we are currently unable to provide gameservers at this moment in time.
We are currently talking to the developers and hope to have these available soon.

**UPDATE**
Without having the ArmA2 developers fix the current AI problems we have in their code, we will be unable to provide clanservers to customers.
We will currently be offering servers to Dedicated customers due to the very high resource usage. If you're interested in this, drop us a ticket at http://support.multiplay.co.uk/

WCG UK - Mobile Tournaments Announced

Neophyte — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

We are pleased to announce the first tournaments for the upcoming World Cyber Games UK Nationals. The UK will be entering players for both Asphalt 4 and Wise Star 2 from the mobile games division. Qualification will be via Qualifiers leading to the National Final held at Multiplays M Festival / i-Series event at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire. The Qualifiers for these tournaments will be held on Friday the 7th August 2009 with the National Finals taking place on Saturday 8th August at the same venue.

Participants must hold a valid UK Passport to be entered into the tournament. Further details of these and all tournaments featured at this event can be found Here

BYOC Spaces Available at i37

Scoobs — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Due to a number of recent cancellations we have a few BYOC seats available for the taking!

If you want to be part of the 'Gaming Event of the Summer' then get you name on the waiting list NOW and grab those seats while you can!

Once you are on the waiting list why not pick up the phone and speak directly to Multiplay HQ where someone will be more than happy to assist in taking your payment! The number to call is 0845 868 1337!

i37 - Seating Defrag Information

Neophyte — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

In an attempt to alleviate some of the problems everyone has been having finding seats, we will next week be doing another seating defrag.

If you are currently unable to find a place for your team, can you please make sure all of your members are marked with the same unique tag. Once you have done this can you then submit a ticket under the seating queue highlighting the changes you wish to be made. Unfortunately we will not be able to accommodate everyone's requests, but we will be ensuring we can sort as many requests as are possible.

i37 - Sold Out!

Neophyte — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

In a flurry of last minute payments we've sold out of BYOC spaces at i37! We are entirely sold out - 2,050 seats snapped up by the gaming masses.

The response we've had has gone so far beyond what we imagined, we're fired up and excited about putting on the best LAN we've ever done this August. It will be an unforgettable and unmissable experience and 2,050 of you agree!

There are going to be people who are disappointed that they didn't get a chance to buy a ticket in time - all is not lost however.

Our waiting list is now in operation and you need to get yourself onto it ASAP - you can do so by signing up and attempting to pay as normal. Instead of paying you will be put onto a waiting list in order. Those who cancel their place between now and August will give their place to the top person on the list and we will work our way down.

There is just under two months between now and the event there WILL be people who will cancel so get yourselves on the list and get on it quick, it's first come first served.

You can still attend the event by purchasing a spectator ticket, and still enter some tournaments including the £2,500 Halo 3 tournament, just signup below!

Get on the list now or book a spectator pass!

Less than 100 BYOC tickets remain for i37!

Neophyte — Sun, 31 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Ticket sales for i37 have surpassed all our expectations. In fact as I type this we have a mere 93 BYOC tickets left with over 2 months till the actual event. This is breaking even i34's record last year and means we are set for yet another record breaking LAN. If you haven't confirmed your booking by payment, we urge you to do so now as we have almost 400 people who have provisionally booked tickets but not paid - this means 300 of them will miss out! If you haven't yet made a provisional booking, don't worry you can still purchase a ticket. Only tickets that are paid for are guaranteed. Don't forgot to pick your seat once you have confirmed your place with payment.

Quiet PC Confirm i37 Attendance

Neophyte — Sun, 31 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

We are still over 2 months away from i37 and the exhibitors are starting to fully confirm. After their successful and busy stand at i36, Quiet PC have become the next exhibitor to confirm. If i36 is anything to go by we can expect a good mix of noise reduced xboxes running a host of games, real 3d gaming, the latest Zalman products and a whole host more. More news on what Quiet PC will be offering this time around will be released in the coming weeks. In the meantime make sure you check them out

Aquatuning launch new UK website

Neophyte — Sun, 31 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

One of the first exhibitors to confirm for i37, Aquatuning, have launched their new UK website. Stocking over 1,000,000 cooling and modding products, this is fantastic news for the UK consumer. What's more, To celebrate the launch of their new shop they are offering
all UK customers free standard shipping on all orders over £50!

This fantastic offer is only available for a limited time and will finish on 14.06.2009 at midnight. Delivery methods included in the offer are UPS standard and Royal Mail!

Head on over and check them out!

StratLAN July 09 Launched

Wizzo — Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The next installment of our StratLAN events has now been launched. StratLAN July 2009 takes place from 6pm Friday 3rd until 4pm Sunday 5th July and has 96 initial spaces up for grabs.

Always popular, StratLAN's are small, close-knit LANs where newcomers are more than welcome and the variety of games played is very wide indeed. From big games of "the space game that shall not be named", through to midtown madness, BF1942 wake reunion and the regular favourites of Dota/Sup Com, there is sure to be something to fit every gamers taste.

Interested? Why not find out more about the event or if you're already convinced head to book now

Killing Floor Servers Available!

Killing — Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

From the developers of Red Orchestra, comes Tripwire Interactive's new game zombie co-op shooter Killing Floor!

With a persistent perk system & Co-Op game mode for up to 6 players, allows for obliterating multiple waves of specimens and all without a plant pot or molotov in sight!

As always to get the ultimate online experience you need the ultimate quality server which is exactly what you get with a Multiplay Gameservers - Killing Floor Server. From just £8 pcm there a bargain too so what are waiting for, Order Your Multiplay Killing Floor Server now!

1 hour left of Early Bird

Killing — Mon, 11 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Only 260 tickets left and its now officially mere minutes till the end of Early Bird. Don't miss out book i37 now!

Aquatuning confirm Sponsorship of i37

Neophyte — Mon, 11 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

We are pleased to confirm the first sponsor of i37, Aquatuning will be sponsoring the event in a very unique way! We don't want to let the cat out of the bag just yet but keep your eyes peeled for more information over the coming days.

So who are Aquatuning I hear you say? Aquatuning are a huge German based cooling distributor, who will very shortly be entering into the UK market. To give you an idea of their scale they have over 1,000,000 products in stock! This is fantastic news for the UK consumer and if you can't wait for their UK site to open, why not check out their German site at http://www.aquatuning.de to get a feel for what they will be offering.

We will be announcing more on Aquatuning over the coming days, but keep a close eye here for news on their UK Launch.

A few Hours remain for Early Bird - Almost 1600 Tickets Sold and 554 more booked!

Neophyte — Mon, 11 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

There is now only a few hours until our Early Bird Discount of 29% expires. To take advantage of this incredible offer you must pay before Midnight on the 11th of May or else you will have to pay full price to attend. As we write this almost 1570 people have confirmed their place with payment and a further 554 have booked meaning that 124 people risk losing their place if they dont pay soon! If you haven't already booked do so now and pay immediately to guarantee yourself a place!

Sign up for i37 and pay before Midnight on the 11th May and get a massive 29% off the ticket price.

Don’t forget once you have paid for your place, you can pick your seat.

If you’ve not booked yet, here’s a little taster of what’s to come at i37

£5,000 Multiplay Counter-Strike: Source Cup
£2,500 Multiplay Halo 3 Cup (Xbox 360)
Up to £5,000 Multiplay Call of Duty Cup
i37 is also host to the World Cyber Games 2009 UK qualifiers, the winners of which will have the opportunity to compete in the grand final in Chengdu, China.

But it’s not all about winning prizes; we have the ever popular fun tournaments to tickle your gaming fancy.

Still want more? Check out the i37 website and if you are a Twitter user you can follow us.

Only 3 days left until the end of Early Bird!

Neophyte — Fri, 08 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

There is now only 3 days till our Early Bird Discount of 29% expires. To take advantage of this incredible offer you must pay before the 11th of May or else you will have to pay full price to attend. As we write this over 1300 people have confirmed their place with payment and a further 500 have booked meaning 90% of the event is already taken up! Act now to avoid disapointment!

Sign up for i37 and pay before Midnight on the 11th May and get a massive 29% off the ticket price.

Don't forget once you have paid for your place, you can pick your seat.

If you've not booked yet, here's a little taster of what's to come at i37

£5,000 Multiplay Counter-Strike: Source Cup

£2,500 Multiplay Halo 3 Cup (Xbox 360)

Up to £5,000 Multiplay Call of Duty Cup

i37 is also host to the World Cyber Games 2009 UK qualifiers, the winners of which will have the opportunity to compete in the grand final in Chengdu, China.

But it's not all about winning prizes; we have the ever popular fun tournaments to tickle your gaming fancy.

Still want more? Check out the i37 website and if you are a Twitter user you can follow us

Only 4 days left until the end of Early Bird!

Neophyte — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Time is running out fast to secure your discounted place at the largest UK LAN of the year! Already we have almost 65% of places sold so act now to avoid missing out! We are still ahead of last years sales which sold out very early.

There are only 4 days left to take advantage of the 29% early bird discount which ends on Monday 11th May 09 at midnight!

Tickets are expected to sell out so to avoid disappointment Book now and confirm your place by payment.

i37 - Only 5 days until the end of Early Bird!

Scoobs — Wed, 06 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

i37 has reached 1700 seats booked of which 1200 have been confirmed by payment. There are only 5 days left to take advantage of the 29% early bird discount which ends on Monday 11th May 09 at midnight!

Tickets are expected to sell out so to avoid disappointment Book now and confirm your place by payment.

UnrealTournament 3 - v2.1 patch

Killing — Mon, 04 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Epic have released Patch 5 aka v2.1 for UnrealTournament 3 you can download this from Fileplay

All Multiplay Unreal Tournament 3 servers are patched of course.

1,000 Paid already, under two weeks till i37 sellout?

Killing — Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

That's right folks i37 is now 1/2 sold out in under 3 weeks, that's a new record.

So with now just over two weeks of early bird left, if you haven't paid yet don't delay, as at this rate its a race between early bird cut off and total sell out, which will win is anyone's guess.

So don't miss out on the biggest gaming event this year, confirm your space at i37 now!

Once your all booked, pick your seat and signup for tournaments.

i37 Reaches 1330 booked, 900 Paid

Wizzo — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Another day, another milestone. i37 is really going nuts now. As today is payday for many, expect the current rate of over 100 seats every day to increase significantly.

Don't miss out on i37. Book now and confirm your place by payment to avoid disappointment.

1200 booked, 800 Paid for i37!

Wizzo — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000

With just 12 days to go of the early bird discount for i37, we have hit yet another milestone. 800 people have now confirmed their places by payment. At the current rate and based on previous trends, we are likely to achieve close to if not a full sellout before the end of the early bird period.

With payday for many people now upon us, it really is the time to ensure you don't miss out on i37. Book your place here and then don't forget that you are only guaranteed a place and able to pick a seat once you have confirmed it by payment. You can do this online instantly by credit/debit card or with PayPal here.

Team mates made of fail and not able to sort themselves out in time? Well take advantage of the recently launched group booking system and grab a block of seats for you and your friends. Just hit the booking page as normal and select the group booking option. See this post for more information.

Fileplay - Battlefield Heroes BETA Key Giveaway!

Killing — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Starting Monday Fileplay will have a boat load of Battlefield Heroes Keys to giveaway for FREE!

If you don't already have a Multiplay or Fileplay Account you can signup now and be ready to claim your free Battlefield Heroes BETA Key as soon as they are released.

Don't forget if you love Heroes you can also pre-order your Battlefield Heroes Server

Event Group Bookings and Auto-Paypal Payment Launched

Wizzo — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000

We are pleased to announce the launch of group bookings for the i-series and also the ability to pay for our events with PayPal instantly online.

Group bookings allow a team/group manager to book a block of places at the event and pay for them in one go. This manager can then pick seats for the whole group on the seating plan. You then have until 7 days prior to the event to gather the Multiplay account details and inform us so we we can allocate the bookings. We hope to automate the booking allocation process in the future, but for now it will be manual through our support ticket system. This feature should be an absolute Godsend to teams and large groups, as organising any group of people to sort out bookings and seats for anything can be like pulling teeth sometimes! :).

To make a group booking, simply head to the usual booking page and choose the group booking option.

Up until now you could use PayPal to pay for an event ticket, but it was a manual process where you sent the money to an email address. This is no longer the case, as you can now choose PayPal as a method of paying for a booking and it will be processed instantly, allowing you to pick a seat straight away. No more waiting for us to manually deal with the email payments!

Not paid for i37 yet and want to use PayPal? Head to the Payment Page and get in before the mad payday rush!

BF2 v1.5 Beta Patch Released

Rob — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The first beta of the long awaited patch for Battlefield 2 has been released on Fileplay.net Grab your copy here: Fileplay. Remember your Multiplay account also works on Fileplay

i37 hits 500 sold!

Wizzo — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000

In less than a week, i37 has sold 25% of available BYOC spaces. This far exceeds the sale rate of i34, the inaugural Stoneleigh event last year. i37 is on course for a record-breaking sellout within a month of launch.

There is still time to secure your place and get the crazy 29% discount off the full ticket price. However, our deadline for early bird of 11th May may well prove to be beaten to the post by us simply running out of spaces! Go sign up now for the gaming festival of the Summer!

BF2 v1.5 Beta Patch Released

Rob — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The first beta of the long awaited patch for Battlefield 2 has been released on Fileplay.net Grab your copy here: Fileplay. Remember your Multiplay account also works on Fileplay

200 Paid for i37!

Wizzo — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000

It has not even been 48 hours since the launch of early bird for i37, but we have already hit 200 paid bookings for the event! i37 is selling faster than even the record-breaking i34, which means we are on course to sell out all 2000 seats at the event even earlier than last year.

With the seating plan now launched, the initial tournaments announced and accommodation open for bookings, there really is no excuse to get your place confirmed at the gaming event of the summer. Sign up for i37 now to avoid disappointment and get 29% off the ticket price!

i37 Seat Picker open!

Boffbowsh — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000

We've opened up the seat picker for i37. Once you've paid, simply login to the seat picker and click where you want to sit. Remember you can also nominate a seat manager using the search function.
If you're coming with an Xbox and will be wanting to play games on the LAN, then please hold fire. We've reserved you seats and will be opening up an Xbox-only area very shortly.

i37 Tournaments Announced!

Boffbowsh — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Reckon your team deserved a little better than 9th-12th at i36? Redeem yourself at i37 as we announce another £5,000 for CSS, £2,500 for Halo 3 and up to £5,000 for Call of Duty.

We've also announced fun tournaments for Left4Dead, Team Fortress 2 and Street Fighter 4.

Not paid for i37 yet? Book now before the 11th of May and get entry for only £63.90! Already got your place sorted? Get yourself signed up for the tournaments!

i37 Hostel and Hotel Bookings

Boffbowsh — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Bookings are now open for Basic and Standard Twin Hostel rooms, and Twin rooms in the Hotel. To add these services to your existing i37 booking, simply go to My Event Bookings. If you've not yet paid for i37, what are you waiting for? It's only £63.90 before 11th May. Signup now and grab one of the hostel or hotel rooms for a good nights sleep and more efficient gaming.

i37 Early Bird Launched

Wizzo — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000

We've just finished unloading the lorries at Multiplay HQ here, after a long night packing down. Before we all head home to relax, we had an important job to finish. No sooner is i36 over, but we are inundated with emails and phone calls with people champing at the bit to get in on i37 as soon as possible. The wait is over, as we are pleased to announce the launch of i37's early bird bookings!!

i37 will take place at Stoneleigh Park over 7-10th August 2009. We have 2000 BYOC spaces up for grabs and the M Festival will be back with both indoor and outdoor activities and of course the exhibition. Initial tournaments will be announced very soon but are sure to include CSS and CoD on PC and Halo 3 on XBOX360.

We have had to increase the price for i37 by £10 for BYOC spaces. The price of i-series tickets has been held static for over 2 years now, but increasing costs have meant we can no longer do so. However, we are maintaining the previous early bird price of £64 if you pay before 11th May 2009! That's a discount of 29% off the new price!

Last year, i34 sold out in just over a month, with well over 1,000 people paying during the early bird period. This year is already shaping up to be no different as it seems over 70 of the more resourceful amongst you have already found the signup page and paid for i37!

The link to sign up can be found here. Go go grab your place whilst you can and get a seat for 29% off! Offer ends 11th May at 6pm.

Fast passes are now available!

Neophyte — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000

You can now print your Fast Pass tickets. Print yours out to help speed up the checkin process and spend less time queueing!

Login here to print your i36 Fast Pass!

If you need to re-print your Fast Pass for any reason you can do so from the My Bookings page of our website.

Whats on at i36?

Neophyte — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000

In just under a weeks time we will see the early masses start descending upon the UK's first big LAN event of 2009. We take a look at what will be on and when in the exhibition hall.

What's on 'Stage'

Friday

10.00 - 11.00 Opening Ceremony

11.00 - 16.00 Wii Fun and PS3 Wipeout HD Challenge

16.00 - 17.00 CS.S Group Stage Match

17.00 - 18.00 Guitar Hero WT Band Qualifiers

18.00 - 19.00 Rustlers COD4 Group Stage Match

19.00 - 19.30 Guitar Hero WT Band Qualifiers

Saturday

11.00 - 12.30 Halo 3 Group Stage Match

12.30 - 13.30 Fifa 09 Group Stage Matches

13.30 - 14.00 Guitar Hero WT Band

14.00 - 15.30 Halo 3 Group Stage

15.30 - 16.30 Fifa 09 Double Elim Match

16.30 - 17.30 Street Fighter 4

17.30 - 20.00 Red Bull DJ mixing team and PS3 Wipeout HD Challenge

20.00 - 23.00 Pub Quiz (In STROLLERS Restaurant)

Sunday

12.00 - 13.00 Guitar Hero 1v1 Qualifiers

13.00 - 14.30 Counterstrike Source Upper Bracket Finals

14.30 - 15.30 Street Fighter 4 Tournament Matches

15.30 - 17.00 Rustlers Call of Duty 4 Grand Final

17.00 - 18.00 Guitar Hero 1v1 Double Elim Matches

18.00 - 19.00 Counterstrike Source Grand Final

Monday

10.00 - 11.00 PS3 Wipeout HD Challenge

11.00 - 12.00 EA Fifa 09 Grand Final

12.00 - 13.00 Halo 3 Grand Final

14.00 - 15.00 Presentations

Exhibition - What's there to see

Quiet PC

Witness 3D gaming up close with 10 popular PC titles for all to play. Some of Zalman's latest and greatest products will be on display such as the new PSUs, new CPU coolers, new VGA coolers and much more. You can even try out Zalman's FPS Gun! Finally we will also be playing Rock Band 2 and Street Fighter IV (plus other games) on a modded Xbox 360. This Xbox has been modded with one thing in mind, noise reduction.

Codemasters

Exclusive opportunity to get hands-on gameplay with FUEL, Overlord II and Damnation, as well as having some awesome prize giveaways and a chance to win 40” Full HDLCD TV.For the MMO fans, we’ll be giving you some gaming time with ‘Jumpgate Evolution’ and ‘Lord of the Rings Online: The Mines Of Moria’.Finally we’re going to be running a free slush stand,to help keep you “FUEL’ed up”!

Crucial

The Pig stacking is back along with table football, Ballistix Arcade Machine, Crucial Body Twist and Ballistix Blockade. Other fun activities will include the Memory Installation race and daily flash games to win RAM. As it's Easter, we will also be running lots of competitions so make sure you pop over to the stand.

Network 3D

Will be hosting the legendary "Make Me Cooler" competition. Pimp my ride for gamers. If you already own a top spec system, don't worry ... We have over £5,000 worth of other prizes and free giveaways ... So make sure you register you details and seat number NOW! You could win the following...

Novatech X55MV Pro Gaming Laptop

Coolit Domino ALC (liquid cooling system)

Windows Vista available on Steam from May

Elbonio — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Microsoft have taken the surprise move of allowing copies of their Windows operating system to be distributed by Valve's Steam platform. Windows Vista will be available for as little as £89.99 on the service, whilst offering a £299.99 "Microsoft Suite" which includes MS DOS, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows ME, Windows 2000 and Hover.

Windows Vista will be available on Steam from May 1st and will include a free demo of Windows 7 for all pre-orders. Those attending i36 will be able to pre-load Vista from our fast local servers.

Multiplay Online Hits 3,000 Servers

Wizzo — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Multiplay's online gaming service has just passed the 3,000 server milestone for the first time. At the time of writing, 3,012 servers are online across our Amsterdam and London locations offering a total of 48,064 concurrent player slots.

We have seen significant growth in our online gaming services since the launch of our revamped Gameservers site before Christmas. Multiplay online hosts thousands of Clanservers (rented game server instances), dedicated servers and voice comms services, but also offers nearly 200 free-to-play public servers.

Multiplay's affiliate scheme launched earlier this year allows customers to recommend friends and get commission as credit for their service. Some customers are getting their services for free already by referring all their friends.

We have more good news to come. With features of version 3 of our industry-leading ClanForge server administration system being rolled out in beta, Multiplay is further extending it's lead in the technology of game server management. So far this month full BF2CC and BF2142CC support has been launched, with a complete revamp of the interface and the launch of FTP access coming soon.

There's never been a better time to rent a gameserver or voice comms server from Multiplay. Check out our offers @ http://www.multiplaygameservers.com

i36 hits 1600 BYOC Paid

Wizzo — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The last minute rush for seats for i36 is on, with the 1,600th sold just moments ago. This leaves just 300 seats to go in the last 9 days before the event. Yes it really is next week that it all kicks off!

We have announced a load of the goings on already, from tournaments and exhibitors to the food and drink on offer at the venue. This week Codemasters joined the ever-increasing line-up for i36. They will be offering exclusive hands-on showings at the event, such as Jumpgate: Evolution, Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria, FUEL, Overlord II and Damnation. They will also be helping keep us all "FUEL'ed up" with free slush puppies available from their stand.

Fear not there is still time to get your place secured and your seat picked. Ensure you don't miss out on the first big LAN of 2009 and book your place now.

i36 Exhibitors - Codemasters

Neophyte — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

We spoke to Codemasters today to find out what they will be doing at i36. The following is what they had to say:

"Make sure you visit the Codemasters stand at i36, as we’ll be providing you with an exclusive opportunity to get hands-on gameplay with FUEL, Overlord II and Damnation, as well as having some awesome prize giveaways during the course of the event. We’ve got some great prizes lined up for you to win, including a 40” Full HD LCD TV and plenty of cool limited edition Codemasters related swag.

For the MMO fans amongst you, we’ll also be giving you a chance to get hands-on gaming time with ‘Jumpgate Evolution’ and ‘Lord of the Rings Online: The Mines Of Moria’.

Finally to top things off in the best possible way, we’re going to be running a free slush stand, giving away Raspberry, Lemon and Lime, Strawberry and Orange flavoured slush drinks to help keep you “FUEL’ed up”!"

i36 - Event Food and Drink Options

Neophyte — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

With i36 now just around the corner, we are finally able to release the food and drink options available at the event. In fact if you support the expansionist theory of mere it is indeed mere days to the event!

As ever we have the usual wide variety of offerings available at the event and a few new options for you to try. First up we take a look at strollers restaurant:

Strollers Restaurant

Breakfast: 8.00am-11.00am

Five Item Breakfast: £5.50
Sausage, Bacon, Fried Egg, Baked Beans and Tomatoes
This includes a complimentary tea or coffee

Three Item Breakfast Roll: £3.50

Cereal: £0.70

Lunch: 11.30am-3.00pm

Southern Fried Chicken, chips and beans £5.00
Pie of the day, mash potato and gravy £5.00
Portion of chips £2.00

Daily Specials - £5.00
To include dishes such as the following

Lasagne

Enchiladas

Bolognaise & penne pasta

Sausage & chips

Vegetarian option each day

(Specials to change daily)

Dinner: From Thursday 4.30pm-9pm

All Meals £5.50 (unless indicated)

Thursday

Chicken and mushroom pie

Cheese and potato pie

Chilli and rice

Friday

Lasagne with garlic bread

Vegetable Lasagne with garlic bread

Fish and chips

Saturday

Chicken Curry with poppadoms

Vegetable curry with poppadoms

Beef stroganoff

Sunday

Roast Beef with Yorkshire pudding - £6.50

Sausage and chips

Vegetable pasta bake

All meals served with potatoes and vegetables of the day

Sandwiches and baguettes will be for sale all day every day

Pizza

We will have a pizza service available from Strollers restaurant. There will also be a separate order point in Hall 2 where customers can order and pay for their pizza and have it delivered to their gaming station.

Pizza choices are:

Margherita

Farm house vegetable

BBQ beef

Meat supreme

Also available as calzone wraps

Pizza Prices

Small £4.00

Large £13.50

Pizza Meal Deal Prices

Small (includes a smoothie/soft drink) - £5.00

Large (includes 2 smoothies/soft drink) - £15.00

Hot wraps £3.50

Meal Deal (includes a smoothie/soft drink) £4.50

Bar

Link-way opening times:
Thursday 6pm-11pm
Friday 11am-2am
Saturday 11am-2am
Sunday 11am-11pm
Monday 11am – 2pm

A full draught bar to be available. To include lager, bitter and cider

Happy hour every night (drinks offer)7pm – 8pm.

During happy hour cocktails of the day will be served in jugs - £10.00

During happy hour, we will have bottles of Carlsberg Lager for £2.00.

Other happy hour promotions are currently under negotiation

Saturday night pub quiz and boat race in strollers with temp bar set up for the evening

Draft Beer

Bass

Becks Vier

Stowford Press Cider

Bottles & Cans

Carlsberg

Guinness

Smirnoff Ice

Spirits & Wines

Smirnoff Vodka

Gordon's Gin

Bacardi Rum

Bells Scotch Whiskey

Red Wine

White Wine

Soft Drinks, Mixers & Mineral Water

Juice Press Drink

Various Mixers

Coke & Diet Coke

Fanta

Sprite

Mineral Water

Burger Van

A burger Van will also be availble outside bar in the link area between the 2 halls. This will be serving a variety of Fast food products and soft drinks throughout the weekend.

Network 3D confirm i36 attendance

Neophyte — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Network 3D have confirmed their i36 attendance and issued the following press release.

Founded in 2005, Network 3D Limited is Europe's ONLY online e-media company specialising in promotions, product awareness, reviews and targeted advertising campaign through our very popular in-house publications ... CPU3D and Playit3D.

Bringing eSports and people together
March 2009, Cardiff, UK - Network 3D Media Group (Network 3D Ltd) is proud to annouce that we have established a partnership with Multiplay.co.uk - UKs #1 LAN organisers and home of the I-Series. This partnership will strengthen and boost the readership of our sister site Arm3D.com, which specialises in eSport news, articles and reviews of gaming peripherals. The Arm3D team will be covering all Multiplay I-Series and M-Festival events .... bringing you exclusive coverage, news and reports with photos, videos and featured articles.

What's more, the Network 3D Media Group will also be hosting the legendary "MakeMeCooler" event at all Multiplay I-Series and M-Festival events. MakeMeCooler is UK's coolest and ONLY PC makeover event. An event where the MakeMeCooler team will take your PC and turn it into something REALLY special. (subject to terms and conditions). For more details go here ... http://www.makemecooler.com/

Over the next 12 months, Network 3D Media Group will continue to grow and expand its readership in the UK as well as establishing a better worldwide presence. And thanks to our dedicated team behind CPU3D.com, we will continue to bring you what matters most ... fresh content, news, reviews and articles on all the latest computer hardware.

More Hostel Places available

Neophyte — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

We have managed to secure some extra hostel accommodation spaces, these will be sold on a first come first served basis. Spaces are limited so make sure you get in there fast if you want to enjoy the comforts of a real bed for the weekend. Further information on the hostel can be found on our accommodation page.

For rates and reservations visit our services information page.

The deadline for taking us up on this is the 2nd April 2009 at 12:00pm

i36 Exhibitors - What to expect Part 2

Neophyte — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

With i36 rapidly approaching we speak to more exhibitors and find out what they are planning to add to the event!

Sennheiser Communications

The Worlds leading headset specialist Sennheiser Communications have confirmed their involvement at the Multiplay i36 series on the 10^th-13^thApril at Stoneleigh Park and have partnered up with Multiplay to become the Official Headset Supplier for the event.

"Multiplay has grown rapidly over the past 5 years to become the leading player within LAN organising in the UK. Their Community, knowledge of pro gaming and understanding the needs of Gamers at these events is second to none. Sennheiser are excited to be invited to partner with Multiplay at the i36 series as the official headset supplier and are looking forward to interacting more with the Gaming community to listen to their needs the feedback they have. With a product offering of over 130 headphones and headsets, Sennheiser will aim to support and offer tailored product solutions to the gamers attending and are looking for their involvement in deciding what products to showcase"

Mark Andrews – Product Manager

At i36 Sennheiser will also be demonstrating its recently launched Flagship PC 350 Pro-gaming headset. The PC 350 features audiophile stereo quality ensuring the gamer hears everything before the enemy does. A large closed back design encapsulates the user ensuring external background noises are kept to a minimum. Communication is delivered through a premium quality, noise-reducing microphone with flexible boom arm. A rugged but flexible design make this headset a necessity for any serious gamer. Although some may see it as an “unfair advantage”.

Sennheiser will also be supporting the Turn up & Play and main stage arena with its Pro Gaming range and offering the 1900 pre-booked Gamers the opportunity to use the Sennheiser range at a special pre show offer price.

On Stand 11a in the exhibition hall Sennheiser will be partnering with a Games publisher (still to be confirmed) and run hourly LAN tournaments (8 stations) where attendees will have the opportunity to compete and try out the new some new titles. In addition other competitions and Giveaways will be announced throughout the event taking place on the Sennheiser Stand.

Further details from Sennheiser will be announced on the Multiplay Forums in due course.

Crucial

Crucial are back again and have a lot going on at i36, not only will they be doing their usual mix of fun games and social activities on their stand but they will be powering the steam content server at the event!

Crucial will be bringing back the Table football, Ballistix Arcade Machine, Crucial Body Twist and Ballistix Blockade. These all featured at the last 2 events and seemed to go down well. By popular demand Crucial will of course have the pig stacking, and they are bringing back the Memory Installation race. If that is not enough for you Crucial will also be running flash games each day to win RAM.

As it's Easter, Crucial will also be running a competition where they will have a large box filled with Easter themed bits and bobs, and foam shapes. Crucial will be mixing the box full of their merchandise. Items such as Memory modules, USB drives and Pigs for example with each item given a points value. The gamer will then be blind folded and given one minute to find as many of the Crucial items as possible. Items which aren't Crucial will give minus points. The points will go on a league table with the top score at a given time winning a prize! Confused? check their stand out for more info.

Quiet PC

We spoke to Paul at quiet PC and he told us the following:

"As 3D gaming continues to grow we'll have around 10 popular PC titles for anyone to play.. If you have not experienced 3D gaming before feel free to pop down to the stand for as long as you like!

We will also be showing some of Zalman's latest and greatest products. You'll find new PSUs, new CPU coolers, VGA coolers and much more. You can even try out Zalman's FPS Gun!

Finally we will also be playing Rock Band 2 and Street Fighter IV (plus other games) on a modded Xbox 360. This Xbox has been modded with one thing in mind, noise reduction. See www.quietxbox.com for more details and if you have any questions feel free to ask us when you see us!"

Codemasters

Codemasters are doing a lot of awesome things at the event, and we will be covering those at a later date. We did want to mention one thing though, with the amount of hot stuff going on in the exhibition hall you might need to cool down... if this is the case make sure you check out Codemasters stand. We hear rumour they may be bringing a Slush Puppy machine!

Only 15 Places left for Fifa09 £10,000 Tournament

Neophyte — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Yes thats right, space is running out fast for all you fifa players wanting a chance to win some cash! Only 15 places remain so if you are intending to participate in this tournament then get yourself signed up now!

If you have not yet paid for the event but wish to play you can do this now, spaces for the event are limited with only around 400 remaining so don't leave it too late and don't miss out!

i36 - Airsoft and Quad Biking Cancelled

Neophyte — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

We regret to announce two of our social activities have been cancelled. This is mainly down to poor ticket sales of both the quad biking and airsoft activities meaning the activities were not viable to operate. Customers who had already paid and booked for these will receive a full refund of either their airsoft or quad biking tickets very soon.

Fear not however, despite the loss of the above we have some exciting newscoming with regards what some of the exhibitors are bringing to the event. Stay tuned for more info!

i36 Signup Issues

Boffbowsh — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The i36 website has recently had an incorrect "Book Now!" link that directed you to a page which said "Malformed Request". This has now been fixed, so if you or any of your friends have had any issues paying, now's the time to go and buy!

Currently 1515 spaces have gone, leaving 385 spaces to go, and they will go quickly. Don't delay!

i36 - Pick your seat now!

Neophyte — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The event is almost upon us and the seating plan is filling up fast. We would like to remind all attendees that thy need to pick their seat as early as possible to be sure of sitting in the areas they wish too. So far 1,424 of you have done this out of 1,512 paid participants.

We expect tickets to start going fast very soon so now is the time to ensure you reserve your seat and avoid disappointment. You can pick your seat using our seat picker right now!

Not confirmed your attendance yet with payment? Why not do that now and ensure you still get to sit with your friends, once you have registered your payment then simply head to the seat picker and pick your spot - It couldn't be easier!

i36 - 1,500 tickets sold

Neophyte — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Don't miss out...

We are now only 3 weeks away from the UK's first big LAN event of the year, already over 1,500 tickets have been sold leading to the expansion of the event into two halls! As a result of this we have opened up an additional 400 spaces which we expect to sell out fast!

We are now about to enter the time period where traditionally tickets have sold very fast. Last year we saw 100 tickets go in a day so head over to http://i36.multiplay.co.uk now to avoid disappointment.

20% Off all Crysis & Crysis Wars Servers

Killing — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

To celebrate the release of Crytek's Crysis Wars v1.4 patch and SDK we are doing 20% off all Crysis & Crysis Wars servers ordered before the 21th of April. Click here to claim this discount or enter the voucher code warsftw on the Crysis Wars or Crysis order form

Now head over to Fileplay where you can download the Crysis Wars v1.4 patch and the download the Crysis Wars SDK at breakneck speeds.

i36 Fun Tournament PC Rules announced

Neophyte — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

i36 is just around the corner, and we are pleased to announce the rules for the fun tournaments on the PC. The confirmed fun tournaments for the PC are: Company of Heroes, Left 4 Dead, Team Fortress 2, and Unreal Tournament 2004.

Fun tournaments are all about you enjoying the events atmosphere and playing a few games with fellow event attendees. Even though the fun tournaments do not have a prize purse, you will gain bragging rights and the respect of being championed the winner.

Signups for the fun tournaments are in high demand, so make sure you sign up in time. All teams can sign up by going here.

If you fancy a shot at winning some serious cash at i36, then look no further! I36 will feature four great prize tournaments with a combined prize purse of £22,500. Electronic Arts will be providing a staggering £10,000 FIFA 09 (xbox) tournament, the biggest single prize fund at an i-Series yet! Rustlers and Multiplay have combined to bring £5,000 to Call of Duty 4 (pc). Multiplay will also be sponsoring the Counter-Strike: Source (pc) tournament which will have a prize pot of £5,000 for all you highly skilled Counter-Strike: Source teams out there. Last but almost certainly not least Halo 3 (xbox 360) will have £2,500 up for grabs.

If you fancy a chance at winning some major cash at i36 then make sure you sign up for your tournament before Friday 3rd April at 18:00 in order to guarantee your place. You can sign up by going here.

The tournament rules for each game can be found below:

Company of Heroes rules

Left 4 Dead rules

Team Fortress 2 rules

Unreal Tournament 2004 rules

i36 Exhibitors - What to expect Part 1

Neophyte — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

With just over 3 weeks till the event kicks off, we take a look at what the exhibitors plan to bring to the event this time around.

EA Games
EA are part of the furniture now at i-Series and M Festival. Every event they get people flocking to their stand and are a major tournament sponsor. i36 and M Festival Spring 2009 are no exception. EA are upping the ante by sponsoring the FIFA 09 tournament for a massive £10,000, the biggest single prize fund at an i-Series yet! There are 64 slots for this competition, and places are going fast, so make sure you signup now!

Rustlers
Rustlers are at i36 to make sure you GameSafe. Their lovely ladies will be keeping you supplied all LAN long with hot, free, tasty snacks to keep you going frag after frag. When you’re starting to lag, GameSafe and refuel with Rustlers. Rustlers have also sponsored the Call of Duty 4 tournament

Steelseries
SteelSeries will be displaying its complete product portfolio of headsets, gaming surfaces, keyboards, mice and accessories in the booth at M Festival. They’ll be giving you the chance to get hands-on with their products and testing the gear in-game.

Keep your eyes peeled as we will be announcing what everyone else is doing very shortly.

If you haven't already confirmed your place an don't want to miss out on this fantastic event, then head on over to our i36 website and do so now!

Last chance to book Airsoft & Quad Bikes!

Scoobs — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

We are coming to a point where we have to confirm the activities for the event and bookings so far have been quite slow going. If you want to see Quad bikes and Airsoft at i36 then you need to go to the booking services pages and take your spot.
Unfortunately, if there is insufficient interest by Friday 20th March 09 then we will be forced to cancel these services.
These are really cool activities, so go and book your tickets now. It would be a shame to cancel!

Win a £50 Amazon Certificate courtesy of Harris Interactive

Boffbowsh — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

We've partnered with the people at Harris Interactive to give you all the chance to win a £50 voucher from Amazon, just for filling in a simple survey! Most of you will probably be running on Intel's processors right now, and they need your help to build the Gaming products of the future. The survey lasts no more than 20 minutes and will mean you get the processors you need to perform best.

10 participants will be chosen at random to receive a free £50 voucher, so what are you waiting for? Take part in the survey now!

16 BETA Keys & FREE Fileplay Subscriptions with every Pre-Ordered Heroes Server

Killing — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Did you miss out on the Fileplay Battlefield Heroes Competition BETA key give-away? Well fear not; thanks to DICE we now have another great way for you to get early access to the Battlefield Heroes BETA.

For every Multiplay Battlefield Heroes server that is Pre-Ordered you will receive 16 BETA Keys to distribute to your fellow Multiplay Game Server team mates.

If that wasn't good enough, those same 16 lucky Multiplay Members will also receive a 1 month FREE Fileplay Subscription.

So don't delay Pre-Order your Multiplay Heroes Server Today, and your only problem will be: Who are the lucky 16?

20% Off World in Conflict Servers!

Killing — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

To celebrate the release of Massive's addon pack Soviet Assault for their ground breaking World in Conflict RTS we are doing 20% off all WiC servers ordered before the 12th of April.

Click here to claim this discount or enter the voucher code wicftw on the order form

The update for the original World in Conflict weights in at just under 1GB, but never fear you can download the v1.010 patch at breakneck speeds from Fileplay.

World in Conflict Patch 1.01 Patch Released

Rob — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Today (Tuesday 10th March) Massgate have released the latest patch for World in Conflict.

This tenth update for World in Conflict makes the original version compatible for multiplayer games with the upcoming March release of World in Conflict Complete and Soviet Assault.

It also includes several new features and bug fixes.

The missing maps issue preventing players from joining certain servers has been addressed

A new difficulty level has been added for bots, helicopters can now fire at targets directly beneath them

Single-player missions have been balanced and tweaked in several ways

Admin spectators can now chat to both teams and much more.

All localised client downloads can be found on Fileplay at http://www.fileplay.net/files/rts/wic/patches

i36 increased to 1900 seats with 2 halls confirmed

Scoobs — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Multiplay are pleased to announce that we have secured a two-hall event for i36. This has allowed us to increase the size of the event to 1900 BYOC spaces.

We will be staging the release of these extra seats on the seat picker. We will be releasing a block of seats tonight at 6pm and continuing each night until all seats are open. Keep watch on the seat picker. This should allow teams that are currently finding it difficult to sit together with the opportunity to move to the empty blocks being opened.

To make it easier for your clan to sit together, it helps to assign one of your clan to be the seat manager for all of your seats. This is done by logging into the seat picker, selecting the person you want to manage your seat and selecting "make manager of your seat".

The seats are selling very quickly and we anticipate a sell out before the event! Be sure to buy your seat quickly to avoid disappointment.

Team Fortess 2 Updated

Killing — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

A Teamfortress 2 update was released last night which includes the following changes and more:-

Added a duck timer that prevents duck spamming while running around on-ground.

In-air, players are only allowed to duck once before they touch ground again.

Fixed several bounding box issues with jumping, falling, and rocket jump air-walking. Bounding box should be much more accurate there now.

Increased backstab check so that Spies can side-stab again.

When disguising, Spies now always start showing the primary weapon in their disguise, and can then switch it with the last-disguise key.

20% Off Unreal Tournament 3 Servers!

Killing — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

To celebrate the release of Epic Games awesome v2.0 patch and Titan Pack for Unreal Tournament 3 we are doing 20% off all UT3 servers ordered before the 6th of April. Click here to claim this discount or enter the voucher code ut3ftw on the order form

If you haven't got this great game yet Steam have Unreal Tournament 3 for just £8.39 a whopping 40%, if your not quite convinced you can even try it for free this weekend as well, so what are you waiting for?

Already got UT3 but haven't yet got these great updates? You can download the patch and the Titan pack at breakneck speeds from Fileplay.

Call of Duty: World at War Patched!

Boffbowsh — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Our first big update of the day, Call of Duty: World at War has been updated to version 1.3. All servers are back up and running on the new version, and you can grab the 62meg patch over at Fileplay. Got nowhere to play? get a Call of Duty: World at War game server from Multiplay Gameservers

Battlefield Heroes Server Pre-Orders!

Killing — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Yes that's right folks! Multiplay Game Servers who brought you the premier Battlefield 2 and Battlefield 2142 Ranked servers in Europe have been chosen by DICE as Official Ranked server providers for Battlefield Heroes.

In celebration of this we have opened up Pre-orders for Battlefield Heroes servers, so if you want to ensure your server is ready to go the moment the game releases don't delay Pre-order Now!

Battlefield Heroes Beta Key Competition

Rob — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Courtesy of DICE we have beta keys to give away for their fantastic upcoming game Battlefield Heroes. For your chance to win a key, simply enter the competition on Fileplay.

Don't forget to check out the Official Battlefield Heroes site for all the details on this game.

New Official World in Conflict Maps Released

Killing — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Massive have released two new Officially sanctioned maps Airport supporting Domination and Bocage for the Tug of War gametype.

All Multiplay Servers have been updated and the maps added to our publics.

If you want to download these at ultra fast speeds you can find them on Fileplay: Download the World in Conflict Official Airport and Bocage Maps

i36 sells 1,200 spaces - only 300 left!

Elbonio — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000

We are fast approaching a BYOC sell-out for i36 as we have just sold out 1,200th seat - this leaves only 300 places left.

i36 features a massive £10,000 FIFA '09 tournament, sponsored by EA, as well as a £5,000 Call of Duty 4 tournament, sponsored by Rustlers and Multiplay.

There's tons more going on at the first big LAN of 2009, come and join us over the 10th-13th April @ Stoneleigh Park by booking your place now.

Call of Duty 5 World at War Linux Server Released

Killing — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Yes you heard right, it may be 3 months late but Treyarch / Activision have finally released a linux server for Call of Duty 5 World at War.

If you don't already have one of Multiplay's fine Call of Duty 5 World at War servers or just want to run your own you can download the Call of Duty 5 World at War Linux Server from Fileplay

No F.E.A.R 2 Servers

Killing — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Well it seems another game with promising multiplayer potential has been shot down due to the lack of available server files. Real shame as the original F.E.A.R was quite fun multiplayer.

For those that want to read more see Server files thread on the Official F.E.A.R 2 Forums

Update: Seems the developers don't want you the to play the multiplayer aspect of their game as they have now confirmed there will be no server release for the foreseeable future, sad news.

i36 Seating Plan Defrag Complete

Doc — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000

This afternoon we shifted a few seats about and made more room for clans to sit - There are now 11 blocks of at least 5 seats still available, and care has been taken to ensure that clans with more than half of their team signed up have been given breathing room to complete their lineup on the Seat Picker. If you still haven't paid for i36 yet then the space to bring a full clan is rapidly running out, so get your team to Sign up and Pay for their seats before seating themselves on our Seat Picker. With £10,000 from EA up for grabs for FIFA09 and a recently doubled prize fund for Call of Duty 4 thanks to Rustlers, now is the time to grab your i36 seat!

Rustlers double i36 Cod4 prize fund to £5,000

Neophyte — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000

We are extremely pleased to announce that Rustlers, creators of the UK's favourite hot snacks, have sponsored the Call of Duty 4 Tournament at i36. Rustlers have met our initial investment of £2,500 to double the prize fund to £5,000!

Rustlers will also be in attendance at the event with an exhibition stand which will include sampling of their products. More details on this will be announced soon.

This is fantastic news for our huge Call of Duty 4 community and There is now everything to play for in what’s going to be an excellent tournament.

Check out the CoD4 page on our i36site for more info.

Don't forget to grab your i36 ticket whilst you're at it - we have less than 400 spaces left and they're going fast!

Get more info on Rustlers Hot snacks here.

1,100 tickets sold for i36! Only 400 tickets left!

Neophyte — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Today saw i36 hit the magical milestone of 1,100 confirmed attendees for the event. We need to remind everyone that given the current economic situation we have to be prudent in our expectations, and as a result we’re looking at a limit of 1500 BYOC seats for this event. These are the seats currently available for choosing on the i36 seat picker. This leaves a mere 400 tickets and there is still 7 weeks to go!

Given the potential cap of 1,500 tickets we expect the remaining seats to be snapped up in the next few weeks. We would advise anyone intending to attend i36 to confirm thir place and pay for their seat to avoid disapointment. Head on over to our booking page now to do this.

Team Fortress 2 Scout Update Coming

Killing — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Valve have announced some jucy details about the upcoming Scout update for Team Fortress 2 including the Sandman a Bat which hits balls at the opposition stunning them, including Invunerable Players.

I got to get myself one of these :)

For more info checkout Team Fortress 2 Scout Update

Don't forget the best place to try this update out when its released is on your very own Multiplay Team Fortress 2 Server

TF2 and DOD:S Update

Rob — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000

A required update has been released for Team Fortress 2 and Day of Defeat:Source; as such all servers have been patched. This update includes some changes to the demoman sticky nades and other minor tweaks.

For more information read here: Steam news

Seating Plan Defrag on Thursday

Doc — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000

If you’re signed up to i36, or are planning to in the next few days, we are planning on doing a Seating Plan Defragmentation on Thursday 19th February.

This means that whilst clans already seated together will remain together, clans with single or double seats between them up a row will be shifted together to make a bit more room for another clan to sit in the same row. If the rest of your clan has signed up for i36 but you are trailing behind, the best way to secure your seat alongside your mates before it gets eaten up is to pay before Thursday and get yourself seated with your clan.

The best way of making sure your clan is all together is to nominate a Seat Manager. If you are the designated Seat Manager of your clan go and find somewhere to sit on our i36 Seat Picker. The rest of the clan can then search for your nick/clan/name and click ‘make manager of my seat’ to allow the manager to move you around the plan. Note that the seat manager can only move already seated clanmates, they cannot sit people who haven’t yet picked their seats and cannot remove you from the seating plan altogether.

If your clan is in difficulty in finding an expanse of space large enough to accommodate everyone, then your seating manager should select "Request Clan Consolidation" in their "Your Booking" details on the seating plan. This will send us a ticket to our Seating department and we’ll do our best to try and accommodate everyone. If you find that you can’t accommodate everyone then make sure you send us a request before Thursday.

This also means we will be locking the seating plan at 12 midday on Thursday 19th February to carry out the defrag. When the process is complete we will unlock it again and allow anyone still yet to pick a seat to be able to do so. Hopefully the whole process will be completed before the end of the week.

If you’re already in a full row and happy as it is, don’t worry – we’ll only be consolidating areas where there are many small gaps that could expand to make room for another clan.

StratLAN May 2009 Signups Open

RTO — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Signups are now open for the next StratLAN which will take place 8th - 11th May 2009, at Stratford-upon-Avon Racecourse. The StratLAN BBQ will be making a return, as will the usual diverse gaming and a couple of big, organised games.

We've also added the rest of this years StratLANs to our event diary, so you can check the provisional dates for the rest of the year. These will be confirmed as signups open for each event.

RSVP to our StratLAN May 2009 Facebook Event.

So what are you waiting for? Come for a weekend of fun in the land of Shakespeare, Book now for StratLAN May 2009!

Call of Duty 5 - World at War Patch v1.2 Released

Killing — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Thats right soldiers Activision's latest Call of Duty 5 - World at War has just been patched to v1.2.

So get over to Fileplay and download it!

For those of you with a server from Multiplay Game Servers your servers are already patched and ready to go! For those who dont have one, what are you waiting for Order your Multiplay Call of Duty 5 - World at War server now!

i36 Seats - Get Them Whilst You Can!

Wizzo — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000

There comes a point in the run-up to every i-series where we have to take a call on how many seats we think we are going to provide and make decisions on the layout accordingly. This time is fast approaching for i36.

Given the current economic situation we have to be prudent in our expectations and as a result we're looking at a limit of 1500 BYOC seats for this event. These are the seats currently avaialble for choosing on the i36 seat picker. This would also mean the exhibition being sited at the end of Hall 2 as we had at i35.

However, it is not set it stone just yet. You can influence our decision by getting those seats booked up. Not booked yet but planning on coming? Go go go grab your seat whilst you can. Also nag any of your friends who are slacking into action. If we get the rush early enough, we can take the decision to open up the remaining seats and go for the 2000!

We'll be looking to take the decision in the next couple of weeks, so go grab those seats! :)

Fun Tournaments at i36

Doc — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Signups for Fun Tournaments at i36 are now available! We have 7 games lined up to run and once we have worked out which tournaments we are running when at the LAN the opportunity for you to enter more than one may come about. Fun tournaments at i36 are:

Company of Heroes 2v2 (PC)

Guitar Hero: World Tour 1v1 (Xbox 360)

Left 4 Dead 4v4 (PC)

Project Gotham Racing 4 1v1 (Xbox 360)

Street Fighter IV 1v1 (Xbox 360)

Team Fortress 2 6v6 (PC)

Unreal Tournament 2004 1v1 (PC)

To sign up for any of these tournaments go to the ClanForge Signup Page. Please note to sign up for a tournament you must be paid up for i36.

Fileplay Pristontale II Beta Key Competition

Killing — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Fileplay has 50 Pristontale II beta keys to be give away. So if you're an MMO fan check out the Pristontale II Beta Key Competition

Amsterdam Teamspeak and Ventrilo Servers Launched

Killing — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000

In addition to our excellent London based servers, Multiplay are now offering both Teamspeak and Ventrilo Voice Comms servers in Amsterdam.

Combined with our cheap prices and excellent customer service, there now is really no reason not to buy Multiplay for Voice Comms in Europe.

Team Fortress 2 Update

Rob — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The changes have been well received by the competitive community in particular and can be viewed in full here: Steam News

StratLAN 40 Attendees Update Your Games!

RTO — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000

There are just THREE DAYS remaining until StratLAN 40. We've powered up StratServ and are updating all the games and we want to know which games you want to play! Let us know in the StratServ thread what we should be installing and we'll make sure they're all patched up!

As a reminder to all of you who are attending: UPDATE YOUR STEAM GAMES NOW. In particular there have been big L4D and TF2 updates in the last week.

There are also still some seats left, so if you know someone in need of a LAN, tell them to book their ticket now! The whole event is only £40 and you can spectate and be social from just £10.

1,000 paid for i36!

Doc — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000

With over 2 months left until i36 we've just crossed the magical barrier of 1,000 people paid. This is usually the point where people get their skates on and signups crescendo towards capacity as blocks of seats start becoming sparse. If you've already paid for i36 and are interested in signing up for a tournament you can do so over on our Tournament Signups Page and if you haven't yet paid you can do so by clicking here! Once you've paid you can also pick your own seat using our handy seat picker.

With a headlining £10,000 FIFA 09 tournament from EA and our own £5,000 Counter Strike: Source and £2,500 Call of Duty 4 and Halo 3 competitions, i36 is shaping up to be another fantastic LAN! Grab your space today!

One week 'til StratLAN 40!

RTO — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000

We are but a mere week away from StratLAN 40, and there are now over 80 people attending. There are, however, still 20 seats remaining waiting for you (to book now)!

I have opened up the seating in the smaller alcove and will keep an eye on signups and open the middle single row, if required. If you're yet to pick a seat (or fancy coming to sit with the cool kids) then head on over to the seat picker.

There's also discussion on the forum as to what the theme for SLAN40 should be. Personally my money is on birthdays (14 of them around the event), but you may disagree, either way: let us know what you think.

There's also chatter about what games to play and a handy list of things you need to remember (thanks Steadders!).

So what are you waiting for? Don't be left out; it's gonna be a great event! Book now for StratLAN 40!

Battlefield Heroes Beta Signups Open

Killing — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The next stage of the Battlefield Heroes beta is about to begin. To help test EA's free-to-play, comedic third-person World War II shooter, sign up on the official website.

Left 4 Dead updated

liv3d — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000

A major update to Valve zombie killer Left 4 Dead has been released. This update fixes a number of issues in both Campaign and Versus game modes.

Some of the changes include:

Fixed several map exploits

Added HUD elements to show status of other infected players

Players can only change teams once per map

Battlefield Pirates 2 v2.1 Available!

Killing — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Battlefield Pirates 2 v2.1 has been released!

This is a fun community mod for the ever popular Battlefield 2 has just been updated.

You can capture the download from Fileplay here: Battlefield Pirates 2 v2.1

If you can't get enough of this mod and want to play more its also available on our High quality, Low Ping Game Servers: Multiplay Battlefield 2 Ranked Servers

For more information see The official Battlefield 2 Pirates Website

i36 Tournament Signups Open!

Doc — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000

With the announcement of the Call of Duty 4 tournament obtaining prize money, we are now opening sign ups for EA's £10,000 FIFA 09 Cup and our own £5,000 Counter Strike: Source, £2,500 Call of Duty 4 and £2,500 Halo 3 competitions.

For all tournaments players must sign up and pay for i36 before they will be able to sign up for their tournament. It is also recommended that any players wishing to enter a tournament read the i-Series Code of Conduct.

Full rulesets will be made available by 16:00 on Monday 23rd February for all games except Call of Duty 4, which will have a ruleset released about a week after a decision is made to use Promod 4 or DAMN:EU as the tournament mod for the competition. Maplists will be compiled and released by 16:00 on Monday 9th February.

Good luck to all teams and players entering!

StratLAN 40 Alcove Open

Doc — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Hi guys,

With the popularity of StratLAN reaching critical mass to fill more than the initial 3 double rows, we've gone ahead and opened up seats 71-94 in the main alcove. If you have already paid for StratLAN 40 you may pick your seat at The StratLAN Seat Picker or if you're yet to pay you can do so by Signing up here.

Call of Duty: World at War replaced by CoD4

Elbonio — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Although this announcement arrives delayed due to the holiday period we would like to announce that CoD:WaW will not feature at i36 in April. After listening to feedback from the community we will be replacing it with Call of Duty 4 at the current prize fund of £2,500.

As regards to which mod to use, there has been no decision made yet. We will be watching carefully to see how the competitive community reacts between DAMN:EU and Promod 4 and base our decision based on that feedback.

We hope the community can pull together and not be divided over mods so that Cod4's longevity as a competitive game can be kept at a position where it's viable for us to support it as one of the headline tournaments at the i-Series for years to come.

Be Gamer Left 4 Dead Tournament

Elbonio — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Be Broadband are running a L4D tournament and registration opens tonight at 8pm GMT - check out Be Gamer for more info.

12 Days of Xmas winners

Elbonio — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Happy New Year to everyone, we hope you had a good Christmas - for some of you Christmas was a little sweeter as you won in our "12 days of Xmas" prize draw.

The draw took place on Christmas Eve and the winners were notified the following week with the first prize of a Packard Bell iPower games PC going to...

Dan "Vizion" Wood

Well done to all our winners, you should all have been contacted by e-mail or phone by now. If you haven't please get in touch by the end of January so we can arrange your prize.

Weak £ means great € & $ server deals!

Elbonio — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Multiplay's famous quality has meant our servers now have a large international following, with gamers from the all over Europe and the US playing on Multiplay servers located in UK, Europe and US.

With the current exchange rate of the £ to both the € and $; there has never been a better time to buy a Multiplay server.

Example Prices:-

Ventrilo & Teamspeak servers from just: €0.21 or $0.29 per slot

Call of Duty 4 servers from just: €0.62 or $0.88 per slot

Battlefield 2 servers from just: €0.83 or $1.18 per slot

CounterStrike Source servers from just: €0.83 or $1.18 per slot

Remember that the longer you buy for the better deal you get - not only because we give generous discounts for longer purchase periods (up to 20%) but also because who knows when the pound might bounce back? The longer you buy for now, the longer you keep the near 1:1 £ => € or 1:1.5 £ => $ ratio that we're enjoying now!

Final day of twelve

Elbonio — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000

This is it, the final day of our mammoth twelve day mission to build up as big a prize stock as possible before giving it all away like it was some sort of festival of giving...

We've been slowly but surely revealing all of the prizes via our advent calendar and have revealed the final prize of a Packard Bell iPower gaming PC behind today's window.

How to enter

To enter all you need to do is purchase a Multiplay service BEFORE 4PM TODAY (24th Dec)

Multiplay products include: Fileplay subscription, Clanservers, Voice Comms, Event tickets, i36 additional services, dedicated servers and hosting.

You do not need to do anything else, once purchased you will automatically be entered. You may also enter more than once by purchasing multiple services - you could buy a Fileplay account one day and a clanserver on another and have two chances of winning!

If you do not wish to purchase anything you may still enter by going to your account and tick the box labelled "12 Days of Christmas - 2008" and you will receive one entry. If your unregistered friends want to be in with a chance you can get them to register for free and they will also receive an entry!

Enabling this in your account does not subscribe you to any of our regular newsletters.

We'll be drawing the winners today and notifying them over the Christmas period, keep an eye on here for names of the winners in the next few days.

We're almost there!

Elbonio — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000

We are but one day away from our final prize and the draw to see which lucky winners are going to be having an extra-sweet Christmas this year - there are two more prizes yet to be revealed on our magical advent calendar!

One of those, revealed today, is a family ticket to M Festival - this is for 2 adults and 2 children to come for any of the M Festival days as a spectator.

What are we going to reveal as our final prize? Come back tomorrow to find out!

Over 700 paid for i36

Elbonio — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000

We've reached 700 paid BYOC participants for i36 next April and we're not even in the same year as the event yet!

Thanks to our special promotions in previous weeks we've had a flurry of payments in December to take us up to over a third full.

Stuck for a gift for someone who has it all? Give the gift of gaming and buy them an i36 ticket - the key to a weekend they'll never forget.

Tickets and information can be found on the i36 website.

Two days left to go!

Elbonio — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000

We've just two days left to go and the mound of prizes is beginning to dwarf us all! Every day for the past ten days we've been adding more prizes to our special Christmas prize draw, revealing new ones behind the windows on our magic advent calendar.

Over the weekend we added a clan ticket for Airsoft at i36 - that's redeemable for eight people to play some high adrenaline, pellet shooting action! We also added £100 of Multiplay gameservers to the list - no doubt a much sought-after prize!

The full list so far is as follows...

2 x Be Unlimited broadband for a whole year

2 x Be Pro broadband for a whole year

Antec gaming chassis

4 x Call of Duty: World at War collectors editions

2 x BYOC ticket for i36

5 x one-year subscriptions to Fileplay

Clan ticket for Airsoft at i36

£100 of Multiplay Gamservers

What's next? Check back tomorrow to find out!

How to enter

To enter all you need to do is one of the following:-

Purchase a Multiplay product between Saturday 13th and Wednesday 24th December 2008

Purchase a Be product between Saturday 13th and Wednesday 24th December 2008

Multiplay products include: Fileplay subscription, Clanservers, Voice Comms, Event tickets, i36 additional services, dedicated servers and hosting.

Enabling this in your account does not subscribe you to any of our regular newsletters.

8th day of christmas!

Elbonio — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000

We're on the eigth day of our special "12 Days of Christmas" promotion check out today's prize and all other prizes so far!

Gameserver Re-launch

Elbonio — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000

It's been in the pipeline for a while but it's finally arrived - our new-look, fully functional Multiplay Gameservers website is live!

Looking very shiny and (dare I say it?) web two-point-oh, the new home for Multiplay Gameservers is much easier to use and more informative then ever before.

Check it out at www.multiplaygameservers.com and let us know what you think in the comments of this news post!

Day 7 - getting closer!

Elbonio — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000

We're at day 7 of 12 now - over halfway there and the prizes are still coming in thick and fast!

The prize behind todays Advent Calendar door is Be Pro broadband for a year - that's up to 24Mbps!

Check back again tomorrow for more prizes!

Multiplay Xmas Opening Hours 2008/9

Doc — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Following Wizzo's visitation by Jacob Marley, the Multiplay Office will be closed over the Christmas season from Wednesday 24th December and reopen on Monday 5th January. Clanserver Support will be working at full capacity for most of the holiday season with the exception of a handful of public holidays where our service will be reduced to emergency cover only (via support tickets).

Our Full Christmas/New Year Opening Hours are detailed on this page.

StratLAN 40 Signups Open!

Doc — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000

In that awkward position where you don't know what you want relatives to get you for Christmas? Simply drop in that every now and then you like to go to Stratford and play games for a weekend with like minded people and a worthwhile present you have! We've just opened signups for StratLAN 40, the first little LAN of the year. We've initially opened up the three double rows for seating and will open up the two alcoves and single row for additional seating if interest is high.

It's also the 40th 'counted' StratLAN so we may have a bit of a birthday party theme - but that's still in development at the moment ;) If you're already sold, Sign up for StratLAN 40 today!

6 days of 12 - halfway there!

Elbonio — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Each day we reveal more prizes and on Christmas eve we will draw winning names for all the goodies! To be entered into the final draw you need to purchase a Multiplay service or Be broadband and we will automatically enter your name.

If you buy two Multiplay services, you receive two entries - it's as simple as that!

The prize list currently stands at:

2 x Be Unlimited broadband for a whole year

Antec gaming chassis

4 x Call of Duty: World at War collectors editions

2 x BYOC ticket for i36

5 x one-year subscriptions to Fileplay.
What's next? Check back tomorrow to find out!

How to enter

To enter all you need to do is one of the following:-

Purchase a Multiplay product between Saturday 13th and Wednesday 24th December 2008

Purchase a Be product between Saturday 13th and Wednesday 24th December 2008

Multiplay products include: Fileplay subscription, Clanservers, Voice Comms, Event tickets, i36 additional services, dedicated servers and hosting.

Enabling this in your account does not subscribe you to any of our regular newsletters.

Fifth day of christmas

Elbonio — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Well well well, what do we have today? Take a look behind our advent calendar each day to see what new prizes we have....

Today is somethign for the LAN-lovers: two free BYOC tickets to i36!

To enter simply buy a Multiplay or Be Broadband service between now and Christmas Eve - find out more on ourChristmas Calendar.

The fourth day of Christmas...

Elbonio — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Ho ho ho! Another gift has appeared behind the next window of our advent calendar!

Oh look, it's another free year of Be Broadband! That's double the number of people who can win the greatest gift of all - free internet!

Check back again tomorrow for the next prize unveiling!

Day 3 of 12 already!

Elbonio — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000

One weekend gone already and we're onto the third prize door on our super duper magical advent calendar!

Each day we reveal more prizes and on Christmas eve we draw winning names for all the goodies! To be entered into the final draw you need to purchase a Multiplay service or Be broadband and we will automatically enter your name.

If you buy two Multiplay services, you receive two entries - it's as simple as that!

The prize list currently stands at:

Be Unlimited broadband for a whole year

Antec gaming chassis

4 x Call of Duty: World at War collectors editions

What's next? Check back tomorrow to find out!

Keep track of where we're up to on the calendar and get yourself entered into the draw to make your Christmas that extra bit sweeter!

Yule love £2.5k of prizes!

Elbonio — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Every day from Saturday 13th December we'll be opening up a new door on our super magical advent calendar, revealing a new prize behind each door. On Christmas Eve we'll draw the names of those who have won one of the prizes which total over £2,500!

We're not talking about a reindeer jumper from your auntie or socks from your mum - these are top notch prizes worth over £2,500! We're starting with Be Unlimited broadband for a year so check out our landing page for more information and to see what other goodies lie in store...

If you're lucky enough to win then we'll contact you using the details supplied in your Multiplay Account - so make sure they're correct!

How to enter

To enter all you need to do is one of the following:-

Purchase a Multiplay product between Saturday 13th and Wednesday 24th December 2008

Purchase a Be product between Saturday 13th and Wednesday 24th December 2008

Multiplay products include: Fileplay subscription, Clanservers, Voice Comms, Event tickets, i36 additional services, dedicated servers and hosting.

Enabling this in your account does not subscribe you to any of our regular newsletters.

Fileplay.net Sponsor M Festival

Elbonio — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000

We're pleased to announce that Fileplay.net - our super slick, super fast download site - is sponsoring M Festival and we'll be bringing lots of cool stuff to the event to celebrate this. In the meantime though for one week only from a minute past Midnight Saturday 6th December until 23:59 Friday 12th December we are giving everyone who buys an i36 ticket a fileplay.net subscribers account for a year!

As a subscriber you get access to the best content and fastest download servers. We'll be implementing some very nifty features for subscribers in the coming months - some features you can't find on any other downloads site!

All you need to do is buy your i36 ticket anytime within next week and your account will be automatically upgraded to a Fileplay.net subscribers account when the promotion has ended!

i36 "early bird" promotion extended

Elbonio — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Since we're coming into the season of good-will we have decided that ending our i36 "early bird" promotion bang on the first day of this festive month wouldn't be proper.

Thus as one of our gifts to you (the first of many as you will be finding out in the coming weeks!) we are relaxing the rule a little and giving you 20% off an i36 BYOC ticket until Friday 5th December.

All you need to do to get your ticket at a reduced price is pay for your place before 23:59 on Friday 5th December.

Special offer - Airsoft and quad bikes only £5

Elbonio — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

To launch the first of our additional activities for i36 - Quad Bikes and Airsoft - for a limited time only we are practically giving away sessions for only £5 per person!

Airsoft is on Sunday 12th April and is £5 for an hour and a half session held at various locations around the Stoneleigh Park site.

Made up of ex Special Forces instructors you’ll have a blast getting all kitted out in combat gear, being taken into the woods and told to shoot each other. You will be taught tactics that have made the British Elite and Special Forces renowned around the world.

Matches are played between 2 teams, up to 8 people per side with three different types of encounter - Counter-terrorist, Battlefield and Sniper skills training.

Be sure to grab your Airsoft place now - spaces are limited!

Quad Bikes take place on Friday 10th April 2009 for £5 per person.

High-octane action will be no stranger to i36, with speed demons and bold adventurers alike satisfied by our Quad Bike Safari. This trek across some of the surprisingly challenging Stoneleigh Park terrain is a thrill that’s sure to blow the cobwebs away!

Up too late playing Call of Duty? Get a blast of the outdoors before heading back in for more by booking a session on the quad bikes!

Promod for Call of Duty: World at War

Elbonio — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

The CoD community's favourite mod is back for CoD:WaW as Promod enters the public beta phase.

From their press release:

Promod has continued where it left off with Call of Duty 4, but going much further
this time, in reducing what many quote as the ‘random’ elements of the game,
increasing the skill gap between different teams and making the game much more
enjoyable to play for the long term.

The mod is based around the competitive community, and will largely not be
customisable. Instead, it is aimed at fixing, pruning and enhancing specific elements
of the game, to create a game that engages players and ensures stability.

You can find the full press release here.

If you are one of our many Call of Duty clanserver owners (you have CoD: WaW automatically added to your package already) then you will be pleased to know it's already been added to ClanForge and will be kept up to date without you needing to do anything!

The lastest version can always be found on Fileplay, did you expect any less? :D

Red Alert 3 Demo on Fileplay

Killing — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Get a Taste of this Year’s Blockbuster Strategy Game, this Red Alert 3 demo includes the game’s cinematic opening, three tutorials and two full campaign missions.

Download the Red Alert 3 Demo from Fileplay

StratLAN Hoodies on sale now!

Doc — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Those of you who came to the StratLAN Summer Party may remember the awesome StratLAN T-Shirts we gave out for Red vs Blue - but as Winter is a bit colder we thought we'd do something a bit more insulated for the Christmas offering in the form of StratLAN Hoodies! These are black hooded tops with the Stratlan logo on and the tagline 'Social Area Networking' and are on sale for the low low price of £20.

Orders are being taken through the Multiplay Marketplace until 10:00 on Wednesday 3rd December where we will be closing orders to get the right number of hoodies to the printers, so get your skates on!

P.S. If you are coming to Xmas StratLAN and still haven't signed up to the Secret Santa you only have until Monday 1st December to get some Christmas cheer!

Three weeks to go ho ho!

EA £10,000 FIFA 09 Tournament @ i36

Elbonio — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

No need to look twice - you haven't misread it! EA really are putting up £10,000 of prize money for a FIFA '09 Xbox360 tournament at i36!

In one of the largest prize funds we've ever had, one lucky winner will walk away with £5,000 in prize money - the largest single prize at the i-Series.

The full breakdown is:

1st £5,000
2nd £2,500
3rd £1,000
4th £500
5th-8th £250

Rules and more details are to follow but we wanted to let you know now so that you can start practising for what's sure to be a hotly contested competition.

You can find the current list of confirmed tournaments at our tournament homepage.

i36 News - tournaments and hotel prices revealed!

Elbonio — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

We are pleased to be able to bring you the first looks at tournaments and organised games at i36. We're going all out on ways to keep your gaming going over the course of the weekend - ladders, organised big games and pickups to name just a few.

We've also announced prize tournaments for CS: Source, Call of Duty: World at War and Halo 3. Fun tournaments have also been announced, with more to come after being put to the vote!

You can also expect more Xbox and console tournaments at i36 - good news for you joypadders!

Check out our tournament homepage for more information.

We've also got information on Hostel and Hotel prices for i36 - check them out at the services page.

And the winner is....

Elbonio — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

We have just done the draw for our earliest early bird competition - those who paid for i36 before 23:59 on Friday 7th November 2008 were entered into a prize draw to win £500 of food and drink vouchers for i36. All those paid were put into a numbered list and a value was generated at random to decide the winner.

The lucky victor can spend their vouchers at any food or drink outlet at i36 and are encouraged to buy the staff drinks at the bar... ha! I'm only kidding, Wizzo will be doing that.

Anyway, the winner is ...

David Rowbottom AKA Dr_Dunce

Grats, très bien etc, etc

[18:28] [Wizzo|work] you aren't going to believe this

[18:28] [Wizzo|work] 76th entry is

[18:28] * Wizzo|work drum roll

[18:28] [Wizzo|work] Mr David Rowbottom aka Dr_Dunce

[18:28] [Elbonio] god damnit

[18:28] [Elbonio] :p

Call of Duty: World at War Patch v1.1

Elbonio — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Our lightning fast file download service, Fileplay has added the first Call of Duty: World at War patch, taking the retail version to v1.1.

Grab it whilst it's hot.

Pay for i36 at 20% off and win £500 of beer!

Elbonio — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

You can be forgiven for not even thinking about i36 yet but since we've slashed 20% off the price, you should be!

For a limited time only, and for only the first 1,000 people, the price of the event is just £64 for a BYOC ticket - a bargain price!

£500 of beer!

If you buy your ticket anytime before Friday 7th November then we'll enter you into a prize draw to win £500 of vouchers for i36. These vouchers will allow you to buy food and drinks for you plus four friends. Get your whole clan to pay before the 7th and not only will they all benefit if you win, but you have more chance of winning!

To get your i36 ticket now, and receive your discount, head over to the i36 site and hit the buy now button!

Changes to your forum account

Elbonio — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Most of you will have two accounts with Multiplay - a main website account which you use to book your place at a LAN and to buy services with us and you have a forums account which is entirely separate.

This has always been a source of confusion for many people and so we have taken steps to integrate the forums and main website into a single account name.

The first time you attempt to login to the forums you can use either the e-mail address and password from your main Multiplay account or you can use your usual forums username and password. Upon entering this you'll be given four options as a username for your new combined account.

Your new username can be your main account login name, your main account nickname, your old forums username or a new name of your choice.

Pick one and you're good to go - you're logged in and can go back to spamming the forums with Britney Spears fansites or whatever crappy posts you kids make these days. ;-)

World of Warcraft hits 11 million subscribers

Elbonio — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Here's a press release for all you denizens of Azeroth:

Paris, France. -- October 28, 2008 -- Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. announced today that the subscribership for World of Warcraft®, its award-winning massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), now exceeds 11 million players worldwide. This milestone was reached as the beta test for Wrath of the Lich King®, World of Warcraft’s second expansion, nears completion. Wrath of the Lich King will launch in several regions around the world starting on November 13.

“It’s been very rewarding to see gamers around the world continue to show such strong support for World of Warcraft,” said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment®. “We remain fully committed to responding to that enthusiasm with a high-quality, constantly evolving game experience.”

Roll on Wrath of the Lich King and another year of our lives stolen!

EA sponsor costume contest!

Elbonio — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

EA are putting up £250 for our Halloween costume competition on the first night of i35 to promote their new sci-fi horror, Dead Space.

The three best costumes will each win a copy of Dead Space on the format of their choice (PC, Xbox 360 or PS3) as well as a cash prize of £150 for first place, £75 for second and £25 for third.

All you need to do is come dressed for the part - to find out more, check out http://i35.multiplay.co.uk/halloween

StratLAN Xmas 2008 Signups Open!

Doc — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Signups are now open for the 2008 StratLAN Xmas Party, with 10 places already gone before I even had time to write this news post!

The event is in the Paddock Suite at Stratford upon Avon Racecourse between 6pm on Friday 12th to 4pm on Monday 15th December.

Also new for this Xmas StratLAN is our Secret Santa, which you can add as a free service and partake in for a bit of extra festive cheer. We recommend your Secret Santa gifts are around the £5.00 mark but it is totally up to you what to buy - Signups for Secret Santa will close on December 1st to give people shopping time.

It's the last StratLAN of the year - gogogogogogo!

Multiplay launch Marketplace

Elbonio — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

We're pleased to announce that we now have a platform to sell hardware and (possibly) software direct from us to you. No middle man required.

After each event we often have hardware that we'd be better of selling whilst it still has some value, rather than keeping in storage. Usually there's fully built systems available - and often they've hardly been used and are ripe for becoming a bargain for someone.

Head over to http://marketplace.multiplay.co.uk/ to check it out for yourself. Stock is finite so when it's gone, it's gone!

i35 Breaks 1,000 players

Elbonio — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

We've broken through the 1,000 player barrier for i35 - taking us up to the figure for last years November LAN.

We're gonna keep pushing it right up until the last minute, to try and break our record for a November event.

Don't forget our €12,000 Multiplay CS: Source Cup and other great prize tournaments at i35.

Grab a ticket now!

EA confirm £2,500 Crysis Wars tournament

Elbonio — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

EA have confirmed their final sponsored tournament for i35 will be Crysis Wars on PC with yet another whopping £2,500 prize fund, taking their total contributions towards i35 prizes to £7,500!

You can find out everything you need to know (and how to register) over at the Crysis Wars tournament homepage.

You'll need to be signed up to i35 as BYOC or TUP to enter this tournament - we have a maximum number of 1,400 spaces and have sold nearly 1,000 of these! Interested? Buy your ticket online now!

World of Warcraft patches 2.4.3 to 3.0.1 to 3.0.2

Elbonio — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

We are hosting the European patch for World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade 2.4.3 to 3.0.1 patch on Fileplay - Grab it now.

We are also hosting the 3.0.1 to 3.0.2 English UK patch which you can find here.

Please report any issues with these files in the comments of this post.

pickups.multiplay.co.uk launched!

Elbonio — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

You have heard all about our IRC pickup channels over the past few months - you may have even tried them. Good aren't they? ;)

For those who haven't allow me to explain. You want to play CoD4 (or insert your favourite multiplayer game here) but are tired of hopping round public servers trying to find a decent game.

What the pickup channels do is take lots of individuals who want to play and put them together into a single match. It creates a private server for them, gives each team a ventrilo channel and away they go - a pre-made match of willing and eager players!

What we've done now though is extended this beyond the realms of Quakenet IRC and have blasted onto the web.

pickups.multiplay.co.uk is ready and waiting for beta testers to try out this free service and get yourself playing some games.

Check it out - it might CHANGE YOUR LIFE!

Blizzcon 08 - Video Games Live 'do' Starcraft

BugAlugs — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Last night we were treated to an amazing closing ceremony. The Starcraft section was a real joy for us, being all hard core Scrafters. I'm sure many of you will groove along to the tunes.

Lvl80 Elite Tauren Chieftion - Murloc :)

BugAlugs — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

This comedy moment has the entire event doing Murloc Impressions. We also gain an achievement.

Blizzcon 2008 - Blimey its Busy

BugAlugs — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

There are times when you could say an event is busy. Times when you could argue that the event requires more/better/bigger whatevers to make is smooth and free flowing. Then there are times where you have to just sit back in awe at the sheer amount of people gagging for more. But this is Blizzcon so all of these are rendered puny. We've heard announcements claiming 12000 to 15000 people are in the convention centre.

Queues to the merchandise stores lasting up to 3 hours ! Queues for SCRAFT2 and WoW expansion have been since yesterday lunch time really very good, waiting no more than 30mins for your chance to test the latest gear. Diablo III has been constantly busy, as this is the newest dish on offer you could probably expect it.

I filmed this morning’s sight to behold, as some 3000 people rammed inside the entrance waiting to devour what is left of the event in its final day, whilst these people worked themselves up in a blood rage the guys outside in the snaking queue prepared buffs to keep them sane outside. I also recorded a few mins roaming into the main halls from the calm entrance to the increasing madness of the horde.

Finally I've tagged on a little Starcraft 2 footage from the Game play session on the main stage and my walk down to the front of the stage as the hall fills up ready for the evenings main event hosted by Jay Mohr. A name not familiar to me but the face was, he did a Stirling job.

So this next YouTube is a bit of mash up, enjoy

Blizzcon 08 - All Mounts to Swim in water - WOW

BugAlugs — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

JUST... 8 mins old, the WoW team just announced that after Lich king is released the first patch following that will allow all mounts to Swim.

Wizzo is locked in the session and will be out to update this with more info later

Blizzcon - THE Goodie Bag to die for ?

BugAlugs — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

After working out which of the many doors to enter, navigating the 30 odd check-in desks, slaying Wizzo and leaving Devvy the blooded wreck of a Nydus Worm attack.. I found the correct booth to be processed. Suprisingly badges were all preprinted, we were quickly leaving into a secure storage area between the massing hordes outside and the security team defending Blizzcon from penetration by Foreign Contaminants.

We were also awarded our Blizzcon goodie bags here we explore the lewtz that everyone here at Blizzcon is treated to.

Blizzcon 2008 Opening Ceremony

Wizzo — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

At 11am Pacific Time on Friday 10th October 2008, Mike Morheim, CEO and Co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment, took to the main stage to officially open Blizzcon 2008. Over 5,000 fans watched in the packed main stage hall, which was set to be the focus of many announcements over the weekend event.

Morheim commented on how the first Blizzcon in 2005 took 3 weeks to sell out yet the first batch of 12,000 tickets for Blizzcon 2008, double the amount of 2007, took just 15 minutes to sell out! He apologised for the problems many encountered with booking as a result of the systems failing.

The booking problems were soon forgetten as Morheim unveiled a brand new video for Diablo 3, to raucous applause, which also doubled as an announcement of the third character class, the Wizard. You can view a HD version of this trailer on Fileplay here.

Blizzcon 2008 has already seen a number of key announcements for the Blizzard universes: World of Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo. The scale of the exhibition is huge, covering 3 main halls and totalling nearly 450,000 square feet (around 42,000 square metres). Featuring world-first hands-on play of Diablo 3, the first ever Starcraft 2 tournament and over USD $200,000 in prize money Blizzard are really pulling out the stops to make this the best Blizzcon yet!

Blizzcon 08 - Much to Do

BugAlugs — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Well here we are Saturday already. The team have been trying to work out what to wedge into today and NOW we have a plan. Using nothing but cartons of half&half and a sugar sachet !

Coming up for team Multiplay (in UK time):-

20:00 - Starcraft II Lore
20:00 - WOW Dungeons and Raids

21:30 - World of Warcraft Q&A
23:00 - Diablo III Lore and Art
01:30 - Closing Ceremony with a Level 80 Elite Tauren Chieftain and Video Games Live

Plus writing up the pages of data and masses of movie footage... ALSO the massive 2-3hour queue for the blizzard store.

Blizzcon 2008 - Starcraft 2 Intro Movie Sneak Peek

Wizzo — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Our very own Bugalugs tries his best to keep his handy cam steady, as Blizzard unveil a 1 minute sneak preview of the Starcraft 2 intro movie. Check it out:

Blizzcon 2008 Day 1 - Videos

Wizzo — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Here are some of the movies we have taken so far today from Blizzcon 2008.

Starcraft 2 - Story Board of Kerrigan

Starcraft 2 - Blizzard announce trilogy

Starcraft 2 - The Queen of Blades is Back

Starcraft 2 - In-Game Briefing for a New Mission

Starcraft 2 - Typical Mission End Movie

Starcraft 2 - Jim Rayner's Story

Starcraft 2 - Gameplay

Starcraft 2 to be a Trilogy

Wizzo — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Blizzard Entertainment have just revealed at Blizzcon 08 that the hotly-awaited Starcraft 2 will be a trilogy, with massive single-player campaigns for each of the three races to be released in each instalment. Speaking on stage in the massive 5000+ seater arena, the lead designer went on to explain that this was part of Blizzard's commitment to creating their most immersive RTS experience yet.

This follows Blizzard announcing the Wizard class in Diablo 3, including a new gameplay movie showing the "light show" character at work. Blizzcon 2008 is certainly not letting us down with announcements and new movies this year!

You can keep tabs on what team Multiplay are up to across the pond in Los Angeles on the Blizzcon 08 forum thread. We'll be posting a round-up of the goings-on at this truly awesome event over the course of the next two days.

The three Releases will be

First Out - Terran - "Wings of Liberty"
Followed by - Zerg - "Heart of the Swarm"
Finished lovingly with - Protoss - "Legacy of the Void"

EA bringing lots of shiny new toys to i35

Elbonio — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

EA have just confirmed the lineup of playable titles on their stand at i35.

First up is Left 4 Dead on the Xbox 360 - the first time we have seen it playable on the console platform. Many people have been looking forward to this for a long time - i35 is your chance to get your hands on some zombie action (and what better time than halloween?)

Also playable will be Mirrors Edge and Need For Speed: Undercover - two hot new titles, both of which you can get hands on and dirty with.

This is in addition to EA sponsoring their £2,500 FIFA 09 and BF2 tournaments - EA are as busy as always!

i35 hits 900 - a recap!

Elbonio — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

We're just a few weeks out now and have over 900 people attending i35 so far, with more expected to pay up in the next couple of weeks.

The story so far...

We have a €12,000 Counter-Strike: Source tournament which is shaping up to be yet another legendary i-Series CS:S competition.

Next up is the €6,000 Call of Duty 4 tournament - will players be too distracted by Call of Duty: World at War on the Activision stand? Who knows!

Moving on there's our £2,000 Halo 3 tournament. This is an Xbox 360 tournament so you can play so long as you have at least a weekend visitors ticket.

EA have been especially busy the past couple of days and have gone for a double kill with a £2,500 FIFA 09 Xbox 360 tournament and a £2,500 Battlefield 2 competition on the PC.

As with Halo 3, anyone with at least a weekend visitors ticket (or a BYOC / TUP ticket of course) can enter the FIFA 09 tournament. You'll need to buy your ticket before registering - you can't just turn up on the day!

Don't forget our Team Fortress 2 tournament either - with our sliding scale prize structure if it's popular enough the prize fund could go up to thousands!

All of our tournaments are about playing for fun, some of them just happen to have very large sums of money attached to them! Other tournaments are really all about the fun though as if you win then you win... well, not very much (read: nothing). You win bragging rights which should be enough!

Our fun tournaments this time round are:

Company of Heroes

Defence of the Ancients

Guitar Hero III (again, another that visitors can enter)
Racedriver: GRID

UT99 (old as the hills!)
World in Conflict

And to top it all off we have the most important competition of all - our Halloween Horror Night Costume Contest!

All of this and more is in just about 3 weeks time - ZOMG!

You know what you need to do? You need to buy yourself a ticket. Yep, that's your job for today - BUY A TICKET.

What's that? Cant get your PC here because you live too far away? Well we've thought of that - snap up our offer of a whole PC, monitor etc for just £10 extra per day! Get a Turn Up and Play ticket and you have a PC for the whole weekend - no swapsies like before, for £120 it's yours from 9am Friday to 4pm Monday!

GOGOGOGO!!

i-series Feedback Response

Doc — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

In response to the feedback given by customers during and after i34 we have a list of improvements and amendments that will come into effect for the i-series events, some of them immediately and in time for i35 and others which will be phased in for i36 and the Spring M Festival.

You can read about the changes being made here.

Possible Spaces Left at SLAN 39!

RTO — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Missed out on a place at StratLAN 39? We may have an additional couple of spaces due to some cancellations. If you can't stand the thought of missing out and can make it THIS WEEKEND, then create a booking and put yourself on the waiting list. Hopefully we'll be in touch with your shortly!

EA £2,500 BF2 tournament @ i35

Elbonio — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

EA are on a bit of a roll and have announced they are putting up £2,500 in cash for a BF2 tournament at i35!

The competition rules and prize breakdown can be found over at the BF2 tournament homepage.

Activision confirm i35 attendance

Elbonio — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Activision have confirmed they will be bringing Call of Duty: World at War to i35 - allowing anyone to come along and have a play on their stand.

To quote their factsheet:

Building on the Call of Duty 4 engine, Call of Duty: World at War thrusts players into the ruthless and gritty chaos of WWII combat, challenging them to band together to survive the most harrowing and climactic battles of WWII.

The title re-defines WWII games by offering an uncensored experience with unique enemies and combat variety, including Kamikaze fighters, ambush attacks, Banzai charges and cunning cover tactics, as well as explosive on-screen action through all new co-operative gameplay.

Sound good? Grab your i35 ticket and come and see it for yourself!

£2,500 FIFA 09 tournament at i35

Elbonio — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

We're pleased to announce that football fans attending i35 will have something to shout about as EA are pouring £2,500 into a 1v1 FIFA 09 Xbox 360 tournament!

One lucky winner will walk away with £1,250 - enough to buy a season ticket at your club next year!

Prize breakdown:

1st Place: £1250
2nd Place: £600
3rd Place: £400
4th Place: £250

You can find all the essential info, as always, on the FIFA 09 tournament homepage.

As this is an Xbox 360 tournament consoles are provided - meaning spectators can also enter, which is just dandy.

Crysis Wars free weekend

Elbonio — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

EA and Crytek are conducting a free trial of Crysis Wars - the multiplayer component of Crysis Warhead - for this weekend only. From Friday October 10th to Sunday Oct 12th you will be able to play the full game online and on a LAN for up to a week after.

The trial requires that you register on www.mycrysis.com, after which you will be e-mailed an activation key, enabling your client for the duration of the trial period.

To find out more head over to Fileplay and start grabbing the client now, ready for the weekend!

£2,000 Halo 3 Turn Up and Play tournament

Elbonio — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

We have another tournament to announce for you - an extra special Halo 3 tournament with a guaranteed prize fund of £2,000 - stick THAT in your ringworld and smoke it!

Halo 3 made $170 million in the U.S. alone setting the record for highest gross of an entertainment product within 24 hours of its release.

Whether you're a BYOC or a visitor to i35 you can still join in - so long as you're able to stay until our prize ceremony you're eligible to play in the tournament!

For a full prize breakdown and to register head over to the Halo 3 tournament homepage.

More fun tournaments announced!

Elbonio — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

You know what we love? FUN TOURNAMENTS. Yeah they're awesome. That's why we've added two more to the i35 line-up - Guitar Hero III on the Xbox 360 and Company of Heroes on PC.

Company of Heroes actually has quite a large contingent of dedicated fans at the i-Series so the addition of THQ's WW2 RTS will go down well. Find out more and then register on the CoH tournament homepage.

Guitar Hero III hardly needs an introduction - following on from our extremely popular Battle of the Rock Bands at M Festival/i34 this summer, the decision to include Guitar Hero III as a fun tournament was an easy one. With it being on the Xbox 360 this is a Turn Up and Play tournament - allowing anyone to join in - visitors or BYOC!

Find out more and then register on the GH3 tournament homepage.

Turn Up and Play at i35!

Elbonio — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Here's some good news for all our European players who find it hard to get to an i-Series with their computer, monitor and extra gear - there are now a limited number of "Turn Up and Play" tickets available.

A TUP ticket is £120 for the weekend but includes a top-spec PC, monitor, keyboard and mouse for the duration of the weekend - no restrictions on when you can use it or which games you play. This includes your £80 entrance fee, working out at just £10 per day for the hire of a Packard Bell iPower PC and monitor! A bargain if I ever saw one.

The only restriction is that you must sit in the Turn Up and Play area, but this is ideal if you attend as a clan as you can all get yourself a TUP machine and be sat together in the TUP zone.

To purchase your TUP ticket head over to the i35 tickets page. There are only 30 spaces so you have to be quick if you want one!

i35 attendees: don't forget to pick your seats!

Elbonio — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Just a reminder to all those who haven't yet picked their seat for i35 - if you have paid for your BYOC ticket you can pick your own seat right away using our seating picker gizmo.

We have a total of 1,500 seats for i35 and have sold nearly 900 with just under 5 weeks to go until the event itself.

Don't forget the massive prize funds we have for i35 - €12,000 for CS:S alone! Grab your place now!

Multiplay are Recruiting

Wizzo — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000

It has been a very busy year here at Multiplay and with many new and exciting projects lined up we are looking for like-minded individuals to join our rapidly growing organisation. If you are interested in an opportunity to work with a dynamic, fast growing and exciting company, then read on for one of the first posts to come available.

Click the link below to read more and for details on how to apply.

Developer Vacancies

Watch this space for more positions in the near future.

Wrath of the Lich King release date confirmed

Elbonio — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000

In case you hadn't heard yesterday but Activision Blizzard announced the release date for the hugely anticipated expansion to World of Warcraft - Wrath of the Lich King.

Blizzard say it will hit shops on Thursday 13th November 2008 in Europe and North America. WoW's 10.9 million subscribers will no doubt all be looking to get their hands on the expansion which is available in both standard and special edition versions, as has been the case in the past.

Let the race to 80 begin!

Over 800 paid for i35!

Elbonio — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000

We've hit the big eight-oh-oh mark for i35 - that's 800 people in just over a month. Not bad going!

Places in the on-site hotel and hostel are being snapped up quickly, as are the seats via our "pick your own seat" system. The sooner you pay, the better chance you have of securing the seat you'd like.

To grab your ticket for i35 click here and make all your dreams come true!

FIFA 09 Demo on Fileplay

Boffbowsh — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Get a preview of the latest incarnation of the benchmark FIFA series from EA Sports, direct from Fileplay!

Many of you will have seen FIFA 09 first hand at M Festival, but if you're still not sure whether to shell out your hard-earned for it, grab the demo and give it a whirl!

Both the European Demo and North American Demo are available at Fileplay with tons of mirrors coming up for your downloading pleasure!

i35 Team Fortress 2 prize tournament announced

Elbonio — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000

We are pleased to be able to announce a prize tournament for Team Fortress 2 at our i35 event - a game that has a strong community both within Multiplay and on the gaming scene at large.

The tournament will be 6v6 and will be on our prize tier system - meaning that the more teams that enter, the larger the prize fund will grow! The largest possible prize fund is a huge £7,000!

You can check out more details on the Team Fortress 2 tournament page or go ahead and register if you're that keen!

Fun tournaments announced

Elbonio — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000

We have pulled together our fun tournaments for i35 - competitions that have no official prize fund attached to them but that make for a good way to have some organised matches with other players.

The confirmed fun tournaments so far are:

Unreal Tournament '99 (1v1)

Racedriver Grid (1v1)

World in Conflict (4v4)

Defense of the Ancients (5v5)

For the full list of tournaments see our tournaments homepage, or check out the individual game pages for further details.

You can now register for all of these competitions over at i35 tournament registration.

Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning BETA keys

Elbonio — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000

We have 50,000 keys to give away for the BETA of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, EA's much talked about upcoming MMO. Based on the hugely popular Warhammer universe, the MMO already has millions of eager fans around the world waiting to try it out - competition for keys will be tough!

EA have given 50,000 BETA keys to us here at Multiplay to distribute to our members only - all you need is a free Multiplay account and you're off and running.

If you don't have an account you can sign up for one for free.

Next step is to head over to our new downloads site www.fileplay.net, get yourself a key and download the client when it’s available (which is “soon”).

The Warhammer client is 9GB in size, if you're interested in downloading it as fast as possible then for just £2 a month you can subscribe and receive access to our premium download servers with the minimum traffic.

Sign up to PC Gamer Showdown tonight...

Elbonio — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Remember, those planning to attend PC Gamer Showdown will need to sign up before midnight on September 1st (tonight) to get a special, limited edition of PC Gamer magazine with the online handles of all the attendees on the cover.

Of course, you can still sign up after midnight, but you’ll miss the joy of seeing your gamer tag in smooth, glossy print :).

With the online qualifiers well under way, where the top two teams will get their entry to the main event (27/28 September) for free (or refunded if you have already paid!) you still have a chance to get your hands on some of that £35,000 cash prize money on offer – and if that’s not good enough, then surely getting your hands on Valve’s Left 4 Dead amongst many other highly anticipated games might tempt you?

Grab yourself a ticket now!

StratLAN 39 Bookings Open

Doc — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000

If you're craving for a little LAN in the early Autumn then look no further! We're going back to the shop floor and running a baby StratLAN from Friday 10th to Sunday 12th October. Unfortunately we couldn't hire the usual Paddock Suite at Stratford Racecourse but we do have room to fit 60 people in the Grandstand just next door, which means that places will be scarce from early on.

Oh, and it's only £40. Go and Sign up Now!

i-Series Early Bird Discount Ending Soon!

Elbonio — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0000

All good things come to an end (well... except our massive clanserver price drops!) and at 23:59 on Monday September 1st 2008 our i35 early bird discount period will end.

The discount is currently at 20% off a BYOC ticket for i35 and not only saves you money but also allows you to get first choice of seats.

Go go gadget purchase i35 ticket!

Wizzo talks to Cadred

Elbonio — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Wizzo, MD and our glorious (haha, I kill myself sometimes) leader has been chatting to our friends over at Cadred.org.

Read all about it on their site as Wizzo waxes lyrical about the i-Series.

StratLAN Summer Party: Three Slots Left!

Doc — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0000

After the announcement on Thursday of the Red vs Blue tournament there's been an explosion of bookings over the weekend for StratLAN. If you're on the verge of deciding if you're coming to the Biggest Little LAN of the year, now's the time to pay up before it's too late!

For those of you paid and seated, there is still time to get your meat order in by going to My Event Bookings, clicking your StratLAN booking reference number and selecting 'Add a service' -> StratLAN BBQ before deciding if you want Barry's Finest on Friday evening with the welcome party and/or the Bank Holiday Afternoon Prizegiving.

Super Edit: Hey guys, we've crammed in another couple of seats. Gogogogogo!

StratLAN Summer Party: Red vs Blue

Doc — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0000

As part of the epic StratLAN Summer Party happening over the August Bank Holiday weekend (Friday 22nd - Tuesday - yes Tuesday - 26th August) we're planning something slightly more special in the form of a full on Red vs Blue tournament spanning 5 popular Stratlan games for the weekend. All the details for the can be found right here. The competition is open to all and everyone will be given a space on the Red or Blue team decided by an FA Cup style ping pong ball draw. This draw will happen on Friday night along with the earlier than usual BBQ on Friday evening. Presentations will also take place at the second Bank Holiday BBQ on Monday afternoon, and both are now open for bookings by going to My Event Bookings, clicking your Stratlan reference number and clicking 'Add a Service.' Each BBQ is £5 a head and we urge people to book in advance so we know just how much meat needs to be ordered for your hungry selves.

Oh yes, and by the way every BYOC participant of the 2008 StratLAN Summer Party will also receive a FREE exclusive StratLAN T-Shirt in the colour of their team for the weekend. How about that :) To make sure we order roughly the right number of each size, please let us know your size in the poll here. Places are running very short, and they are sure to go even faster with this announcement so hurry on over to the Payment Page and get yourselves paid up for the Biggest Little LAN of the Year!

Alcove seating at StratLAN Summer Party 2008

RTO — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0000

At 4:00pm this afternoon we will be opening up seating in 'the alcove' (seats 71-94) at next weeks StratLAN.

We'll also be posting details about the BBQ, which you can pre-order online to satisfy your cravings for meat ;)

Gemma Atkinson featuring in Red Alert 3

Elbonio — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0000

That's right folks, we've had to hold this in until now but we can finally announce that Gemma will be appearing at M Festival to promote Red Alert 3, in which she has a role.

Playing Lt Eva McKenna, Gemma has been filming her part over in the US of A for the past few weeks and is returning home to be at M Festival where she will be on the EA stand, signing posters and posing for photos.

Gemma joins a long list of famous faces who have been in previous Command & Conquer games including James Earl Jones (Star Wars), Josh Holloway (Lost), Billy Dee Williams (Star Wars), Michael Biehn (The Terminator, Aliens), Natasha Henstridge (Species), Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica), Jennifer Morrison (House), and Michael Ironside (Top Gun).

EA's press release:

Former Hollyoaks star and I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! survivor Gemma Atkinson has been unveiled as the latest star who will be appearing in Command & Conquer™ Red Alert™ 3, the highly anticipated continuation of the real-time strategy videogame.

Making her videogame acting debut, Gemma, 23, will play Lt Eva McKenna, a character familiar to fans of Command & Conquer™ Red Alert™ 2. A military officer with a sexy twinkle in her eye and a British stiff upper lip, Eva is a communications officer for the Allied coalition in their fight against the Soviet and Rising Sun superpowers.

The game, which takes place in an alternate timeline and imagines what would have happened if time travel had been used by both Albert Einstein and the Soviet Union, features an epic global confrontation with you at the controls of your chosen faction.

Gemma said: "I'm a gamer and the chance to act in one of the best loved videogames was an opportunity I was really keen to explore – especially as Eva is such a strong female character. The worlds of gaming and film are getting ever closer and as an actress I wanted to explore this exciting new area of drama, broaden my acting skills and continue the active, outgoing side of my personality that I showed in I’m A Celebrity…”

Gemma was in Hollyoaks for five years as troubled teenager Lisa Hunter. She later appeared in ITV’s primetime show Soapstar Superstar and last year she bravely stepped into the Aussie jungle to battle in the bush tucker challenges in I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!. She has a role in forthcoming Brit flick Boogie Woogie alongside Jamie Winston, Christopher Lee and Heather Graham, which hits cinemas nationwide in August 2008.

Read this week’s Zoo magazine for a full interview with Gemma and to see her stunning new photoshoot in the guise of her Red Alert 3 character, Lt Eva McKenna.

Gemma will be appearing at the M-Festival gaming event at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire this Friday, August 8 where she will be signing posters featuring her character and meeting fans.

i34 Fast Passes now available

RTO — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0000

You can now print your Fast Pass tickets. Print yours out to help speed up the checkin process and spend less time queueing!

Login here to print your i34 Fast Pass!

If you need to re-print your Fast Pass for any reason you can do so from the My Bookings page of our website.

Codemasters £1,000 Race Driver: GRID tournament

Elbonio — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Thought we had nothing left up our sleeves? Think again! We've been working with Codemasters to bring to you a sponsored tournament based on their Race Driver: GRID title, released in May.

The tournament will be run on the Packard Bell stand using the racing seats and wheels seen at previous events and the finals will be played on stage.

There is £1,000 in prizes up for grabs - £500 for the winner, £300 for second place and £200 for third.

Signup by visiting the Packard Bell stand on Friday 8th August.

Battle of the Rock Bands

Elbonio — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Fancy yourself as a bit of a rock star? Perhaps you have a need to be on a stage giving your all? Maybe you have a knack for timing-based music games? If any of these are true, you'll probably be interested in our Rock Band tournament, taking place during the i34/M Festival launch party on the Friday night.

Gemma Atkinson will be on our panel of judges and extra points are awarded for style, showmanship, band name and so on.

There are only 16 team spaces so if you're interested make sure you read all about it and get registered.

Attention Midlanders!

Elbonio — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Calling all those in the Midlands - we're popping round this weekend and next weekend to play some games, k?

This coming weekend we'll be at the Coventry West Orchards Shopping Centre, on both the 26th and 27th of July. There'll be some free-play games machines there for you to get into the M Festival mood! Bring your friends along, give us five minutes to tell them about the event and have them chomping at the bit to come!

The weekend after (which is August 2nd-3rd) we'll be at the Bullring in Birmingham with the World Cyber Games. You can qualify for PGR4 (2 slots, fastest lap time each day), FIFA 08 (2 slots, winner of a tournament each day), Need For Speed: ProStreet (2 slots, fastest lap time each day) and Guitar Hero 3 (2 slots, highest score from each day).

PGR4, NFS: ProStreet and Guitar Hero 3 will run all day but if you would like to play in the FIFA 08 tournament then you need to have registered by 1pm and be ready to play in the tournament from 1pm to 2:30pm.

There will be free-play machines at Birmingham too so if you don't fancy competing then you can just play for fun! Once again bring along friends and we'll entice them to come to the M Festival. Muahahahahhaha.

Gemma Atkinson to open M Festival!

Elbonio — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Gemma Atkinson is coming to the M Festival and will be "cutting the ribbon" for us!

Gemma’s first acting role playing Lisa Hunter on Hollyoaks placed her in the public eye and she has been firmly there ever since. She was a popular character in Hollyoaks, playing Lisa for five years and proving her credentials as an actress covering topics of self-harm and bereavement. Due to her characters popularity Gemma continued with late night Hollyoaks show, Hollyoaks: in the City.

Gemma also has a part in Brit-Flick 'Boogie Woogie' out in August, her 2009 calendar is out in September and she'll be playing 'Peter Pan' at the Royal Manchester Opera House in December.

Gemma is also an avid gamer in her spare time and is thrilled to be opening such an important milestone for the European gaming scene.

i35 dates announced

Elbonio — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Just a quick note to say that we have confirmed the i35 dates and venue. It is going to be from October 31st to November 3rd 2008 and will be at Stoneleigh Park.

With a capacity for 2,000 gamers the spooky Halloween Friday will be something of an interesting LAN ;)

A more official and grand announcement/launch is to be made in the near future, but we wanted to let you know the dates first as they are different to the provisional ones we had posted on the forums previously.

New CS: Source pick-up channel

Elbonio — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Adding to our highly popular pick-up channels for Call of Duty 4 and Team Fortress 2, we have just started the service for Counter-Strike: Source.

The channel can be found on Quakenet IRC and is called #mpukcss.pickup - working alongside our#mpukcod4.pickup and #mpuktf2.pickup channels.

These have all proved to be invaluable tools for the community and we're hoping the CS:S players find it just as useful!

Quiet PC to come to M Festival

Elbonio — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Quiet PC are firm veterans of our events and are coming back for more at M Festival.

We've had a quick note from Paul at Quiet PC to let us know what to expect from them this event:

We're bringing along 3D Gaming - play games like, Need for Speed, CoD4 and Guitar Hero III in glorious 3D. If you have never played games in 3D before you will want to see this!!

We're also showcasing Zalman's latest products, 24" Widescreen 3D monitor, GS1000 Gaming Case, LQ1000 Hybrid Watercooling Solution, CNPS9900-LED CPU Cooler, FPS Gun and new Zalman PSUs!

We will also have available for purchase a range of Zalman's most popular products at discounted rates.

If you missed the 3D monitor at our i33 even earlier this year, be sure to check it out this time round - you won't believe your eyes!

i34 Call of Duty 4 Tournament to use ProMod

Doc — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

After discussion with clans and admins, the i34 Call of Duty 4 tournament will now be using the ProMod modification instead of PAM4, with immediate effect. This includes all Online Qualifier matches yet to be played.

In addition, the following maps are going to be used in the CoD4 Tournament at i34.

mp_backlot

mp_crash

mp_crossfire

mp_vacant*

mp_citystreets

mp_strike

* We do know that vacant was voted out of some LANs this summer, however due to the nature of of i34 and the range of teams vacant will be used, however only in the group stages. We believe this is a suitable and fair solution for all involved.

If you have not yet signed up to the i34 CoD4 tournament yet, you can do so via this signup link. Please note for a team to be accepted it must have at least 5 paid up attendees of i34 signed up to it.

StratLAN 38 tickets selling fast

RTO — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Today saw us pass the 1/3 sold milestone for StratLAN 38! This means that just over 60 BYOC ticket remain for what is shaping up to be the best LAN this summer :)

For those of you on Facebook there's an event which you can add to keep up to date and generally feel more involved: StratLAN38 on Facebook.

You can signup and pay securely online for StratLAN over here and then pick your seat.

Air Soft and Paintball now bookable

Elbonio — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

We can now bring you details about Air Soft and Paintball at M Festival, both are available to book online from today.

Air Soft

Each Air Soft game has up to 16 players (8 per team) competing in a variety of different game styles.

Individual tickets are available for £12 per person which is good for an hour and a half session, at a time specified by you. Clan tickets are available for £80 which is a whole team of eight people (this works out at only £10 per person - a bargain!).

Sessions are available from 10:30am to 6pm on Saturday and Sunday.

Paintball

There are only forty spaces available for paintball. A half-day session beginning at 1:30pm on Friday and ending at 4:30pm costs £40 per person. This includes 500 pellets and transportation to the paintball area (Stoneleigh Park is a big place!).

Booking

To book either of these activities simply go to the additional services page and add them to your booking. Please note that your service is not confirmed until you have paid for it.

i34 Elite Zone tournament scheduled.

Elbonio — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

The matches for the i34 Elite Zone tournament are now scheduled and available on the Elite Zone website. If you are in the competition then be sure to check your match times and prepare your teams over the weekend.

For those not "in the know", the elite zone will offer four teams (two CoD4 and two CS:Source) a chance to get to i34 in style. We'll provide top of the range Packard Bell iPower gaming PCs each day for them to play in the tournaments and to use in-between their matches to enjoy the LAN.

Only the best of the best deserve that kind of treatment!

i34 Fun Tournaments Announced

Elbonio — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

We are pleased to be able to confirm the line-up of fun tournaments for i34. At present these do not have any prize money attached to them and are all about having a laugh. It's possible we can get prizes for some of these competitions, so stay tuned for updates in the coming weeks.

Confirmed tournaments

Team Fortress 2 - 6v6
Unreal Tournament 3 - 1v1
World in Conflict - 4v4
Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance - 2v2
Company of Heroes - 2v2
Quake 3 Arena - 1v1
Audiosurf

We'll be opening signups and posting rules next week so check back for more info.

StratLAN 38 Launched!

RTO — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

As promised, the signups for the next StratLAN are now open! Taking advantage of the August Bank Holiday SLAN38 is a 5-day LAN, running from Friday 22nd - Tuesday 26th August and there are 96 seats available.

Never known to rest on our laurels, we've got a number of tricks up our sleeves (Doc has very long arms, so plenty of space to hide them) so keep an eye out for updates over the coming weeks, including the return of the BBQ (which you will be able to book online as previously in the very near future).

So why are you still reading this? Ahh, yes, the signup link, it's just here: Book NOW for StratLAN 38!

Elite Zone Tournament signups extended

Elbonio — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

The registration period for the M Festival Elite Zone has been extended to allow teams to fill up their rosters. Currently many of the signed up teams do not have all of their players registered and so a grace period has been added to allow leaders to get their members signed up.

New team registrations are also extended and players have until Friday 4th July to register full teams of five. Any teams of less than five will not be included in the tournament.

Matches will then begin Monday 7th July.

EA announce Crysis Warhead at M Festival

Elbonio — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000

EA are adding to their already spectacular lineup of M Festival goodies by announcing they will be bringing along Crysis Warhead to their M Festival stand.

Crysis Warhead is the next installment in one of last years biggest titles and some of the sweetest eye candy around. In Crysis Warhead, players will don the Nanosuit of Sergeant Sykes, also known as ‘Psycho’, one of the most memorable characters from Crysis.

More brash and aggressive than his Delta Force squadmate Nomad, players will experience Psycho’s parallel story during the events of the original game, finding that life on the other side of the island is even more intense and explosive than they ever could have imagined.

EA confirm M Festival lineup

Elbonio — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000

EA have big plans for our M Festival in August and have made public some exciting additions to their lineup - these are what you can get your hands on and actually play at M Festival...

	Battlefield Heroes is a new way of developing - and paying for - games. It is free to download and play and DICE/EA make money from ad revenue and "micro-transactions" (I assume this is similar to the gifts on facebook). You can get a first look at the title at M Festival.
	Due for release in September, EA are bringing along Will Wright's Spore. This mind blowing game is on a scope never before attempted and should have quite a crowd gathering to see it at M Festival.
	A UK exclusive look at Fifa 2009 is coming to the M Festival - never before shown to the UK public, you could be amongst the first to see the latest in the greatest football series ever made.
	Mercenaries 2: World in Flames is an explosive open-world action game set in a massive, highly reactive, war-torn world. When a power-hungry tyrant messes with Venezuela's oil supply he sparks an invasion that turns the country into a warzone. But for you, international crisis is all upside: You are a mercenary, and you profit from chaos...
	EA have come a long way from Zany Golf and to prove it you can come and check out the latest in the PGA Tour series with the latest 2009 incarnation on show.
	“We’re very excited to announce FaceBreaker, an all-new franchise from EA SPORTS that is fun, fresh and innovative,” said Peter Moore, president, EA SPORTS. “FaceBreaker reinvigorates one of the great genres in sports videogames. Arcade boxing takes me back to my roots in this industry, and this game signals our shift to adding more approachable fun to our product lineup. In no time at all, you’ll be picking up the controllers and knocking your opponent around the ring, smashing faces, and having a riot.” Sound like fun? You can try it for yourself at M Festival!

WCG online qualifer matches posted

Elbonio — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000

The matches for the first games of the World Cyber Games online qualifiers are now posted. For those involved you can find the match listings over here. Players are requested to idle in the Quakenet IRC channel #wcguk for the next couple of weeks while these matches take place as an easy method of contact.

Additional i34 spaces

Elbonio — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Due to the inevitable cancellations and a little seating plan magic we've got around 40 open spaces for i34.

All of the people on the waiting list have been offered a place and should contact us to pay for their seat.

As it stands there are more free seats than there are people on the waiting list so feel free to go ahead and book now to ensure your place at the summer's biggest gaming festival!

Are you elite?

Elbonio — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Think you're elite? Do you consider yourself to be the best of the best? Did your clan miss out on tickets for i34? If the answers to these questions are yes then we've got some good news for you...

At i34 we're setting up an Elite Zone - a set of 10 Packard Bell iPower gaming machines right in the heart of our public exhibition. Those who are elite enough will have one of these machines allocated to them from 9am to 9pm each day of the event and will be entered into our €12,000 Call of Duty 4 or Counter-Strike: Source tournaments.

When not playing in their tournament our elite gamers are free to play whatever they wish - the PC is theirs for the weekend.

So this is free access to i34 and M Festival, a provided top of the range gaming PC and entry into a tournament to win €12,000... I know what you're thinking - what's the catch, right?

There is no catch but the Elite Zone is only for four teams of five (two CoD 4 and two CS:S teams) and you have to be the best to get it.

Simply play in our small online tournament, the top 2 teams from each game get a spot in the Elite Zone for the whole weekend!

To find out more and to register for the online tournament head over to the i34 site and get your team signed up.

The closing date for registration is Thursday, 26th June 2008. Matches will be played online between 30th June - 10th July.

WCG online qualifier registration ends TODAY

Elbonio — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Just a reminder that the registration window for the World Cyber Games online qualifiers ends today, 16th June at 6pm BST.

To find out more and to register you should head over to the official World Cyber Games UK site.

EA announce BF2 at i34

Boffbowsh — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Once again EA have come up trumps for fans of the Battlefield series. At i34 they're putting up a fantastic £2,500 prize purse for Battlefield 2, with the Top 6 clans able to get their hands on some cash. Read More about the tournament, or head on over to the Registrations Page to go to war.

Register now for WCG08 UK Online Qualifiers

RTO — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000

The search is on to find the best players and teams in the UK in the games selected for this year’s World Cyber Games. The WCG08 Grand Final is to be held in Cologne, German in November this year and games include: Age of Empires, C&C, FIFA, Guitar Hero, CS1.6, Halo, NFS, PGR, StarCraft, Virtua Fighter and Warcraft III.

Before you can be crowned World Champion you need to qualify. Registrations are currently open for a series of online qualifiers as part of this search and you’ll need to signup if you want to stand the best chance of being selected. Matches will be played throughout June and July and if you do well in the online qualifiers you will be invited to the National Final at M Festival in August, where the best of the best will battle it out on a high-speed LAN to decide who will be representing the UK in 2008!

Do you have what it takes? Registrations close at 6:00pm on Monday 16th June, so what are you waiting for? Head on over and register at: the WCG UK website.

Links:

Official UK WCG Website http://wcg.multiplay.co.uk

M Festival, National Final host http://www.mfestival.com

International WCG Website http://www.worldcybergames.com

Devil May Cry 4

Dan — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000

The fourth installment of Capcom's hack and slash action series Devil May Cry isn't out on PC until next month, but you can try the demo now! Grab it from our fileserver.

Call of Duty 4 v1.6 Patch

Neophyte — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Patch v1.6 of Infinity Ward's hugely successful Call of Duty 4 has been released with 4 new maps included for you all to enjoy. You can download this from our fileserver now

Key notes for the patch are as follows:
- New maps Creek, Chinatown, Broadcast, and Killhouse
- Hardcore and oldschool server browser filters
- Fix for a Denial of Service attack.
- Includes all the changes up to patch 1.5

Battlefield 2142 v1.50 Patch

Killing — Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Yer that's right DICE has released a brand new patch for BF2142 which includes load of new features and fixes including:-

Improvements to server stability

Two new maps: Operation Shingle and Wake Island 2142

A new game type Conquest Assault supported in Wake Island 2142

No Vehicles mode

Our servers are all updated as usual so all is left for you to do is snag the client update from our file server:-

Battlefield 2142 Patch v1.50 - Full

Battlefield 2142 Patch v1.40 - v1.50 Incremental

Battlefield 2142 v1.50 Server (Linux)

Battlefield 2142 v1.50 Server (Windows)

World Cyber Games 2008 UK finals launched

Elbonio — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Our very own M Festival is staging the UK qualifiers and finals of the world’s largest computer game tournament, the World Cyber Games – the fourth time Multiplay have hosted the competition. With over one million players taking part worldwide anyone can join in and win the chance to represent the UK at the Grand Final this November in Germany.

The UK is entering teams in eleven games this year featuring Counter-Strike 1.6, FIFA '08, Need for Speed: Pro Street, Age of Empires 3, Command & Conquer 3, Warcraft 3 and Starcraft on the PC. Console gamers can compete in Halo 3, Project Gotham Racing 4 and Virtual Fighter 5 on the Xbox 360. New for this year is Guitar Hero 3 on the Xbox 360 which is expected to attract large numbers of competitors.

Online qualifiers for the WCG are open for registration until Friday 6th June and will run from Sunday 8th June until Tuesday 15th July. All entrants wishing to qualify online must have registered by 18:00 on Friday 6th June 2008 to allow for match scheduling.

Players can register at the official WCG 2008 UK site.

Gamers may also qualify at the M Festival itself where successful entrants will then go on to compete in the UK finals in front of packed crowds in our 500-capacity finals arena.
For more information see http://wcg.multiplay.co.uk.

StratLAN 37 Signups Open

RTO — Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000

With exactly one month to go, the signups for StratLAN 37 are now open!

This 4-day StratLAN is from 6:00pm on the 27th until 4:00pm on the 30th June and BYOC tickets cost £50.00. Spectator tickets start at £10.00 for the first 2 days and £5.00/day after that.

The StratLAN BBQ will be making an appearence once again, with Barry the Butcher's finest selection of meat produce. You can book this when you buy your ticket and eat like a champion on the Saturday and Sunday.

The total capacity for this event is 96, however some seats are currently restricted on the seating plan. These will be opened up once the event starts filling up.

The usual free camping is available or you can bed down in the ample sleeping room upstairs.

All that remains is for me to give you the link to signup... It's right here: Sign up for StratLAN 37 and fill yourself full of meat!.

Enemy Territory Quake Wars v1.5 Released

Killing — Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Splash Damage have just released v1.5 patch for their excellent team based FPS Enemy Territory Quake Wars. All our servers have been updated so you want to play head over to our file server to snag the latest patch:-

Enemy Territory Quake Wars v1.4 - v1.5 Incremental Patch (Windows)

Enemy Territory Quake Wars v1.4 - v1.5 Incremental Patch (Linux)

Enemy Territory Quake Wars v1.5 Full Patch (Windows)

Enemy Territory Quake Wars v1.5 Full Patch (Linux)

Enemy Territory Quake Wars v1.5 Server (Windows)

Enemy Territory Quake Wars v1.5 Server (Linux)

Enemy Territory Quake Wars v1.5 SDK

M Festival is GO!

Elbonio — Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000

M Festival - the final piece of the jigsaw in our complete festival of video games this August - is now live and kicking.

Featuring a 3000sqm exhibition with the brightest and boldest names in the games industry, tons of extra activities like quad bikes, 4x4 off-road cars, Air soft/paintball, archery, laser clay pigeon shooting and much, much more.

The website www.mfestival.com and the forums are now live, tickets are now on sale at £10 for day visitors or £25 for a festival ticket, allowing access as spectator to i34 and a weekend ticket for M Festival.

BF2142 Patch v1.50 Beta 1

Elbonio — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000

We are currently hosting the latest BF2142 patch, taking the game from v.14 to v1.5 Beta 1. The file is 169MB in size and can be found on our fileserver.

TF2 Pickups are GO!

Breath — Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Well we did it, not only do we have 24 very popular servers, a very promising tourney starting at the end of May, (sign ups are now open!). We are now proud to announce our TF2 Pickup channel !!

It's very simple:

1: join irc #mpuktf2.pickup (on irc.quakenet.org)
2: type !add
3: teams will be picked
4: join allocated vent and game server
5: play!

Who can play? Everyone! This is not just for clannies who want to practice 6v6, it is for anyone who wants to either try out 6v6 style games, meet new people, and generally improve their game. Hopefully the uber elite can teach us peons some new tricks, it can only help to improve the game and community.

We currently have 2 dedicated servers and a 32 slot vent server. These can and will be added to when required.
Choosing a map to play couldn't be easier, type votemap this will bring up a menu for you to choose from, only needs 25% of players to vote, da da map sorted.
All servers are set to tourney mode, have class limits and no crits set.

Basic rules:

-All players must use Vent, server ips and passwords are posted there.
-If you cannot play, type !remove as soon as possible.
-If the game starts and you are unable to play, call in channel for a sub, failure to show up for a game may result in a a short ban!
-All players are required to be on vent and game server within 5 minutes of announce.
-When match finishes, leave vent and game server. NO IDLING !
-Servers will have a 30 minute or round limit dependent on map.
-General league rules apply, 1 medic, 2 class limit, no crits.
-No moaning, bitching or general stupidity.

For more information about the pickups see this thread.

i34 seating plan defrag info

Elbonio — Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000

We have posted a thread on our forums with information about our plans to "de-fragment" the i34 seating plan.

If you already have a ticket for i34 then be sure to check it out - especially if your clan is currently not seated as you wish.

PC Gamer Showdown set for September

Elbonio — Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000

PC Gamer have announced that their Showdown LAN Party is all systems go for September 2008 at Stoneleigh Park.

500 Gamers will be able to come along to the BYOC side of the event, which is being run by Multiplay, and participate in the prize tournaments for Counter-Strike, Team Fortress 2, Call of Duty 4, World in Conflict and more.

Details are scarce at the moment but the gaps will be being filled in by PC Gamer over the coming weeks, in the meantime be sure to register on their event site to be kept in the loop via e-mail alerts.

MSI and UV Computers confirm for i34

Elbonio — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

MSI have confirmed they will be attending i34 - their first i-Series!

The motherboard giant will be around to showcase their latest and greatest technology, specifically their boards designed for gamers.

UV computers, who last attended i32 back in November 2007, are returning to the i-Series for the second time.

They will be bringing along their range of absolute cutting edge gaming machines for those who MUST have the best!

Just two more top notch exhibitors in our already impressive lineup!

3000 games and counting...

Breath — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

After almost a month of operation, Multiplay's COD4 Pickup is about to reach a milestone of 3000 games played. Numbers are steadily growing and games are played almost 24/7.

For those that don't know what a pickup is, it's the stepping stone between the random publics you find on the server browser and organised clan matches. We play S&D with the I-Series Pam ruleset. It's simple to get on to, just grab an IRC client such as mIRC and get on the channel #mpukcod4.pickup. Once you're on you can !add to the next game and get on our very busy Ventrilo server.

We have 10 game-servers available and a 128 slot Ventrilo already available and want to be consistently filling them well into the future.

Also on our schedule is more drafts! We tested the format over two weeks and found that while there were a few teething issues the events were both successful and has a lot of promise. The drafts are basically big mix tournaments. 80 Players all get on ventrilo at the designated time and teams are picked old school style. Once picked this is your team for the night and you fight to win a straight knockout tournament.

So if you want to take the next step and join the very busy CoD4 community, now's the time! Hop on #mpukcod4.pickup and join in the fun.

Current pickup stats : http://bot1.multiplay.co.uk/~flash/MPUKPub.html

Under 16 forms now available for download

Elbonio — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

If you're coming to i34, staying for at least one night and are under the age of 16 then you'll need a parental consent form, signed and completed, before we will allow you into the event.

The form also contains useful information for parents and emergency contact information, should we need to get in touch with the parents of an underage attendee.

You can find the forms on the i34 website.

Foxconn to attend i34

Elbonio — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer has confirmed their attendance at i34 this summer.

Foxconn makes practically all of the consoles currently on the market (Xbox360, Wii, PS2 and PS3) as well as many Apple products such as the iPhone and the MacBook Pro.

Foxconn have been venturing into the market themselves with their own line of cases, motherboards and graphics cards, all of which have appealed to modders and overclockers for their ease of customisation and overclocking.

i34 BYOC Sold Out!

Elbonio — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

In a flurry of last minute payments we've sold out of BYOC spaces at i34! We are entirely sold out - 2,000 seats in exactly a month since we launched. Insane.

The response we've had has gone so far beyond what we imagined, we're fired up and excited about putting on the best LAN we've ever done this August. It will be an unforgettable and unmissable experience and 2,000 of you agree!

There are going to be people who are disappointed that they didn't get a chance to buy a ticket in time - all is not lost however.

Our waiting list is now in operation and you need to get yourself onto it ASAP - you can do so by signing up and attempting to pay as normal. Instead of paying you will be put onto a waiting list in order. Those who cancel their place between now and August will give their place to the top person on the list and we will work our way down.

There is just under four months between now and the event there WILL be people who will cancel so get yourselves on the list and get on it quick, it's first come first served.

Get on the list now!

Less than 150 spaces left for i34

Elbonio — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Crunch time folks - if you don't have your ticket yet you need to pay right away to be sure to get a place. If you're waiting to be paid or for other money to come in you can book your place and have a friend call us to pay for your ticket before we sell out. All they'll need is your booking reference but please remember that tickets are not confirmed until payment is received.

136 left at time of posting!

Otherwise if you can pay now, do so: before it's too late!

1700 i34 tickets sold - only 300 Left!

Elbonio — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

We are moving ever closer to a full sellout of our BYOC space for i34 at what can only be described as breakneck speed!

With just under four months until the event many people who were expecting to be able to pay later in June or July will be left sorely disappointed unless they grab their space immediately.

Be sure to do so ASAP by buying your BYOC ticket today!

World in Conflict 1 vs 1 Online Tournament

Breath — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

The Multiplay World in Conflict community has announced the launch of their first online tournament. This will be a 16 player 1vs1 knockout event. The rules are based on those used at the i-series, so will be familiar to anyone who has played in our WiC tournament at the events.

To sign up for the tournament you will need an account on the Multiplay website (this is the same account you use to sign up for the i-series). If you already have an account simply go to http://tournaments.multiplay.co.uk/signup/ and you’re away!

Signups are now open and will close on the 8th May.

For more information visit the WiC community forum or #mpukwic on Quakenet IRC.

Wizzo interview re: i34 sales

DuRuS — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

As recently announced, i34 Early Bird ticket sales have soared through the roof, selling 1497 tickets, almost beating the total number of ticket sales for i33.

This has now changed, as the 1500 barrier has been smashed to the ground! With these sales, we decided to go and find out what the big boss himself thought about the recent events.

The full interview can be read here.

i34 Early Bird finishes with 1500 paid

Elbonio — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Our Early Bird promotion for i34 finished in a flurry of payments late on Friday night to take the total number of BYOC participants to 1,497 - leaving only 503 places left at the full price.

This figure is absolutely astonishing, we expected i34 to sell fast but this has even taken us by surprise! In 3 weeks we have almost equalled the record number of attendees at a UK LAN party (our very own i33 LAN) and that took 3 months to sell!

If you didn't manage to get a ticket, don't worry there are still 500 left, but you will have to be quick!

Seat picker updated - pick seats as a clan.

Elbonio — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Gone are the days of submitting seating requests to us, we now have a whizzy seat-picking gizmo that allows you to choose your own seat from all those that are available. We have just made a couple of enhancements today to further improve your seat-picking experience.

The main improvement is that you can now grant access to other people to pick your seat for you. If you are in a clan and want your manager to seat your clan together, simply select them on the plan and click "make manager of my booking". Simply do this again to revoke them as manager.

If you've been given access by multiple people you will have a drop-down box, giving you access to switch to the booking you want to manage. It's as simple as that.

If you're looking to simply seat yourself in the normal way then first you need to have a valid, paid BYOC ticket for i34. Then you should head over to the seat picker and login to choose your own seat.

The sooner you pay, the sooner you can pick your seat. Whilst we're not in danger of selling out yet, someone might nab the seat you'd like. If this happens it's possible to e-mail the person sat in the seat you'd like and request they move. It is first come, first served however so if they don't want to move, they don't have to!

Best way to avoid it is to pay now and avoid disappointment!

i34 Hits 1,000 Paid BYOC

Elbonio — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Just 16 days and 1,000 tickets later we have achieved a massive landmark for the i-Series. Outselling the total sales of some of our biggest previous events, i34 has completely smashed previous sales records by selling 1,000 tickets in just over two weeks.

We're extremely excited at the response from the gamers and we can tell already that i34 is shaping up to be an unmissable and unforgettable experience!

We still have a couple of days left in our "early bird" promotion, giving 20% off on all BYOC tickets until 23:59 this Friday 11th April.

Grab your ticket and join the masses for the UK's largest ever biggest festival of gaming.

Final week of Early Bird - over 800 tickets sold!

Elbonio — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

And so we enter endgame. The last week of our amazing 20% discount on all BYOC spaces for i34 - the most ambitious games event the UK has ever seen.

The response so far has been extraordinary, with over 800 people buying BYOC spaces and at a rate faster than ever before. By comparison we're looking to sell twice as many tickets as i33 did during it's two month discount period but in only three weeks!

If you want to get in on the action then check out the i34 website or book your space now. The offer ends this Friday, 11th April.

StratLAN 36 is gogogogogogooooo

Elbonio — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

It's a surprise LAN, just because we could.

Grab your spaces over on the StratLAN 36 site for great justice.

Games, games, games, booze, games and booze. 94 spaces, £40 - Friday 25th - Sunday 27th April.

CoD4 matches, the easy way - #mpukcod4.pickup

Elbonio — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Call of Duty 4 is the game of the moment and we've just made getting a match together even easier. Rather than joining random servers and hoping for the best, logon to Quakenet IRC with your favourite IRC Client and join #mpukcod4.pickup.

The channel usually has well over 200 people in it and an automated system to arrange matches. To add yourself to a game type !add and you will be automatically added to the next match being formed. When the correct number of people have been added, the bot picks teams and creates a server for you, complete with password.

There are ops to help you if you get stuck and it's a great place to meet other people from the CoD4 community. The rules are i-Series rules so you can practice for i34!

i34 Sells 500 spaces!

Elbonio — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

No it's not an April fools, in under 24 hours since we announced i34 had hit 400 spaces sold we have now have well over 500 - seeing us break the "25% full" barrier barely a week since i33 finished.

With only 10 days to go before we stop selling tickets at the stupidly low price of 20% off, you'd better not hang around and grab your ticket ASAP!

University to offer World of Warcraft Degree

Elbonio — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

If World of Warcraft has ruined your degree (like so many of us) then perhaps things are looking up as an American university is offering a course in World of Warcraft and MMO sciences.

Whilst the diploma does focus primarily on World of Warcraft it also dips into other MMO's such as Guild Wars and EVE Online.

Students enroll on the 2 year course and, according to the course details, partake in World of Warcraft for at least 25 hours per week.

"We look at the behavioural science side of WoW" said Pat Nagle, the year tutor, "as well as teaching practical lessons on how to be effective at grinding to make money and how to sell this for real money once they graduate. World of Warcraft contains major teamwork elements as well as a rich and detailed history and lore. The course is really a tour de force of World of Warcraft and we're sure students will find it most comprehensive. It teaches skills that can be used in many areas of life after college."

The University of Irvine is running the course as a trial for the next six months and will be accepting students for the full course for 09/10 academic year. Those wishing to take the course should apply no later than December 2008.

i34 hits 400 paid BYOC

Elbonio — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

In just over a week we have sold almost a quarter of the 2,000 BYOC spaces for i34. This is no doubt due to the heart-stoppingly awesome 20% discount on BYOC tickets that we're running until 11th April!

Of course i34 is not just a LAN party, there's much, much more going on. Our new venue of Stoneleigh Park is set to host an entire festival of gaming which includes other activities such as paintball, quad biking and football - as well as our massive exhibition and improved finals arena.

With on-site accommodation available and a wide selection of quality dining, i34 will be the most ambitious games event ever to hit the UK. That's something you do not want to miss!

If you're free 8th-11th August this year, why not grab yourself a ticket - or if you'd like more information check out the i34 website.

i33 Roundup

Elbonio — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

If you missed out on i33 then you'll probably want to know what went on. Check out all of our tournament winners below and click the links to go straight to our photo and video coverage of the event.

Congratulations to all of our tournament winners, winning well over £20,000 in prizes! Thanks to Activision, EA, Sapphire and THQ for putting up prize funds, without their support the i-Series tournaments would not be the successes they are.

Call of Duty 4 - dignitas
Counter-Strike: Source Birmingham Salvo
Battlefield 2 - Epsilon eSports
Command & Conquer 3 - Apollooo
Crysis - Epsilon eSport
Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance - Packard Bell
Team Fortress 2 - ^wotr^
Unreal tournament 3 - 4Kings - hypno
World in conflict - dignitas
FIFA 2008 - London Mint - Bully
Halo 3 - Sesame Street

i33 ends, but i34 is just beginning....

Elbonio — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

The biggest ever LAN on UK soil has come to an end. With over 1,600 BYOC participants, i33 pushed the boundaries of what’s become a very familiar venue for many of us at Newbury.

Eleven official tournaments were run over the weekend, with a combined prize fund of over £22,000. Birmingham Salvo took home the Counter Strike: Source €5,000 top prize, however the biggest tournament of the weekend was the €6,000 Call of Duty 4 play off, which was won by Dignitas.

As we wind down i33 (results, photos and videos can be found on the i33 site) we barely stop for breath before looking ahead to i34 - the next big thing for European LAN gaming.

i34 has had a change of venue and is now at Stoneleigh Park - centrally located with excellent facilities and plenty of room to expand, the new venue is set to make i34 a weekend you'll never forget.

Until 11th April we're giving you the chance to book your place at 20% off for BYOC tickets, making i34 a bargain £64. Head over to the i34 site for more info and to book your place.

i33 Doors Open at for EAS

KBB — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

It's started! The doors have opened at i33 and the seats are starting to fill up. With nearly 900 people turning up this evening, the atmosphere is already buzzing ready for a fantastic weekend here at Newbury Racecourse.

Once again Multiplay are breaking the UK record for the largest LAN party with over 1600 gamers taking part. With exhibitors like Packard Bell, Intel, Scan and EA to name but a few, and over a dozen tournaments running there is going to be loads to get involved with. The event is totally sold out but you can still come on down as a spectator and get involved in the biggest gaming event of the year so far.

And don't forget to keep an eye out for our special announcement coming this weekend!

Antec to sponsor Unreal Tournament 3

Elbonio — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Antec have thrown their hat into the ring and have come up trumps with some top of the range cases for the Unreal Tournament 3 winners. The best of the best will receive a case, along with any cash prize that might already be on offer (depending on our sliding scale prize level).

Antec are also giving everyone else a chance to win over the weekend on their stand - with power supplies and cases up for grabs it’ll be well worth stopping by their stand to check it out!

Halo 3 tournament now £800

Elbonio — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

We have added a guaranteed prize fund of £800 for our 4v4 Halo 3 tournament this weekend. The competition will see up to 16 teams of four players battling it out on our provided Xbox 360’s.

For more information, including rules, see the Halo 3 tournament page.

Frontlines Format Change

Elbonio — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Those of you in the i33 Frontlines: Fuel of War tournament should take a look at the competition homepage to see details of a change in format.

This will no longer be a group/knockout style tournament but instead a series of matches, each with prize money up for grabs. Check out the homepage and updated rules for more info.

There is still £2,500 of prize money up for grabs over the course of the weekend, thanks to THQ, but this gives a much greater chance for everyone to win cash!

i33 Seating Plan Finalised

Boffbowsh — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Event SOLD OUT! We cannot accommodate any further requests!

The final i33 seating plan is now live and can be found here.

Any seating requests made now will be accomodated only under exceptional circumstances.

Fast-Track Check-in Available @ i33

Elbonio — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

We have taken steps to streamline your i33 experience with a new, optional Fast-Track check-in system. You can whizz through the queues by taking part and what's more, it doesn't cost any more for you to get a barcdoded Fast-Track ticket.

Why waste even a minute of the LAN signing in at the event? You can now print your way to less queue times by bringing along your own Fast-Track ticket.

1) Head over to the "My Event Bookings" page and click the i33 booking.
2) Click the (cunningly named) "Print My Ticket" link
3) Bring the ticket with you, along with your ID, and you'll get through the whole process quicker than those who don't!

If you have any questions please don't hesitate to give us a call.

i33 Food and Bar prices

Elbonio — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

i33 will see a huge improvement in both quality and variety of food available. With over 50 different choices of food to eat, more serving outlets and 24-hour service you can expect i33 to be the tastiest LAN yet!

Check out the prices and opening times of all our food outlets and the bar.

UK Team crowned Champions of Europe

Doc — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

After the dust settled in the Warcraft III final, the Swedish hopeful SaSe was defeated by the lower bracket Ukrainian HoT, defying the Sweeds from their second Gold Medal and ensuring the UK Team the crown of European Champions! Hats off to the UK Team for a great victory at the Samsung European Championships! Final Medal Tables will follow, along with photos of the closing ceremony.

Two Gold Medals from WCG Europe!

Doc — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

After two very close matches which were both forced into the second consolidation set, Apollo and Gruntdude have won the UK two Gold Medals in the Samsung European Championships! Apollo came from the upper bracket of the Command and Conquer 3 tournament beating Xeon from Germany in a (1-2) (2-1) heartstopper, while Gruntdude beat the Swedish player Skatenmilla after losing to him in the upper final and winning the two sets (0-3, 2-3, 3-0, 3-2, 2-3) and (3-1, 2-3, 1-3, 2-3). Two gold medals is unprecedented in UK WCG history, and shows the continent the UK is indeed in the upper eschelon of international e-sports. Congratulations to Apollo and Gruntdude!

Two UK Finalists at SEC

Doc — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

After a day of heated battle in the Samsung European Championships, two of the UK Team have made it through to their respective Grand Finals. Apollo comes currently undefeated from the upper bracket of the Command and Conquer 3 tournament and will be playing for a €2,500 prize against either Xeon or the winner of the lower bracket final, LeOwnzAll

Gruntdude also has a shot at a €2,500 winner's prize coming from the lower bracket of the Dead or Alive Tournament to beat THE TACTICAL 3-0 (3-0, 3-1, 3-1). He'll be facing Skatenmilla in a rematch of the Upper Bracket Final at 11:00 CET (10:00 GMT) for the European Trophy

All the Team UK results of the day

SEC Day One Roundup

Doc — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

It's been a turbulant day at the Samsung European Championship. Gruntdude has gone from stride to stride beating both of his opponents in the first two rounds of Dead or Alive. ChrisyB has been in a couple of tough games, first losing to Walkman in the first round, then beating Andruxa in the first game of the lower bracket. DeMusliM also had a tough seed losing to Tod in the first round and plays his first lower bracket game tomorrow morning. Tomorrow sees a busy day as all four UK competitors start play at 10:00 CET (09:00 GMT) on the second day of WCG Europe.

Complete UK Results of Day 1

Frag Dolls aim for Guinness World Record @ i33

Elbonio — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

We all love games, this is obvious, but do you love games enough to want to play for 24 hours… continuously? It’s not an easy feat by any means - even staying awake for 24 hours can be tough for some people but to have to concentrate for the entire time? Dedication. That’s what you need.

Read more...

i33 Raffle Launched

Elbonio — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

As we get ever closer to i33 it’s time to start drooling over the fantastic array of booty we have for your plundering pleasure in the i-Series raffle.

This event EA have pulled out the stops once again and have produced a stonking first prize. Check it out on our raffle page.

UK WCG Team Take on Europe

Doc — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

The Multiplay World Cyber Games Site is back up and covering the Samsung European Championship being held at CeBIT this weekend. For all the progress of the GB Team at this event, keep an eye on the WCG site throughout the weekend.

All Multiplay accounts deactivated

Elbonio — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

We are taking steps to ensure our current user base is active and still engaged in the community, ensuring that any old or defunct accounts are removed and only the active members are left.

We are also improving account security and mail subscription options for your benefit - you now have security questions that we can ask to verify your identity and you are able to choose a level of subscription to our newsletters and mailshots.

You need to re-authenticate your account

All accounts have been deactivated and will need to be re-authenticated. You can do this by visiting http://www.multiplay.co.uk/reauth.asp.

If you have any problems at all please contact us via online support ticket, #mpukhosting on Quakenet IRC or by calling us on 0871 408 1337, 10am-10pm, seven days per week.

i33 Seating Plan Revision 6 Posted

Boffbowsh — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Event SOLD OUT! We cannot guarantee we can accommodate any further requests!

The sixth revision of the i33 seating plan is now live and can be found here.

Only some requests can now be accommodated, mainly changes to the order of seating within clans.

The next plan will be published Monday 17th March.

Fragtastic February ending in 3 days

Elbonio — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Just a reminder that you have only until Friday to nab yourself a great deal such as 50% off on Team Fortress 2, Call of Duty 4, CS:Source or Battlefield clanservers - renewals or new servers!

Check these offers and more over on our Fragtastic February page before it's too late!

TF2 prize fund now £2,500

Elbonio — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Sapphire and AMD have come together to put up a guaranteed prize fund of £2,500 for the 6v6 TF2 tournament. The top prize of £1,500 is accompanied by free tickets to i34 and top of the range graphics cards from Sapphire.

If you want to enter the TF2 tournament you can register so long as you're a paid BYOC participant. In the meantime check out the rules here.

i33 Seating Plan Revision 5 Posted

Boffbowsh — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Event SOLD OUT! We cannot guarentee we can accomodate any further requests!

The fifth revision of the i33 seating plan is now live and can be found here.

Only some requests can now be accomodated, mainly changes to the order of seating within clans.

The next plan will be published Friday 29th February.

Unreal Tournament 3 Patch v1.2

Elbonio — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Epic have released another patch for their action packed, futuristic FPS, Unreal Tournament 3. The patch adds the much-loved feature of webadmin into the game, first seen in previous UT incarnations and brings the client to v1.2.

If you need to grab the client patch you can snag it of our File Server here: UT3Patch2.exe

UT3, American vs Europe VOD Coverage

Elbonio — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Just to let you know that you can find all the coverage of the North America vs Europe match in our UT3 Warfare tournament.

All the action can be found over at our community site.

i33 is fully booked!

Elbonio — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000

That's it folks, i33 is now well and truly sold out in a final flurry of purchases - one month to the day away from the event! That's the UK record well and truly smashed, previously held by our very own i30 event last year. We are only sold out for Bring Your Own Computer so if you'd still like to experience i33 then you can still come along as Turn Up and Play or as a visitor for the weekend.

If you desperately want to come as Bring Your Own Computer, you still have a chance as a waiting list is now in operation. The waiting list works on a first-come, first-served basis and allows people who find they can no longer attend to receive a refund, as long as there is someone on the waiting list who is able to purchase the ticket. To get yourself onto the waiting list, simply attempt to pay for a BYOC ticket as normal.

80 additional spaces created for i33

Elbonio — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Good news - we have negotiated with Newbury Racecourse and have acquired additional rooms in the Berkshire stand, increasing the size of the event to 1,580 Bring Your Own Computer spaces. This is the absolute maximum size of the venue, so this really is the last chance saloon, cowboy.

Grab your ticket whilst you can.

150 BYOC spaces left @ i33 ...

Elbonio — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000

This is it folks - i33 is making its way into sell-out city. The train of victory is almost full and is about to pull from the station, the ship of fai... never mind.

The point is that if you want to come to i33, you have to buy your ticket RIGHT NOW! Don't wait, because honestly we don't know if it's going to sell out today, tomorrow or the day after - you can't take that chance.

Get your ticket before it's too late!

i33 Seating Plan Revision 4 Posted

Boffbowsh — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Second Floor SOLD! 20 Spaces remaining on 1st Floor! Book NOW to avoid disappointment!

The fourth revision (also known as the "ARGH!" revision) of the i33 seating plan is now live and can be found here.

Seating at the i-Series is arranged on a first-come, first-served basis. There are currently just slightly over 150 places left for i33, making it by far our fastest selling event ever! We have now recalculated our estimates, and fully expect the event to be completely sold out by the next revision of the seating plan. If you want a chance of sitting near or with your clan, you MUST pay now and raise a seating request, but there is no guarentee especially if you're hoping to sit on the 2nd Floor.

The next plan will be published Wednesday 20th February.

250 BYOC tickets left for i33

Elbonio — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000

As we reach our 1,250th BYOC ticket sold, the event is closing in on a record sell-out. With well over a month left to go, we are way ahead of last years event and i33 is looking to break all kinds of records - including becoming the largest LAN party ever held in the UK.

If you intend on coming, make sure you get your ticket fast!

THQ sponsor £2.5k Frontlines: Fuel of War Comp

Elbonio — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000

THQ have generously donated £2,500 in prize money for a Frontlines: Fuel of War tournament. This slick FPS focuses on an impending war for oil as the superpowers of the world strive to keep their tanks, planes and war machines running. Prize structure, rules and format are to come but the £2,500 prize fund is confirmed, thanks to THQ.

Be sure to grab your i33 ticket if you want to join in the tournament.

i33 Seating Plan Revision 3 Posted

Boffbowsh — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Only 29 spaces left on the 2nd floor!

The third revision of the i33 seating plan is now live and can be found here.

Seating at the i-Series is arranged on a first-come, first-served basis. There are currently just slightly over 300 places left for i33, making by far our fastest selling event ever! We fully expect the event to sell out by revision 6 on Thursday 21st February.If you would like to sit next to a particular person or clan then you’ll need to confirm your place with payment and then submit a seating request to us via our online form.

Be warned, space is now extremely limited, with only 29 coveted 2nd floor spaces left in the CSS section.

The next plan will be published Thursday 14th February.

iPower Games online qualifier signups close today

Elbonio — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Just a reminder, the registration for the iPower Games 2008 online qualifiers ends tonight. If you'd like to try qualifying before i33 (thus winning free entry), you need to have signed up by tonight.

Building on the success of iPower 2007 in Lisbon, Packard Bell are back to find the best gamers in the world. The iPower Games are a unique and exciting global competition that does away with the people who are simply l33t at one game, and aims to find the best overall teams at First-Person Shooter and Real Time Strategy games. Countries from around the world will be sending their nine best gamers to the iPower Finals in Paris this Summer.

By qualifying for the iPower games online you have a chance to win free entry to i33 as either BYOC or TuP - and if you don't qualify, you can have a second chance by coming along to i33 and qualifying at the event. What do you have to lose by trying to qualify online? At the very least you can get some insight into your opponents!

Register for online qualifiers or find out more about the iPower games.

World in Conflict Community Nights

Breath — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000

The Multiplay World in Conflict community are running organised games every Friday night from 8pm onwards. This is a great way to get involved with the community and meet some new people!

For more information visit their irc channel (#mpukwic on QuakeNet) or the community forum.

i33 Seating Plan Revision 2 Posted

Boffbowsh — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000

The second revision of the i33 seating plan is now live and can be found here.

Seating at the i-Series is arranged on a first-come, first-served basis. There are currently just 480 places left for i33, making it our fastest selling event ever! If you would like to sit next to a particular person or clan then you'll need to confirm your place with payment and then submit a seating request to us via our online form.

The next plan will be published Thursday 14th February.

Activision double i33 CoD4 prize to €12,000

Elbonio — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Some good news has just come in that will please our hordes of Call of Duty players - the prize fund has been doubled to €12,000 thanks to Activision meeting our initial €6,000 investment. The heat is really on now as the first prize means the winning team will walk away with €6,000 and free tickets to i34 in August.

There’s everything to play for in what’s going to be an excellent tournament. The multiplayer FPS of the moment is going to take i33 by storm!

Check out the CoD4 page on our i33 site and air your thoughts on the tournament on our forum!

Don't forget to grab your i33 ticket whilst you're at it - we have only less than 500 spaces left and they're going fast!

i33 hits 1,000 gamers paid!

Elbonio — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000

A major milestone has been hit for i33 as we get to our 1,000th ticket sold! That's 2/3 of the event sold out and the remaining 500 will not be hanging around too much longer.

The trend at past events has been that the closer to the sell-out point we get, the faster tickets are sold, so if you are planning on coming then I urge you to secure your place as soon as possible.

Not long now, can you feel the buzz growing? We can! Grab your ticket now so you dont miss out.

Did you know...

Breath — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000

that Multiplay have a range of Call of Duty 4 public servers for your fragging pleasure?

Our servers come in 2 flavours, normal for your everyday play or hardcore if you want something a bit more challenging!

If you want to try something different just ask our admins in #mpukcod on irc.quakenet.org or on the CoD community forums.

Multiplay DM UK - Normal - cod4://85.236.100.243:28960

Multiplay HQ UK - Normal - cod4://85.236.100.243:29360

Multiplay SD UK - Normal - cod4://85.236.100.243:29560

Multiplay SAB UK - Normal - cod4://85.236.100.243:29960

Multiplay TDM UK - Normal - cod4://85.236.100.243:29760

For more servers please see this thread.

Call of Duty 4 Patch 1.5 released

Neophyte — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Activision have released a new patch for CoD4, bringing the game to v1.5 as of today. The patch is an incremental patch and will only update from v1.4, you can grab the file off our fileserver: Call of Duty 4 v1.4 => v1.5 Patch

i33 Seating Process Launched!

Boffbowsh — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000

The first i33 seating plan is now live and can be found here.

Seating at the i-Series is arranged on a first-come, first-served basis. There are currently just 630 places left for i33, making it our fastest selling event ever! If you would like to sit next to a particular person or clan then you'll need to confirm your place with payment and then submit a seating request to us via our online form.

The next plan will be published Thursday 7th February.

EA give £6,500 for i33 tournaments

Elbonio — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000

EA have done it again - consistently supporting the competitive gaming scene in UK and Europe by funding tournaments. This time at i33 they’re putting up a huge £6,500 over four of their most popular games - Battlefield 2, Command & Conquer 3, FIFA ‘08 and Crysis.

Prize fund for each game is:

FIFA ‘08: £2,000 (£1,000 / £650 / £350 )
BF2: £1500 (£850 / 400 / 250 )
C&C3: £1500 (£850 / 400 / 250 )
Crysis: £1500 (£850 / 400 / 250 )

More details to follow including rules and format.

750 paid for i33 - LAN is now 50% full!

Elbonio — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000

We are past the point of no return, the event has fewer seats left than we have already sold. That's 750 spaces out of a total 1,500 Bring You Own Computer spaces sold. If we continue at this pace we'll have sold out all 1,500 seats weeks before the event.

We'll be starting the seating process in the near future and it's first come, first served on requests. The later you leave paying, the less chance you have of a) getting the seat you want or worse, b) getting a seat at all!

Take a look at the i33 site for more info about the event and book your place when you've seen what a great time you'll have.

StratLAN 35 - 2 Weeks to Go!

RTO — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000

There are just 20 BYOC spaces left for StratLAN 35 which is just 2 weeks away now!

I have phoned the venue this morning and they tell me building work is nearing completion and water is now connected meaning the return of the kitchen and toilets, etc will be back inside :D
StratLAN 35 is from February 8th – 10th at Stratford Racecourse in Warwickshire, just off the M40. BYOC cost is just £40 (or £30 if you attended SLAN XMAS 07).

Following feedback on the forums we’re also going to be running two fun tournaments. Both 4v4, there will be TF2 (Pyro only) and CSS GunGame on Saturday and Sunday respectively, as well as some organised games of 1942 and COD4 to keep you entertained.

If you have paid for SLAN 35: don’t forget to pick your seat! If you haven’t: what are you waiting for? Make it a Fragtastic February and Book NOW!

Multiplay UT3 Warfare 5v5 Cup Launched

Elbonio — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Good news for Unreal Tournament 3 fans - We are running an online tournament for UT3 - the Multiplay Warfare 5v5 Cup. We say "cup" but there is no physical cup involved at any point. It sounded a whole lot better than the Multiplay Warfare 5v5 Jamboree so we went with it.

Pride is what's at stake here and we're aiming for it to be good fun so make sure you register or else you'll miss out - signups close Sunday 3rd Feb. It's free and all matches are played online so you've got nothing to lose.

Check out our Unreal Tournament community site for more information and running coverage of the tournament.

Packard Bell iPower Games at i33

Elbonio — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Packard Bell and Multiplay are pleased to announce the inclusion of the iPower Games 2008 at i33. The tournament has two disciplines - FPS and RTS and teams will compete over multiple games of their chosen discipline.

The winning FPS team will join with the winning RTS team to make the UK team who will travel to Paris in the summer to bring glory to Britain!

Check out the iPower homepage for more information.

ET: Quake Wars Demo v2.0 - Improved!

Elbonio — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Activision have released a greatly improved demo of their hit FPS, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars. Grab it off our FTP if you have yet to try it!

Windows: ETQW-demo-client-2.0-full-setup.exe

Linux: ETQW-demo2-client-full.r1.x86.run

Server

Windows: ETQW-demo-server-2.0-full-setup.exe

Windows Hotfix: ETQW-demo-server-2.0-hotfix.r1.win32.zip

Linux: ETQW-demo2-server-full.r1.x86.run

i33 launched with 600 paid and tons of cash!

Elbonio — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000

i33 has officially launched and tickets are now on sale. We've sold 600 already in our pre-launch promotion, leaving just 900 to be snapped up by some lucky gamers.

Big announcements are coming out straight from the off with the new of €10,000 CS: Source and €6,000 CoD4 tournaments creating a buzz around the community already.

There's plenty going on including the UK's leading interactive gaming exhibition, tons of extra activities over the weekend and of course, the UK's largest LAN party!

Check it out on the i33 homepage and be sure to say hi in the i33 forum.

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Patch v1.4

Elbonio — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Activision have released a new patch for Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, taking the popular FPS to version 1.4 .

The patch and server for both Windows and Linux can be found on our fileserver:

Windows patch: ETQW-client-1.0-1.4-update.exe

Windows server: ETQW-server-1.4-full-setup.exe

Linux patch: ETQW-client-1.4-full.x86.run

Linux server: ETQW-server-1.4-full.x86.run

Kwari Launches With Real Money!

Elbonio — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000

If you've been to any of our past few i-Series or hung around here at all for the past year or so, you've almost certainly heard of Kwari. These are the guys who are usually giving away free stuff each event.

The concept of Kwari is fairly simple - a multiplayer FPS whereby you can win money by a number of different methods and tactics. I won't go into detail but the best way to clue yourself in is to get it from the horses mouth and let them tell you what the crack is.

Anyway it's been in beta for a while, many of you may already have played it during this phase, but this week saw its official launch.

You can now play with real cash and - more importantly - WIN real cash!

Check it out over at www.kwari.com

StratLAN 35 Signups Open

RTO — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000

It feels like just last week we were full of festive cheer in the home of Shakespeare, but the time to return to Stratford Racecourse is already upon us!

StratLAN 35 will run from 6:00pm Friday 8th 'til 4:00pm Sunday 10th February 2008 and will cost £40 for the weekend BYOC ticket.

We have spoken to the Racecourse this morning and they have confirmed the venue should be completely finished in the next 4 weeks; meaning we will have brand new (and indoor) facilities!

This was the cause of some disruption at StratLAN XMAS 2007 and we understand a number of you felt it was missing the usual StratLAN magic (no, not the card game :p). To make up for this, we have made provisional bookings for everyone who attended with a £10 discount. You can confirm your place at StratLAN 35 from the My Bookings page of our web site. We're not holding these spaces though, so please don't hang about or you may miss out.

For those of you who weren’t at StratLAN XMAS, you will need to create yourself a booking for StratLAN 35, which you can then confirm by paying online.

There are also a number of threads on the StratLAN Forum which you should take a gander at if you’re planning on coming.

4 weeks to go! Book Now :)

Call of Duty 4 Patch v1.4

Elbonio — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Activision have released a new patch for CoD4, bringing the game to v1.4 as of today. The patch is a full patch and will update any previous version, you can grab the file off our fileserver: CoD4MW1.4-PatchSetup.exe

12 extra places for StratLAN Xmas 2007

RTO — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000

We've been able to open up 12 additional seats for this weekend's StratLAN XMAS! :)

If you are already paid, you may want to take a look at the updated seating plan and shuffle yourself about, if that tickles your fancy. If you're on the waiting list you should have received an email and we have temporarily reserved you a place, get in touch to confirm your attendance.

Missed out before but still want to come? It's not too late, book now!

i33 Early Bird Discount Extended!

Elbonio — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Here's some good news; we've decided to extend the i33 "Early Bird" discount until January 6th 2008!

We were intending to finish the discount this Friday but after taking feedback from our community we have decided that giving people until January will give most people an opportunity to take advantage. The Christmas period is always an expensive time so extending to the new year will give people an extra pay-day to be able to afford it and not miss out on 20% off!

The Early Bird promotion is a massive discount of 20% off a BYOC ticket - making it just £64 to come to potentially the biggest LAN of 2008.

i33 is run in association with the Packard Bell who are hosting the second iPower Games UK finals at the event. Gamers can compete in a number of competitions to win a chance to represent the UK at the finals in Europe later in 2008.

If you buy your BYOC ticket before 6th Jan we'll give you all this for 20% off (normal i-Series discounts do not apply) - and if you usually get 20% off via your Gold i-Series discount then you can claim free EAS on top the 20% discount from this offer!

Our Early Arrival Service is designed to give you an extra night to settle yourself in and be ready to go from the moment the event starts the next day!

To find out more about the i33 early-bird discount, check out the pre-launch landing page.

Please note that because of this change we are no longer offering physical gift certificates for i33, instead you may purchase a place for someone else by contacting us.

Call of Duty 4 Patch v1.3

Elbonio — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Activision have released the v1.3 patch for Call of Duty 4. You can grab it off our fast fileserver: CoD4MW-1.3-PatchSetup.exe.

Timeshift Multiplayer Demo

Elbonio — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000

We are hosting the Timeshift Multiplayer Demo on our fileserver. Grab it whilst it's hot: timeshift_mpdemo_en.exe

Call of Duty 4 - Patch v1.2

Killing — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Yes that's right patch v1.2 for CoD4 is out now. You can snag it of our very own FileForge here: Call of Duty 4 Patch v1.2

Note: The servers are currently patching and will be upgraded shortly.

Buy your i33 ticket now and get 20% off!

Elbonio — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Our usual pre-launch "early bird" discount is back on and running until December 7th on all BYOC tickets for i33 (21st - 24th March, 2008).

If you buy your ticket now we'll give you 20% off, making the price £64 for all four days - a bargain basement price!

This discount replaces any i-Series discount you might already get but if you usually have Gold discount then you get your usual 20% off AND free Early Arrival Service.

For more information see our i33 pre-launch site or go ahead and book now!

Call of Duty 4 Patch v1.1

Elbonio — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000

A tiny 1.5MB patch for Call of Duty 4 is now available on our fileserver. CoD4_MW_patch1.1.zip

You need to extract the .exe file and run it from your games install directory.

i32 Final Leaderboard

Boffbowsh — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The results are in now that the dust has settled on i32, the last big UK LAN of 2007. Over £30,000 was given out in Prize Money, with some of the big Multigaming Clans picking up some very decent money.

Just under £14,000 was shared between teams who won two or more competitions each, with Team Dignitas taking the number one position with £8,128.

I asked Fredrik "NewmaN" Reinius, Dignitas' Team Manager, what was next for the organisation.

We are very pleased with how it went at i32, our guys performed extremely well and their
practise payed off again. We love the i-series and we will of course be back at i33. Our next
main event will be the CPL World Tour Final for World in Conflict in January plus many other
LAN's and tournaments for our large team. Along with our other games we feel UT3 and COD4
will be massive in 2008.

Final Positions:

1st.	Dignitas	£8,128
2nd.	4Kings	£2,750
3rd.	Reason	£2,356
4th.	fnatic	£1,300
5th.	TLR	£1,102
6th.	Team Coolermaster	£700

i32 Raffle Winning Tickets

Elbonio — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The winning raffle tickets are on the i32 website if you missed them. They can be found via the raffle link on the main menu.

Click here to view them now.

Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance @ i32

Elbonio — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000

We are pleased to be able to give all the Supreme Commander fans coming to i32 the good news that we'll be giving everyone who enters the Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance tournament a BETA key for keepsies.

The tournament is 2v2 and will be starting on Saturday - giving you time to get to get your BETA client installed on the Friday.

PC World £2,500 World in Conflict Tournament

Elbonio — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The list never ends for tournaments at i32 - yet another tournament has had last minute prize money added to it, this time courtesy of PC World who have generously pledged £2,500 for World in Conflict.

The tournament is 4v4 and consists of a group stage followed by a "edge-of-seat" knockout phase. Check out the World in Conflict tournament page for more information.

FINAL i32 Seating Plan Posted!

Boffbowsh — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The FINAL revision of the i32 seating plan is now live and can be found here.

PLEASE NOTE: No more changes can be accomodated. If you pay for a seat now, we will do our best to seat you near you clan, but cannot guarentee anything. At time of writing, for example, there is only one seat remaining on the 1st floor of the Grandstand. Anyone not already on the plan will be given their seat number at checkin.

i32 Seating Plan Revision 12 Posted!

Boffbowsh — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The twelfth revision of the i32 seating plan is now live and can be found here.

PLEASE NOTE: The FINAL seating plan will be done on Monday 5th November. If you are not paid by this time we cannot guarentee that you will be sat where you want. Already we are running out of room to manoeuvre clans around, and with us currently taking around 20 payments a day the space is going fast!

Seating at the i-Series is arranged on a first-come, first-served basis. If you would like to sit next to a particular person or clan then you'll need to confirm your place with payment and then submit a seating request to us via our online form.

StratLAN Xmas Party 2007 Signups Open!

Wizzo — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The mother of all Xmas parties is here! Combine organised festivities with a 94-player LAN and you get, well a lot of mess, far too much fun and hazy memories :). StratLAN Xmas 2007 is up. Go sign up and kick off the holiday season in style. Get in soon as this is sure to be a popular event!

Intel Announce $20,000 Quake IV Tournament @ i32

Elbonio — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Bet you didn't see that one coming eh? Intel have pulled one out of the bag and stumped up a truly stupendous amount of money for the Quake 4 1v1 at i32. The total prize fund is $20,000 with some great hardware to boot.

There are 12 cash prize winning positions and players can enter with either a BYOC or TUP ticket.

Find out more or book your place at i32.

i32 Seating Plan Revision 11 Posted!

Boffbowsh — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The eleventh (!!!1111oneoneoneeleven) revision of the i32 seating plan is now live and can be found here.

PLEASE NOTE: The FINAL seating plan will be done on Monday 5th November. If you are not paid by this time we cannot guarentee that you will be sat where you want. Already we are running out of room to manoeuvre clans around, and with us currently taking around 20 payments a day the space is going fast!

Seating at the i-Series is arranged on a first-come, first-served basis. If you would like to sit next to a particular person or clan then you'll need to confirm your place with payment and then submit a seating request to us via our online form.

ClanBase Interview Wizzo

Elbonio — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000

El Capitán and our "beloved" boss Craig "Wizzo" Fletcher recently spoke to our friend DuRuS over at ClanBase about i32 and the future of the i-Series.

If you want to read more about it head over to Clanbase and read the article.

i32 Exhibition Update

Elbonio — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

We have updated the attendance list for the i32 interactive exhibition - allowing you to get a preview of what's happening at the UK's most exciting industry exhibition. The list of confirmed exhibitors is as follows:

Activision

Crucial

Intel

Kustom PCs

Packard Bell

Philips

Qantam College

Quiet PC

Sapphire

Scan

Check out the full details in our exhibition section.

Early Arrival Service - book now to avoid delays

Elbonio — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Our Early Arrival Service has proven more and more popular each event - an extra service purchasable for just £15 that effectively adds another night to the event. It allows you to sign in from 6pm on Thursday night (as opposed to 9am Friday morning) and "test" the network. We don't *guarantee* that power and network will be up but it's almost certain we'll have things up and running by the time you arrive.

If anything EAS is a time to set-up your stuff, get your tent ready and get settled in to have a few drinks before the official start of the event the next day - thus not wasting your precious gaming time with trivial things such as finding somewhere to sleep.

Changes to EAS for i32

The changes are really only going to affect those who do not pay for EAS before the event. We are not allowing anybody who hasn't pre-booked EAS to sign-in before 9pm on Thursday, thus reducing the queuing time for those who book in advance.

We may be able to let those who have pre-paid book themselves in before 6pm but for health and safety reasons we won't be able to let you in until 6pm. Once the doors are open however if you've signed in earlier then you can head straight on in.

The best way to avoid delays next Thursday? Book EAS now!

On a side note, EAS used to be more for those who struggled to make it in time for a 9am start (due to living a long distance away) and so we used to ask for a reason for EAS so we could decide if it was warranted or not.

Times have changed however and we don't really need a reason, but we keep the reason box there anyway just because we have some... unusual answers each time! Some of the best reasons people gave for i32 EAS:

"If I don't get there soon enough a legion of wallabies (powered by tea making raccoons) will take over the world, this will be bad for everyone - and I do mean everyone."

"Running away from the Forces. I need somewhere to live for the night!"

"Chuck Norris dosn't have a chin under his beard, just a 3rd fist."

"I feel sorry for you having to read all these silly reasons. Go to the bar and have a pint. It's on me." [Ed: Thanks!]

"Living on the moon"

"Why do I need to come? Watch me put a tent up and you will know..."

"Because I'm worth it."

StratLAN 2008 Dates Posted

Wizzo — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The dates for our StratLAN events in 2008 has been posted on the forums. Held at our usual Stratford-upon-Avon racecourse venue, StratLAN's are a cosy 100-player LAN affair. Well worth coming along to if you have trouble getting your LAN fix inbetween the i-series!

i32 Hits 900 Paid BYOC Participants

Elbonio — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

There's only 150 places left for i32 (which is a mere 9 days away!) as we hit the 900 paid BYOC participants mark. Add in the TUP players and the spectators and it makes well over a thousand gamers coming through the doors at Newbury Racecourse a week on Friday.

If you'd like to come to i32 then you'll need to confirm your place soon because there's not many left and with many people getting paid today...

Don't put it off - if you plan to come book now and then show off to all your friends by making an "i'm going to i32" badge.

i32 Seating Plan Revision 10 Posted!

Boffbowsh — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The tenth revision of the i32 seating plan is now live and can be found here.

PLEASE NOTE: The FINAL seating plan will be done on Monday 5th November. If you are not paid by this time we cannot guarentee that you will be sat where you want. Already we are running out of room to manoeuvre clans around, and with us currently taking around 20 payments a day the space is going fast!

Seating at the i-Series is arranged on a first-come, first-served basis. If you would like to sit next to a particular person or clan then you'll need to confirm your place with payment and then submit a seating request to us via our online form.

ET:QW Patch v1.1 -> 1.2

Elbonio — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

We are now hosting the Enemy Territory: Quake Wars patch v1.1 to v1.2. The 296MB patch can be found on our fast fileserver: ETQW-client-1.0-1.2-update.exe

You can also find the dedicated server for both Linux: ETQW-server-1.2-nomedia.x86.run and Windows: ETQWLiteServerSetup.exe

Only 200 spaces left for i32!

Elbonio — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

As we near the final 10 days before i32 officially kicks off, the numbers are slowly moving towards our maximum capacity of 1,056.

Just over 200 places left, 10 days to go and between fifteen to twenty places being sold per day means that if you're planning on coming to i32 then you should pay sooner rather than later to avoid dissappointment.

Another good reason to get yourself paid up is to submit a seating reuqest to us. As space becomes tighter and tighter, we have to begin enforcing the "first come, first served" rule for seating requests.

i32 is drawing close, make sure you get yourself paid up soon!

Activision sponsor COD4 Tournament at i32

RTO — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Activision are putting up a £3,000 prize fund for Call of Duty 4 at i32, which coincides with the games UK release date.

Created by the award winning team at Infinity Ward, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare arms players with powerful modern day firepower. Gamers are transported to treacherous hotspots around the globe including the Middle East, Russia and the North Sea in some of the most intense and gripping combat ever bought to the PC.

Some of us from Multiplay were lucky enough to spend an evening playing the multiplayer at Activision's UK HQ and trust us when we tell you this game is nothing short of fantastic!

The tournament will be 5v5, with group then elimination phases. Prizes will be awarded from 1st to 4th place; the break down is as follows:

1st - £1,500

2nd - £750

3rd - £500

4th - £250

The tournament will be open to both Turn Up and Play and Bring Your Own Computer participants (more info on i32 booking types).

If you are attending i32, we have a pre-order service for COD4, and will be giving the games out at the stroke of midnight of the Thursday/Friday. You can book for i32, then add COD4 pre-order to your booking.

You can find out more about COD4 at www.CharlieOscarDelta.com and the tournament itself in the COD4 tournament section of the i32 website.

BF2142 Patch v1.40 BETA 3

Elbonio — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

EA have released the BETA 3 version of patch v1.40 for BF2142. You can find the 385MB file on our fileserver: BF2142_Update_1.40-BETA3.exe

i32 Seating Plan Revision 9 Posted!

Boffbowsh — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The ninth revision of the i32 seating plan is now live and can be found here.

Seating at the i-Series is arranged on a first-come, first-served basis. If you would like to sit next to a particular person or clan then you'll need to confirm your place with payment and then submit a seating request to us via our online form.

i32 Turn Up and Play: FIFA 08 and TF2 added

Elbonio — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Our Turn Up and Play ticket has been extended to include FIFA 08 and Team Fortress 2 in the available tournaments as TUP.

They join CS: Source and ET: Quake Wars to make the £30 TUP ticket well worth it for anyone who wants to play in these tournaments but cannot bring their own PC.

The TUP ticket allows you to play your tournament games on our top of the range Packard Bell iPower gaming machines and full spectator access for the rest of the event. It's a great way for clans from far away to take part in the tournaments.

To book your TUP ticket simply go to our booking page and select the appropriate ticket type.

i32 Raffle prizes start rolling in!

Elbonio — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The i-Series raffle is infamous for its bountiful treasure and booty, a share of which could be yours for just £1 per ticket. Every event the raffle seems to get bigger and bigger with more fantastic prizes on offer.

This time round is no exception and we have some fantastic prizes from our generous contributors:

A small selection of the great prizes on offer this time:

Shuttle XPC Barebone SN27P2

Shuttle XPC Barebone SD39P2

Sapphire HD Radeon 2600XT cards

Top spec Coolermaster cases

Much, MUCH more!

As more prizes are confirmed we'll keep our raffle page updated, as well as revealing our special first prize for i32.

i32 Seating Plan Revision 8 Posted!

Boffbowsh — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The eighth revision of the i32 seating plan is now live and can be found here.

Seating at the i-Series is arranged on a first-come, first-served basis. If you would like to sit next to a particular person or clan then you'll need to confirm your place with payment and then submit a seating request to us via our online form.

Crysis, TF2 and Fifa 08 Prize tournaments @ i32

Elbonio — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

EA have just confirmed they will be running three prize tournaments at i32 - Crysis, Team Fortress 2 and Fifa 2008.

Each tournament has a prize fund and none of them are linked to number of entrants - the prize money is guaranteed! Sign up for the tournaments today after confirming your place at i32

Read more about EA at i32

i32 Prize Draw Winners

Elbonio — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

We have been building up to our i32 prize draw for the past few weeks - giving some of you the chance to win some great prizes, ranging from copies of Call of Duty 4 right the way up to the top games consoles of the day and a beast of a machine, the Packard Bell iPower.

The draw took place live in our community IRC channel - #multiplay on Quakenet - and winners were picked at random from the list of paid i32 participants.

Without further ado, the winners are...

Call of Duty 4 (PC)

Mark Houchin aka mhouchin
Kieran Ellerton aka elly519
Adam Harris aka TempestKane
Richard Dewhirst aka Twiglet
Antony Grace aka antonyaden

£50 Multiplay Vouchers (Redeemable against LANs, servers or DSL)

Stephen Magill aka Magilll
Tim Burton-Durham aka Anubis8

Nintendo Wii

Martin Pfeiffer aka KillerB

Xbox360 Elite

Ben Griffiths aka ukbenji77

Packard Bell iPower PC & 22" Widescreen TFT

Tom Wilkinson aka threek

Congratulations to all our winners, you can collect your prizes at i32!

Hellgate: London Demo

Elbonio — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

We are now hosting the demo for Hellgate: London. You can find the 1.5GB download on our fast fileserver: Hellgate_London_Demo.exe

CoD4 Pre-order and Tournament at i32

Elbonio — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

As many of you are no doubt aware the game itself is due for a retail release on Friday 9th November - the first day of event.

If you're worried about the postman not delivering your copy in time before you leave for the LAN then you can now add a pre-order to your i32 services for the game.

It costs just £30 for the standard version or £35 for the collectors edition. Pre-order with us and you can be sure of having the game at the event.

To pre-order a copy you can simply add a service to your existing booking or add it when you first book your i32 ticket.

i32 Seating Plan Revision 7 Posted!

Boffbowsh — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The seventh revision of the i32 seating plan is now live and can be found here.

Seating at the i-Series is arranged on a first-come, first-served basis. If you would like to sit next to a particular person or clan then you'll need to confirm your place with payment and then submit a seating request to us via our online form.

Turn Up and Play at i32

Elbonio — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Want to come to i32 to play in the €12,000 CS: Source or £3,000 ET: Quake Wars Contamination Cup? Can't make it because you can't bring your PC? We just might have a solution for you - our "turn up and play" ticket could be just up your street.

A "TUP" ticket gives you:

A top of the range Packard Bell gaming PC to use for your tournament matches

Spectator entry for the whole weekend

Full access to camping and sleeping areas

Entry into either CS: Source or ET:QW tournaments

Whilst you can't use the PC when you're not playing your matches you can spend your time inbetween chilling out in the bar, getting in the action at our interactive exhibition or watching finals in our big-stage finals arena.

A TUP ticket costs £30 for the weekend which does include free camping. To book your TUP ticket book as normal and be sure to select the "Turn up and play" option.

Executive Clan Boxes Open

Elbonio — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

We are pleased to announce that we are at the point where opening up the private boxes is now an option available to us. Private boxes are a new way to experience the LAN, with the opulence of your own private box, complete with balcony!

Private boxes are available to clans who have exactly 11 or 22 people (a half or full box) and can be requested by following these steps.

You must have confirmed your place to book a private box.

i32 Seating Plan Revision 6 Posted!

Boffbowsh — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The sixth revision of the i32 seating plan is now live and can be found here.

Seating at the i-Series is arranged on a first-come, first-served basis. If you would like to sit next to a particular person or clan then you'll need to confirm your place with payment and then submit a seating request to us via our online form.

UT3 Demo Servers

Breath — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks to the hard work and godlike efforts of Killing and Neophyte we have a huge batch of UT3 demo servers available for you to use. For a full list of ip address goto the Unreal Community site.

Don't forget to visit the Unreal Series forums and let everyone know what you think of the demo!

Unreal Tournament 3 Demo

Elbonio — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

We are now hosting the Unreal Tournament 3 BETA/demo from Epic Games/Midway. It is very, very shiny :)

You can find the client on our fileserver: UT3BetaDemo.exe

Call of Duty 4 Single Player Demo

Elbonio — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

We are now hosting the Call of Duty 4 demo from Activision. The demo offers a glimpse of the single player for the modern warfare installment in the very popular Call of Duty series.

You can find the demo on our fileserver: CoD4MWDemoSetup.exe

i32 Seating Plan Revision 5 Posted!

Boffbowsh — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The fifth revision of the i32 seating plan is now live and can be found here.

Seating at the i-Series is arranged on a first-come, first-served basis. If you would like to sit next to a particular person or clan then you'll need to confirm your place with payment and then submit a seating request to us via our online form.

Kwari Playtest at StratLAN 34!

Boffbowsh — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

For all you lucky people booked to attend our smaller LAN party in Stratford this weekend, you no doubt already know that Kwari will be in attendance to show off their new cash-for-kills online FPS. Their welcome reception will be in the bar on Friday night with some free drinks, and the playtest will be from 6pm til 8pm the Saturday Evening.
For more info, see our Kwari at StratLAN info page and the Kwari Website

i32 Seating Plan Revision 4 Posted!

Boffbowsh — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The fourth revision of the i32 seating plan is now live and can be found here.

Seating at the i-Series is arranged on a first-come, first-served basis. If you would like to sit next to a particular person or clan then you'll need to confirm your place with payment and then submit a seating request to us via our online form.

UK Team take home Three Medals

RTO — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Things are coming to a close here at Qwest Field in Seattle, location of the World Cyber Games 2007 Grand Finals, with the prize giving ceremony just over an hour away.

Team UK will be picking up three medals at the ceremony, one in each colour - gold, silver and bronze.

Apollooo will be picking up the UK’s first gold following his convincing win in the Command & Conquer 3 tournament, proving he is the world’s greatest Tiberium Warlord.

Zaccubus secured a silver medal in Tony Hawk’s Project 8 and Infused-Gaming will be completing the triangle with a fiercly fought bronze in the Gears of War tournament.

Alongside the official WCG competitions Samsung have been running a mobile gaming competition seeing Moyes coming in the top 8, and ChrisY just missing out on third.

More information on the UK WCG website.

Team UK in at least 2 WCG Finals

RTO — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

It’s the last day of the WCG2007 here at the Qwest Field Event Centre in Seattle and the UK have at least 3 matches left to play in GoW, THP8 and C&C3 - 2 of them fighting for Gold in Grand Finals!

For more info, please see the UK Team schedule for Day 4 of the WCG.

In summary…

GoW: Infused-Gaming vs InFiNiTy - 11:30 PDT (19:30 BST)

THP8: Zaccubus vs DuVaL_AK47 - 13:00 PDT (21:00 BST)

C&C3: Apollooo vs xeon - 15:00 PDT (23:00 BST)

UK Through in 5 of 10 games at WCG2007

RTO — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Team UK are doing well in the Grand Finals of the WCG2007 in Seattle, progressing to the elimination phase in half of the games entered by the UK this year.

Full coverage of Team UK at WCG2007 can be found over on the WCG UK website.

Also check back later for the answers you've all been waiting for in our exclusive 15 minutes (sandwiched between MSNBC and FoxNews) with Mr Kim, President and CEO of the World Cyber Games.

Revised StratLAN 34 Seating Picker available

Boffbowsh — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

After the flood damage to the Paddock Suite at Stratford Racecourse, we've moved StratLAN to the Grandstand and limited the signups to 60 people.

The revised seating plan is now available here, so go ahead and pick your seats!

World Cyber Games Finals Coverage

Elbonio — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Cast your minds back to i31 - our sizzling hot summer LAN in August - and recall that small tournament we were running at it. The World Cyber something? Ringing any bells?

If not then I can only assume you were under a rock at the time because the 1.3 million player World Cyber Games (which saw the UK finals being held at i31) is about to come to an end, and everyone is watching.

The Grand Finals of the World Cyber Games are being held in Seattle and the team of finalists chosen at i31 have flown over and are preparing to battle it out with the worlds best for their share of the $500,000 prize fund.

Wizzo and co are over there and we'll be updating the official WCG UK site as events happen. Be sure to check it out!

i32 Seating Plan Revision 3 Posted!

Boffbowsh — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The third revision of the i32 seating plan is now live and can be found here.

Seating at the i-Series is arranged on a first-come, first-served basis. If you would like to sit next to a particular person or clan then you'll need to confirm your place with payment and then submit a seating request to us via our online form.

€12,000 CS:Source tournament @ i32

Elbonio — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Guess what? We just guaranteed a prize fund of €12,000 for the CS: Source tournament at i32 in November!

Regardless of how many teams enter (up to a max of 128) we have set this prize fund in stone. If previous CS:S tournaments are anything to go by, this could see around 100 teams entering for a chance to win.

With a first prize of €6,000 and tickets to i33 there's everything to play for. Second place will receive a massive €3,000 and third place a respectable €1,500.

We also have prizes for everyone down to 8th place who receive €250 - which is enough for consolation drinks in the bar!

To find out more about the CS:Source tournament at i33 take a look at our CS:S info page. i32 runs from 09:00 Friday 9th November to 16:00 Monday 12th November 2007.

i32 Seating Plan Revision 2 Posted!

Boffbowsh — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The second i32 seating plan is now live and can be found here.

Seating at the i-Series is arranged on a first-come, first-served basis. If you would like to sit next to a particular person or clan then you'll need to confirm your place with payment and then submit a seating request to us via our online form.

StratLAN 34 capped at 60 places ... for now!

Elbonio — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

You will no doubt remember the shenanigans of our "summer" StratLAN which was cancelled due to the floods in July rendering our venue unusable for the end of August.

Stratford Racecourse has been desperately trying to repair its buildings but the main room we use is still suffering from dampness, despite extensive efforts by the racecourse to dry the rooms out.

We are not sure whether or not this room will be available to us or not and there is a chance we will have to hire the Grandstand room instead. This room only has a maximum capacity of 60 people so to ensure we don't end up with a situation whereby we are over-subscribed, we are temporarily capping the event to 60 until we can get a definite answer from the racecourse regarding our usual room.

We'll keep you informed but in the meantime there is only a handful of places left before we reach the "safe 60" limit.

i32 Advanced Booking Prize Draw

RTO — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

We've got our hands on 10 excellent prizes to give away for everyone who makes an advanced booking for i32.

Those of you who have booked and paid for i32 by 14:00 on the 19th October, 2007 (including those of you who participated in the Early Bird discount) will be entered into a draw to win one of the following prizes (for collection at i32)...

1st Prize: Packard Bell iPower PC & 22" Widescreen TFT

2nd Prize: Xbox360 Elite

3rd Prize: Nintendo Wii

4th & 5th: £50 worth of Multiplay vouchers (can be used against LANs, servers and ADSL)

6th-10th: Copy of Call of Duty 4 for PC

The draw itself will be held at 16:00 on the 19th, with results being posted live into #multiplay on IRC.

If you're yet to book and pay for i32, the time to do it is now! This draw is only open to those paying before 14:00 on the 19th October!

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Patch v1.1

Elbonio — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000

A late patch is available for Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, taking the new release to v1.1

You can find the small fix on our fileserver: ETQWPatch1_1Setup.exe

i32 Seating Plan LIVE!

RTO — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The first i32 seating plan is now live!

Seating at the i-Series is arranged on a first-come, first-served basis. We arrange players by game area then by clan tag (NB: '[myclan]' is different to '[MYCLAN]').

If you want to change your clan tag, you may do so from your profile.

If you would like to sit next to a particular person or clan then you'll need to confirm your place with payment and then submit a seating request to us via our online form.

Fortress Forever HL2 Mod Released

ProfLiebstrom — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Fortress Forever, a free mod for half life 2's source engine based upon Team Fortress Classic maps and it's gameplay has been released.

We have put up several servers for you lucky lot to play on which you can find listed here.

You can download this mod from the Multiplay FTP.

Update: If you like this mod you can now order servers for it here: Buy a Fortress Forever Server

i32 Goes Live With 500 BYOC Confirmed!

Elbonio — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The i32 website is now live and registrations are back open - the event is go! The UK's largest LAN party is back for another round as we move towards the end of 2007 and a year of the most successful i-Series events ever.

Living up to i30 and i31 is no mean feat - the record holder for attendance and the record holder for tournaments respectively - but i32 has already broken a record of its own... 500 players confirmed and paid!

The most successful pre-launch promotion we've ever run has seen 33% of the total LAN confirm their attendance and snap up a huge 20% discount. Almost half of the people confirmed as attending are also taking advantage of our early arrival service! Early indications are that this is going to be a popular event.

So don't delay, head on over to the i32 site and check it out!

StratLAN 34 is Live - Kwari BETA premiere

Elbonio — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000

StratLAN 34 has now gone live and what an exciting launch it is as we announce that Kwari will be testing their game in a location outside of the Kwari offices for the first time.

Participants in the beta can expect real cash prizes and plenty of free beer to boot as they become involved in testing one of the most exciting features of a StratLAN we've ever had.

To find out more check out the StratLAN 34 minisite or if you're convinced already, go and sign up.

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Demo

Elbonio — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The playable multiplayer demo of Enemy Territory: Quake Wars is now available on our fileserver.

All pre-orders of Enemy Territory will be able to run a demo server for free until the release day and all existing Battlefield customers have had Enemy Territory added to their profiles, enabling them to switch their Battlefield server to an ET:QW demo server at will.

You can find the demo and the standalone server on our FTP:

Client: ETQuakeWarsDemoSetup.exe

Win32 Server: ETQWLiteServerSetup.exe

Linux Server: ETQW-demo-server.2.x86.run

We have over 50 public servers up for people to jump on and get in the action, you can find our full server list here.

For our Multiplay gaming DSL users we have taken off the download cap for tonight so that you can all grab the demo as soon as you can!

StratLAN 34 Re-launch Dates Confirmed

Elbonio — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Good news: StratLAN is back on! After our venue was flooded out at the start of August we were not able to hold our Summer StratLAN and we've been forced to reschedule it for 12th - 14th October 2007. That's Friday to Sunday and will cost £40 for the weekend.

We have something special to announce about StratLAN 34 but we're not telling you just yet - just keep an eye open for an announcement in the next couple of weeks ;)

We're launching the event and opening signups on Thursday 13th September so be ready to snatch your tickets up then (and there might be a rush on tickets after we make our announcement so bear that in mind).

i32 Discount Disappears Soon!

Elbonio — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000

This is your final reminder to take advantage of our superb 20% discount promotion for i32. The offer ends Wednesday 5th September at 23:59 BST. After this sales of tickets for i32 will temporarily pause whilst we launch the event and will re-open at full price.

If you want the special promotional price you must pay before midnight on Wednesday!

The deal is this: 20% off the cost of a BYOC ticket to i32 for anyone paying within the promotional time period. It's that straightforward. Pay now, save money.

What's that? You already get 20% off because you have Gold-status in our i-Series discount scheme? In that case you get your usual 20% off but we'll give you free Early Arrival Service (worth £15) as well. We love you that much.

Okay! How do I take advantage?

I'm glad you asked - this is the really easy bit. All you need to do is pay now and we'll automatically apply the discount.

Check out the pre-launch holding page until the official site launch when the event goes live.

World in Conflict Demo @ 5pm

Elbonio — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Just a heads up to let you know that the World in Conflict demo is on our FTP and will be released at 5pm tonight, UK time.

Watch this space folks :)

Hellgate: London Pricing Structure Announced

ProfLiebstrom — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Details on the subscription option for Hellgate: London have been announced in the following press release from Flagship Studios.

Flagship Studios - For all players, HELLGATE: LONDON comes completely free-to-play out of the box and will offer a secure online experience with features including the ability to play cooperatively with thousands of other players, trade items, join guilds and enjoy a host of gameplay and community features including voice chat and buddy lists.

For players with Subscription* accounts (€9.99 / £6.99 per month), Flagship Studios will deliver exciting new ongoing content including new character classes, areas, monsters, items and raid content, new game modes (including Hardcore, Role-Play and PvP mode), and additional character and stash slots. Subscribers can found guilds, select to nominate an officer and will have access to guild and player housing. Other features include in-game email for items, web access to characters and a place in future beta lotteries.

*Some subscription features will be available only after the release of HELLGATE: LONDON.

Settlers VI: Rise of An Empire Single Player Demo

Elbonio — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The Single player Demo for Settlers VI: Rise of an Empire is now available on our fileserver. This version includes two single-player maps: one tutorial to learn the basics of the game and one skirmish map.

Either plant a few flags and have several of your friends bring the demo over to you or just go ahead and grab it yourself: TheSettlersRiseOfAnEmpireDemo.exe

Warhammer Online Trailer July/Aug 07

Elbonio — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000

A short movie featuring 1:21 of pre-alpha footage for Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning is available on our fileserver: WAR-VotMJuly_BR1000.zip

Guild Wars Breaks 4 Million

Elbonio — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000

NCsoft have announced that their Guild Wars franchise has broken the four million unit threshold. See their press release for more info:

Bellevue, WA. Aug. 21, 2007—The Guild Wars® franchise of online roleplaying games has broken the four million units sold mark in just over two years.

“ArenaNet’s fantastic work on Guild Wars has helped make NCsoft the leading online gaming publisher in the world,” said Robert Garriott, CEO of NCsoft North America. “Guild Wars players continue to join in droves and stay loyal to the franchise thanks to a business model that makes for a very accessible product. We are all excited about the future of Guild Wars with the expansion ready to be released and Guild Wars 2™ on the horizon.”

“Four million units sold is an impressive number and demonstrates that Guild Wars is a proven franchise,” said Bob McKenzie, Senior Vice President of Merchandising, GameStop Corporation. “The Guild Wars franchise delivers an outstanding gaming experience and is clearly an important part of our PC games offerings.”

In advance of the release of Guild Wars: Eye of the North, ArenaNet is hosting the Sneak Peek Weekend from August 24 to August 26, during which players can explore the frigid climes and encounter the wild beasts of the Far Shiverpeaks region. To participate in the preview weekend, players must purchase the Guild Wars: Eye of the North Prerelease Bonus Pack, on sale at retailers in North America and Europe, in the Guild Wars in-game store, and at PlayNC.com.

Any loot, items, XP, and Heroes earned by players during the Sneak Peek Weekend will be available when Guild Wars: Eye of the North goes live on August 31. Additional information about the Guild Wars: Eye of the North Sneak Peek Weekend can be found at www.guildwars.com/events/ingame/gwen-sneakpeek.

New World in Conflict Movie

Elbonio — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000

A new World in Conflict movie is available on our fileserver. It shows an impressive helicopter skirmish over NYC - featuring the American city for the first time. It is in 720p HD and Windows Media format.

t_worldinconflict_gc07_h264.zip

Bioshock In Widescreen Horror

Elbonio — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000

There are over 700 posts on the 2KGames forums pointing out a glaring omission in the game - that widescreen is not implemented properly.

The problem it appears is to do with the FOV not being altered to accommodate the wider screen and thus chopping off the top and bottom.

No official response from 2K yet but keep an eye on that very angry thread for any 2k replies. One would assume they're going to patch this to implement what surely must be a fairly simple fix - not a word from 2K about it yet though.

In the meantime an unofficial fix has been made by the folks at Widescreengamingforum.com which you can find on this thread. Doesn't work on Vista 64-bit though which is a travesty!

Settlers VI: Rise of an Empire BETA Keys

Elbonio — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Ubisoft have given us some BETA keys for their upcoming Settlers 6 title, due for release Sept 28th.

If you would like to take part, check out our Settlers VI BETA page

Bioshock Demo

Elbonio — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000

This game is going to be huge - due out this Friday, the Bioshock playable demo will hopefully whet your appetite for what's set to be an epic single player experience.

Grab it on our fast UK fileserver: BioShockPC_Demo.zip

i32 Discount Extended

Elbonio — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Our fantastic offer on BYOC tickets for i32 has been extended to Wednesday 5th September 2007.

Pay anytime up to this date and you will receive 20% off your BYOC entry price to i32. Already get 20% off via your gold-discount? You get free EAS on top of your usual 20% off!

For full details check out the i32 pre-launch landing page.

i31 Comes To A Close

KBB — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000

i31 has been a total success - possibly the most successful LAN we've ever run. 1,300 gamers, 94 hours of gaming, 16 tournaments, 90km of network cable, 300 raffle prizes, 200 people from our exhibitors and sponsors - I could go on and on.

The Samsung World Cyber Games went off without any major problems - after all the qualifying, group and knockout stages and nail biting finals we have finished with a team of top gamers that will be representing the UK in the Grand Final in Seattle this October. We would like to thank Samsung for their unending support and tremendous amount of work and dedication they've put towards the World Cyber Games and the UK gaming scene.

Even though the WCG has been running for 7 years it's still very much a pioneering competition and the UK e-sports scene needs more competitions like the WCG - thanks to organisations like Samsung the future looks bright in this respect.

Our interactive exhibition was our largest ever and every one of the companies represented there brought something unique to the event. There really is too much and too many to list here but we would like to particularly thank Asus for the World GameMaster Tournament and their generosity in prizes, Packard Bell for their continued relationship with Multiplay, Intel and Scan for once again outdoing themselves on their stand and Sierra for bringing Empire Earth III and World in Conflict to the event.

We also had our live demonstrations for which we owe particular thanks to Splash Damage and Activision for their excellent Enemy Territory: Quake Wars demo and exhibition match and also Intel and Sierra for their demonstrations.

Particular thanks to THQ for their support with the Finals Arena - hosted in conjunction with Samsung, THQ made the arena possible. Thanks also go to EA for providing £7,500 in prize money for NFS:C, C&C:3 and the Fifa 2007 WCG tournaments.

Finally we want to thank the most important people of all - the gamers. Without your continued support and community spirit the i-Series would not be where it is today. The whole thing is for you guys and without your input and the unique attitudes and sense of community make the i-Series.

It's actually not that long until our next event - i32 this November. It runs from Friday 9th to Monday 12th November and if you pay online before the end of the month you can get 20% off the price of a BYOC ticket so make sure you book early!

Check out all of the coverage of the event over the weekend - our image gallery, video archive and articles covering all the matches, exhibitors and special demonstrations from the event. There's a lot to get through so it could take you a while to look at it all!

Once again, thanks to everyone involved - the Multiplay team wishes you a great summer and we'll see you online on the servers and forums and again in November for i32 - the next big LAN of 2007!

i31 In Full Swing

KBB — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Just in case you hadn't noticed, i31 has been in full swing all weekend! With the whole ground floor dedicated to exhibitors, the World Cyber Games here once again, and 1300 gamers enjoying themselves, this weekend really has been something special! And the best bit - we have another day to go!

Head over to the i31 website to check out what has been going on. Take a look at our gallery, watch some of the videos, and tune in to our live TV Stream! You can also keep up with all 16 tournaments that we are running this weekend, including the 10 WCG ones.

Last night we were also treated to an exhibition match between Splash Damage and Team Dignitas on, so far unreleased, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, as well as a sneak preview of some of the extra maps in the game. Not only this but everyone at the event has been able to play the beta throughout the weekend!

Feel like you are missing out? Then why not come on down? You can come along as a spectator, look around the event, see what's happening on all the exhibits, and check out the finals live in the Samsung-THQ Arena. And if you head down today you will be lucky enough to see some of Girls Aloud on stage!

So, check out the site, catch up with what's been going on, and we come on down to see it for yourself!

Soccer Gaming Sweetpatch TV Launching @ i31

Elbonio — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000

A press release from Sweetpatch:

It's official folks, the brand new soccer gaming website Sweetpatch TV (www.Sweetpatch.TV) will be launching on Friday 10th August at the i31 gaming event at Newbury Racecourse, UK.

The new site replaces the current Sweetpatch MRA site at www.fifa-mra.com and will then be ready for the brand new English Premier League season starting this weekend, the build up to FIFA 08 and also coverage of the 4 days of i31 (which includes the official UK qualifiers of FIFA 07 for the World Cyber Games).

Excited, then join the Sweetpatch.TV team at i31 for the official launch of this new era in soccer gaming websites.

i31 Sold Out!

Elbonio — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000

That's it! the last place has gone. We have 1,306 gamers all seated and ready for the weekend. The event is officially sold out of BYOC spaces.

There is now a waiting list in operation. Simply sign up as normal and when you attempt to pay your name will be added to the waiting list. If someone cancels then the next name on the list will be contacted for payment.

All is not lost however as at i31 there's loads to do if you're a spectator - you can even enter all of our World Cyber Games tournaments without even needing a PC! We have the biggest exhibition we've ever had and our largest finals arena.

Final Seating Plan Posted

Elbonio — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The final seating plan is now live. At the time of writing we have 1 (yes ONE) seat left! The lucky person will be filling seat GB4 on the first floor of the Berkshire stand!

You can find the plan over at the i31 seating homepage.

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Release Date

Elbonio — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Activision have officially announced the release date for their highly anticipated release of Splash Damage's Enemy Territory: Quake Wars. The sequel to class-based free RTCW mod Enemy Territory is slated as a 28th September 2007 release in Europe and Oct 2nd in the US.

From their press release:

Santa Monica, CA - Gamers in attendance at QuakeCon 2007 were rewarded with a special announcement when id Software and Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) unveiled that Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars™ Windows PC will be on EU store shelves on September 28, 2007 and North American store shelves beginning October 2, 2007. The game, which is in development by Splash Damage, pits the armies of Earth’s Global Defense Force (GDF) against the invading alien Strogg in the multiplayer strategic shooter that transports players to the front lines of an epic new war for Earth.

Hellgate: London Release Date Announced

ProfLiebstrom — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Electronic Arts Inc. and NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. have announced the release date for Hellgate: London, the first release from Flagship Studios who gave us a presentation on the game at i30, as 2nd November for Europe and 31st October for the USA.

Hellgate: London is a first person RPG set twenty-five years in the future. It introduces a world devastated by a demon invasion and a desolate city scorched by hellfire where mankind has gone underground to survive. With randomly-generated locations, items and events the game offers virtually an infinite amount of re-playability with no two campaigns being the same.

You will also be able to battle through the entire story to save London alongside your friends online, for free. And for those who wish to expand their experience, there will be an optional online subscription service which will give players access to additional content on an ongoing basis in the form of quests, character classes, demons, items, etc. Specific details on this service have yet to be announced.

FINAL Seating Plan TOMORROW - Last Orders Tonight!

Elbonio — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000

It's last orders at the bar as we take our final seating requests ready for Revision 11 - the final revision - of the seating plan.

You must be a confirmed BYOC participant to request a seat and get your request in tonight as first thing tomorrow morning we'll be setting our army of dramatic chipmunks to work on the last revision and get the personalised desk info sheets all printed up.

Hurry up and get your requests in!

Final 20 BYOC Spaces For i31

Elbonio — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000

There are only 20 BYOC spaces for i31 remaining. You'll need to pay within the next couple of hours to ensure your space.

i31 Seating Plan Revision 10 Goes Live!

KBB — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000

With only a few days left before the event begins we are putting the final touches to the i31 seating plan. Revision 10 has just been released with all of those who have paid this weekend now on the plan.

Check out the i31 seating plan to see where you will be. Remember, you will only appear on the seating plan once you have confirmed your place for the event - sign up and pay today to grab one of the last places at the biggest UK LAN festival this summer!

i31 Set for 1306 Places - Only 50 Left!

Wizzo — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000

We have now finalised the layout plans for i31 and can confirm the final number of BYOC spaces is 1306. This leaves just 50 BYOC spaces left at the time of writing. Time is now almost up for those of you still planning to bring a PC to the event, but whom have yet to confirm their place with payment. Go go sign up and then confirm your booking with payment. The easiest way to pay for your booking is using the online payment page.

There is no limit on spectator passes for the weekend and with the biggest ever interactive exhibition at the i-series and absolutely loads of other side shows and attractions happening, there will be plenty to do even if you aren't bringing a PC along. Spectators can also enter the WCG tournaments by using the provided Turn up and Play (TUP) machines. Avoid the queues to pay on the door and pre-book your space online.

Less Than 100 BYOC Spaces Left

Elbonio — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000

We are getting closer and closer to our final BYOC ticket space as we have only 93 left (at the time of writing).

As we draw closer to the event it's very likely these tickets will be sold by this coming Monday - and almost certainly before the event.

If you intend on coming then you MUST confirm your place with payment as soon as possible.

Book now!

Juiced 2 Added To Asus WGT

Elbonio — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Asus are now including Juiced 2 as the third game in their World Gaming Tournament. Not even out yet, you'll get the chance to play on this brand new racing game as well as potentially win top prizes! That's a win-win if I ever saw one!

Check out the Asus WGT.

Seating Plan Revision 9 Live

Elbonio — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The ninth revision of the i31 seating plan is now live and can be found over on our seating page.

Don't forget - you can only request a seat next to a friend once you have confirmed your place - and it's first come, first served!

StratLAN 33 Cancelled

Elbonio — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000

It is with an enormous amount of regret that we are forced to cancel StratLAN 33.

The recent flooding has left our venue, Stratford Racecourse, totally gutted and without power, phone lines or a building in a usable state. It is very unlikely that they will be able to re-fit the building to a usable state before the event.

The building itself came under several feet (up to seven we've been told) of water, rendering the whole site devastated.

We will of course be issuing full refunds to all those who have paid already and are looking in to arranging another StratLAN sometime in September/October.

We can at least be thankful that we weren't there when it flooded! I know some of you are nuts about water-cooling but I think I speak for everyone when I say that this would have been a little too far!

Packard Bell iPOWER Video On Demand

Elbonio — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Multiplay hosted and ran the tournaments at the Packard Bell iPOWER gaming event in Lisbon, Portugal last weekend. The teams were determined, the prizes were expensive and this resulted in some extremely exciting matches.

To find out more about who won the hardware and who won the wooden spoon, take a look at our coverage page.

i31 Seating Plan Rev 5

Elbonio — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The fifth revision of the i31 seating plan is now live and can be found over on our seating page.

Don't forget - you can only request a seat next to a friend once you have confirmed your place - and it's first come, first served!

i31 Breaks 1,000 Players - Event Capped at 1,275

Elbonio — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0000

We're pleased to announce that i31 has broken the 1,000 BYOC gamer point (with a further 200 "turn up and play" gamers attending without computers) - breaking last years attendance for the WCG finals at i28.

Further to this we have been reviewing our maximum attendance figures for the event and have amended the total number of BYOC spaces to 1,275.

This figure may go up slightly if an area of the Berkshire stand becomes available, we are working on getting this which would bring the total to close to 1,400. However this has not been confirmed yet and so should not be relied on.

If you intend on coming to i31 as BYOC you should book your space as soon as possible. At the time of writing we have 264 places left and two weeks to the event. We sell approximately 30 spaces per day at the current rate so places will be tight by next weekend.

Please ensure you confirm your place as soon as possible if you intend on coming to the LAN.

Site Plan & Improved Security @ i31

Elbonio — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0000

i31 sees a large step up in security thanks to the high profile of the event and our dedication to making the i-Series the most secure LAN anywhere.

As past attendees will know we have invested large amounts into a large security presence at the events. A dedicated team of professional 24 hour security is on-hand to secure the building and ensure the peace is kept (to a reasonable level!) - for both your protection and ours.

i31 sees us step up this security with the introduction of a 7ft high solid perimeter fence surrounding the main site. The fence will run round all of the buildings and has only 3 public access points, each tightly controlled by security.

The two main gates are for access to/from the parking areas (Grandstand parking has been moved for this event) and to the campsites. The Grandstand gate leads directly into the event check-in/registration area for increased throughput on the first day - hopefully speeding up queue times.

The third gate is an easy access gate for unloading your PC gear and for dropping people off. No parking will be allowed in the Grandstand car park at i31 so there's plenty of room to temporarily park up and unload before moving your car to the event car park.

For more information about the layout of the event, check out the i31 site plan.

Asus WGT @ i31 Details Confirmed

Elbonio — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0000

We can now confirm the details of the Asus World Gaming Tournament @ i31.

The tournament takes place in two games - S.T.A.L.K.E.R and Supreme Commander with the top prizes being some of the best hardware money can buy.

Asus have put up prizes for the top 50 gamers in the tournament so you don't even have to come first to win a prize.

Want to know more? Check it out.

Command & Conquer 3 Patch - WCG Qualifiers Updated

Elbonio — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0000

There is a new patch (v1.06) available for Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. The patch brings the game to v1.06 and will be the version used in our online qualifiers for C&C3 From Monday 23/07/07.

If you are in the online qualifiers or intend to play at i31 then you need this patch.

You can find it on our fileserver: CNC3_patch106_english.exe

i31 Reaches 900 Confirmed Participants

Elbonio — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0000

i31 Has now reached the 900 paid participant mark with the magic 1,000 barrier in sight. With under a month to go before the LAN people are getting themselves booked in to avoid a last minute rush.

For those who have paid already don't forget to enter your tournaments

Far Cry 2 Announced

Elbonio — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Ubisoft have officially "launched" Far Cry 2 by making the official website live for the first time.

There's not much on it at the minute but you can get yourself onto the forums or sign-up to win some FC2 goodies.

www.farcrygame.com is the site you'll be wanting to check regularly over the coming months.

WCG Online and Regional Qualifiers Information

Doc — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0000

We've now got a mountain of new information for you regarding the World Cyber Games qualifying events.

First of all, if you have signed up for any of the Online qualifiers, your tournament format details and match schedule are now available.

If you live towards the north, or think that Xbox360 games are more your speciality, come to the Manchester Regional Qualifiers being held at the Trafford Shopping Centre this weekend. We'll be on the Samsung Stand that will appear in the small hours of Saturday morning down Peel Avenue.

All qualifiers from the Online Tournaments and Regional Shopping Centre Tour will win themselves a place in the World Cyber Games UK Finals, being held at our very own i31 in Newbury. In addition to free spectator entry to the festival, qualifiers get the oppertunity to play for a place in the UK National Team, who will be flying out to Seattle in October to compete in the World Finals.

If you can't make it to Manchester, or are up for a challenge, you can always enter the Last Chance Qualifiers on the Friday of i31. Sign up here if you haven't done so already.

i31 BF2 Tournament Launched

Elbonio — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0000

We have launched our i31 Battlefield 2 tournament as Infantry 5v5. After consulting with the gamers on our forums this was by far the most popular choice.

The prize structure is the same as all of our non-WCG prize tournaments for i31 and has a total prize fund of £7,000 if there are 128 clans entered.

Check out the tournament homepage for more information and the full tournament rules.

A Battlefield 2142 fun tournament will be run if there is enough demand.

Also updated today were the rules for Command & Conquer 3, Starcraft and Gears of War.

WCG Online Qualifier Registration Deadline Moved

Elbonio — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The World Cyber Games 2007 requires that players qualify either at i31 or before the event itself. There are three ways to qualify - in one of Samsung's regional qualifier events, in the last minute qualifiers on the Friday of i31 or by qualifying in one of our online matches.

Only PC games are available for online qualification:

Half-Life: Counter-strike 1.6
Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
FIFA 07
Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne
Starcraft: Brood War

If you want to take part in an online qualifier you must register before Monday 16th July @ 22:00 BST (British Summer Time).

This deadline was previously Wednesday 11th July but has been extended. Matches will now be posted on Tuesday 17th July and games played between 20th July and 4th August.

All those who qualify either online or in our regional qualifiers will be given free spectator admission to i31 and food vouchers for the weekend. To find out more see the WCG 2007 UK website.

Girls Aloud @ i31

Elbonio — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Bet you didn't see this one coming! Two of the hot (in more ways than one) girl band, Girls Aloud are coming to i31 on Sunday 12th August. The two lucky lasses are Cheryl Cole and Sarah Harding, both of whom are no doubt going to be pwning some n00bs and possibly even laming someones stash.

Whilst they won't be treating us to any songs we will get to see them showing us what they can do with a joypad during some exhibition matches played on stage in the Finals Arena and the lucky winners of the WCG will be mingling with the stars as they are taking part in our WCG prize ceremony.

That's something you don't always get to see at an i-Series!

WCG UK Site Launched - Online Qualifier Signups

Elbonio — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The World Cyber Games 2007 UK site is now online and contains expanded information on the events taking place for this years national finals at i31.

Signups are now open for pre-i31 online qualifiers, allowing you to pre-qualify for some games online before the event.

Check out the site over at http://wcg.multiplay.co.uk/2007

Executive Clan Boxes Launch

Elbonio — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Executive Clan Suites are a new initiative being trialled at i31 and, depending on how successful it is, we are looking at making it an integrated service sometime in the future.

Each suite is located on the top floor of the Berkshire Stand and seat a maximum of 22 people. They are a private room separate from the rest of the LAN physically, but with the same power and network standards as the rest of the event. Being in a box will make no difference to network performance or your ability to join servers.
Each box has access to a balcony and has its own private kitchen (for this event the usage of this is not guaranteed). You will also be able to plug in extra appliances such as fans and fridges.

Date Of Launch

We are accepting box requests from Friday 6th July @ 18:00 BST (British Summer Time). To find out what we require and how to go about getting a suite for your clan (at no extra cost), check out the Executive Clan Suites page.

Spectator Ticket Changes

Elbonio — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0000

We are changing the way our spectator tickets work and how much they cost as of this Friday (6th July 2007).

We've had lots of feedback over previous events about spectator tickets with many people saying that the time given by a ticket wasn't long enough and that it was too complicated regarding what times a ticket covered. We've taken the decision to simplify things and change spectator tickets to be from 9am to 9am the following day at a price of £10.

On the old structure if you buy a ticket at 9am you are only able to stay until 6pm, meaning that spectators had to buy another ticket to stay overnight. Many visitors found this confusing and so a single ticket for 24 hours is much more logical, simpler to understand and easier for us to enforce.

Tickets will be available in single days, each costing £10 - except for Monday which costs only £5 (as it is a half-day). Alternatively you can save money and buy a pass for the whole event for £25 covering you from 9am Friday to 4pm Monday.

Special Promotion - For One Week Only!

We are offering spectator tickets at the current price of £5 per day as a one week special promotion ending this Friday at 6pm (6th July). If you buy a spectator ticket now you can get in for half price!

BF2142 v1.40 / Highway Tampa Servers

Breath — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Hot on the heals of the 1.40 beta patch we have a number of 1.40 beta servers for you to enjoy.

Official 1.40 BETA Server - UK #1 (Conquest) 85.236.102.7:16667
Official 1.40 BETA Server - UK #2 (Titan) 85.236.102.7:16867
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i31 Tournament Central Updated!

Elbonio — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000

We have released more details about all our i31 tournaments with full rules and prize details now available.

i31 Has fourteen world class tournaments, ten of which could land you a place in the World Cyber Games UK team - do you think you're good enough?

To find out more check out Tournament Central and get practicing!

i31 Seating Process Started - Rev 1

Elbonio — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The first revision of the i31 seating plan is now live. The plan is revised regularly with new requests added each time.

If you have paid for i31 then you can request a seat next to a particular person via our online form.

Otherwise if you just want to look at the latest revision you can always find it on the seating plan page on the i31 website.

Overlord Demo

Elbonio — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000

We have the playable demo of Codemaster's evil-em-up Overlord on our FTP, ready for you to download at your leisure.

Find it on our fileserver: overlorddemo.exe

i31 Hits 500 Mark

Elbonio — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The ball has only just started rolling for i31 and yet we've already hit the 500 paid participants point.

With the World Cyber Games looming large and the prospect of being flown to Seattle to compete with the worlds elite, many gamers are signing up to the biggest gaming event of the summer.

To find out more about i31 check out the i31 Homepage.

QuadV signs Stuart 'TosspoT' Saw

Cabe — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000

A press release from QuadV:

It is with great delight and excitement that QuadV can announce we have secured the services of one of the world’s most talented and well known shoutcasters, Stuart “TosspoT” Saw.

Stuart joins us from inside The Game (iTG), where he covered many major tournaments throughout the world and brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience. Not only will Stuart be joining QuadV in a senior commentary position, he will also serve as one of the executives of the company, helping the company to grow as part of the management team and as a shareholder.

“I am particularly thrilled with Stuart joining us at QuadV, which adds even more quality to our already great line up of commentary talent”, commented Head of Commentary at QuadV, Paul “ReDeYe” Chaloner, “Stuart is without doubt one of the finest commentators of eSports in the world right now and I feel his addition leaves us with the best line up of shoutcasters in the UK and possibly Europe.”

Read the whole press release over at Quadv.com

i31 Launches With World Cyber Games

Elbonio — Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Another chapter of UK gaming history is being written as we speak - our i31 LAN event has launched.

Aiming to equal our own UK record set at i30 with 1,500 gamers, the spotlight firmly falls upon us as players from around the world come to Newbury to join in one of the longest running LAN parties in the world. Also at i31 is the World Cyber Games - a tournament so large that the competitors number over 1 million players.

Running into its 8th year, the i-Series has gone from strength to strength and in this, Multiplay's 10th anniversary, we see i31 breaking the mould once again.

Do you want to be a part of the next chapter? i31 is where it starts.... check out the i31 website regularly for all the latest news and information about i31 and the World Cyber Games.

Signups are of course, now open again - why not go ahead and book your place if you know you're coming...

i31 Discount Ended

Elbonio — Mon, 07 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The pre-launch discount period for i31 has come to an end as we prepare for the launch of the event.

Over 400 people took advantage of the special offer and are now confirmed and paid for i31 with a massive saving of 20% - a reward for paying early.

The rest of the tickets for i31 will be launched soon when we open the event fully, watch this space for more info.

Last Minute StratLAN 32 Payments

Elbonio — Thu, 03 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Just a quick note to let you know that if you try and pay online for StratLAN, you will not be able to - you need to call us on 0845 868 1337 between 9am and 6pm tomorrow and pay over the phone - or pay on the door.

You should be advised however that turning up without confirming your place is not a good idea as we only have a few spaces left.

Deadline For i30 Raffle Prizes Friday 4th May

Elbonio — Tue, 01 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Just to let you know that the deadline to claim your raffle prize from the i30 raffle is this Friday (4th May). Any unclaimed prizes after this time will go into the i31 raffle in August.

To claim your raffle prize send your winning ticket with your name, address and i30 booking ID to:

i30 Raffle
Multiplay (UK) Ltd
9 Bernwood Grove
Blackfield
Southampton
Hampshire
SO45 1ZW

StratLAN Schedule

Elbonio — Tue, 01 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Coming to StratLAN this weekend? Thinking about it? Check out our schedule and start dreaming about the hot games, hot meat and (hopefully) hot weather that we're going to have.

You can find the schedule here.

Fancy coming? There's only a couple of places left so hurry up and confirm your place!

Battlefield 2142 Patch v1.25

Elbonio — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000

We are currently hosting the full Battlefield 2142 v1.25 patch on our fileserver. Incremental patch to follow later.

You can find it on our fileserver: bf2142_patch_v1.25.exe

Keep an eye out for the incremental patch in the BF2142 patches folder.

i30 Comes To An End

KBB — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The UK's largest ever LAN party has finally drawn to a close - i30 has been one of the most exciting events ever with nearly 1500 participants, 10 tournaments, tonnes of exhibitors, and ten of thousands of pounds given away in prizes.

It all kicked off on Thursday when over 750 people took advantage of our Early Arrival Service in order that they could hit the ground running come the next day. Friday arrived, the crowds came and the LAN stirred into life, its rows filled with gamers endlessly fragging. Tournaments kicked off on Friday afternoon with over 92 clans entered into our Counter-Strike: Source competition.

The i30 tournaments continued all weekend - the first of which beginning on Saturday. Streamed live to the world, the Multiplay Arena provided the perfect location for the finalists to battle for the chance to be crowned champion of their tournament. An appealing mix of first-person shooters and real time strategy pleased the diverse spectrum of gamers at the i-Series. It was great to see a massive range of genres, from the fast reactions of the Quake 4 final to the strategic mind play of Supreme Commander. Check out our Video on Demand section to find the all of the finals - we are adding the remaining videos in the next few days! Also, make sure you head over to the gallery to find more coverage.

Once again we had a massive array of different exhibitors here all weekend showing of their latest gear and games. If it wasn't a chance to play on the Packard Bell racing machines or get yourself stuck into World in Conflict then it was building towers out of pink foam pigs. Check out our interviews with some of the top names in the industry in our exhibitors section.

i30 has had its usual selection of social activities as well - Saturday night saw one of our largest ever pub quiz nights with nearly 300 people taking part. We had the classic boat race, staff versus punters football and a bit of karaoke for the really brave (even Bill Roper joined in - how surreal would that have been!)

Speaking of which we had exclusive demonstrations of some of the biggest upcoming games. Massive Entertainment presented us with their newest title, World in Conflict and a packed arena was treated to an hour and a half display of Enemy Territory: Quake Wars from Paul Wedgewood of Splash Damage. Finally, we were lucky enough to graced by the presence of Bill Roper, legendary games producer, who presented us with an inside look at Hellgate: London. You can read all our reviews of these events online.

We hope everyone thoroughly enjoyed the event. Don't forget that you can get a 20% discount on your i31 ticket if you purchase it before the 23^rd of April 2007. Check out all the coverage, give us your feedback on the forums, and we will see you next time.

EAS Opens!

KBB — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The event is now open to all EAS participants - the doors have just opened to a massive queue which is currently stretched down one whole side of the Grandstand! The event setup as gone very well with all tables, power and network laid ready for all - quite some achievement when you consider the size of the event!

Take a look at some of the photos of setup in our i30 gallery, and check out the latest news from the event on our i30 website. Check back later for more!

Seating Request Deadline Extended

Elbonio — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Revision 6 of the seating plan is being worked on right now and this was due to be the last revision, however looking at the number of requests we think we can probably squeeze another in at some point before the event but it's really important you get your request in right away.

To request to be sat next to a particular person or clan, head over to our i30 Seating Request Page.

C&C:3 Floppy Disk Edition

Elbonio — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000

EA have released info about Command & Conquer 3, their latest RTS title, being available to buy on standard 1.44MB IBM Formatted floppy disks.

The project came about, so it is said, when developers at EA received an angry mail from one customer who was upset that there was no version on floppy disk.

EA decided to oblige and prepared an $800 floppy disk edition with 2.1GB spread over 1,407 floppy disks.

You can't buy this in the shops as only 50 have been made, but its expected that all copies will sell due to the novelty of the item.

"It's a collectors item" claims Mandy Simmons from EA "There aren't many people who can say they own this amazing game in a format like this".

You can order the floppy disk edition of C&C:3 direct from their website at www.eagames.co.uk. We will have one of the 50 copies of the game in this format at our i30 LAN event raffle. Will you be lucky enough to win one?

Event Schedule Up

Elbonio — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Just an FYI - the i30 schedule is live and on the i30 website, listing all tournament start times, the finals schedule and the times of extra activities such as developer Q&A's and the Pub Quiz.

Check it out.

Special Guests @ i30

Elbonio — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000

We are pleased to announce that we have some huge names coming to i30 to show off new games in exclusive Q&A/demo sessions held in the Finals Arena.

The first presentation we have is by Massive Entertainment who are bringing their extremely impressive looking World in Conflict title. This groundbreaking RTS is a chilling look into an alternate history - what could have been had the Berlin Wall not fallen in 1989. With support for up to 16 players in Multiplayer mode, this is set to be a huge hit.

Secondly we have what's bound to be an extremely popular demo of Enemy Territory: Quake Wars. This is one of the most highly anticipated titles of the year, winning 25 nominations and awards at last years E3, including best online multiplayer game. Get your seats early for this one.

Finally before the Saturday evenings shenanigans take place we have gaming legend, Bill Roper. Bill used to work for Blizzard Entertainment and was producer on Warcraft I, Warcraft II and worked on Warcraft III. He also produced Starcraft and its Brood Wars expansion, and headed up the Diablo series. In short he is someone you don't want to miss as he is going to tell us about his new title, Hellgate: London. Be there.

i30 Has Only 100 Places Left. Set Mode +Panic.

Elbonio — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000

And so we reach endgame. The final straight on the road to the UK's largest LAN party ever. 1400 confirmed, paid participants, 100 spaces left. There are no more spaces beyond this. I'm going to keep this short and to the point.

At midnight tonight, most of the country gets paid, and I'm willing to bet there's at least 100 people who have been waiting to be paid before they can buy their ticket.

In the past you could relax in the knowledge that a waiting list is in place and that you could get people cancelling - with a week to go before the LAN there won't be many people who go on the waiting list who'll get in.

If you want to come to i30 you need to pay now. Tonight. Go and get your credit card.

GoBLAM @ i30

Elbonio — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Just in case any of you missed GoBLAM.com's press release, they are announcing their attendance at i30 with a "mini-LAN" setup where you could get your hands on some of the stuff they're putting up for grabs over the course of the event.

GoBLAM.com showcases its advanced multi-server technology and massive poker-style gameplay at i30

With so much happening at i30, as well as confirmation of the record breaking attendance, GoBLAM.com are proud to be taking part in this historical event. The GoBLAM.com stand is set to be a hive of activity as it features a mini tournament LAN setup, open to all who wish to take part in their PWNAGE PAYS promotion.

Whether you fancy yourself as a talented or decidedly average CS: Source player, there is opportunity for everyone to take home a prize. 100’s of prizes will be given away during the course of the 4-days of fun, excitement and intensity at i30.

GoBLAM.com representatives with be on hand to explain and demonstrate the concept of massive poker-style tournaments, where gamers can play online for massive prizepots, in a range of pickups, scheduled daily events and massive tournaments. The use of GoBLAM’s proprietary Skill Adjusted Rewards System (SkARS) features as the leveling factor to allow players of all skill levels the chance to share in the spoils.

For more information visit www.GoBLAM.com, staff is on hand 24/7 to deal with any and all queries.

i30 Nears Critical Mass - Approx 150 Spaces Left

Elbonio — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000

We are almost at the magic number of 1350 paid participants for i30. Why is this number so special? With this many participants paid up it means we have only 150 spaces left until we are sold out - this is the number that triggered the memorable frenzy we had this time last year at i27.

To better illustrate we are giving you a sneak peak into our extensive stats on events, normally reserved for management eyes only - to try and convey how the event is teetering on the edge of selling out. The graph shows i30 payments vs i27 payments plotted over time. The notes show how 150 spaces went within the time-span of a day and made the event a sellout within hours, without warning.

Last March we sold the last 150 places in less than a day - a matter of hours in fact - catching many people off guard, leaving them disappointed. We're not saying this will definitely happen again but we aren't saying it wont either.

If you intend on coming to i30 but haven't got round to paying yet or were delaying for some reason, consider this an early warning. The event is about to reach critical mass and unless you can handle the bitter disappointment, you need to confirm your place immediately - within the next day or so.

You have been warned!

Revision 2 Seating Plan Live

Elbonio — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The next revision of the i30 seating plan is live - fitting all 1279 of you onto it. Expect another one in a few days time when we have a couple of hundred more people paid up.

To download the latest revision of the seating plan head over to the i30 Seating Arrangements page.

To request to be sat next to your friends/clan then submit a request to us via our online form.

Supreme Commander & S.T.A.L.K.E.R i30 Tournaments

Elbonio — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Packard Bell, THQ and Intel have teamed up to bring you the worlds first pro S.T.A.L.K.E.R and Supreme Commander tournaments @ £2,500 each. There are even greater prizes on offer however if you would care to peruse Packard Bells press release...

Can you last the distance…

Do you have an appetite for winning? Have you got what it takes to become UK champion? If the answer to these questions is "yes" then Packard Bell invites you to battle it out for the Ultimate prize, on the ultimate stage.

Tournaments will take place at i30, in association with Intel and THQ, and will see gamers battling it out on Stalker and Supreme Commander. Thanks to our friends at THQ, there will be £2,500 available in prize money for each tournament, with 6 winners being crowned PB UK champions (4 winners from Stalker and 2 from Supreme Commander). The UK winners will also get free Broadband for year courtesy of BT.

And the cherry on the cake… Packard Bell will be taking the UK champions to compete in the International Gaming Event 2007. Take on gamers from 9 other countries on an all expenses paid trip to Lisbon, Portugal in July 2007.
This trip of a lifetime includes: 3 nights in a top hotel in Lisbon, flights, all meals and evening entertainment. To compete you must be over 16 and make your own way to and from the UK airport.

This event will be streamed live from Portugal and following 2 days of intense gaming the Packard Bell International Gaming Champions will be found! Each member of the winning team will get a top of the range PC and a 22" TFT monitor.

To find out more check out our i30 homepage for all of the i30 news and announcements.

StratLAN 32 Now Live

Elbonio — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Just a quick note to let you know that you can now pay for StratLAN 32 which takes place in May within the delightful surroundings of sunny Stratford-upon-Avon.

Be sure to confirm your place so that you can pick your preferred seat before they all go!

For more information check out the SLAN32 homepage.

i30 Breaks UK Record With 1200 Participants!

Elbonio — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000

These announcements are coming thick and fast these days - 1,200 places gone which now marks a new UK record for attendance at a LAN gaming event - smashing our previous records set at i28 and i15.

Thanks to our expansion to the Grandstand next door we now have a venue capable of holding 1,500 gamers and it looks like we will almost certainly sell it out at the rate we're going as people are snapping up tickets faster and faster.

Who can blame them of course with so much going on - a $10,000 Quake 4 tournament, up to £7,000 for CS: Source and £5,000 spread over BF2 and BF2142 - not to mention the wealth of exhibitors and special guests we've yet to tell you about!

Keep them coming, let's break 1,300 by the end of the week!

i30 Seating Plan Revision 1 Available

Wizzo — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Our first revision of the seating plan for i30 is now up, with the second revision on its way very shortly. If you have paid for i30 then you may request to be sat next to specific people.

To request a seat you should use our seating request form. Please note we do not accept email requests, irc requests, etc. for seating. All requests must go through that form.

On the form you should select the appropriate reason from the drop-down box and then explain who it is you'd like to sit next to. We need their booking reference and full name/nickname. It's a mammoth task to do the plan, so help us to help you by giving us as much information as possible.

Please bear in mind that unless you have a specific need (eg disabled access) we can't take requests for specific location in the building - only for seats next to people.

For example you can ask to sit next to your best friend but you cant ask for a seat on the ground floor.

Hurry up and get those requests in as we will be putting up the next plan soon. As the event fills up it will get harder and harder to accommodate requests!

i30 Hits 1100 - The Final Straight Looms

Elbonio — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000

I'll be honest with you, when we write you our e-mail newsletter to you, we often write them a few days before they go out, giving time to look over them and make any additions and so on.

We have a newsletter sat pending that I've had to change the header image for 3 times now because you lot keep buying more tickets and breaking more landmarks! It started off at "900 paid!" then it went to 1,000 and now it's 1,100!

The sales trend for this event has almost been textbook - a high uptake to start with, climbing at a steady rate through the late hundreds until we reach about 1,000 then it starts to ramp up.

This is evident as it took 10 days to get from 800 to 900, approx 5 days to get from 900 to 1000 and just 3 days to get from 1000 to 1100 - I'll let you do the maths to see how the trend continues.

A $10,000 Quake 4 Tournament Blast Into i30!

Elbonio — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Someone just picked up the quad damage powerup because the prize money for Quake 4 at i30 has gone through the roof. Our friends over at Belkin have stepped in and are continuing their support for the pro-gaming scene by partnering with Multiplay and jointly we are injecting lots of cash into the prize kitty. $10,000 worth of cash to be precise.

The tournament will remain as a 1v1 deathmatch and take the same format, with the prize money being the only thing changing. You could also say that one other change is that this massive cash injection has attracted further Quake 4 "pro-gamers" to the event and we now have an A-list of some the worlds top players attending:

Stermy, Italy
cooller, Russia
av3k, Poland
Forever, Holland
cypher, Belarus
Dreg, UK
2gd, UK
GaRpY, UK
Lost Cauze, USA
d1ablo, Germany
Jibo, China
k1llsen, Germany
impulse, Belgium
Sombra, Spain
Akiles, Spain

The Multiplay Belkin Quake 4 1v1 International Tournament is going to be kicking off bigtime, don't miss one of the UK's largest eSports stages and be sure to book your place soon.

Want to know more? Check out our full news story, including press release.

QuadV announce new game streaming station

RTO — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000

QuadV announced today that they have gone live with their brand new game orientated streaming and casting station. The newly formed company has been built from the ground up as a professional online broadcaster using bespoke technology written specifically for the task.

QuadV have launched 3 dedicated Video Stream Channels and 4 High Quality Audio Channels available to their team of commentators to air live broadcasts of online and lan tournaments from around the globe.

Paul “ReDeYe” Chaloner and Joe “Joe” Miller will lead the team alongside Technical Director Oliver “Jester” Aldridge. Paul returns to the shoutcasting arena after five months away and brings a wealth of experience from his time with iTG and covering events such as the World Cyber Games, Electronic Sports World Cup and Quakecon. Joe comes from a successful time with TsN and like Paul, brings huge experience to QuadV thanks to his commentary of the CPL World Tour and the World Series of Video Games.

QuadV are determined to bring LIVE gaming coverage of people’s favourite matches and tournaments right into their living room via Internet TV and Radio.

“We have spent a considerable amount of time and effort setting up the company correctly to give us a solid base to start from. We truly believe that we are in a great position to deliver a great experience for the viewer and listener by providing high quality video and audio streams LIVE from the events and tournaments.” Said Founding partner Paul Chaloner.

“We believe that people want and need the LIVE coverage from tournaments and with our strong technical relationship with our partners, it will enable us to deliver the kind of streams people want. Working in a professional way and having an open approach, we will also work closely with tournament organisers to give them the kind of coverage their tournaments deserve.”

Multiplay, the UK’s leading Gaming ISP and Game Server Provider, will provide technical support to QuadV and Paul Chaloner is particularly pleased. “I cannot stress how important it is to have such a fantastic ISP backing us from start up, especially one so switched on to the needs of gamers and I look forward to working with the Multiplay people on an ongoing basis.”

QuadV have also signed a deal to cover a major online tournament in the coming months both on Video and Audio across the internet and are in discussion with several other tournament organisers about coverage of LAN based tournaments. They have also landed a brand new global tournament which will culminate in world finals later in the year and should be announced in the coming months.

QuadV is also committed to high quality coverage of ONLINE tournaments such as Clanbase EuroCups and OpenCups as well those offerings from other major online organisers and further announcements regarding specifics will be released in due course.

www.quadv.com - #quadv (irc.quakenet.org)

i30 Breaks the 1000 Player Barrier!

KBB — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000

It’s only been a few days since our last milestone and we are already into 4 figure numbers! With over 1000 players signed up for i30 we are now two-thirds full! With less than 500 places remaining it looks as if we are heading quickly towards a sell-out! And with the seating plan launch imminent and many more announcements on the horizon i30 is looking better by the day!

Tournament signups are also open – as soon as you have paid for i30 you can get yourself entered into one of many tournaments! i30 also sees the welcome return of an RTS tournament as well as all the usual great games!

Head over to the i30 mini-site to find out more! Make sure you secure your place soon – spaces are running out!!

i30 Hits 900 Paid!

KBB — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Can you believe it?! It has only been a few weeks since the launch of the event website but we already have over 900 people paid up for i30! The event is filling up fast and we still have a number of big announcements on the horizon!

If you are still planning on coming to the event then make sure you signup soon - don't miss out on what's going to be the biggest UK LAN event ever! Head over to the i30 mini-site, find out a little more about the event, and signup today! Tournament signups are also open with massive cash prizes for both of the Counter-Strike tournaments and i30 will see the welcome return of some strategy competitions!

Check it out now!

i30 Hits 700 Paid

Elbonio — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000

We've hit the 700 paid mark for i30 as the payments come in a steady stream. Since the launch we've seen 200 more people confirm for the UK's largest LAN and almost double that registering their interest.

We have yet to announce some major additions to i30 so keep your eyes peeled, stay tuned and check the i30 homepage every day!

Battlefield 2142 Patch v1.20 Released

Elbonio — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The latest patch of Battlefield 2142 (v1.20) is available for download from our fileserver. It's in two flavours:

Full: Retail -> v1.20 [ bf2142_patch_v1.20.exe ] - 287MB

Incremental: v1.19b -> 1.20 [ bf2142_patch_v1.19b-v1.20.exe ] 19MB

i30 Hits 600 After Only 24 Hours!

Elbonio — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Here we are barely 24 hours after launching and we have well over 600 paid participants for the biggest LAN the UK has ever seen. An unprecedented amount of interest has seen this event boom like no other i-Series previously, heading for a record-breaking sell-out time to better even last years i27.

If you want to know more about our 1,500 player LAN party in April then check out the i30 homepage - the only place you need to go to find out all the latest i30 news, tournament info and FAQ's.

Already know you're coming? Book your place then!

FRAG's Inside View Of i29

Elbonio — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000

FRAG - the gaming TV show available over the web, came down to i29 to take a look. Undecided about i30? Take a look at this and it will hopefully give you a better idea of what it's about.

Check out the rest of FRAG's great stuff over on YouTube.

i30 Launch Date Announced!

Elbonio — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000

There have been so many of you waiting to hear when they can pay for i30 that we couldn't keep it from you any longer. We're going for launch.

Put this date in your diaries, memorise it subliminally via a tape whilst you sleep and have it tattooed onto your firstborn:

Monday February 12th 2007 @ 13:00 GMT

Bear in mind we sold 500 places already in our pre-launch promotion so we're already 1/3 of the way there and we haven't even opened for signups yet!

The full i30 site goes live at 1pm on Monday over at www.multiplay.co.uk/i30 so be sure to check it out for our first wave (of many) of announcements regarding what's going on at the UK's largest ever LAN party.

Supreme Commander Demo

Elbonio — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000

We are hosting the new Supreme Commander demo on our fileserver. Weighing in at 1GB it's hefty but then it's a hefty game! Grab it: supreme_commanderdemo.zip

S.T.A.L.K.E.R - B.E.T.A !

Elbonio — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Following on from our competition to win a place at the STALKERthon we now have the chance to offer 100 beta keys to the first 100 people (who are 16+) to answer our question correctly.

Want in? Check it out: here.

Win a 24 Hour Session With S.T.A.L.K.E.R

Elbonio — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000

It was 4 years ago that S.T.A.L.K.E.R came onto the radar and now here we are only 3 months from its release. As agonising as those 3 months may be, for 3 lucky people we have the opportunity to send you away for a 24 hour S.T.A.L.K.E.R-thon hosted by THQ, with free food and booze to keep you going through the night!

For more details check out our S.T.A.L.K.E.R competition page.

StratLAN 31 Goes Live!

Elbonio — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Roll up, roll up for the mystery tour - step right this way: StratLAN is here to take you away! The first LAN of 2007 comes upon us and is now open for signups.

Pay up as soon as you can, grab your seat and then boast to everyone about it!

BF2142 v1.10

Elbonio — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0000

The new patch for Battlefield 2142 (v1.10) is available to download on our fileserver: bf2142_patch_v1.10.exe

100 Supreme Commander BETA Keys To Be Won!

Elbonio — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0000

We have 100 BETA keys for THQ's Supreme Commander to give away and are running a competition to decide who the lucky winners are.

Head over to our BETA homepage to find out more and have a shot at getting your grubby little mitts onto it.

BF2142 Patch v1.06

Elbonio — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000

We have the latest BF2142 patch - v1.06 from DICE/EA. This patch replaces the v1.05 released earlier this week.

You can find it on our fileserver: bf2142_patch_v1.06.exe

Battlefield 2142 Patch v1.05

Elbonio — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000

The Battlefield 2142 patch is now on our fileserver. bf2142_patch_v1.05.exe

i29 Finals Coverage Now Available

Elbonio — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000

All of the tournament finals from i29 are available for download. Each finals has an introduction, the full match with commentary by RedEye and Tosspot, interviews with the clans and the prize giving presentations.

You can find all these plus all of the demo files for CSS and CS 1.6 over at our Finals Page.

BF2 Patch v1.41

Elbonio — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000

The latest patch for BF2 has been released, you can find it on our fileserver. bf2_patch_1.41.exe.

i29 Is Over!

KBB — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000

i29 has finally come to an end! This weekend we have seen one of the best LAN events ever, with £20,000 up for grabs in the tournaments, more exhibitors than ever before, and 800 passionate gamers battling it out all weekend! We have streamed the finals live across the world on Multiplay TV, brought you some of the most exciting tournaments we have seen in a while, and proved once again why we provide the biggest and best LAN events in the UK!

Our coverage is in full swing - we have photos up already and you can expect video footage from the event as the week progresses. Also, make sure you check out all the winners from the weekend too! Head back over to the i29 site for more!

Many thanks to all those who came to the event - we hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did putting it on!

Please leave us some feedback on our forums!

If your like us and cant wait for i30 we have a special offer which gives everyone a great discount for booking early. So what are you waiting for, book i30 now!

Multiplay TV Goes Live!

KBB — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Multiplay TV is now live showing all the finals from the Intel Extreme Gaming Tournaments at i29! Keep up to date with all the games as they happen with commentary from ReDeYe and Tosspot!

Tune into Multiplay TV now!

Keep Up With i29!

KBB — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000

i29 is in full swing - the tournaments are well on their way, the exhibitors are showing off all of their new gear, and we are creeping slow closer to the finals! To make sure you don't miss out on anything at the event then tune into our coverage, check out the latest results, and get ready to watch Multiplay TV later on today!

Don't miss out!

i29 - i-Live Byte #2

Elbonio — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000

We talk to Phil from Ubisoft about their FUSE event - live music and live gaming combined into one awesome event.

This is before the event started and you can see some of the setup.

Check it out.

i29 - i-Live Byte #1

Elbonio — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000

The first Byte of i-Live is up and away for you all to watch, the team gives a quick preview of what to expect from the coming days.

Check out the byte at our new look website.

Coming up in the next i-Live we have coverage of the FUSE event which, tbqh, looks awesome.

Keep watching - the more you download, the more we make!

Seating Plan Rev. 3 as 700 Places Approaches

Elbonio — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000

As we approach the 700 paid mark we have our penultimate seating plan revision out. Revision 3 encompasses anyone paid/requested up until yesterday (Sunday 05/11/06).

Anyone who requests a seat from now until tomorrow evening will appear on Revision Four which is the final revision. After this all requests will be seated where we can and the later you leave it, the less chance you have of getting a good seat.

On a side note we're almost at the 700 paid mark, surpassing last years total. It's shaping up to be a superb event!

Seating Plan

Signup to i29

Submit A Request

i29 Event Schedule Goes Live!

KBB — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000

That's right - after weeks of deliberation we have finally managed to squeeze everything into i29! With so much going on there really is little time for anything else! You can check out when everything is scheduled on the i29 Event Schedule!

Please note the start times for the tournaments - some tournaments will be starting at 14:00 on Friday!

With only days to go until i29 begins, places are disappearing fast! If you haven't secured your place yet then head over the Signup Page and do so now! Make sure you don't miss out on the last i-Series of 2006!

Bloodmasters released

Tsunami — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Bloodmasters is a free game which is described as an Arcade, old school multiplayer and bloodshed game. Play with friends on your LAN or online and experience this old school top-down shooter. The game supports Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture The Flag and Scavenger game modes.

Website and Download here.(45mb)

i29 Joins The 600 Club

Elbonio — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000

i29 has reached that fabled milestone - the 600 mark. Historically this is usually the point where signups increase, people pile into the event and places start going quickly.

Over the past few days sales have shot-up, mostly due to the start of the month being when most people get paid, and places are disappearing fast. In just over a week we have sold approximately 25% of our total places so far - a huge jump in sales.

We expect this trend to continue into next week by which time we will have smashed last years attendance figures for the November LAN in 2005.

Don't forget to sign up for tournaments and check out Revision 2 of the seating plan if you are already coming.

Keep them coming!

TrackMania United North American Release

Cabe — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0000

From GamesPress

French publisher Focus Home Interactive will be giving North American gamers a reason to fire up their engines, having today announced the impending release of TrackMania United for PC.

TrackMania United is the latest title in the TrackMania series, and will combine high-speed racing with pure, uncomplicated fun. The game contains all the features of the previous titles, and introduces an extensive new content editor. The new editor and in-game browser allow both veteran and rookie players the ability to create, showcase and share customized paintjobs, tracks, environments and videos. TrackMania United will offer players the opportunity to enjoy a rich gaming experience both online and offline, while taking part in a friendly and fun online community.

TrackMania United will see full North American retail distribution in February 2007; however, a special early international release of 10,000 copies will be available for sale on November 17, 2006. These 10,000 copies will only be available for purchase online, and will be the full game, with no limitations. This early release will allow fans to get a jump start on developing content to share with the TrackMania United community.

Fasten your seat belt and get ready to race at blazing speeds through some of the most insane environments ever seen by gamers! Mammoth jumps, loops, raised hairpin turns, half-pipes, ramps and a multitude of other outlandish obstacles await the intrepid racer in TrackMania United.

For more information about TrackMania United, please visit http://www.focus-home.com/ or the TrackMania United homepage at http://www.trackmaniaunited.com

Which Tournaments Exclude Which?

Elbonio — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0000

As previous i-Series attendees will be aware of, only one entry into a prize winning tournament is allowed. This is because schedules conflict and it's not normally possible to have players playing in multiple tournaments running at the same time.

At i29 however there are some exceptions - for example you are able to join both the Battlefield 2142 and Battlefield 2 tournaments. You may also join any tournament with the Need for Speed: Carbon competition.

The table below show you exactly which tournaments can be entered with which:

Seating Plan Revision 1

Elbonio — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Our first revision of the seating plan for i29 is now up, with the second revision on its way very shortly. If you have paid for i29 then you may request to be sat next to specific people.

To request a seat you should use our seating request form.

On the form you should select the appropriate reason from the drop-down box and then explain who it is you'd like to sit next to. We need their booking reference and full name/nickname.

Please bear in mind that unless you have a specific need (eg disabled access) we can't take requests for specific location in the building - only for seats next to people.

For example you can ask to sit next to your best friend Jimmy Snotnose but you cant ask for a seat on the ground floor.

Hurry up and get those requests in as we will be putting up the next plan soon.

Latest Newsletter

Elbonio — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0000

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i29 Intel Extreme Tournament Signups Open

Elbonio — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0000

We have opened the tournament signups for i29, featuring the Intel Extreme Gaming Tournament, and our array of tournaments this event is somewhat impressive, totaling £20,000 in prize money there is some serious cash up for grabs.

To signup to any of these tournaments you must first confirm your place at i29 and then head over to tournament central.

BF: 2142 v1.01 Patch

Elbonio — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0000

EA/DICE have released a patch for BF 2142 in preparation for its official UK release this Friday.

You can find it on our fileserver: bf2142_patch_v1.01.exe

BF:2142 Pre-Orders Now Available @ 33% Discount

Elbonio — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0000

The hugely anticipated BF2142 is on the horizon and will be with us shortly. To mark this momentous occasion we've gone a bit crazy and whacked a 33% discount on all Battlefield server orders when you buy 3,6 or 12 months at once. This offer is going to last until 31/10/06 or until we simply run out of servers (unlikely but always possible!).

One major change is that from now on all Battlefield servers will be able to play every title in the series - buy a BF2 server now and you'll get 2142 when it comes out, and in the meantime you can play both BF: Vietnam and BF:1942. You don't need to take part in the promotion to get this, it's already in place for new and existing customers alike.

If you are an existing Battlefield customer and want 33% off just renew your server for 3 months or more during the promotion period and you'll also get 33% off the base price of your Clanserver.

CHECK IT OUT

BF2142:- Gone Gold

Tsunami — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0000

EA have announced today that BF2142 has gone gold. Limited details and a free wallpaper can be found at the site linked below.
Details Here.

i29 Pre-Launch Discount Period Ended

Elbonio — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0000

If you haven't paid for i29 yet then you just missed out on our special 20% discounted price offer which ended at 6pm this evening - unlucky!

Those who signed up received a 20% discount on their entry price - or if they are one of our hallowed loyal Gold Status customers, they got free EAS worth £15, on top of their usual 20% off.

Signups are temporarily closed as we prepare the event for its official launch next Monday - 2nd October, at which point we will open the floodgates to the masses and begin our countdown. We have some very exciting news for you all but you'll just have to wait and see what that is!

Roll on Monday!

Hyundai releases 1ms response TFT

Cabe — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Any quicker and it will show you the future.

NewLaunches.com report on the Hyundai S90D speaks of toys with 1000:1 contrast ratio and a brightness of 300 cd/m3. The S90D also sports an analog TV tuner and stereo speakers, and a rather attractive stand.

No word on pricing or availability yet, but I sure want one.

Cheers to WhiteKnight for the heads up.

[edit]Thanks to my proof reader Von Faceless[/edit]

i-Live From i28 Bytes #6, #7 and Feature #1

Elbonio — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Jokes about bytes coming "live" from i28 aside, here are the missing bytes from the event as well as the first of our special features.

Bytes 6 and 7 can be found on there which cover our Samsung interview and also our final "wrap-up" byte with Wizzo.

Following on from this is the first of our series of additional features which looks at some rather odd characters spotted wandering around i28...

Check it out.

Keep an eye out for our second Dark Messiah feature featuring footage from the game and an interview with Chris and Rick from Ubisoft.

StratLAN 29 Draws Near

Elbonio — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Just a quick reminder to all StratLAN 29 attendees that we have our seating system up online which you can find by clicking here.

For those who have not signed up yet but plan on coming, please do so ASAP so we can get a better idea of numbers and layout of the venue. You can sign up by clicking here.

BattleField 2 v1.4 patch released

Killing — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Yes you read that right! The long awaited BattleField 2 version 1.4 patch has been released, the servers have all been patched so just grab the client update and we'll see you on the BattleField!

Client Downloads from FileForge:

* Incremental Patch (from v1.3)

* Full Patch

N.B. If you run a server and want infantry mode simply add the addon to your profile.

Savage Released As A Free Download

CyberDrac — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0000

You can now download and play the FULL RETAIL version of Savage: The Battle For Newerth for free! This has long been a favourite in the Multiplay community, and hopefully this decision to release the original game for FREE will revive interest in Savage and could pave the way for this being another LAN favourite in preparation for the released of the eagerly anticipated Savage 2.

Download Available from the Savage Download Pages

i28 Winning Raffle Tickets

KBB — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Check out the remaining unclaimed raffle tickets from i28! If you have one of the winning tickets then send the ticket with your postal address to our address below! We are unable to tell you what prize you have won - it will be a nice suprise when the post arrives!

Pink	Blue	Green	White	Yellow
24 37 87 298 387 559 810	776 875 884 943 951	849 878 892 952 956	220 844	651 759

If your one of the lucky winners then please send it to:

Multiplay (UK) Ltd

9 Bernwood Grove

Blackfield

Southampton

Hampshire

SO45 1ZW

i29 A 4-Day Event? You Decide!

Elbonio — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Wizzo has posted a forum poll to gauge peoples thoughts on i29 being a 4-day event instead of the 3 it currently is. Go ahead and vote on the thread and have your say.

i29 Signups Open - Discount Available!

Elbonio — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000

i28 is as good as finished now with a stunning display of skills from Fatal1ty leaving us on a high, but just when you thought your ecstacy could get no higher we pushing your little joy-o-meter to the edge until the needle taps the side furiously.

Yes thats's right, we're opening the i29 signups and giving you until September 25th to pay with a whopping 20% discount. Simply sign-up and pay online and you'll automatically get the discount.

You can't use this in conjunction with any other offer we have (this discount overrides any current i-Series discount scheme level, but replaces it with free EAS if you are a gold member).

Also of note is the dates for next years i-Series events:

i30 - 6-9 April (Easter Bank Holiday weekend)
i31 - 10-13 August
i32 - 9-11 November

There IS More i-Live... Honest!

Elbonio — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000

What an event! We've been so busy filming more and more bytes for i-Live that we have literally not had time to sit down and edit what we have and get it out to you!

We have had lots of people asking us if there will be any more bytes from i28 and the answer is YES! We're just slightly backlogged at this time. Keep an eye out here and on the i-Live website tonight, tomorrow and the coming days for all the footage from i28 as we have some stonking stuff to show you.

Stay tuned sports fans.

i-Live from i28 Byte #5

Elbonio — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000

We talk to Redeye about the live feeds from the WCG finals here at i28.

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Watch the World Cyber Games UK Qualifiers Live!

KBB — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Watch the World Cyber Games UK Qualifiers Live from i28! We have both the Dead or Alive 4 and Project Gotham Racing 3 finals running this afternoon! Head over to the live feed and check out whats going on!!

• World Cyber Games UK Qualifiers from i28!

i-Live Byte #4

Elbonio — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000

i-Live Byte #4 from i28 is good to go - covering the Steelpad stand and their 4Kings challenge.

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i-Live Byte #3

Elbonio — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000

The third byte from i28 is ready for download, looking at the format of the WCG and how it works.

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i-Live Byte #2

Elbonio — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Byte #2 form the i-Live team, covering the events at i28, is now up and ready for download. In this byte we take a look at some of the new areas of the i28 site.

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i28 CS: Source Cup Prize fund Doubled!

Elbonio — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Something that should please a lot of people - we've doubled the prize fund for our CS: Source tournament.

The prize structure is now as follows:

Third Place: £500
Second Place: £1000
First Place: £2000

With 63 teams entered it's a monster tournament so don't forget to check it out either on our online stream or by coming down and watching it yourself in our Samsung Arena.

i-Live @ i28 Byte #1

Elbonio — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000

We have our first edition of i-Live from i28 up online - get your first glimpse of the event, right on your desktop.

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Creative @ i28

Elbonio — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Boldar from Creative has posted in our i28 forum outlining what they're going to be doing at i28.

In a nutshell you can compete against some of Team Dignitas in various multiplayer challenges ranging from UT2K4 1v1 to helicopter duelling in BF2. If you beat them you're in with a chance of winning some cool gear.

More exciting news comes in the form of world renowned Fatal1ty will be making an appearance on their stand on Monday, so that's well worth popping over to see.

Check out Boldar's full post here.

i28 Final Seating Plan Posted

Wizzo — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000

The final seating plan for i28 has now been posted.

We are changing the check-in process at i28 to speed things up and hopefully avoid the long queues we saw on EAS night at i27. One of the changes is attendees will be given a label with their seat number on when they check-in, to avoid the bottleneck at the helpdesk for people who don't know their seats.

As a result of this and our putting in place multiple check-in desks, it will no longer be possible to make any major changes to the seating plan on the door of the event. The only changes we can accommodate are really people moving into empty seats, or clan seating order changes.

Take a look at the seating plan and see you all in a few days! It's going to rock :)

i28 Schedule Of Events

Elbonio — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Our tournament and event schedule is now finalised and we can give you a better idea of what's happening when - and why you should come for the whole weekend!

Click here for the full schedule.

Friday 25th August

Friday jumpstarts the first of our World Cyber Games tournaments with Xbox titles PGR3 and DoA4 stepping up to the plate. Also on Friday Dawn of War and Fifa: 2006 kick-off for the PC for both BYOC participants and "Turn Up and Play" competitors. Also on Friday our signups close for all our Multiplay tournaments - CS: Source, BF2, CoD2 and Quake 4.

Friday Key Events

Doors open, LAN starts! 09:00

Qualifying for WCG PGR3 and DoA4 tournaments 10:00 - 20:00

Qualifying for WCG Dawn of War and Fifa: 2006 tournaments 16:00 - 20:00

Tournament signups close for CS: Source, BF2, CoD2 and Quake 4 tournaments 18:00

Saturday 26th August

Our main tournaments day, Saturday is traditionally a day of hard gaming followed by hard socialising in the bar when it's all over. All tournaments start at 10am promptly and can run until around 8pm, depending on how many people are entered. The WCG Xbox titles have their finals today, running on from the previous days action. Also starting today is our last WCG tournament as the qualifying rounds of CS 1.6 begin. In the evening we have our highly popular pub quiz and, of course, the legendary and mythical boat race. By the end of Saturday you'll be tired, but content with a hard days gaming behind you.

Saturday Key Events

ALL tournaments begin at 10:00 sharp (including DoA 4 and PGR3 Knockout stages)

Semi-Final + Final of PGR3 and DoA4 13:00 - 17:00

WCG Xbox Presentations 17:00

Qualifying for WCG CS 1.6 tournament 15:00 - 18:00
The Pub Quiz takes place in the marquee. £1 entry fee with all money going into the prize fund 19:00-22:00

Bottoms up! Get wet (or not if you're good) in the Boat Race 22:00

Sunday 27th August

Our first day of the big finals with our Quake 4 1v1 gibbing its way onto the big screens in our purpose-built marquee where all of our finals can be seen. Big stage setup with professional sound and lighting crews make our tournament finals a real spectator event with professional commentary from our partners at Radio iTG. These will also be broadcast live over the web for those at home. Other finals today are our remaining WCG tournaments - Fifa: 2006, Dawn of War and CS 1.6 and also our monster BF2 final with the top prize of £3,000 being decided on the battlefield. After this we have an exclusive talk from DICE/EA about Battlefield: 2142, giving i28 attendee's a sneak preview of one of 2006's most anticipated titles - aswell as your chance to pose your burning questions in person.

Sunday Key Events

Grand Final of Quake 4 1v1 12:00-13:00

Grand Final of WCG Fifa: 2006 13:00-14:00

Grand Final of WCG Dawn of War 14:00-15:00

Grand Final of WCG CS 1.6 15:00-17:00

World Cyber Games UK Finalists Presentations 17:00

Grand Final of EA BF2 Cup 18:00-20:00

Live presentation and Q&A by DICE/EA for Battlefield: 2142 20:00-21:00

Monday 28th August

The LAN finishes with a bang as we see the final of our monster CS:Source tournament conclude. With nearly 64 teams entering the finalists will have really fought to be there and will be amongst some of the best CS: Source talent in Europe. The action will be broadcast, as with all of our finals, to tens of thousands of people the pressure will really be on. After this is our CoD2 tournament, rounding off our tournaments nicely. Also today is our raffle which I believe deserves the description of stonking. We have literally shedloads of top prizes with some top-of-the-range kit being up for grabs for the tiny price of £1 per ticket. Our main prize is a gaming laptop donated by Packard Bell, which you will be able to check out on their stand throughout the event.

Monday Key Events

Grand Final of Multiplay CS: Source Cup 11:00 - 13:00

Grand Final of Multiplay CoD2 13:00 - 15:00

Raffle draw - cross your fingers! 15:00

Event ends. Network and power switched off. 18:00

F.E.A.R v1.07 Patch Not Working For UK Version

Elbonio — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000

If you have downloaded the latest FEAR patch (v1.07) and have discovered it does not work with your UK version then you should follow the instructions contained here.

It is believed that a re-release of the patch which will be compatible with the UK version is on its way.

Last Chance For Seating Requests!

Elbonio — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Revision 5 of the seating plan for i28 has been released and is up to date as of 11pm last night (Weds 17/08/06). Any requests after this will go on our next revision.

Revision 6 will be the final seating plan revision so this is your last chance to get a seating request in.

All requests must be received by Saturday night in order to go onto the final revision which is being released on Sunday. If you haven't paid up yet then do so because you can't request a seat without being confirmed.

To request a seat please use our online form.

Leaked BF2 v1.4 DON'T install it!

Killing — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Its come to our attention that there is a leaked version of the BF2 v1.4 patch floating around the net. Do NOT install this version, it is not an official version and will mean you need to reinstall your BF2 from scratch if applied when the official version is released. Not to mention there are no servers running.

Once the official version is released we will announce it here, in the mean time please be patient.

i28 Finals to Set New Scale!

Wizzo — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000

For those of you who don't receive our newsletter:

If you saw the coverage of our i27 tournament finals then you will know that we really pulled the stops out for it. Broadcasting out live over the internet with full commentary (in partnership with Radio iTG) we had over 10,000 simultaneous viewers at our peak. Impressive since it was the first time we had broadcast our finals.

You can appreciate then when we say these are going to be even bigger, that the next step up is to go the whole hog. At i28 you can expect a lot from our tournament finals.

We have hired a huge 450sqm marquee to host the finals coverage, which will be kitted out with a full stage setup and professional sound and lighting crew. In the marquee we'll be hosting all of the finals coverage with commentary, multiple big screens and a live feed broadcasting out onto the web. In this custom-built spectator arena, you can see all of the WCG finals, the EA BF2 Cup final and the CS:Source Multiplay Cup final, as well as all of our other tournaments throughout the weekend.

When the finals are not running it'll be a place to chill out with a beer, watch gaming videos and replays and other special events including the pub quiz and presentations from sponsors/exhibitors.

In other words, we're setting the standard as to how finals should be run and showing that computer gaming in the UK can be as much a spectator event as any other sport.

Yet another reason to come to i28 and we do still have spaces available. Head over to the sign up form to join in the fun!

i28 Seating Plan Rev 4 Posted - MAJOR Update

Wizzo — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000

After finalising the seating layout to include both the Berkshire stand ground floor (Concourse) and exhibitors at the event, we have now been able to post Revision 4 of the seating plan. This is a major revision, with a number of sections being moved around. The most notable of these is the decision to put the MMO sections over in the Concourse of the Berkshire stand, i.e. World of Warcraft and Guild Wars.

We are still taking requests and are hoping to release two more plans before i28, with the final one published on Sunday 20th August. Please get your requests in now to stand any chance of us being able to accommodate them. Once we hit the final revision there will be no further changes.

To submit seating requests, use this form. Please do not email in or ask us about seating requests over IRC. All requests must go through the request form.

F.E.A.R. Multiplayer for Free

Tsunami — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Sierra Entertainment announced that the multiplayer component from the award winning PC title F.E.A.R. (First Encounter Assault Recon), has been renamed F.E.A.R. Combat, and will be made available to the public as a free download on Thursday August 17th, 2006.

Further details can be found here.

StratLAN 29 Signups Opened

Wizzo — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000

For those of you out there with insatiable LAN appetites, a mere 4 weeks after i28 we have StratLAN 29. Somewhat smaller in scale at 84 spaces, our StratLAN events are a great combination of gaming and social activities, all in the plush surroundings of Stratford-on-Avon Racecourse.

StratLAN 29 takes place over 22-24 September and as with all our StratLAN events demand is set to be high. Signups have just opened to so go grab your space whilst they are available. Once you have paid for your space you can choose your seat using the online seat picker.

For more information about the event, head to the StratLAN 29 minisite.

Quake IV Patch v1.3 (windows)

Elbonio — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000

We are currently hosting the latest point release of Quake IV v1.3 and have updated all clanservers and public servers. You can find the incremental win32 patch on our fileserver: quake4_update_1.2-1.3.exe.

Call of Juarez Demo

Elbonio — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Ubisoft have released their new demo of Call of Juarez - a western themed FPS. You can find the single player demo on our fileserver: CoJSPDemo_EN_USsetup.zip.

LOTR: BFME II: Rise of the Witch-King

Elbonio — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Boasting what could well be the longest title for a computer game ever, The Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth II - The Rise of the Witch-King, or LOTRBFME2ROTWK to its friends, has just been announced as the expansion to the popular LOTR themed RTS.

Full of exciting content, including an entirely new faction, completely new single player campaign, and additional units for all six existing factions, The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth II, The Rise of the Witch-king, allows players to explore the evil side of Middle-earth. The all new single player campaign’s innovative units will help to tell the story of the evil Witch-king’s rise to power, domination of Angmar and invasion of the great kingdom of Arnor, home to Aragorn’s ancestors. To fully experience the evil side of Middle-earth, gamers can now play as the Angmar faction in skirmish, multiplayer, and War of the Ring modes.

So there you have it. We'll keep you posted.

i28 Explodes In Scale

Elbonio — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Think i28 is big? It just got an entire world bigger as we are proud to announce that we will be hosting the UK qualifiers and finals of the 2006 World Cyber Games.

i28 Now 1,100 Players

We have created 200 extra participant places by opening up the Berkshire Stand which sits next door to the Grandstand. The Berkshire was the home of the i-Series until i12 and has undergone refurbishment since then. For many veteran i-Series attendees the venue holds many happy memories and there will no doubt be a lot of people glad to see it back in use for i28.

Not least of all the people on the waiting list who are all automatically given places at the LAN, with still room for over 100 more people. If you thought there was no chance of getting to i28, rekindle your hope and confirm your place now before we sell out.. again!

We will open these spaces at 3pm tomorrow (Tuesday 25th July), be sure to be ready to pay up as places will go like hotcakes.

The World Cyber Games

The WCG have been with us before back at i21, at which time we only hosted the qualifying stage before it went onto the finals in London. This time round the whole shebang is at i28 with the winners going on to Monza, Italy for the grand final and the chance to win some of the $435,000 grand final prize fund.

Over 700 players will attend the grand final, from 70 countries around the world, each will have competed in their own countries qualifying and finals, just like you will be at i28. Last years total prize money across all the finals from every participating country was a total of $2.5 million - roughly £1.3 million! If you fancy a slice of some of that pie for this year, get yourself down to i28.

Which Games Are Being Played?

The UK are sending a team comprising of 3 PC games and 2 Xbox games to Monza - the final team members for all games will be decided at i28. The games are:

Counterstrike: 1.6

Fifa Soccer: 2006

Warhammer 40k: Winter Assault

Xbox

Project Gotham Racing 3

Dead or Alive 4

How Can I Take Part?

There are two ways to take part. Most people will need to BYOC (Bring Your Own Computer) to take part and qualify for the finals stages of the tournament. To do this you need to signup and pay for i28 as a participant as normal and then signup online for tournament itself - these will be going live shortly.

For those who don’t have a PC or are unable to bring their PC to the event we have a imited number of booth spaces which are allocated to you for use in the tournament. Places for this are on a first come first served basis.

We strongly recommend those who are able to BYOC should signup and pay for their place ASAP as there are a finite number of BYOC spaces available at i28, and they are rapidly running out.

At a certain point in the finals stages, all games will be played on the WCG provided PC's, to ensure an even playing ground.

Xbox Finals

Qualification for the Xbox tournament takes place at i28 but you can also qualify beforehand by going to one of three locations around the country in the coming weeks:

After the qualification stage at i28 all qualifiers will then go head to head in the finals stage of the tournament, the winners joining the UK team that flies to Monza.

Don't Delay

Whatever you do don’t sit back and relax if you want to come to i28 (and who wouldn’t want to?). We do not have many more places once the waiting list has been cleared and this amount of seats sold within 24 hours last week, making us sell out in record time. Remember: be ready at 3pm tomorrow. Check out the links below for more info about i28, the WCG and how to signup and get to i28.

Useful Links

WCG 2006 Official Website

i28 Signup

i28 website

How YOU Can Supersize i28!

Elbonio — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000

i28 may be sold out at this current time but there's still a chance for you to come.

First of all the reason why there are only 900 spaces at the minute is due to us having to remove whole rows from the upper floors of the building to make provisions for the intense heat that we used to see up there. This tactic has worked for our last two summer events.

The numbers may still go up however as we are holding back on a few places before we finalise our exhibitors layout which, when finalised, may allow us to fit more people in.

So... failing to see how this means you can do something about it? Well we have taken the decision to open the Berkshire Stand - the building next to Grandstand. The Berkshire Stand was home for the i-Series until i12 when we moved to our current building.

The problem is it is going to put a huge amount of additional costs onto the event and so we need security that there is enough interest to open up this stand.

Therefore we will need to see 150 people on the waiting list by this weekend in order to make the final decision to open it. This is where you come in.

Already paid up and coming? Hassle your friends to come until they give in.

Already on the waiting list? Good job. Make sure you remove yourself if you do not intend on coming though.

Already thinking about coming? Great - get yourself on the list as soon as possible as an announcement later today may mean that the list will fill very quickly.

We do not have hundreds and hundreds more spaces, even with the other stand open. At most out capacity will be around 1100 so there will not be much room after the initial 150 people on the list. Get yourself on it ASAP.

You can view the public list to see where you are on it and where we're up to numbers wise.

Keep an eye out for more news later on today ;-)

i28 Sells Out

Elbonio — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000

i28 has reached its current maximum capacity of 900 places in record time!

We have set our capacity at 900 at this present time as we have reduced the number of participants on the upper floors of the venue. Our first summer LANs in this venue became steep learning curves for us as we quickly found out that on hot August days it's not a good thing to have 400 computers all in one room! For our past couple of summer LANs we have mastered the art of keeping the upper floors cool, unavoidably this does come at the expense of some places.

There may well be more places made available once we have finalised the attendance and layout of our sponsors and exhibitors, at which point we may be able to increase the figures. Until then however we are keeping it at 900 so as not to over-fill the event.

If and when more places become available they will go to the people on our waiting list in a strict order. To get on the waiting list you must sign up and attempt to pay for the LAN, at which point you will be told it is full and will be placed on the list. If you are next on the list and a space becomes available, we will contact you for payment and get you confirmed as coming.

Spectator places are still available and can either be booked online or paid for on the day and don't forget to take up our Early Arrival Service if you have already confirmed your place. That extra night at the venue makes an entire world of difference when you hit the ground running the next day.

Keep an eye out for any more announcements regarding places at i28 and get yourself onto the waiting list as soon as possible.

Half-Life 2 Episode 2: Portal Trailer

Elbonio — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000

You can see the trailer for the sub-game, Portal bundled with Episode 2 of HL2 in this latest trailer from Valve.

Grab it off our filserver: 169_portal_ot_mul_071806_hd.zip

Final 50 Places

Elbonio — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000

We are down to our final 50 places with 100 places selling today alone. If you are not confirmed and want to come then you need to pay now.

We may not get a chance to put out any more announcements - this may be your final warning!

For those who have made it into this summers hottest LAN, we'll be kick-starting our event build-up next week with news, reviews and interviews regarding i28. Stay tuned and watch this space!

Office Hours Extended for Last Minute i28 Payments

Elbonio — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000

As we draw near to our sell out point we have extended our office hours to try and spread out our incoming calls from people wishing to pay for the event. Our payments line is 0845 868 1337 and select the payments option from the menu.

We will be opening until 10pm each day this week until the event sells out, which we anticipate will be tonight or tomorrow.

If you are ringing up to pay please have your booking ID and payment card ready. To obtain a booking ID you need to signup to i28.

Don't forget that the easiest way to pay for the event is to pay online - we accept a wide range of cards, including Visa Electron. To pay online you can use our Online Event Payments page.

The current event capacity stands at 900 places as our summer events require that our second floor is not as full, due to the heat. This may change in order that we can cater for upcoming exhibitors. If you want to come please, please do not rely on us making more space later on as it probably wont happen.

A waiting list will be in operation once the event reaches its 900 capacity, at which time if more spaces are found, these will go to those on the waiting list in strict order. More on this when it happens. For now just concentrate on being one of the lucky ones who will get in.

For your information there are more people signed up than we have capacity to hold at this present time.

WoWLAN Becomes ManaLAN!

Elbonio — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Taking our WoWLAN concept a step further we've decided to extend its range to the whole plethora of games from Blizzard and thus becoming ManaLAN. This means that Starcraft, Warcraft III (and yes, DotA) and all the other past titles from Blizzard are welcome.

Get there at 6pm on the Friday, play a couple of hours of WoW, then crack open Starcraft and zerg like a n00b. After that maybe some games of DotA before more WoW throughout the night. The next day you can spend playing Diablo II all day. It's a sure-fire winner.

WoW players need not worry about the net connection as our previous event with 30 connections ran smoothly with no lag. We have 2 DSL lines - each one able to support up to 20 players simultaneously without lag, meaning that if we get to 40 players, we'll simply add in another DSL line.

To confirm your place at ManaLAN simply go to our signup page

i28 Seating Plan Revision 3 Available

Elbonio — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Revision 3 of the seating plan for i28 is now available.

Any requests to be sat with particular people (note: we will only accept requests for particular locations if a specific need can be given - eg end of row request for wheelchair access) can be made using this form.

Battlefield 2 v1.4 Beta v2

Elbonio — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000

BETA2 for Battlefield 2 v1.4 has been released. EA/Dice are looking for the community to feed back comments and suggestions on the intended changes in the next patch.

If you have downloaded BETA1 then you must revert to standard v1.3 before applying this version of the BETA.

To upgrade from v1.3 you can use the incremental BETA patch.

If you are installing from retail you can get the full patch and apply that to a fresh install.

You can find these, plus our other BF2 patches on our fileserver.

Final Places For i28

Elbonio — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000

As i28 reaches the 700 confirmed participants mark, the maximum capacity for the event draws ominously close.

Last event our final 200 places sold within 48 hours, and we are approaching this point once more. Those of you who are not confirmed as coming but who intend on doing so, need to pay for their place immediately to avoid disappointment.

If you want to ensure your place at the event is secure then click here to pay now, or here to signup to the event if you havent done so already.

Prize Fight Launch First UK Televised Games League

Elbonio — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000

As those who attended i27 might already know, Prize fight were planning to launch the first UK gaming league to be televised nationally. This has come to fruition it would seem as described in their latest press release:

London, July 12th, 2006 - Prize Fight today announced the launch of its gaming-orientated television programme, Prize Fight TV, broadcast Friday 14th July, Sky 146 (Sumo TV) at 8.30pm.

Prize Fight TV is the UK's first televised gaming league - and episode one will feature the UK's first televised Counter-Strike: Source match - Shoutcasted by respected industry professionals, Inside The Game's ReDeYe and TosspoT.

Prize Fight TV will also include gaming-culture chat, tips, tricks and special guests. Plus military tactics offered by a professional British soldier.

Prize Fight's CEO, Paul Sulyok said: "Prize Fight TV enables us to provide our community with a globally unique offering - namely the ability to play games for cash prizes and to see that in-game action showcased on international television. This is a first."

Prize Fight TV intends to cover key matches from its forthcoming big-money, sponsored tournaments and provide a Match of the Day-style analysis by subject matter experts.

Prize Fight TV airs this Friday, 14th July, Sky 146 (Sumo TV) at 8.30pm.

i28 Seating Plan Rev2 Posted

Wizzo — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Revision 2 of the i28 seating plan is live and ready for viewing. Check it out here. This revision includes everyone paid up and requests received by 10pm on Sunday 9th July.

If you have any seating requests please use the online form. With over two-thirds of the event now sold out it is very important to get paid up and your seating requests in early. It gets very difficult to accommodate larger clans closer to the event as the plan fills up, so get it sorted sooner rather than later or you could be disappointed.

Sign up then secure your place today!

Settlers II: 2006 Demo

Elbonio — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Ubisoft have released the demo of their remake of Settlers II, the original classic micro-management masterpiece by Bluebyte.

You can find it on our Fileserver: Settlers2_demo_intl.zip

BattleField 2 v1.4 BETA

Killing — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000

EA / Dice have released a BETA version of the v1.4 patch to ensure you guys to have the chance to have your say on any issues.

We encourage all BF2 players to give this a go and post your feedback to ensure no issues slip through the net.

Downloads of the client patch can be found on FileForge here:

* Battlefield 2 Client Full Patch v1.4 BETA

* Battlefield 2 Client Incremental Patch v1.4 BETA

i28 Seating Process Starts

Elbonio — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000

We are pleased to announce that the i28 seating process is now in operation. With over 600 people confirming their place so far we are well on our way to selling out.

With so many people coming it's important that if you have a specific seating request that you get it into us as soon as possible as seating requests will be dealt with on a first-come-first-served basis. Those who are already paid up can put their requests in using our online form or you can view the latest revision.

If you wish to pay for and confirm your place so that a seat can be requested then go ahead and sign up and pay.

StratLAN 28 Schedule

Elbonio — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0000

The rough guide to the weekends events is up and ready for your perusal, check it out and make sure you have all the games installed and patched (patches will be available on our FTP however).

Mere hours! Still a couple of places left if you're getting jealous - got to be quick though!

Might & Magic: Dark Messiah Movie

Elbonio — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Ubisoft have released a new video showcasing their new title in the Might & Magic series - Dark Messiah.

Grab it off our fileserver: DM_warrior.zip

Prey Servers Now Up

Elbonio — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0000

We have put up a load of servers for the Prey demo - all of which have become instant hits, with one filling up 28 seconds after being started!

Check out our list of servers and grab a space when you can.

Prey Demo

Elbonio — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0000

2kGames have released a playable demo of their long awaited FPS, Prey.

Grab it from our fileserver: prey_demo.zip

i28 Hit 500 Paid!

Elbonio — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0000

In 21 days i28 has already filled to 50% capacity as we hit the landmark 500 participant milestone. People are confirming their places for the summers hottest LAN in their droves, no doubt tempted by our array of glitzy tournaments and promises of 24 hour gaming over the August Bank Holiday Weekend.

Whether it's taking part in our EA BF2 CUP which has a total prize fund of £5,000 or our Multiplay CS: Source tournament which has a total prize fund of £1,750 or even just for the experience of coming to the UK's largest LAN - everyone can find a reason for coming.

If you dont want to miss out on the action, check out our i28 minisite or just go ahead and signup

Electronics Arts to expand into MMORPGs?

CyberDrac — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Electronic Arts have announced that they are to acquire Mythic Entertainment who are currently working on "Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning" an MMORPG game based in the popular Warhammer universe where players will be able to participate in a persistant warfare rich environment.

So it appears that EA have looked at the huge popularity of "World of Warcraft" and decided that MMORPGs are more popular than they originally forecast and have decided to throw their hat into the ring with this offering from a well eastablished and respected company.

Enemy Territory : Quake Wars Pre-Order Bonuses

CyberDrac — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0000

It has been hinted that pre-orders for the eagerly awaited game, Enemy Territory : Quake Wars, may include some bonuses never before seen before a game's release. Selected retailers will have the game available for pre-order from the end of July which is good news in itself, but it seems that Activision are trying something new, namely offering the early adopters the chance to pre-register their in game name BEFORE the game is released. It is also reported that gamers who pre-order will also receive hints and tips to gain that early competitive edge over your online prey.

WoWLAN II Launched!

Elbonio — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Building on the success of the first WoWLAN we have opened signups for our second event which is to be held at the end of July.

With a return of the WoWLAN Olympics and another new fun event added to the schedule there's plenty to do for those who are returning from the first LAN. Check out what's coming for WoWLAN II.

If you're a newcomer to the WoWLAN scene, check out the WoWLAN FAQ for more info. If you're already sold you can of course, Signup now!

WoWLAN II Website

The Call of Duty 2 v1.3 Patch And Your Clanserver

Elbonio — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0000

The CoD2 patch v1.3 is about to be released, according to the rumours. Good news you might think, but unfortunately as per last time it's been decided that the Linux build of the patch will not be released at the same time as the windows version - meaning that once again the community will be split into two until both server versions are released.

If you have a CoD2 Clanserver you wont be able to run the 1.3 patch until the Linux build is released so if you want to continue playing on your server until it is - don't patch yet!. We'll give you the nod when we are able to get our hands on the Linux version.

Stay tuned folks.

i28 Launched

Elbonio — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0000

The Summer LAN season is well underway and the main event has just opened - i28 has been launched. Realistically the only LAN that could follow after i27 was i28 - and I don't mean numerically. i27 was such a big success that it would be a feat for anyone to try and top it, but since we 'gots the know how' you can expect i28 to rock even more - and this time we might even get some sun!

i28 has already passed the 300 paid milestone thanks to our special pre-signup promotion, meaning if you want to come then you had better book early. We all remember how quickly i27 sold out (a whole month ahead of the event) which caught many people off-balance and left lots of disappointed gamers. Don't let it happen this time - Signup and pay to confirm your place at this summers hottest LAN.

So what can you expect at i28? Well the sponsors and exhibitors are getting on board fast - with AMD providing their blistering power, you can rest assured that the hardware running your game servers will be nothing short of top of the range.

Also on board for i28 are EA Games who will once again provide a colossal prize fund of £5,000 for the BF2 tournament, meaning we will see the same top-level gaming that we did at i27. That's not all however as we'll be giving the Counter-Strike: Source tournament a bit of a cash injection, with a total prize fund reaching £1,750.

All this and so much more to come - keep an eye on here and the i28 mini-site for exciting announcements as the weeks go by. In the meantime why not check out our i28 forum for all the latest buzz about the event.

Warsow Servers Now Available

Wizzo — Sat, 27 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000

With the release yesterday of the free download game Warsow we are pleased we can now take orders for clanservers for the game. There's still time to nab one of these in our May Madness promotion and get 33% off the usual monthly price!

The game Warsow can be downloaded off our file mirrors here. It's completely free and you can then jump on our public servers, a list of which can be found on our gaming site.

If you like the game and fancy your own server, why not check out pricing for a Clanserver with us?.

Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter Patch v1.1

Elbonio — Wed, 24 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Ubisoft have released a new patch for their hotter-than-hot squad based FPS, Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter. The patch we have here is for the boxed retail version of the game, grab it off our fileserver: GRAW_Patch_110_retail.exe

Battlefield 2 Patch v1.30

Elbonio — Tue, 23 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000

EA have released the latest patch for the massive FPS, Battlefield 2. You can find both versions of the patch (full and incremental) on our fileserver, with a variety of mirrors.

Incremental (v1.22 - > v1.30): bf2_v1.22_1.30update.exe

Full (Retail - > v1.30): bf2_patch_v1.30.exe

Ubisoft To Create Lost Videogame

Elbonio — Mon, 22 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Ubisoft have released an announcement regarding their involvement in an upcoming game based on the hit TV show, Lost.

London, UK – 22 May 2006 - Today Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, announced a long-term worldwide licensing agreement with Touchstone Television to develop and publish a video game based on the Emmy Award-winning television series ‘Lost.’ Developed by Ubisoft’s award-winning Montréal studio and scheduled to hit retail shelves worldwide in 2007, the game will be offered for home and portable consoles as well as PCs.

“We are delighted to work with Bryan Burk, one of the biggest producers in Hollywood and with Touchstone Television,” said Yves Guillemot, CEO of Ubisoft. “That they have chosen us for the adaptation of the cult series ‘Lost’ is the best homage that a producer can make to the creativity of Ubisoft.”

“This deal is another example of how truly powerful the ‘Lost’ brand is,” said Bruce Gersh, senior vice president, business development, ABC Entertainment and Touchstone Television. “We are excited to work together with Ubisoft to create a gaming experience that will allow fans to further immerse themselves into the mysteries and intrigues of the series.”

“The creative appeal of ‘Lost’ transcends borders with its character driven stories and addictive mysterious mythology,” said Julia Franz, executive vice president, Touchstone Television. “It's not enough for fans worldwide to just watch 'Lost,' the game is a wonderful opportunity to organically extend this creative phenomenon into an interactive consumer experience.”

"Many of us on ‘Lost’ have been hardcore gamers for years and the chance to work with Ubisoft, a company behind some of our favourite titles, has excited us to no end," said ‘Lost’ producer Bryan Burk. "With the ability to tell new interactive stories within the ‘Lost’ universe, we’re giddy to be developing a game that, once completed, will be as engaging and fun to play as it is to create."

J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof co-created “Lost” and also serve as executive producers, along with Bryan Burk, Jack Bender and Carlton Cuse. “Lost,” which is filmed entirely on location in Hawaii, is from Touchstone Television.

StratLAN 28 Launched!

Elbonio — Tue, 16 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Good news folks - I know you're pining for more LAN action and, because we aim to please, we are here to satisfy your urges; StratLAN 28 has landed!

The delightful surroundings of Stratford-Upon-Avon are once again the host to the wildest LAN in the west. Gaming, partying and - thanks to the sunny weather - we'll be appeasing the carnivore inside of us all with the monster StratLAN BBQ. With piles of meat stacked high, biblical in scale you'll not be disappointed. For just £5 each time you can try and eat your own weight in cow, pig and other barnyard animals. Bargain!

And when you're not feasting you can be inside taking part in the marathon gaming that continues throughout the weekend - there's really no time to sleep at all when there is 72 hours of non-stop, top-notch gaming to be done.

StratLAN wouldn't be StratLAN without the Friday & Saturday night par-tay in the social area. Out comes the beer, on goes the music and in comes the best party of any LAN. "Team 0700hrs" often stays up until sunrise, livin' it up through the night and then returning to gaming the next day whilst barely stopping for breath.

Sound like your kind of shindig? Head on over to the StratLAN 28 Homepage for more info, or if you're one of those compulsive types and want to pay right now then by all means Just Do It!

It might interest some of you to know that this time you can choose to attend for three or four days. The event runs from Friday 30th June until Monday 3rd July, but the Monday is not a Bank Holiday, thus we have given you the option of making it a 3-day event for £40 or get that all important 4th day (and it really does make a difference) for £50.

Why fight it? You know you'll give in anyway...

WoWLAN Olympics A Success!

Elbonio — Sun, 14 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Our World of Warcraft Olympics took place at our first WoWLAN this weekend, with most of the LAN participating in what turned out to be a right laugh. Pictures can be seen below, full writeup to follow.

Bare knuckle Fighting

A huge crowd gathered to witness naked lvl 1 characters fighting to the death outside the capital, Orgrimmar.

Begging

After the boxing comes to begging and the whole group descended into Orgrimmar and begged for cash in any way they could. Random passers by gave anything from 1 copper to 1 gold and asked fro dancing, kisses and flirts in return. Others just gave for the hell of it! In the 15 minutes we were begging we managed to total over 27g! Not bad!

Great Barrens Run

The Great Barrens Run also brought out a crowd to watch - and even help - the runners as they tried to negotiate the lvl 20 area with their lvl 1 characters (still naked of course). Runners were given bottles of water at checkpoints to prove they had completed the course.

Fishing

The fishing event was much more subdued but still attracted some attention - a group of fisherman lined the coast of Durotar, now at lvl 5, and caught as many fish as they could. These were then converted into points.

Medal Ceremony

The medal ceremony was held right at the gates of Orgrimmar and had a huge number of passers by curious to see what was going on. The participants all lined up in their ceremonial pink tabards all cheered for the winner who was Limited (aka Miranda) who won a real life bottle of Champagne! 2nd and 3rd places went to Kaution and Nexus respectively.

All in all this was a barrel of laughs and we all had a great time! As for the rest of the LAN people have been playing solidly all weekend, raiding and questing together. In the end it didn't seem to make any difference that people were on different servers with their main characters and everyone had as good a connection as they would get at home.

WoWLAN has been a great success - roll on the next one!

GRAW: Patch v1.06

Elbonio — Fri, 12 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000

you can find the v1.06 patch for Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter on our fileserver: GRAW_Patch_106.exe

E3 Is Here!

Elbonio — Tue, 09 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000

The biggest dates in the gaming calender are here - check out our E3 Section for all our updates, files and news from the events in LA.

Blizzard 'Unhappy with current WoW performance'

Elbonio — Thu, 04 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Shane Dabiri, Lead Producer for World of Warcraft, has said in a recent community post on the WoW-Europe.com homepage that he is "definitely not happy with the performance that some of these realms have experienced".

Dabiri goes on to say, "We feel it's unacceptable when even one player can't enter the game, gets unexpectedly disconnected at a key moment, or experiences any other interruptions while playing".

This and more was stated in the latest Battleplan found on the WoW-Europe homepage. He expresses his concerns at the realm performance over the previous months but also reassures us by explaining in detail the massive overhaul and expansion of hardware currently underway at their data centres.

BF2 Medals 'Nerfed'

Elbonio — Thu, 04 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000

EA have released a Community Update telling us about a plan to reduce the criteria needed to gain certain medals, whilst also adding a new medal and altering the "General" rank prerequisites.

Ubisoft E3 Lineup

Elbonio — Thu, 04 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Ubisoft have outlined their E3 lineup for the top-flight industry exhibition at the end of next week. Check out their press release:

Ubisoft lineup for E3 2006:

Assassin’s CreedTM: Experience the power of a feared Assassin in the game that will redefine the action adventure genre for the next generation. Players’ actions will throw the immediate environment into chaos and shape events in this pivotal moment during the Third Crusade.

Brothers In Arms Hell’s Highway™: Gearbox Software’s critically acclaimed squad-based WWII shooter launches into the next generation of gaming with amazing graphics and cutting-edge game play features powered by Unreal Engine 3 and a completely redesigned online component. As Matt Baker, lead a squad of real soldiers who think, relate and fight together through the brutal trials of the dramatic Operation Market Garden.

Dark Messiah™ of Might & Magic®: Discover a new breed of PC game that will redefine the Action-RPG genre. Powered by an enhanced version of the Source engine from Valve, the second chapter in the new Might & Magic® franchise allows players to experience ferocious combat as an expert warrior, mage, or assassin using a vast array of devastating weapons against vicious creatures in a captivating fantasy environment.

Enchanted Arms™: The first RPG developed exclusively for Xbox 360™, this epic adventure created by FromSoftware in Japan is arriving for the first time in North America and Europe. Enchanted Arms allows players to escape to a fantasy world filled with beautiful cinema-quality graphics, unique characters and bizarre creatures.

Game to be Unveiled: Experience the next-generation project from Ubisoft and Free Radical, the developers of the critically-acclaimed Timesplitters® series for the first time at E3.

Open Season™: Team up with the cast of characters from Sony Pictures Animation’s feature-length CGI film Open Season coming in September. It’s a riotous romp in the great outdoors for kids of all ages when a rowdy brood of forest animals turn the tables on unsuspecting hunters.

Rayman Raving Rabbids™: Developed by famed creative director Michel Ancel, this new installment of the Rayman franchise will be the funniest and zaniest yet. Rayman’s world is threatened by a devastating invasion by the most unexpected creatures and Rayman must battle to save his world and its inhabitants.

Red Steel™: The only original first-person game built from the ground up and exclusively for the Wii™ launch. Red Steel takes full advantage of Nintendo’s innovative controller and provides the unique experience of combined gunplay and swordplay.

Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Double Agent™: The best-selling Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell® saga is taking an entirely new direction. In the highly anticipated next chapter, play as a double agent spy for the first time. Take on dual roles of covert operative and ruthless terrorist, where choices of whom to betray and whom to protect affect the outcome of the game.

Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six® Vegas: Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six® makes its dramatic next-generation debut. Rainbow operatives take to the chaotic streets of Las Vegas as an escalating terrorist siege in “Sin City” threatens to take world terrorism to new heights.

E3 is from May 10-12th - keep an eye out for our special E3 coverage.

Dawn of War: Dark Crusade

Elbonio — Thu, 04 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000

THQ have released a video of their second expansion to the critically acclaimed RTS, Dawn of War. You can find the movie on our fileserver: 169_warhammerdarkcru_050106_hd.zip

Warhammer Online E3 Trailer

Elbonio — Wed, 03 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Mythic Entertainment bring us this trailer for their upcoming MMO based in the Warhammer universe. Set for release in 2007 this video shows no actual in-game footage but is a kick-ass FMV sequence. I nearly wet myself with excitement.

Grab it off our fileserver: warhammeronline.zip

Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Patch v1.1 Beta

Elbonio — Wed, 03 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000

We have a new patch for Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, taking the game to v1.1 Beta. This means this is not the final patch but a patch still in development so apply at your own risk!

If you're brave, grab it off our fileserver: Oblivion_v1.1BetaEnglish.zip.

Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends Updated Demo

Elbonio — Tue, 02 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000

An updated demo of Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends is now available on our FTP. The update adds a new map.

Grab it off our fileserver: rise_of_legends_demo2.zip

F.E.A.R Patch v1.04

Elbonio — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Sierra have released a new patch for their hit FPS, F.E.A.R, taking the game from v1.03 to v1.04. The only changes are in the code in preparation for the imminent source code release.

Grab the patch from our fileserver: fear_update_103_104.zip

i-Live Feature #2 From i27

Elbonio — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

The first of our post-event features from i27. Special guest, Redeye from Radio ITG interviews more of our Quake IV players.

Grab the High Quality version or the Low Quality version.

Keep an eye out for more of our features from i27 over the coming weeks - including full coverage of the finals, with post-match interviews and our live recordings of the proceedings.

May Madness - 33% off Clanservers & Voice Comms!

Wizzo — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

There must be something in the air because for one month only we have gone really quite mad. Not the bad kind of crazy like you'd find in The Shining, but the good kind... the kind that makes us spontaneously slash prices for a month in a fit of discount delirium.

From now and through the month of May we are knocking a huge 33% off all of our Clanservers and Voice Comm Servers. The usual "this cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer" and "while stocks last" applies and the offer is available to anyone who buys a new server or extends an existing one.

If you're a new customer and would like to take advantage of our madness then simply order a clanserver or voice comms server as normal and you'll automatically be given the discount.

Already got a Clanserver/Voice Comms server with us? Well whether you are due for renewal in May or not you can extend your current contract for up to 12 months at the discounted prices. All you have to do is pay for the extension before the end of the promotion. Just request an extension to your contract by emailing sales@multiplay.co.uk.

The closing date for this promotion is 23:59 on 31st May. You can rent or extend your server for up to 12 months at the discounted price so be sure to take us for every penny!

Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter Demo

Elbonio — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

A playable demo of the highly anticipated Ghost Recon: advanced Warfighter is out and available on our fileserver: GRAW_PC_demo.zip

CPL 2006 Cancelled

Elbonio — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

The CPL World Tour 2006 - the biggest tournament in terms of cash prizes - has been cancelled for 2006. A devastating blow to professional gaming, the loss of the CPL tournament - for this year at least - may have some serious repercussions for professional gamers in the future.

Read more on BBC News.

BF2 Patch 1.3 Info

Elbonio — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

EA posted some of the changes we can expect in the next BF2 patch, v1.3, which is under development in preparation for the next booster pack, Armoured Fury.

Although the 1.3 patch is still being worked on we wanted to provide a peek at what you can expect with the coming release:

NEW FEATURES

Co-op: Co-op Mode allows you to play Single Player levels on the Internet and LAN with both AI controlled bots and human players. Several new options have been created that will allow the server creator to modify how the bots behave in game.

Air dropped vehicles: Squad members can now send a request up the chain of command for a vehicle to be dropped at their location.

BUG FIXES & GAME PLAY TWEAKS

Prevented ban list from being cleared in the event of a server crash.
Fixed issue with players not properly ranking up on servers where they continuously play.
Fixed bug where friendly vehicles show up as valid targets.
Friendly Vehicle lock: Lock-on weapons do not lock on to friendly vehicles. The box with an X through it will still appear, but a lock tone will not sound and then if fired, the missile will not track the friendly target.

Keep in mind this is only a part of what 1.3 will include. Our live team is working diligently to provide the best update possible in preparation for the release of the Armored Fury booster pack!

i28 Promotion Extended

Elbonio — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

At i27 we gave the attendees of the event first dibs on a ticket to i28 by allowing them to pay even before the signups were open. Not only did they get to secure their place early but they also received a whopping 20% off the entrance price too.

We are now opening this promotion to everyone - and for a limited time only you too can get 20% off your i28 entry fee. Here's how it works:

Standard Members: 20% Off

Silver Members: 20% Off (i.e. 10% extra off)

Gold Members: FREE EAS PASS (worth £15) with their normal 20% Off

Don't forget the last minute rush we had this time round - don't let it happen for i28 - get your place and secure it early.

You can signup by visiting the i28 Signup Page
and then paying via our normal methods.

The closing date for this promotion is 18:00 on Sunday 30th April.

Rise and Fall: Civilisations At War Demo

Elbonio — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Midway have released the playable demo of Rise and Fall: Civilisations at war. You can find it on our fileserver: Rise_and_Fall_Demo.zip

Heroes of Might and Magic V Goes Gold

Elbonio — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Ubisoft have sent us this press release confirming that HOMMV has gone gold and will be available in the shops shortly...

London , UK - April 21, 2006 Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, today announces that Heroes of Might and Magic® V has gone gold and is scheduled for release in the UK on May 19, 2006.

Developed by a seasoned team at Nival Interactive (Blitzkrieg, Silent Storm, Etherlords), Heroes of Might and Magic V® will be available in both a standard and a deluxe edition and will ship with a PEGI of 12+.

For more information on Heroes of Might and Magic® V, please visit the official web site at www.mightandmagic.com.

Unclaimed Raffle Prizes

KBB — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

If you were lucky enough to win a raffle prize but did not collect it at the event, then you haven't missed out! If you have a winning raffle ticket (the full list can be found here) then please send us your ticket with your booking reference number and your postal address and we will send it on. Please do not ring our office about this issue.

The address is listed here:

Multiplay (UK) Ltd

9 Bernwood Grove

Blackfield

Southampton

Hampshire

SO45 1ZW

i-Live Byte #11 From i27

Elbonio — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Byte 11 rounds off the i-Live coverage from i27. There's eleven Bytes and one special feature, totalling over an hour of edited footage to watch of the event.

But wait - there's more! We'll be releasing the finals of Q4, BF2 and CS:S, including our interviews and live footage of the clans playing, with full commentary soon, so keep an eye out for these special i-Live features, and the rest of the i-Live downloads, on the i-Live Website

Our thanks to Redeye and ITG radio for their parts in the event and of course for all the clans and punters that make the event so good. Look out for more Killerbytes from us at i-Live in the near future, see you all next time!

All that's left to do is Grab the byte

i-Live Byte #10 From i27

Elbonio — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

We visit the DDR section of the LAN and have a visit from some unexpected guests in the form of the "Multiplayboy Bunnies"...

Grab the High Quality or Low Quality version of the byte.

i27 Counter-Strike: Source Multiplay Cup Final!

KBB — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

The i27 CS: Source Multiplay Cup Final will be happening at 13:00 today! For all of you who are not here at the event, we are streaming the final live online. To tune in and watch the final, head over to www.ggl.com, sign up for an account, and start watching through GGL-TV - it's really as easy as that!

The final is between ZBoard and Trademark Gamers!

i27 Counter-Strike 1.6 Winners

KBB — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

After a fantastic game, level?? managed to hang onto their title as Counter-Strike 1.6 champions! It was quite a close match with no clear leader after the first few rounds, but level?? managed to overcome wildStar in the end.

Check them out here.

i-Live Byte #9 From i27

Elbonio — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Footage of the shenanigans that occur on the Saturday nights of the i-Series - including the boat race, the pub quiz and the UT section curry night.

Grab the High Quality version and enjoy.

i-Live Byte #8 From i27

Elbonio — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Our special guest, Redeye from Radio ITG has a cracking interview with James "TooGoood" Harding - pro Quake 4 Player taking part in the Creative X-Fi Q4 1v1 Tournament here at i27.

Get the High Quality or the Low Quality version.

Don't forget to check out our podcast which is available via our feed @ http://i-live.multiplay.co.uk/feed.xml and also via the iTunes music store.

Don't forget you can also check out our entire archive of i27 and previous events over at the i-Live Website.

i-Live Byte #7 from i27

Elbonio — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

We take a look at EA's "Get In The Game" technology which puts anyone into a scene from an EA game. We also talk to Prize Fight about their recent exciting announcement regarding Prizefight TV.

Download the High Quality or the Low Quality version.

i-Live Byte #6 From i27

Elbonio — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

We talk to Gavin from Reason Gaming about their big plans for UK gaming, their gamers training centre and his opinion on the current state of the pro gaming scene in the UK.

Grab the High Quality or the Low Quality download.

i-Live at i27 Byte #5

Elbonio — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

In Byte #5 from i27 we talk to Paul from Pitstop who make ultra-high end gaming rigs that are literally as good as you can get. Feast your eyes upon it by getting our High Quality or Low Version version of the Byte.

i-Live Byte #4 from i27

Elbonio — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

In this Byte we talk to Ubisoft about Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter. Check it out by grabbing our High Quality or our Low Quality version of the download.

i-Live from i27 Byte #3

Elbonio — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

We have an in-depth chat with Creative about the X-Fi and what it can do for your games and music.

Grab either the High Quality or the Low Quality version and enjoy.

i-Live Byte #2 From i27

Elbonio — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

The latest byte from i27. We have a chat with some of the punters queuing for EAS and we give a run down of the different staff and their roles.

Grab the High Quality Download or the Low Quality version.

i-Live Feature #1 From i27

Elbonio — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

We have a chat to our BF2 and Q4 tournament admins about the coming events this weekend. Limited and Boffbowsh cover topics ranging from the specific tournaments here at i27 to the future of tournaments in general.

Grab the High Quality or the Low Quality versions.

i-Live Byte #1 From i27

Elbonio — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Byte #1 is now up and on the web, ready for you to download. We take a look at the scenes during setup and talk to our Tournament Manager, Devvy about i27's tournament lineup.

Grab the Hi Quality Download or the Low Quality version of the byte and get into the mood for i27.

BF2142 Hi-Res Trailer

Elbonio — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

A new trailer for Battlefield 2142 is now available on our fileserver: BF2142_trailer_FINAL_800x450_29.97fps.zip

i27 Final Seating Plan Posted

Wizzo — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

The final seating plan for i27 has now been posted. Note that whilst we may be able to make minor adjustments to this plan on the door, e.g. clan seating order changes, the time has now passed for anything more than this.

See you all in a few days!

Abyss Lights: Frozen Systems Alpha Demo

Elbonio — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Abyss Lights Studios have released a demo of their self-titled space flight-sim Abyss Lights: Frozen Systems. The game applies the physics used by the AGEIA PhysX technology, looking and feeling rather spectacular.

You can find it on our fileserver: ALFS.zip.

Seating Plan Rev 5 Posted

Wizzo — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

The penultimate seating plan has been posted. You can find it here. As you will see, there are only 7 seats left on the plan (due to cancellations) meaning space is exceptionally tight for any changes. At this stage we are pretty much only able to help with clan seating order changes.

The FINAL revision of the seating plan will be posted on Tuesday night. Any requests you have that you would like considered for the final plan should be submitted using the request form no later than 6pm on Tuesday 11th April. The final plan will then be posted later that evening.

Some spaces at the event have been freed up due to some people cancelling. These are now available for booking online. If you missed out with the swift sellout of the event, then this is your last chance to nab a place. They are likely to go fast!

Half Life 2: Episode One Trailer

Elbonio — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Valve have released a new trailer for their upcoming first installment of episodic updates to Half-Life 2.

Grab the nifty looking trailer from our filserver: hl2ep1pcvidtrailer.wpm.zip

Microsoft Aquire Lionhead Studios

Elbonio — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Microsoft accounced the aquisition of Lionhead Studios today, details available in their press release below:

REDMOND, Wash. — April 6, 2006 — Microsoft Game Studios (MGS) today announced it has purchased U.K.-based Lionhead Studios, one of the world’s leading and most innovative video game developers and creators of “Fable®,” the hit Xbox® and Windows® franchise.

Lionhead Studios will immediately begin creating content exclusively for the Xbox 360™ and Microsoft® Windows platforms. The companies previously worked together on the popular role-playing games “Fable” for Xbox and “Fable: The Lost Chapters” for Xbox and Windows, which have collectively surpassed the 2 million global unit sales milestone, making “Fable” the best-selling role-playing franchise on the Xbox platform. “Fable” and “Fable: The Lost Chapters” enable players to make decisions that affect their character’s skills, appearances and morality and the world around them.

“At Microsoft Game Studios we have worked hard to become the best partner for the best creative talent in our industry, and this acquisition underscores our commitment to excellence,” said Shane Kim, general manager of Microsoft Game Studios. “Peter Molyneux is one of the few true visionaries in our industry, and his joining us is incredibly important to the future of both interactive entertainment and MGS. Lionhead is a shining example of the innovative and creative talent that has delivered some of the most influential and unique games experiences to date, and I am honored to welcome Peter and the incredible people at Lionhead Studios.”

“We could not be more excited about being part of MGS. They have long supported our creative vision, and this teamwork resulted in the hugely successful ‘Fable’ franchise,” said Molyneux, managing director of Lionhead Studios. “This acquisition gives Lionhead the stability and opportunity to focus on creating world-class next-generation titles. We are joining some of the most incredible game creators in the industry, the combined talent of which will truly take next-generation gaming to a new level.”

With today’s announcement, Lionhead Studios becomes the latest member of MGS, joining such prestigious and globally recognized game creators as Bungie Studios, Ensemble Studios, FASA Studio and Rare Ltd. on a team whose charter is to create exclusive entertainment experiences that differentiate Xbox 360 and Windows from other gaming platforms.

New Rayman Game Announced

Elbonio — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Ubisoft have sent out a press release announcing they are making a new Rayman game - eone of the first icons of the Playstation era.

London, UK - 6th April 2006 – Today Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, announced that it is developing the fourth instalment of the Rayman® franchise. Ubisoft’s iconic brand has entertained generations of gamers for 10 years and to date has sold more than 16 million units worldwide. The new Rayman video game is being developed by Ubisoft’s Montpellier studio, lead by Michel Ancel, creator of the original Rayman game, the critically-acclaimed Beyond Good & Evil™ and Peter Jackson’s King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie.

Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends Demo

Elbonio — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

A playable demo is now available for Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends - the latest in the popular RTS series. You can find it on our fileserver: Rise_of_Legends_Demo.zip

Tomb Raider Legends Demo

Elbonio — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Eidos have released a playable demo of their latest incarnation of Lara Croft int he Tomb Raider series. You can find the demo on our fileserver: trl_demo_standard.zip

NASA Picks Top Five Games For Archive

Elbonio — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

NASA unveiled their finalised plans today for Voyager III - the the third in a line of deep space probes that are designed to study the outer solar system and then fly on for eternity - perhaps with a slim shred of hope that someone (or something) might find it.

A particular feature of the probes that caught the public imagination back in the 1970's when the original probes were launched was the "archive" carried aboard the satellites. Each voyager contained a sample of human life and culture - an Elvis Presley song, writings of Shakespeare and excerpts from various holy books and religious writings.

In Voyager-III NASA has decided to include this again but to open it to a wider spectrum of media, including computer games. To try and raise dwindling enthusiasm in America's space program NASA ran a series of reality TV shows where the viewers could choose their favourite books, TV shows, music, movies and so on. In the computer games category the following were picked:

The Sims

Sonic the Hedgehog

Madden NFL 2005

Quake

The Sims 2

Entries were decided by votes from the public and only the top 5 got in. Titles that narrowly missed out were Team Fortress Classic, Unreal Tournament, Battlefield 1942, Warcraft II and languishing in 12th place was Counterstrike. Grand Theft Auto actually came in at #3 but was removed from the list as it was thought it might portray the human race as violent to anyone who might find it.

The probe has no set launch date but is thought to launch sometime after 2010.

Seating Plan Rev 4 + Extra Spaces!

Wizzo — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

It's been a long while coming, but revision 4 of the seating plan has now been completed and is ready for viewing on the seating plan page. There is still time to get in requests, but with very little space left it is very hard to do all but the simplest of requests (such as clan seating order changes). If you wish to make a seating plan request then you need to use the request form.

We also have some good news. After consultation with our health and safety advisers, we have been able to open up more seats on the second floor of the event. This will allow another 86 people to take part in the BYOC and take the total BYOC capacity to 1064!

Given that some people have cancelled due to their friends on the waiting list not being able to get in, we will first be giving those people who cancelled a chance to get their places back. After these people have been contacted, we will then start ringing through the people on the waiting list to allow them to secure their places. If you are 86 or below on the waiting list, you should have your credit/debit card ready and expect a phone call over the next few days!

Another seating plan revision will be posted after the weekend and then the final plan will go live on Sunday 9th April. Be sure to get your requests in asap to ensure the best chance of us being able to help you with them.

More Crysis Goodness.

Cabe — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

More shiny Crytek based loving as we see the release of some juicy screen shots and an all new video shown at GDC2006.

Selective Gamers knows the score with 11 shots and Gamershell.com shows us the jaw-dropping power of the CryEngine2 with nearly a minute and a half of in-game footage.

Quake IV Patch v1.1

Elbonio — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

ID Software/Raven have released a new patch for Quake IV. you can find it on our fileserver: Quake4_1_1_Patch.exe

Savage 2 Made Available For Free

Elbonio — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

S2 Games have announced they will be releasing the sequel to Savage as a free download for play on a LAN. Gamers will be able to download the full game to play on their own local network without charge and with no features disabled.

If people want to play the game online then a fee must be paid for an account.

Read more over at Yahoo News.

Battlefield 2 Patch v1.21 -> v1.22

Elbonio — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

EA have released a small patch for BF2 to fix some minor issues. You can find the patch + change details on our fileserver: bf2_v1.21_1.22update.exe

Championship Manager 2006 Ready To Ship

Elbonio — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Championship Manager - the daddy of football management sims - is back for another installment and is set to once again hook thousands of more people into its endless seasons of imaginary stats + figures.

This time round the game features a 3D playing field allowing managers to study which players aren't cutting it and which players need a pay rise.

CM2006 is now gold and due to release this Friday, 31st March.

LOTR: Battle For Middle Earth 2 Patch v1.2

Elbonio — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

EA have released a new patch for their Lord of The Rings inspired RTS, Battle For Middle Earth 2 - taking the game to v1.2. You can find the English version of the patch on our fileserver: LotrBfMe2-65538-english.zip

Civilisation IV: Warlords Site Launched

Elbonio — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Firaxis have made the website for their recently announced expanion to Civ4 - Warlords - live and ready to use.

At the minute there's only a description of its features and a few sparing screenshots, but it'll be the place to keep an eye on if you're a Civilisation fan.

Chck it out.

GTR2 Website Live

Elbonio — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

The sequel to the hit racer GTR has had its website launched and ready for your perusal. Checked out gtr-game.com to see for yourself.

Dell buy Alienware

Jazza — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Today Dell announced they have acquired Alienware.

Dell said Alienware will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary following completion of the transaction and will maintain its own product development, product marketing, sales, technical support and other operations as well as brand. The management and founders of Alienware will continue to operate the company as a standalone unit of Dell.

"Alienware has a legacy of success designing the highest-performance PCs using bleeding -edge technologies and innovative industrial design," said Nelson Gonzalez, CEO of Alienware. "We believe that Alienware will realize significant advantages from Dell's world-class supply chain and operational efficiencies. They will allow us to continue to satisfy our core customers with the most innovative and highest-performing PCs, and ultimately extend the reach and appeal of the Alienware brand."

Source: Dell.com

Star Wars: Empire At War Patch v1.3

Elbonio — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Lucasarts have released a patch for their star Wars RTS, Empire At War. You can find the patch on our fileserver: EAWUpdate1_3.zip

Battlefield 2142 Trailer

Elbonio — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

PC Gamer have secured this trailer for EA/DICE's followup to BF2 in the form of BattleField 2142. This trailer is currently doing the rounds and can be found on Youtube.

NVIDIA Demonstrate World's First GPU-Physics

Elbonio — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

NVIDIA are set to woo the crowds at this years annual Game Developer Conference (GDC) which takes place this week in San Jose, California. Demonstrating for the first time their unique physics-processing GPU, NVIDIA is looking to be the talk of the town at this years conference.

Details can be found in their press release:

NVIDIA and Havok Demonstrate World's First GPU-Powered Game Physics Solution at Game Developer's Conference
Monday March 20, 6:00 am EST

SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA - News), the worldwide leader in programmable graphics processor technologies, and Havok, the game industry's leading supplier of cross- platform middleware, will be demonstrating a physics effects solution that runs completely on a graphics processing unit (GPU) -- an industry first -- at this year's Game Developer Conference (GDC) in San Jose, California (March 21st through 24th).

The result of an ongoing engineering collaboration between Havok and NVIDIA, this new software product from Havok -- called Havok FX(TM) -- enables the simulation of dramatically-detailed physical phenomena in PC games, when powered by GPUs such as NVIDIA GeForce®7 or 6 Series GPUs and further amplified with NVIDIA SLI multi-GPU technology. The Havok FX product is currently in early release to select developers and is expected to be available this summer.

Through Havok FX, GPUs can simulate the interactions of thousands of colliding rigid bodies, a fundamental technique of physics computation seen in today's latest games. It's now possible to compute the components of friction, collisions, gravity, mass, and velocity that form the basis of rigid body physics. Havok FX is designed for GPUs supporting Shader Model 3.0, including the NVIDIA GeForce 6 and 7 Series GPUs.

Utilizing Havok FX and NVIDIA graphics technology, game developers can now implement sophisticated physical phenomenon such as debris, smoke, and fluids that add immense detail and believability to game environments. Game designers can include advanced physics effects without burdening the CPU and slowing game-play, since the effects are simulated and rendered on the GPU.

"We are very excited about the quality and speed we are seeing on the NVIDIA GPUs. We've believed for some time that GPU technology had the potential to simulate physical effects and our collaboration with NVIDIA has proven that," says Jeff Yates, VP of Product Management at Havok. "The large installed base of Shader Model 3 class GPUs and momentum by NVIDIA in the market make Havok FX an attractive solution for game developers looking for hardware-accelerated physics."

"Moving physics processing to the GPU is a natural progression enabled by the high programmability in today's GPUs," said David Kirk, chief scientist at NVIDIA. "By combining expertise with Havok, we have produced a fantastic solution for game developers that will lead to more compelling game-play and more realistic gaming experiences."

i27 Waiting List

RTO — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

A lot of you who didn't manage to secure your place in time for i27 before the event sold have been asking us for your position on the waiting list. Well you need wait no longer! There are 120 of you on the list and you can view it in full: the i27 waiting list.

In the event that people are forced to drop out or cancel, we offer their place to the person who is at the top of the list.

We understand that it's difficult when it comes to travel arrangements and we ask that if your circumstances change, that you let us know so we can remove you from the list.

Packard Bell Return For i27

Elbonio — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

We can now announce that Packard Bell are coming to i27, and they'll be bringing some toys - one of which is going into the raffle for one lucky punter to win. Check out their press release for more info:

Packard Bell is pleased to be attending Multiplay’s i27 event. We will be demonstrating a number of exciting products over the weekend and all i27 attendees will have the opportunity to use the products themselves on the Packard Bell stand.

Packard Bell introduced its range of gaming PCs at i25 and is pleased to be showing the latest offerings from this range. The iPower PCs incorporate high level gaming specifications at a very reasonable price point. Come along to the PB stand to try out these PCs on your favourite games. For more information go to our website.

No PC is complete without a high end monitor and PB can provide this too. The new Maestro 19” widescreen offers image excellence for gamers and home users alike and is available for around £219.99 from PCWorld. All the PCs on the PB stand will be using these monitors so come along and see for yourself. For more information go to our website.

Press interest has been high in the new Intel® Core™processor Duo. This brings dual core processing power to the mobile market and Packard Bell will be demonstrating their new Easynote V7 which incorporates this latest technology on their stand at i27. The Easynote V7 is powered by the latest processor technology with the new Intel® Core™ processor Duo and is available with the latest ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 graphics including up to 512MB HyperMemory. It comes with a 40 to 160GB hard drive and up to 2GB of DDR2 Dual Channel RAM. For more information see our press release.

To mark the release of this product Packard Bell has donated one of these notebooks as top prize in the i27 raffle this year! That’s right, every attendee of i27 will have the chance to win this exciting new mobile computing product!

I predict a high amount of raffle tickets being bought at i27!

Sony Announce PS3 Launch Date

Elbonio — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

SCEI announced the date of the worldwide PS3 launch. he console is going to be launched simultaneously in Japan, America and Europe - a step away from tradition for consoles.

Tokyo, March 15, 2006 – Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) announced today that it would launch PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3) in early November 2006 in Japan, North America and Europe simultaneously. With a monthly production capacity of one million units, SCEI will push forward a powerful product launch to spread the platform rapidly throughout the world, together with a strong and attractive lineup of PS3 game titles.

PS3 incorporates the final specifications of BD (Blu-ray Disc), and with the overwhelming computing power of PS3, it enables to playback BD software at a high bit rate. With a maximum storage capacity of 50 GB (dual layer) and robust security, BD is a highly anticipated storage medium that delivers digital entertainment content such as games and movies at an unparalleled level of image quality.

i27 Sells Out In Record Time

Elbonio — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

We've been counting down to this moment for weeks now, ticking off the milestones as they went and in a flurry of last minute payments we find ourselves completely sold out - there's no more room at the inn!

Despite being an entire month away from the event we've still managed to fill the venue up to the brim - a new record for the i-Series. Naturally this is leaving a lot of disappointed people who desperately wanted to get to i27.

To give those who didn't pay in time a fighting chance of getting here, we've set up a waiting list system whereby you can add yourself to the list and upon a cancellation we'll take people from the standby queue.

To add yourself to the list is simple - go to our regular signup page and go through the options as if you were participating. You will then be added to the waiting list.

Please note that anyone signed up and not paid is not automatically added to the list - this is a fresh queue on a first-come-first served basis, you will need to join it regardless of if you have already registered your interest for i27 in the past.

Once you are on the list, if a place becomes available we will contact you and you can grab that spot. Please note however that spaces will only become available if other people cancel.

For those who made it you can count down the days with us as over the coming weeks we'll be bringing you exciting news and build-up to what's going to be a monster event. Stay tuned sports fans.

BF2: Euro Force Arrives

Elbonio — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

We are now able to support servers for the Euro Force expansion for Battlefield 2. If you're a Clanserver customer, login to your account and create a new profile for Euro Force.

EA are distributing EF by online download, thus helping to keep the cost down to an affordable £5.99.

Take a look at www.downloader.ea.com for more details and to buy the expansion.

Act of War: High Treason Demo

Elbonio — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

We now have the demo to Atari's expansion for Act of War - the critically acclaimed RTS. This demo will work as a standalone game, however the retail expansion does require the original Act of War to run.

Grab the demo off our fileserver: AOW_hightreason_demo.zip

i27 - 100 Places Left

RTO — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Wow, just 2 days ago we were telling you about how i27 had 800 people signed up and now here we are again at the next milestone - there are just 100 places left!

At the time of writing there are 220 unpaid bookings fighting for the last 100 places and whilst we may say this every time, you really will miss out if you wait any longer – don't say we didn't warn you!

What do you need to do now?

If you haven't already, head over to book your place at i27

Once you've booked, you'll need to confirm your place by paying for it online or over the phone

If you've completed 1. and 2. and fancy getting your hands on a portion of the huge prizes we've got up for grabs, you'll need to register you (and your clan) for the tournaments

Lastly, if you've signed up and paid, you will start to appear on the seating plan. Wait for the next revision to see where you are, or if you have any specific request, then let us know by filling out our seating request form.

There may still be 30 days to go, but good thing's come to those who wait (unless you're waiting to sign up, then bad things will definitely happen!). If you're stuck for things to do for the next month, you can double check you know what to bring and how to get there or just laze about on the i27 forum ;)

Seating Plan Revision 3 Posted

Elbonio — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Revision 3 of the i27 seating plan is live and ready for viewing. Check it out here. This revision includes everyone paid up and requests received by 6pm on Sunday 12th March.

If you have any seating requests please use the online form. With over half the event now sold out it is very important to get paid up and your seating requests in early. It gets very difficult to accommodate larger clans closer to the event as the plan fills up, so get it sorted sooner rather than later or you could be disappointed.

Sign up then secure your place today!

It's also worth mentioning that monitor rentals are going fast and if you need to rent a monitor then you need to pay for it soon - i.e the next few days. Leaving it much longer could mean you will be left without a monitor. Registering for the service does not guarantee you will get one - only those who have paid will be allocated a monitor. To modify your booked services, use our event services page found in your account.

i27 Reaches 800 Confirmed!

KBB — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Five days since our last milestone and we have already hit the next one! i27 now has 800 confirmed participants!! The remaining seats are really disappearing quickly - if you are still planning on coming to the event you need to get your payments in soon! At the time of writing we have 178 seats remaining!

Don't miss out on the first i-Series LAN of 2006! Check out more about the event on the i27 minisite and head over to our Online Payment System to secure one of the last remaining places left!

i27 BYOC Seats Reduced to 978

Wizzo — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

With the number of exhibitors and sponsors at i27, the total number of BYOC (Bring Your Own Computer) seats available at the event is now 978. At the time of writing we have 777 seats paid up, meaning only 201 left going at the rate of 25-35 a day!

At this rate the event will sell out in around 7 days. Don't miss out! Go signup and secure your place today to avoid disappointment.

Codemasters confirms plans for Micro Machines v4

CyberDrac — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Codemasters announced today that work is afoot on the long awaited sequel to the Micro Machines series of games.

Mixing miniature mayhem with maximum multiplayer racing, MICRO MACHINES v4 game will arrive packed with knockabout, breakneck racing in the fastest scale miniatures, complete with explosive weapon power-ups. Letting you loose with hundreds of vehicles, each with distinctive performance abilities, you’ll be racing your inch-long miniature motors on the wildest tracks where everyday household objects appear immense in size and can become lethal hazards.

Micro Machines 4 is scheduled for a Summer 2006 release.

Battlefield 2 v1.21 Patch Released

Wizzo — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

The v1.21 client patch for Battlefield 2 has been released. Please note that this is prior to any of the Battlefield 2 ranked servers being upgraded. All Multiplay BF2 ranked servers will be updated later today. In the meantime use the links below to grab the patch so you can join in without delay when the servers roll to v1.21!

Full patch from retail

Incremental Patch v1.20 - v1.21

Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 Goes Gold

CyberDrac — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45, the commercial release of the popular UT2004 total conversion and winner of the 'Make Something Unreal' contest in the category of best Mod, has gone gold. If you have pre-loaded and pre-paid for the game through the Steam network you should be able to play from 7PM on Tuesday 14th of March.

Age of Empires III Expansion Announced

Elbonio — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Microsoft have released the following press release regarding their hit RTS, Age of Empires III.

The new expansion pack will build off of the exciting real-time-strategy gameplay of “Age of Empires III,” providing players with the ability to lead one of three proud Native American civilizations, including the Iroquois Confederation, to expand their empire and fight for control of the Americas.

The expansion pack, which is due on store shelves in the Fall of 2006, will provide new ways to play and win, introducing new gameplay elements and content including new civilizations, a new single player campaign, Home City enhancements and additional maps and units. Additional content will be added to all existing European civilizations as well.

i27 Breaks 700 Paid Mark

Elbonio — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

i27 continues to steamroll ahead, smashing yet another barrier and reaching the 700 paid participants mark. Still showing no signs of stopping - or even slowing down - the places continue to to go.

If you want to be at i27 you are going to have to pay very soon or else all the spaces will be gone. You have been warned!

To find out more about i27 see our minisite. To signup and pay for i27 use our online system.

Check out our i27 Forum to get into the buzz.

Serious Sam 2 Patch

Elbonio — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

A new patch has been released for the frenzied obliterate-em-up FPS, Serious Sam 2. you can find the 45MB patch on the Multiplay fileserver: sam2_patch_2_068_62787.zip

i-Live Killerbyte #3

Elbonio — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

We have another edition of our i-Live Killerbytes, killing the time between now and i27.

This time round we took a trip to Ubisoft in London to have a look at their upcoming RTS, Faces of War and have a chat with Jam from the FragDolls.

Grab the Hi-Res (155MB) or the Low-Res (42MB) version and enjoy (right click and goto "save target as").

Check out our previous i-Live footage, including the bytes from past events at the i-Live website.

Conflict: Global Terror Demo

Elbonio — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Pivotal Games have put together a demo for their upcoming tactical terrorist-busting shooter. Grab the demo from our Fileserver.

UberSoldier Demo

Elbonio — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

CDV Software have released a demo for their supernatural WWII FPS. Here's your chance to play that role of genetically modified super soldier that's been raised from the dead, looking for vengeance in the random enemies that surround you.

Find the demo on our Fileserver.

Epic Announce GDC Presence

Elbonio — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Epic Games have announced they will be attending the Game Developers Conference with the unreal engine.

A snippet from their press release:

Epic will showcase a number of new and improved Unreal Engine 3 features including: PlayStation® 3 and XboxTM 360 support, FaceFX cinema-quality facial animation with auto-generated lip-synching, new physics-based animation that provides gameplay features (like blending hit reactions with character animations), new in-editor performance optimization tools, a new COLLADA-compatible import pipeline, Epic's new high-performance multi-threaded renderer and much more.

We may see some shakey-cam footage not-long after, assuming someone can get in with a camera.

The [ÐØÅ] ClanBase CTF Cup Movie Trailer

Killing — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Its almost here and to keep you going until the Premier @ i27 a little trailer direct from our Fileserver

The full movie will Premier @ i27! *o/*
(for those of you that have seen all the previous DOA movies, its in typical cynical style )

i27 Reaches 600 Paid!

Elbonio — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

i27 has now reached 600 paid - approaching nearly 2/3 of capacity with still a month and a half to go!

Places are going ultra-quick this time round so if you want to come then we strongly advise you signup & pay as soon as you can. There are going to be a lot of disappointed people - make sure you're not one of them!

Don't forget to check out our Tournament Info page for details of our £5,000 EA BF2 tournament and the X-Fi Quake 4 cup with a £1,750 prize fund.

LOTR: BFME 2 Ships + Patch Released

Elbonio — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Lord of the Rings: The Battle For Middle Earth II - also known as "the game with the longest name in the world II" - has now shipped, and you can toddle off to your local retailer and part with your cash for it.

We have the demo available on our Fileserver if you wanted to try before you buy.

For those who have already bought the game we also have the v1.01 patch

CounterStrike 1.6 Tounament Info

Cabe — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Well the polls are in.

de_inferno is your choice for the CS1.6 tournament at i27 with de_dust2 running an extremely close second place (1 vote in it!).

With a potential cash top prize of £1000 (including FREE entrance for the winning team to i28) and prize pot exceeding £1700 this tournament should be one to watch. Better yet, sign up now and be a part of it!

More details can be found on the i27 CS1.6 minisite

See you there!

WoWLAN Launched!

Elbonio — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000

WoWLAN - our latest event - is now officially launched! Check out the website and start getting your character ready as signups are now being taken.

Players will be able to join us at Stratford Racecourse for a weekend of World of Warcraft - raiding, questing and generally just chilling out playing the game we all love.

WoWLAN is on 12th=14th May 2006 - already know you want to come? Then Signup!

The Movies Expansion Announced

Elbonio — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000

CVG are reporting that an expansion to Lionhead's hollywood-em-up The Movies is on its way.

Apparently the add-on will be focusing on stunts and special effects. Alongside new scenes such as a bustling city and a military barracks, the add-on will add lots of new effects such as water, explosions and electrical charges and also introduce the new staff type - the stunt man.

No release date has been set for this yet.

i27 Seating Plan v2 Posted

Wizzo — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Revision 2 of the i27 seating plan is live and ready for viewing. Check it out here. This revision includes everyone paid up and requests received by 12pm on Sat 25th Feb.

If you have any seating requests please use the online form. With over half the event now sold out it is very important to get paid up and your seating requests in early. It gets very difficult to accommodate larger clans closer to the event as the plan fills up, so get it sorted sooner rather than later or you could be disappointed.

Sign up then secure your place today!

Creative Sponsor X-Fi Quake 4 Cup At i27

Elbonio — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Our press release regarding the exciting news about Creative and their involvement at i27:

LONDON, 24 February 2006, Multiplay - Multiplay, organiser of the largest LAN parties in the UK and Europe's biggest Online GSP, is excited to announce the involvement of Creative Labs for their i27 LAN in April. Creative Labs, one of the world leaders in digital entertainment products for the PC, will be providing £1,750 in prize money for the 1v1 X-Fi Quake 4 Cup.

Craig Fletcher, Managing Director of Multiplay, said "It's great to welcome Creative Labs back once again to another i-Series. After the success of our partnership at i26 we were glad to hear they were coming back for i27. Their involvement has given our Quake 4 tournament some big stakes, meaning we should see some great matches."

John Moseley of Creative said "Creative are excited to be supporting i27 and the X-Fi Quake 4 Cup. The i-Series is clearly the premier BYOC LAN in the UK mixing seriously competitive gaming, seriously competitive DDR and a seriously competitive pub quiz. We had a great time at i26 and can't wait to come back to show people how Quake 4's X-Fi optimised audio engine delivers super-accurate positional audio (even over stereo headphones), stunning audio quality, and ultra fast frame rates."

Creative will be providing the £1,750 prize fund alongside armfuls of hardware, including their latest Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty. Gamers will be able to see the Sound Blaster X-Fi alongside other cutting edge technology from Creative on their demonstration stand at the event.

i27 takes place between 14th - 17th April 2006 in Newbury, UK. With space for up to 1,000 players it's the UK's biggest and most successful LAN party. Find out more by going to www.multiplay.co.uk/i27.

Heroes Of Might And Magic V Beta News

Elbonio — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000

We have been inundated with requests for Beta keys for HOMMV and sadly all our keys have now gone. If you have sent a request in the last 24 hours you will most likely get a key - within the last 12 hours or so will most likely not.

You will hear from us shortly with your key or an e-mail saying you have been unsuccessful, please be patient.

In the meantime please do not send any new or duplicate requests in for a key.

Thanks to all those who did mail in, keep an eye out for your keys shortly!

Battlefield 2: Euro Force Delayed Again

Elbonio — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000

EA have announced that Euro Force their add-on booster pack for Battlefield 2 has been delayed again. Originally scheduled to be released tomorrow (22nd Feb) after being delayed for the BF2 v1.20 patch, the game's release is now being pushed back again for the v1.21 patch which fixes issues caused by its predecessor.

There has not been a date set for this patch yet, keep an eye out and we'll keep you updated.

Prize Fight Give Away Money For Multiplay Users!

Elbonio — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Prize Fight are offering new sign-ups from the Multiplay community £5 in funds to kick-start their winning streak.

Simply input EMPUK-PROMO-TRWFD-RWASF into the box given after registering and your account will be credited £5.

Prize Fight have recently added BF2 to their list of supported games - meaning that you can play for real cash every night between 7pm and 10pm. BF2 joins games like CS: Source and HL2DM in the Prize Fight arsenal, which now feature special seeding code which allocates you into matches based on previous performance - giving you a greater chance to win.

Head over to PrizeFight.co.uk and check it out. This offer only lasts until March 31st 2006 and you can't use it in conjunction with any other offer they run.

Heroes Of Might And Magic V Beta Keys

Elbonio — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Ubisoft have given us a limited number of Beta keys for their upcoming title Heroes of Might and Magic V.

The massive turn-based strategy series has seen Nival Interactive take up the torch for developing the game and fans of the series have been getting excited about the new take on the game, meaning the Beta has been much sought-after.

If you would like a key for the beta simply e-mail in your request to competitions@multiplay.co.uk and we'll mail you back your key and a link to download the client.

Nuclear Dawn Site Live

Elbonio — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000

The Nuclear Dawn mod team have launched their public website as the game moves into another phase of development. Nuclear Dawn is a mod for Half-Life 2 that has been in development since the game came out and has been in alpha testing for over a year.

Immensely detailed and featuring stunning graphics the ND mod features a blend of RTS and FPS which the developers hope will make it one of the most strategic action mods available.

Check out their website over at www.nuclear-dawn.net.

We'll be keeping a close watch on Nuclear-Dawn over the coming months, watch this space.

Commandos: Strike Force Demo

Elbonio — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000

We are now hosting the single-player demo for Commandos: Strike Force which you can find on our Fileserver.

FEAR Patch v1.03

Elbonio — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000

For those who don't have it yet don't forget we have the patch on our FTP and have now added it to our front-end Fileserver

i27 Seating Plan v1 Released

Wizzo — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000

The seating plan process has begun for i27, with revision 1 of the plan live and ready for viewing. Check it out here.

The process for seating requests has changed slightly this event, with an online form now being the way you submit requests to us. All requests must go through the form to ensure we are given enough information to process the request. In addition, we are also tracking in the seating plan at which point people were added and giving priority on seating to those who paid earlier. This will make it even more important to get your booking paid up and any requests in as early as possible.

8 weeks to go and nearly half the event already sold out! If the current trend continues i27 will be sold out in a few weeks, so what are you waiting for? Sign up then secure your place today to avoid disappointment!

Possible Bug in BF2 Patch v1.20

Elbonio — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000

We have been made aware of a potential bug in v1.2 of the Battlefield 2 Patch, its appears that maps which have the Hummer/TOW will crash if a player fires the TOW missile.

The affected base maps are Leviathan and Night Flight. Devil's Perch is apparently not affected.

Battlefield 2 Patch

Elbonio — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000

We are hosting this eagerly-awaited update for Battlefield 2 you can find both the incremental and the full patch on Our Fileserver.

Clanservers: Battlefield 2 Patch Info

Elbonio — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000

A quick note to our Clanserver customers; don't install the BF2 patch if you have managed to get hold of a copy from somewhere on the web. Wait for our release to ensure that you have the correct patch and that it will work with your clanserver. Keep your eyes peeled as we'll be announcing the successful migration to v1.20 when it's done.

Half-Life 2: Aftermath Renamed

Elbonio — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Valve have axed the name originally given to the upcoming Half-Life 2 expansion, Aftermath and instead opted to call it Half-Life 2: Episode One.

The switch is interesting as it appears Valve are planning to release regular episodic installments for HL2, giving fans an ongoing storyline. Episode One is due out on April 24th through Steam.

Slan 24-hour Countdown!

Elbonio — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Following on from our schedule release we'd like to tell you a little bit about some of the great stuff that's happening at this particular event.

LOTR: BFME 2 Beta

We have 100 keys for the Lord of The Rings: Battle For Middle Earth 2 Beta. Every participant at StratLAN will receive one and be able to install the client. Expect mass multiplayer action once the keys have been handed out!

Big Games

All your old favourites and some new ones, ranging from Allegiance to Trackmania: Nations will be being played en-mass - expect some hot Q3 action, some BF2 and good old UT2K4: 4-way CTF!

Party!

Legendary for its partying, StratLAN is going to rock just as much as usual - if you're not at the Slan rave, you're missing out big time! StratLAN is Bring-your-Own-Booze so make sure you get those good deals from the supermarkets!

For all those who are coming - we'll see you in 24 hours!

StratLAN Schedule Available

Elbonio — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Our rough guide to this weekends events are now available. As usual it's by no means set in stone, and will probably end up being entirely different, but this is our guess as to what people will want to play and when we can fit in some mass games.

Check it out

NVIDIA ForceWare 81.98 WHQL Drivers for Windows XP

Elbonio — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000

We have the latest Forceware drivers from NVidia on our Fileserver.

Mystery Battlefield Video - Interesting Contents

Elbonio — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000

We get stuff sent to us all the time - new movies for games and whatnot, but they always come through official channels. This video however was sent to us anonymously and without explanation from an unknown source.

Like the inquisitive people we are we opened this attachment in this unsolicited e-mail and were rather intruiged when we saw what the contents were. And no, it wasn't a virus.

I wont spoil it for you but all I'll say is it appears to be BF2 and has "Property of Digital Illusions CE" branded on it... take what you will from that.

We've stuck it on our FTP which you can access via our front end Fileserver.

The Movies Demo

Elbonio — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Lionhead have released a demo for their movie-making sim The Movies so now we dont have any excuse for not giving it a go. Grab it off our Fileserver.

Who said Mac gaming was dead?!

Cabe — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000

MacGamesandMore have released a new game for the Mac (and PC) called Antigen under the Creative Commons Licence. With a resurgence in retro gaming this cracker is just right and it bears a passing resemblance to Geometry Wars which is no bad thing. Addictive, and there is another treat, its free!

Empire Earth 2 Movie

Elbonio — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Empire Earth 2 is now available on our Fileserver, featuring 3:22 of footage.

VIA Quake IV Mapping Competition Finalist Entries

Elbonio — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000

We have the maps made by the 12 finalists for VIA's recent Quake IV mapping contest, grab all of them in this handy archive to get some quality Q4 maps - available on our Fileserver.

i27 Already 1/3 Full!

Elbonio — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Our next event, i27, is already filling up fast - with a third of the LAN now filled up and paid for!

To be this full so far in advance of the event is a sure sign that i27 is going to be huge - if you intend on coming we can't stress enough how important it is to pay early as we expect the event to be a sell out.

To find out more about i27 check out our i27 site, or alternatively go straight to the signup page.

Crytek New Game Announcment, Tech Demo's ahoy.

Cabe — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Crytek have announced thier new game, Crysis of which I gather these tech demo video's show off the new engine for that game, due for release Q4 this year if rumours are true. Based on the CryENGINE 2, Crysis is a completely separate game, not part of the FarCry universe at all.

Most of us have probably seen the Crytek/DirectX 10 technology demo video, however I now present to you, in glorious living colour the high res version.

Spotted on the Bit-Tech forums, originally hosted on kdoubt.net

WMV HD 720p 37.3 MB

Quicktime 26.5 MB

Desperados 2 Trailer

Elbonio — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Atari Australia have released this movie of the in-development 3D action title Desperados 2. The game allows players to seamlessly switch between 3rd person and isometric view, giving greater control over the game.

You can find it on our Fileserver.

Dawn of War Expansion Announced

Elbonio — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

THQ/Relic Entertainment have announced an expansion to their critically acclaimed RTS, Dawn of War. The following statement is taken from a press release by THQ:

The add-on will include all-new explosive Dawn of War single-player action, new multiplayer content and two new playable races including the technologically devastating Tau, bringing the total number of playable races in Dawn of War to an unprecedented seven.

"We're extremely proud of the world-wide critical acclaim that the million-unit-selling Dawn of War franchise has received to-date," said Ron Moravek, general manager, Relic Entertainment. "With this latest expansion, we've taken feedback from the players to create a powerful, action-orientated single- and multiplayer experience that is enriched by the quality and depth of the Warhammer 40,000 universe. Dawn of War will be forever reforged for the Greater Good!"

It is due for release in Q3 of 2006.

TimeShift Demo

Elbonio — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Atari have released a demo of the upcoming time-bending FPS, TimeShift. Due for release at the end of March, this gives you plenty of time to try it out before it's released. Grab it off our Fileserver.

TM: Nations

Elbonio — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

We now have the TrackMania: Nations client on our FTP, all you TrackMania fans need to go and grab it immediately! Download it here.

LOTR: Battle For Middle Earth 2 Movie

Elbonio — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

We have a new movie featuring 5 minutes of in game footage for this Lord of The Rings themed RTS sequel, which you can find on our Fileserver.

Crashday Demo

Elbonio — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

We are now hosting the Crashday demo which you can find on our Fileserver

Commandos: Strike Force Release Date

Elbonio — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Eidos have set a release date of March 17th for their next title in the Commandos series. This version of the game features 3 different styles of combat - sniper, melee and stealth - giving your squad a much wider variety of possible tactics. The game is being released on PC, Xbox and PS2 across Europe.

Battlefield 2: Euro Force Delayed

Elbonio — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

According to a post on the EA Games UK Forum the expansion due in early February has been pushed back to an undisclosed date.

Euro Force will expand the current games arsenal of vehicles and weapons as well as offering new maps to play on. Keep an eye out for more details.

StratLAN 26 Sells Out

Elbonio — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

That's all folks - the table is full, no more bets - StratLAN 26 is a sell out!

All 96 BYOC places have been taken - with over two weeks still to go - and no doubt there are a few disappointed people out there! Don't despair however as you can still come along and simply join in the fun - chill out in the social area and relax with a drink as a spectator. StratLAN is the kind of LAN you don't even need a PC to have fun at!

For those who have paid and haven't picked their seats, go to our StratLAN seating picker and pick your spot.

Google.cn = Google.censor ?

Elbonio — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

China has never been one to allow its citizens complete freedom on the internet, and has imposed strict censors onto search engines, Google included. Users found themselves unable to search "Tiananmen Square" for example and many other pages routed elsewhere or simply unavailable altogether - the BBC website being one of them.

Google Inc has taken an unusual step to co-operate with the Chinese government and has launched Google.cn - a new version of the engine which restricts search results.

Despite facing opposition from free-speech groups and concerns over Google "giving in" to the pressure from China's leaders, the Google stocks appear to be unaffected, though falling slightly by -6.39 towards the middle of the day.

Read more about this over at BBC Online

GTR 2 Movie

Elbonio — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

A new movie featuring in-game footage for the racer sequel GTR 2 is now available on our Fileserver.

Booth Babes Banned!

Cabe — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Bit-tech are running this story about e3 clamping down on skimpy costumes that us gamers (despite ourselves) find so alluring. A long lived tradition has died.

Play Planetside For A Year - Free!

Elbonio — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Ubisoft are planning to release a "Fodder Program" which allows anyone to create an account and play the hit MMO, Planetside for an entire year, without paying. The game world is open to everyone but non-subscribers will not have access to all of the weapons and ranks like their paying comrades.

Keep an eye out on Feb 14th for the launch.

Stargate SG-1 Binned?

Elbonio — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

There are rumours - and yes, just rumours - that MGM have told developers Perception to stop work on the title based upon the hit TV show Stargate: SG1. Apparently it was nearly finished but MGM do not think it's worth releasing, or so the story goes anyway. Whether it's true or not only time shall tell.

Starcraft & Broodwar 1.13f Patches

Elbonio — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Both Starcraft and its expansion Broodwars have been patched to v1.13f.

Get Starcraft v1.13f

Get Broodwars v1.13f

EverQuest II - Kingdom of Sky Trailer

Elbonio — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Sony Online Entertainment have released the following trailer for the upcoming expansion to EverQuest II, find it on our Fileserver.

StratLAN 26 Reaching Capacity

Elbonio — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Our next StratLAN is over half full with less than 35 places left - and we're still three weeks away from the event!

Let's face it - you'll be staying inside on these dark, winter nights anyway so you should come to StratLAN and hibernate with the rest of us!

StratLAN is a BYOC event for up to 100 people in delightful Stratford-Upon-Avon, a wonderfully quaint town, full of history and culture that you almost certainly won't see any of, thanks to mammoth BF2 sessions and CS matches.

Go on, Sign-up - you know it makes sense...

Dungeons and Dragons Online: Stormreach Movies

Elbonio — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Atari have released trailers for their upcoming MMO, Dungeons & Dragons: Online.

DnD Online is due for release in the US on February 28th 2006, with a Euro release expected some time after that.

You can find the movies on our Fileserver.

ATI Catalyst Drivers v6.1 - WinXP

Elbonio — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

ATI have released the latest Catalyst drivers for their Radeon series of cards. To download this and see a list of the fixes go to our Fileserver.

Star Wars: Empire At War Demo

Elbonio — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Lucasarts have released a demo of their imminent Star Wars based RTS, Empire At War.

Due for release on February 17th, this demo allows you to try out 5 tutorials and a Galactic Conquest map.

You can find the demo on our Fileserver.

Rainbow Six: Lockdown Demo

Elbonio — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Ubisoft have released the playable demo for their latest incarnation of the Rainbow Six series entitled Lockdown.

You can find the demo on our Fileserver.

3D Mark 06

Jazza — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Futuremark, have just released the latest version of their 3D benchmarking tool, 3D Mark 06.

This version includes tests for dual cpus, HDR, new physics tests

The basic version has these features

DirectX 9 3D game performance benchmarking,
Separate tests for graphics cards and CPUs,
Workloads that simulate next-generation gaming requirements,
Advanced 3D gaming engine that supports HDR rendering with SM2.0 and SM3.0 Shaders,
Two HDR/SM3.0 game tests and two SM2.0 game tests,
Threaded CPU performance testing based on AI and physics workloads applied to a variety of processor environments.

Download it here.

Medal of Honor : Airborne, announced

Jazza — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

EA have announced the latest in the Medal of Honor series.

"Step into the boots of Boyd Travers, Private First Class of the 82nd Airborne Division and engage in battles throughout Europe. From rocky beginnings in Sicily to war-winning triumphs in Germany, each mission begins behind enemy lines, with an intense and fully interactive airdrop. Your ability to determine your own starting point dramatically changes the way each mission plays out. View the entire operation from the air, and then control your parachute to choose your landing spot. On the ground, gather your senses and assess the terrain. A wide variety of authentic, customizable weapons are at your disposal, each with distinct characteristics. Choose your path in this free roaming FPS environment. Medal of Honor Airborne will also feature exceptionally photo-realistic characters, adding to the intensity of the cinematic, story-driven game."

Airborne is due out later this year on PC, Xbox, Xbox 360, Playstation 2 and Playstation 3.

Source: EA.com

Onimusha 3 Demo

Elbonio — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

There is now a playable demo of Capcoms action/adventure title available on our Fileserver.

Chinese WoW Players Faced With Discrimination

Elbonio — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

There are reports flying around the web that over 7,500 Chinese posters on the Tales of Warcraft forum have complained that they are not accepted into groups with other players.

The problem stems from the fact that a lot of the English-speaking players believe that all Chinese players are gold-farmers and will refuse to group with them if they are unable to type a few sentences in English that are both grammatically and lexically correct.

It's a problem European users will be blissfully unaware of, but the rumours are that some amongst the 1.5 million Chinese players are becoming restless.

Midway Revives Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War

Elbonio — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War, the ambitous RTS from Stainless Steel Studios seemed to be consigned to the rubbish heap when the studios closed down last November. Midway however have confirmed they are reviving the project and making sweeping changes to the design of the game.

It is now set for a June 2006 release.

Guild Wars Factions - Royal Rumble!

Elbonio — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

This weekend the whole world can play some Guild Wars PvP, free of charge, whether you have the game or not! Taken from the Guild Wars Website:

The Guild Wars Team would like to invite gamers everywhere to join us on the weekend of January 20th for a Guild Wars: Factions Global Free-For-All PvP Weekend Event! This event will take place on the Battle Isles, the new PvP continent. Players can visit this new area of the world to to try out a brand new arena, to visit the new combat training zones, or to experience the PvP explorable areas. Join us to get an early look at how PvP will evolve with the coming of Guild Wars: Factions!

The Event Schedule

Start of Event: January 20th, 8:00 a.m. GMT
Closing Time: January 22nd; 7:59 a.m. GMT

To play you will need the client, the downloader can be found on our FileServer.

The key is 66DG9-C4RHB-9FKD6-287BJ-LRGCJ, existing players can just use their own key.

Take a look at the Guildwars website for more info.

Wizzo Speaks On BigMonster.tv

Elbonio — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

BigMonster.tv came to i26 and has featured one of our extended i-Live features. In the feature we talked to Wizzo about the i-Series and Multiplay's Online Gaming Service, you can see the interview and some of the footage from our i26 event on the BigMonster.tv broadband TV channel. Check out the website, the low-resolution version doesn't require a login and the episode can be found in the "gaming" section.

You may spot yourself on there if you were at i26!

Check out the full interview on our i-Live website. You can find it under "other downloads" and "features".

GTR Sequel Announced

Elbonio — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Simbin/10TACLE Studio's have announced a sequel to the huge hit racing sim,GTR GTR 2 is due for release this coming summer, full details below.

Darmstadt, Germany/Vara, Sweden, January 12, 2006: With the release of "GTR - FIA GT Racing Game", Developer SimBin Development Team and Publisher 10TACLE STUDIOS AG caused a sensation. Up to that point, there had never been a racing simulation based on a racing series which was accurate down to the last detail as the numerous top ratings and awards for "GTR – FIA GT Racing Game" so impressively demonstrated.

Come summer 2006, GTR 2 will set new standards all over again! The new DirectX9 graphics engine ensures that the race cars and circuits are portrayed in a more detailed and photorealistic way than ever before, and the sensation of speed experienced with the HP-beasts is even more immersive, thanks to the improved driving model.

The dynamic day-night light cycle, weather changes, and impressive damage system once again provides an impressive experience of the exciting FIA GT racing series on your PC at home.

Two New Battlefield Expansions

Elbonio — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

EA have released the following press release regarding their planned double expansion over the coming two months - meaning that by i27 there will be a whole bunch of new content to play with. Each expansion is available by download only and costing only £5.99 each. Full press Release below.

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN. – January 11th, 2006 – The multiple award-winning Battlefield 2TM is about to get a boost... Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) and Digital Illusions today announced that 2 new Booster Packs will be released for the award-winning Battlefield 2TM PC game. The two packs, which will each retail for $9.99 in North America, €9.99 in Europe and £5.99 in the UK, will be available exclusively online at www.downloader.ea.com. Powered by the Battlefield 2 game engine, Battlefield 2: Euro ForceTM, releasing Feb 8th, will introduce the all-new European Army to three brand new maps. Battlefield 2: Armored FuryTM, releasing March 28th, will focus on large mechanized battles in the American heartland.

In Battlefield 2: Euro Force, the European Army joins the Battlefield fray for the first time on PC. Complete with seven new weapons and four new vehicles, the European Army will be sent into battle against MEC and Chinese forces on three brand new maps. "Operation Smoke Screen" takes place amidst the burning wreckage of an oil field on fire. "The Great Wall of China" will see Chinese Forces attempting to repel a European attack in the shadow of the ancient landmark. "Taraba Quarry" takes place in a large canyon which holds a vital tactical advantage.

Battlefield 2: Armored Fury will add three new maps, all set in the rural heartland of America where the US forces defend their homeland from Chinese and MEC forces. This Booster Pack will also introduce two new vehicle classes: Attack Jets with the ability to use rocket pods and cluster bombs, and agile Scout Choppers which will reveal nearby enemies. "Midnight Sun" takes place on the Alaskan border, where Chinese forces make landfall. "Operation Harvest" will take the player to the vast open plains of Pennsylvania where only the expert use of air and armor will assure victory. "Operation Road Rage" sees all-out tank warfare on the freeways of America.

Brothers in Arms Patch v1.11

Elbonio — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

A new patch for Brothers in arms v1.11 is now available on our Fileserver.

Quake IV Beta Patch

Elbonio — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

There is a new Beta version of the Quake 4 1.05 patch available. You can find this file on our Fileserver.

Pre-order Dungeons and Dragons Online

Elbonio — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Turbine have released the following press release in relation to their upcoming MMO, Dungeons & Dragons Online.

WESTWOOD, MA, January 11, 2006 – Turbine, Inc. today announced an exciting preorder program for DUNGEONS & DRAGONS ONLINE™: Stormreach™, the highly-anticipated online roleplaying game based on the legendary pen and paper game DUNGEONS & DRAGONS®. With over 250,000 fans vying for a coveted slot in the Beta program at www.fileplanet.com/promotions/ddo_stormreach/, Turbine is taking the exceptional step of offering a free Beta pass for up to 10 days for anyone who preorders the game. The D&D® Online Beta is a unique behind-the-scenes opportunity to play in a developing online world and provide insider feedback to the Turbine development team. DUNGEONS & DRAGONS is under license from the Hasbro Properties Group, the intellectual property development arm of Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE: HAS).

In addition to the free Beta pass, consumers who preorder* will receive:
o Bonus Item: Exclusive +1 in-game amulet for added defense during combat
o Head Start Access: Play days before the official release, reserve a name, and pick your world
o Preorder In-box Item: Special limited edition DUNGEONS & DRAGONS ONLINE™: Stormreach™ poster featuring the red dragon

“For DUNGEONS & DRAGONS fans, this is a great opportunity to become one of the first to play this online game and be a part of the dynamic community that D&D offers,” said Jeff Burdeen, vice president for the Hasbro Properties Group.

“This preorder program was designed with the D&D community in mind,” said Marc Metis, senior vice president, marketing, Atari, Inc. “By offering fans the opportunity to play the Beta version and gain early access into the completed game, we are giving them the chance to claim bragging rights of experiencing the D&D Online world – before anyone else.”

In summary lots of people are trying to get on the beta, but anyone who preoders will be given a spot.

World of Warcraft Patch 1.9.1

Elbonio — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

A small update to World of Warcraft is now available on our FTP. Changlelog and file details can be found on our fileserver

Warcraft III Patches v1.20c

Elbonio — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Blizzard have released the latest patch for Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and the exapansion, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne taking both games to v1.20c. Glocktar!

::File Details & Download Locations::

Reign of Chaos

Size: 15.81MB

Platform: Win32

Version: v1.20c

UK FTP

Global FTP

The Frozen Throne

Size: 48.66MB

Platform: Win32

Version: v1.20c

UK FTP

Global FTP

Championship Manager 2006 Beta Demo

Elbonio — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Are you a budding football manager? Think you can do better than those idiots wearing the sheepskin coats on the bench? Well now is your chance to prove it - if only to yourself. Championship Manager 2006 is approaching and a demo is now available. Give it a whirl if you think you're good enough!

::File Details & Download Locations::

Size: 59MB

Platform: Win32

Version: Beta Demo

UK FTP

Global FTP

Prize Fight Going Gold - And Giving Away Money!

Elbonio — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Prize Fight have completed their Beta and the service is going fully operational from 10th January. Furthermore they are offering £5 for the first 300 people to sign up to the service! In theory you could use this £5 to become a multi-millionaire, just by kicking ass at HL2 DM!

Check out their full press release here.

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones Update

Elbonio — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Ubisoft have released a new patch for Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones. The patch is for Windows Media Centre Edition users only and weighs in at a featherweight 20KB!

::File Details & Download Locations::

Size: 20Kb

Platform: Win32, Windows Media Centre Edition only

Version: N/A

UK FTP

Global FTP

Last Chance For i-Series Discount!

Elbonio — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Our special promotion on early-bookings for i27 ends tomorrow at 23:59 (5th Jan 2006) - be sure to grab your spot to ensure your place at the hottest LAN of 2006.

There are still a few 10% discount slots available but do hurry to make sure you take advantage of the limited-time offer.

And to all Gold Discount members - you will receive free EAS for signing up now, so make sure you grab a spot and save yourself some cash!

*** Click Here To Book Now! ***

Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales Movie

Elbonio — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Playlogic International have released a trailer for their upcoming shiver-me-timbers-em-up, Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales. Take a look at the trailer whilst you get your cutlass sharpened.

::File Details & Download Locations::

Size: 22MB

Format: Windows Media Video

Length: 1 minute 28 seconds

UK FTP

Global FTP

Prize Fight doing Big New Year Games

Killing — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Tomorrow (2nd Jan, 2006), in the evening, you can play CS:S / HL2DM and walk away with anything up to £100.

That's some quite serious cash to be honest, considering that you don't actually have to put any of your own money in!

Why are they doing this? Well they want to stress test their system... and what better way than paying you lot to do it :P

Anyway... check it out at http://beta.prizefight.co.uk/

Happy New Year

GeeDee — Sat, 31 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Happy new year to all from the Multiplay staff team.

We're all set to bring in the new year here in Weymouth:

We wish you all the best for 2006!

i-Live Christmas KillerByte!

Elbonio — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0000

We're here for our Christmas edition of i-Live, updating you all and being puppets for your general amusement. In this edition we look at our special Christmas promotions (which have been extended to 5th Jan since filming), an interview with SquireMuldoon about StratLAN and why it's so special and we also have a special competition to win a copy of Age of Empires III Deluxe edition - not found anywhere else!

::File Details & Download Locations::

High Quality

Size:126MB

Format: Windows Media Video

Length: 8 minutes 13 seconds

Download

Standard Quality

Size:35MB

Format: Windows Media Video

Length: 8 minutes 13 seconds

Download

Act of War: Manhattan Treason Movie

Elbonio — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0000

A new movie for the expansion to the Act of War RTS is available on our FTP. The video contains scenes showing the new naval units in action.

::File Details & Download Locations::

Size: 20MB

Format: Windows Media Video

Length: 2 minutes 20 seconds

UK FTP

Global FTP

Call of Duty 2 Patch

Elbonio — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0000

We are now hosting the first patch for Call of Duty 2. This takes the game to v1.01 - be sure to grab it from our FTP.

::File Details & Download Locations::

Size: 5MB

Platform: Win32

Version: Retail -> v1.01

UK FTP

Global FTP

Civilisation 4 Patched

Elbonio — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Sid Meiers Civilisation 4 has been patched to v1.52 - update by downloading the patch from our FTP.

::File Details & Download Locations::

Size 40MB

Platform: Win32

Version: v1.52

UK FTP

Global FTP

StratLAN 26 Signups Live

Elbonio — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0000

You are now able to book and pay for your place at StratLAN - the cosiest LAN around.

For more information about StratLAN check out our StratLAN 26 Site, and have a gander. Of course if you really want to see what all the fuss is about, there really is only one way....

Santa's Little Helpers!

Elbonio — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0000

With a distinct lack of proper chimneys these days Santa is finding it harder and harder to bring joy and happiness into the world at this time of year. Thus he did the only sensible thing - he asked us to help him out with something he didn't have to take down a chimney. We were, naturally, only too pleased to help him out.

Our gift to you this festive season is twofold.

200 PEOPLE GET UP TO 20% OFF FOR i27!

That's right! The first 100 people to pay for i27 receive a massive 20% off the ticket price, the next 100 will receive a 10% discount. Be quick - those 200 places will go fast and the offer closes on January 5th so don't hang around! Check out the i27 pre-launch site for full details, terms and conditions.

1/3 OFF CLANSERVERS

For those who like their online gaming we're slashing a juicy 1/3 off of our prices on selected games. This offer applies if you order, or renew an existing server, before January 5th for one of the following games:

Call of Duty 2

Quake IV

F.E.A.R

CS: Source (all tickrates)

Go to our Clanserver Ordering Page for more details and to take advantage of this special Christmas offer!

Avoid the socks - ask Santa for a clanserver instead!

Settlers V: Heritage of Kings Patched

Elbonio — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Bluebyte/Ubisoft have come up with a new patch for their latest in the micromanagement giant, Settlers series - taking the game to version 1.06.

::File Details & Download Locations::

Size: 21MB

Platform: Win32

Version: v1.06

UK FTP

Global FTP

BCGC 2006 Postponed

Elbonio — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Butlins have released the following press release regarding their 2006 Computer Gaming Championships event.

Butlins, London 20/12/2005, As you are all no doubt aware we have all been working very hard to put this event together, unfortunately though we have been very disappointed with the very low level of sign ups.

At this time the amount of sign ups does not justify running the event and so we have taken the decision to postpone it until later in the year. The proposed date is 30th of June at which time the resort will be fully open and all facilities will be available including all swimming pools, karts, amusements and other attractions and shows.......We will keep you updated.

If you have booked to attend then you do not need to worry as refunds are guaranteed if required, and you will all be contacted by Butlins ticket department shortly.

To show our gratitude to those of you that have taken the time to book you will also be sent a 1 year free Butlins pass for four people worth around £120.

We would like to stress that the event has been postponed, not cancelled.

If you have any further questions please feel free to contact us on 01243 870994.

If there are any updates made they can be found on the official BCGC website.

Splinter Cell: Double Agent Trailer

Elbonio — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0000

We are now able to host the trailer for Splinter Cell: Double Agent on our FTP. SC:DA is the fourth installment in the highly popular series and is expected to be Sam Fishers most challenging escapade yet. Check out the trailer below.

::File Details & Download Locations::

Size: 11MB

Format: Quicktime Movie

Length: 1 minute 0 seconds

UK FTP

Global FTP

UT2004 Mega Bonus Pack

Elbonio — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Epic Games have released a bonus pack for UT2004. Most likely to be the final update for the game before it is superseded by UT2007 which comes out next year. The bonus pack includes everything you'll need to make sure your version is up to date and full of the latest content.

The pack includes five assault levels, two deathmatch levels, and two capture the flag levels. In addition, the Mega Pack contains all the ECE bonus pack content, as well as the latest (3369) patch. UT2004 fans can have one final fling on this epic game before gearing up for what is set to be one of next years biggest treats - UT2007.

::File Details & Download Locations::

Size: 200MB

Platform: Win32

Version: v3369

UK FTP

Global FTP

The Movies Patch

Elbonio — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0000

A new patch for Lionhead Studios' The Movies is now available. The patch allows you to access the "PropShop" - meaning you can access new downloadable content ranging from sets, to costumes to props - a must for all budding Spielbergs!

::File Details & Download Locations::

Size: 23.7MB

Platform: Win32

Version: Retail -> v1.1

UK FTP

Glboal FTP

Quake IV patch v1.0.5

Elbonio — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Activision are distributing another patch for Quake IV, next in the series of the legendary game. The patch notes can be found inside the patch .zip file.

::File Details & Download Locations::

Size: 12MB

Platform: Win32

Version: Any -> v1.0.5

UK FTP

Global FTP

Commandos: Strike Force Movie

Elbonio — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Eidos are taking their multi-million selling RTS Commandos into the world of FPS. Working like a first person Cannon Fodder you take control of one member of your team at a time - be it the sniper bringing the death from above, the spy and his stealthy ways or the Green Beret who is usually up to his neck in dead bodies.

Check out the latest movie showing off the Green Beret role.

::File Details & Download Locations::

Size: 6.26MB

Format: Windows Media Video

Length: 0 minutes 48 seconds

UK FTP

Global FTP

Need For Speed: Most Wanted Patched To v1.3

Elbonio — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0000

The latest vroom-vroom-em-up in the Need For Speed series - NFS: Most Wanted - has been patched to v1.3

The changelog can be found here

::File Details & Download Locations::

Size: 12MB

Platform: win32

Version Retail -> v1.3

UK FTP

Global FTP

StratLAN Xmas Party 2005 Schedule

Elbonio — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0000

We've got a rough guide to what's going down at our next event, the StratLAN Christmas Party 2005, so take a look and start getting excited.

StratLAN Xmas Party 2005

World of Warcraft Patch v1.8.4

Elbonio — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0000

As WoW fans gear up for the next big patch, v1.9, we're treated to a small patch addressing some minor issues.

Changelog can be found here.

::File Details & Download Locations::

Size: 35.6MB

Platform: Win32

Version: v1.8.3.4807 -> v1.8.4.4878 (UK)

UK FTP

global FTP

King Kong Right/Wrong Giveaway!

Elbonio — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Those kind folks at Ubisoft have given us a couple of King Kong goody-bags to give away. All you have to do is decide if the statement we give you is right, or wrong - true or false.

You could win the following:

King Kong game for PC
King Kong t-shirt
King Kong Pen
King Kong Stickers
King Kong Stress Ball
King Kong plush toy

Fancy your chances? Check it out

UT2K4 3369 Patch Available

Elbonio — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0000

For those who havent yet patched up their copy of UT2004, we now have the latest patch available on our FTP.

::File Details & Download Locations::

Size: 12MB

Platform: Windows

Version: v3369

UK FTP

Global FTP

Prize Fight Cash Beta Launch

Elbonio — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Prize Fight, the first company to offer regular cash prizes for online games, is into the second phase of its beta testing, as detailed in this press release sent out today:

Guaranteed cash prizes this weekend

London; Dec 1st 2005: Starting this Friday night and for 10 days, all the Prize Fight beta testers will be able to take part in our very first events for cash prizes.

Prize Fight will be guaranteeing minimum prizes of £10, so that testers have a great chance of winning real money. Depending on the event, prizes will be awarded for the top 5 places, the top 3 rankings and winner takes all.

In addition, the 10 testers who complete the most matches will be given £25 each.

Don’t miss the start - the first events kick off at 7.15pm on Friday 2nd December. Each entry will cost between £1 and £2.

All games will be Half Life 2 DeathMatch, and we are introducing Counter-Strike: Source very shortly.

Since Prize Fight started recruiting beta testers, the testing community has grown amongst gamers. Visit Prize Fights Beta homepage and help form the future of gaming.

Quake IV Demo Shenanigans

Elbonio — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

As some of you may know the Quake IV demo that was released earlier last week was an accidentally leaked version which did not include working multiplayer. id Software have released the following statement:

Everyone,

On behalf of id Software, I would like to express our regret over the snafu with the Quake 4 demo last Wednesday. We wanted to get the demo out before the Holiday weekend here in the U.S. and were working hard with Raven and Activision to make that happen. A bug in the multiplayer was caught at the last minute and we decided to hold off on the release. Single player was unaffected by this bug. Unfortunately, in our preparation for the planned release the bad build was mistakenly put on our public FTP instead of a staging site, and was apparently seen and downloaded by a website or two, and propagated from there. We tried to get the word out to mirrors and websites that multiplayer was broken in the build and not to mirror the file, but due to the late hour and the impending holiday, the request to pull it back was too little, too late.

We are working on finalizing the demo for release as soon as possible, but we want to be as certain as we can to avoid making the same mistake twice. I'm sorry for everyone who spent time downloading the demo and found the multiplayer was broken. Hopefully a properly functioning Quake 4 Demo can make amends.

Todd Hollenshead

So apologies but if you want the Multiplayer demo then you'll have to re-download the whole thing again I'm afraid - not that it would take too long anyway on our super fast FTP server...

::File Details & Download Locations:

Size: 335MB

Platform: Win32

Version Demo with working multiplayer!

UK FTP

Global FTP

GTR Patch v.1.5.0.0

Elbonio — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

A new patch brings SimBin's racing sim to version 1.5.0.0. We have both the patch and the new dedicated server file on our FTP.

::Files Details & Download Locations::

Patch

Size: 15MB

Platform: Win32

Version: v1.5.0.0

UK FTP

Global FTP

Server

Size: 20MB

Platform: Win32

Version: v1.5.0.0

UK FTP

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Civilisation IV Patch

Elbonio — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

The first patch for Sid Meiers Civilisation IV has been released, bringing the game to v1.09 - grab it off the FTP before a horde of barbarians pillages it.

On a side note you might be interested to know that the patch, relatively small in size by todays standards, is seven times as big as the Amiga version of the original Civilisation which came on four 880KB floppy disks! Times have changed!

::File Details & Download Locations::

Size: 24MB

Platform: Win32

Version: Retail -> v1.09

UK FTP

Global FTP

An Illuminating map update.

Cabe — Thu, 24 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Bit-Tech have a little bit of news about an update to the excellent demolition map, de_nuke.

Looks like its getting some shiny new HDR toys, expect to see it on steam at the end of the month. Click here for more.

Civilisation 4 Demo

Elbonio — Thu, 24 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Firaxis have released a playable demo of the next game in the Godlike Civilisation series. Civ4 has had a whole re-work of the graphics engine and looks prettier than ever. Try out the demo and see what you think. Cheers Sid.

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Quake 4 Demo

Elbonio — Thu, 24 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Activision have released this playable demo of the new Quake game. Note that this only works in single player at the moment. For the Multiplayer demo, wait until next week.

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F.E.A.R SDK + Dedicated Servers v1.02

Elbonio — Thu, 24 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

We now have the F.E.A.R SDK v1.02 and both the Win32 and Linux dedicated servers available for download from our FTP.

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Win32 Dedicated Server

Size: 92MB

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Linux Dedicated Server

Size: 88MB

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BF2 v1.12 Patch Released

GeeDee — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

This patch for Battlefield 2 updates the game to v1.12. Improves compatibility between the original game and the Special Forces add-on.

You can download the patch from one of the Multiplay mirrors (Be aware demand for this patch is very high at the time of posting):

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Windows Patch

Size: 281mb

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Version: v1.12

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Quake IV Patch & SDK

Elbonio — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Quake IV was patched to v 1.0.4 recently, we are now able to offer both the Win32 and Linux patches on our FTP for download. The SDK for both platforms is also available.

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Linux Patch

Size: 18MB

Platform: Linux

Version: Retail -> v1.0.4

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Windows SDK

Size: 55.71MB

Platform: Win32

Version: SDK v1.0

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Linux SDK

Size: 61.32MB

Platform: Linux

Version: SDK v1.0

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Unclaimed Raffle Tickets

Elbonio — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

The following tickets were unclaimed in the raffle at i26:

BLUE: 760, 921, 996

BEIGE/ORANGE: 975

WHITE: 805, 834, 882, 889, 899, 914, 923, 970

GREEN: 560, 564, 654, 719, 735, 806, 911

YELLOW: 85, 242, 269, 301, 310, 314, 315, 378

To claim your tickets, post your ticket with your full name and address to:

i26 Raffle
Multiplay UK
9 Bernwood Grove
Blackfield
Southampton
HANTS
SO45 1ZW

Please do not ring our office asking what you have won as we are unable to give out that information.

Baggies Food Van Stats For i26

Elbonio — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

You'll be pleased to know that we actually ate an entire pig of bacon at i26. Nice going team.

The full stats for the Baggies food van are:

972 baps
1210 baguettes
114 deli rolls
768 burgers
676 sausages
305lbs bacon
20000gms onions
896 cheese slices
200 kilos of chips
21 litres tomato sauce
120 eggs
30 bakewell tarts
28 flapjacks

The 21 litres of tomato sauce is particularly disturbing... well played!

Trackmania Sunrise: eXtreme - Free Add-on Released

Elbonio — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Akin to the PowerUp add-on released for the original TM, eXtreme is also a free download adding tons more content for the highly acclaimed driving game.

Get your mind working on some new track ideas whilst you grab it off our FTP...

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Prize Fight Beta Opens

Elbonio — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Prize Fight have now thrown open their doors for Beta testers to put their systems through its paces online. Prize Fight is a new concept in gaming where players can win money for playing games online.

The main game during the Beta is HL2:DM but other games are also being used, check out the site for a nightly schedule of games.

Note: Beta phase plays with fake money not real money!

i-Live Extended Feature #1 From i26

Elbonio — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

As promised here is the first of our i26 extended features, where you can see who won in the i26 boat race. It's glorious it really is.

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i-Live Byte #5 From i26

Elbonio — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Slightly delayed here is the final byte from i26 - keep an eye out for several additional features heading your way over the next few days which include coverage of the boat race, the DDR tournament, an interview with NCSoft and a chat with Wizzo, our beloved MD!

Keep your eyes peeled.

In the meantime...

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i-Live Byte #4 From i26

Elbonio — Sun, 13 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

i-Live byte #4 from our i26 event is now available. It's tournament day and we've had a day of good gaming action. Take a look and wish you were here.

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i-Live Byte #03 From i26

Elbonio — Sat, 12 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

i-Live is back in its third installment from i26 where we do a whistle-stop tour of the racecourse. If you've ever wondered what the atmosphere at an i-Series is like then take a look at this 100% unedited walkaround of the event. None of this was staged or planned, you're seeing raw i-Series.

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i-Live Byte #02 from i26

Elbonio — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

We're back for another Byte from i26. In this byte we have a quick chat with the guys from Prizefight.

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Need For Speed : Most Wanted Demo

Jazza — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

The latest in the long running Need For Speed series, Most Wanted, is almost with us. EA have released a 3 car demo, with 5 tracks (2 Quick, 3 Challenge) to try out

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i-Live from i26!

Elbonio — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

i-Live is in full swing again as we cover our i26 even at Newbury. Over 650 gamers have made their way to Multiplays most action packed LAN ever. In this byte we give a quick rundown of what to expect from the weekend.

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Event Schedule

Elbonio — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

For those who are attending i26, here is a rough schedule of what's going on. Times are subject to change but we'll notify everyone of any time changes via the intranet, information screens and/or tannoy announcements on the day.

i26 Event Schedule

i26 Seating Plan Final Draft

RTO — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

It's been a long hard slog but we've managed to accomodate almost every request we've recieved. You can take a look at the finished plan to see where you'll be sat.

If you are yet to sign up and pay for i26, never fear though, we can still make minor changes on the door at the event and will probably still be able to sit clan members together.

Not long to go now!

World Exclusive: Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter

RTO — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

i26 sees a very late addition to the fantastic array of prizes, exhibitors and fun that's going to be had this weekend.

Ubisoft have just confirmed that, in conjunction with Microsoft, they will be bringing along Multiplayer code of the massive futuristic war title Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter.

On the Saturday only, from 12-6pm, Prince Arrington (yes Prince so mind your P's & Q's) will be joining the code from the GRAW team, and will be on hand to answer any questions you may have on the development of the 360 title version.

This is a world first for gamers to trial the new game, which is scheduled for release early next year, so get down there on Saturday if you are not there already to join the fun.

Check out more information about Xbox 360 at i26, then sign up and pay securely online to secure your place at i26.

i26 Breaks 600 Mark!

Elbonio — Sun, 06 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

i26 has broken through the 600 paid participants milestone! People are getting in on the act in their droves, and with still a few more days yet to go, this figure could rise even higher. Nearly 750 People are signed up to what's turned out to be a corker of a LAN.

Want to come to i26?

Want to know more about i26?

Already coming to i26?

Just paid up? Why not post on our forums and tell the world!

Play XBox 360 @ i26

Elbonio — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

i26 - the LAN that couldn't stop growing - is still getting more great exhibitors signing up! The latest being previous i-Series favourites, XBox with their new console the XBox 360. i26 attendees will be amongst the first people in the country to play on the new console, which is not due for public release for another month.

At i26 you'll be able to play on titles such as Dead or Alive 4, Project Gotham Racing 3, Perfect Dark Zero and Kameo: Elements of Power. We have sixteen XBox consoles which will be can played on any time day or night - they're not just for display! For more information about XBox at i26 click here.

Call of Duty 2 Clanservers Available

Elbonio — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

We are now able to offer Call of Duty 2 Clanservers, giving you the chance to play the hottest new game with Europe's hottest provider.

Starting from as little as £20 Per Month, you could have your very own CoD2 server. If you have a clan of 10 that would be just £2 per month, or 50p per week! If Multiplay had been around when I was 10 years old, I could have afforded a clanserver on my weekly pocket money.

Don't forget that we also offer discounts of up to 20% for paying in advance.

Multiplay servers use our innovative ClanForge web interface which lets you customise and manage your server without having to use a command line. With over 1,100 servers hosted with us we are Europe's largest GSP - all those people can't be wrong.

Interested? Click here to see our prices and order your server.

i26 Seating Plan Revision 3

RTO — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Revision 3 of the i26 Seating Plan has just been launched! Time is running out to get your requests in before the deadline of 12:00, Monday 7th November 2005 - so if you know a clan mate or friend who hasn't paid yet, get them to do so ASAP!

You can see both the the tabular or top down view of the seating plan , or if you're thinking about sending in a request, you'll want to check out this very important information on how to send us seating requests.

Once again, you can only be included on the seating plan if you have signed up and paid for your place at i26.

Note: We've extended the deadline for seating requests. It is now 12:00 Monday 7th November 2005.

i26 Reaches 500 Paid!

Elbonio — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

i26 - the LAN that couldn't stop growing - is snowballing at an alarming rate! i26 has reached 500 paid participants - doubling in size in a single week! People are getting on board for the final, most action-packed LAN of 2005 - the trends are pointing towards us having an event as big as - possibly even bigger than - our summer i25 LAN.

With yet more exciting news to announce we're fully expecting the rate of signups to get even steeper in this final week so get yourself signed up and paid up. You'd better have a note from your mum if you're not coming!

Want to come to i26?

Want to know more about i26?

Already coming to i26?

Star Wars Battlefront II Movies

Elbonio — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

The sequel to the original Star Wars themed action title is back and there are now three movies available on our FTP. Grab em whilst they're hot!

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Trailer 2

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Trailer 3

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World of Warcraft - Burning Crusade Movie

Elbonio — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Blizzard have sent out a press release announcing the development of an expansion to the huge MMO, World of Warcraft.

Blizzard Entertainment® Announces Expansion Set For World Of Warcraft®

ANAHEIM, Calif. – Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. has announced plans for the upcoming expansion set to World of Warcraft®, its award-winning subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game. World of Warcraft: The Burning CrusadeTM will take players to a new realm of adventure and intrigue as they continue to explore Azeroth and the regions beyond. New races to play, new lands to explore, and new levels of power for existing World of Warcraft characters all await players in The Burning Crusade.

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade takes up where World of Warcraft left off, with the races of the Horde and the Alliance continuing to rebuild their lives among the shattered lands of Azeroth. Amid the fragile peace that exists between the factions come rumors that the Burning Legion's age-old war against Azeroth – the so-called Burning Crusade – has been rekindled and threatens to consume the world in another firestorm of war and strife. Old allegiances fall and new ones rise as both the Horde and Alliance look to new friends in this time of need.

Building on the award-winning formula set forth in World of Warcraft, the expansion set adds even more rich content to an already massive game. Players can look forward to:

New Player Races: New allies will join the game, expanding the story line and allowing players to develop powerful new characters within the world.

Higher Level Limit: The game's level cap is being raised to 70, and every new level will offer meaningful spell, ability, and talent upgrades for each character class.

New Lands and Battlegrounds: Explore the magical realms of the Blood Elves, journey through the Dark Portal into untamed Outland, and visit dungeons and battlefields previously inaccessible to players.

Flying Mounts: In Outland, players will gain access to unique airborne mounts that will allow for smoother travel over some of that region's more hazardous terrain.

Jewelcrafting, Socketable Items, and More: Crafters will be pleased to know that the expansion adds an all-new profession to the game: Jewelcrafting. With Jewelcrafting comes the advent of socketable items in World of Warcraft, which will give players additional variety in how they can customize their gear. In addition, existing professions will be enhanced to take advantage of the increased character-level limit.

New Quests, New Monsters, and New Challenges: As the boundaries of World of Warcraft are stretched farther than ever before, there will be exciting new quests for players to undertake and new monsters to confront. And with greater challenges come greater rewards....

We have a trailer of the new expansion on our FTP:

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F.E.A.R. v1.02 Patch Released

GeeDee — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0000

A patch for the truly terrifying F.E.A.R. has been released, bringing the game up to version 1.02

This is the first retail patch released for F.E.A.R. updating the intense First-Person Shooter to v1.02 from v1.00/v1.01.

- Adds a new Multiplayer Map (Asylum).
- Fixes minor issues within localized versions of F.E.A.R.
- Pre-patches the game in preparation for the release of the F.E.A.R. SDK/ Mod tools.

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i26 Staff Recruitment Drive

Elbonio — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Due to several high-profile, big-money tournaments at i26 we are looking to take on a good number more staff for network support and tournament admins.

Our experienced staff will be team leading and overseeing the tournaments, but we would like to recruit a good number of other staff to provide support for them and to ensure we don't overwork our current volunteers - otherwise we'd end up with lots of tired staff and obviously this isn't a good thing!

So we need people to join our i-Series team for this, and future events in the yellow shirt role and red shirt role (network and tournament staff respectively).

Staffing an i-Series is an entirely different experience. Joining "Team Multiplay" is not only one of the most rewarding feelings, but it looks great on a CV and we are more than happy to give references. Staff enjoy certain benefits at the event - not least of all a bed and showers so it's well worth doing for that alone!

To apply e-mail ASAP to jobs@multiplay.co.uk and attach any references or your CV where necessary and tell us a little about yourself.

For more information about what is involved in staffing i26, click here.

i26 Seating Plan Revision 2

RTO — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Keep those requests coming in! I've just uploaded the 2nd revision of the i26 seating plan. The plan contains all paid participants as of 10:00 am this morning. If you have paid for your place since then, you will appear on the next revision.

You can see both the the tabular or top down view of the seating plan , or if you're thinking about sending in a request, you'll want to check outthis very important information on how to send us seating requests.

Once again, you can only be included on the seating plan if you have signed up and paid for your place at i26.

REMEMBER: ALL requests must be in by 4th November 2005 to allow us time to process them all. Any received after this date will be discarded and you will have to arrange your seats on the door.

EA Confirmed Attending i26!

Elbonio — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Electronic Arts have confirmed they will be attending i26 and bringing with them some very interesting toys indeed. Not least of all a certain laptop that could be yours to walk away with! Check out the specs:

DELL XPS M170
17" Ultrasharp Wide Screen
Inspiron XPS Gen 2 clear LCD backcover with 3x colour inserts.
1024Mb
100Gb Hard drive.
24x CDRW/8x DVD combodrive
Nvidia GeForce 6800 Ultra with 256Mb DDR
Integrated 5 Watt subwoofer with bass reflex port.
Backpack
Slim Microsaver Security Lock.
much more!

This laptop is worth £1,800 so don't miss it! Look out for your Battlefield 2 Special Forces postcard to enter this prize draw.

Regular LAN goers will be pleased to know that EA will also be doubling your wardrobe by giving you a free BF2: Special Forces t-shirt! It's a well known fact that the best t-shirts are free ones, make sure you claim yours when you're at i26.

Also don't miss EA's "Get In The Game" exhibit. Get your photo taken using green screen technology and walk away with a picture of you right in the middle of one of EA games. 24 hours later you can even download a digital version online - a great idea for clan website member profiles!

You can also try your hand at playing the EA guys at their own game as they will be putting together a team to take on the i26 masses at Battlefield 2! It's not often you get to declare war on the largest games publisher in the world and then see them in the bar afterwards! To show that they're good sports EA will also be providing the champagne for the winners of the Battlefield 2 tournament, as per i25.

If relaxing with a beer is more your thing then the big projection screen in the bar area will be playing a Battlefield 2 "Making Of" video throughout the day. You will also find the EA team in the bar for the legendary Multiplay Pub Quiz - if you managed to play them at BF2 then have another go at beating them in the pub quiz too!

When one of the biggest names in the business is coming to the event you know it's going to be something special! Make sure you sign-up, pay-up and read-up for our i26 event - don't miss out.

i-Live Killer-Byte #1

Elbonio — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0000

That's right, you're not seeing things - it is i-Live and it's not during an i-Series event! You'll be seeing a lot more of us from now on as i-Live makes its way to you in between events, bringing you the latest news from Multiplay.

Clanservers, Events, Online and community news will all be covered, as well as exciting features on games and interviews with people in the industry. Think of it as your regular Multiplay update with the familiar i-Live team, taking our coverage from the events to a continuous series.

This first Killer-Byte ("killing" the time between LANs!) is all about i26 and the run up to it, as well as discussion of our new Everquest II Tournament. Check out our i-Live website for more info.

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Win Tickets To London Expo - Ends Thursday!

Elbonio — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Ubisoft called us up today and they were all like "Hey we've got some tickets for the London Expo - you want some?" and we were all like "woah that's awesome! We'll take 'em!" and they were like "cool". True Story.

So basically we have two pairs of tickets for the London Expo at the ExCel exhibition centre in London for this weekend, and we'd like to give them away fairly rapidly. So we've got a simple little competition for you - do it right and you could be checking out the latest in films, comic books, manga/anime, card games, tabletop games - all sorts of cool stuff. We have tickets for Saturday 29th October and Sunday 30th October (this weekend) so we have two prize draws - and you can enter both if you wish.

To win two tickets for Saturday 29th October:

Answer the following question - A remake of King Kong is being made and due to be released this winter - who is the Director?

To win two tickets for Sunday 30th October:

Answer the following question - Who is publishing the computer game based on the film "King Kong"?

Ubisoft are going to be at the expo showing off an upcoming publication of King Kong (ringing any bells?) which is definitely worth a look at. King Kong is going to be available on PC, Xbox and PS2 and is set to be a good title for Christmas. We have a demo available on our FTP - definitely worth having a bash at it.

The Expo itself is packed full with great guests such as Michael Shanks (Daniel Jackson from Stargate SG1), Andy Serkis (Gollum from Lord Of The Rings and King Kong in this years version of the movie), Bernard Hill (Theoden, Lord Of The Rings), Bruce Boxleitner (Capt. John Sheridan from Babylon 5) - and tons more. Check out the full list (be sure to check as some guests appear both days, whilst others only appear on one of the days). Aside from guests there's going to be loads of exhibitors showcasing all sorts of stuff that's really geeky but that's why we love it. Check out the website for full details.

E-mail in your entries to competitions@multiplay.co.uk - you can enter both days draws if you like but you can only win one of them, but you're better off entering both to have a better chance of winning. Please include your full name and contact details with your answers. Good luck!

Closing date is Thursday lunchtime so we have time to get you your tickets!

Multiplay & Creative Announce BF2 Tourney @ i26

Elbonio — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0000

A press release you all might be interested in:

London; 24 October 2005: Creative (Nasdaq: CREAF) the worldwide leader in audio with over 250 million Sound Blaster sound cards sold to date announces its sponsorship of i26 - the UK's largest Bring Your Own Computer (BYOC) LAN gaming, taking place at Newbury Racecourse on November 11th, 12th, 13th. To mark the launch of its breakthrough X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity audio processor, Creative will provide X-Fi demonstrations at the event and is pleased to sponsor the inaugural Sound Blaster X-Fi Battlefield 2 Cup . Each player in the winning team will receive a much coveted Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS sound card plus the lions share of the massive £2,500 cash prize.

"I want the best gamers in Europe to test-drive our products; and I truly believe that Sound Blaster X-Fi delivers a gaming experience way beyond anything they've heard before", says John Moseley, UK Marketing Manager for Creative. "We specifically developed the Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS with serious gamers in mind and with input from 10 time world champion gamer "Fatal1ty", and todays hottest games, including Battlefield 2 and Quake 4 are being developed to take full advantage of it's incredible power. But if people need more convincing then they can find us at i26; where we’ll be happy to demonstrate X-Fi so they can hear it for themselves!"

"Our i26 event is going to be an extraordinary display of the best the gaming industry and community has to offer" Says Craig Fletcher of Multiplay UK, organisers of i26 and the largest Games Service Provider in Europe, "With Creative Labs' technological prowess and our expertise in running LAN events, i26 is going to be a real treat. We have some of the best gamers in Europe attending which should make the tournaments very special indeed - as well as worthwhile to enter thanks to the huge prize offerings!". More information about i26 can be found at this location.

For more info about this tourney, including the rules and maplist, which has a total prize fund of £2,500 check out our full lowdown here

i26 Seating Plan Revision 1

RTO — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0000

With the first batch of requests all fulfilled we can finally launch revision 1 of the i26 seating plan. The plan contains all paid participants as of 10:00 am this morning. If you have paid for your place since then, you will appear on the next revision.

You’ll probably want to check out either the tabular or top down view of the seating plan as it currently stands as well as view some very important information on how to send us seating requests.

REMEMBER: You can only be included on the seating plan if you have signed up and paid for your place at i26.

ALL requests must be in by 4th November 2005 to allow us time to process them all. Any received after this date will be discarded and you will have to arrange your seats on the door.

Quake 4 Servers

RTO — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0000

In case you haven't noticed them in your in game browser, we've already got up 15 Quake 4 servers for your fragging pleasure :)

A selection of 1v1's and CTF/DM servers are all available as well as a Tournament server. You can find details of all our Quake 4 servers in our Q4 server list over on our clanservers site.

We’ve also launched our pricing for Quake 4 and you can get your grubby mitts on a server from as little as £10/month! Again, check out the interactive pricing tool on our clanservers site for more info.

Win A Years Subscription To Everquest 2!

Elbonio — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Yes we know - it's a great prize. There's a few of us round here who would love to win something like that but alas - you lot come first, so we'll be giving this away to three of you very lucky people.

To find out what you have to do to enter, take a look HERE

i26 Tournament Registration Now Open

Elbonio — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0000

After a year of great LANs, you'd think that we'd just have a nice relaxing one to finish the year off - nothing too exciting or anything, just a nice calm finish. That however is not the Multiplay way.

We are ending the year with a colossal LAN - our biggest set of tournaments ever, there's something for everyone. Signups are now open for our tournaments - and we still have more in the pipeline to come!

Don't think - just do it, as i26 is going to be stonking.

For those who have already done what's needed to be done and paid up you can head over to our Tournament Registration page and get yourself a team organised.

For more information about our MASSIVE tournament lineup check out our TOURNAMENT INFO PAGE

Quake IV Cinema Trailer

Elbonio — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Raven have released a theatrical trailer for the imminent Quake IV which sees its release this Friday. The 30 second-long trailer was released into cinemas across the US last week.

Just to whet your appetite a bit!

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Splinter Cell Chaos Theory Patch v1.05

Elbonio — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Ubisoft are distributing a patch for Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory which brings the latest version to v1.05, take a look and grab either the incremental or the full patch from our quicker-than-Sam-Fisher FTP. Now that's fast!

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Retail -> 1.05

Size: 121MB

Platform: win32

Version: Euro Retail -> v1.05

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Incremental

Size: 69MB

Platform: win32

Version: Euro v1.04 -> v1.05

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F.E.A.R Patched to v1.01

Elbonio — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0000

A new patch for Vivendi's pants-wet-em-up F.E.A.R has been released, taking the game to v1.01.

The patch fixes mostly multiplayer issues with some performance enhancements thrown in for good measure.

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Size: 21MB

Platform: Win32

Version: Retail -> v1.01

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£1,000 Call of Duty 2 Tournament @ i26

Elbonio — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Kicking off a few very exciting weeks of announcements, revelations and - quite frankly - pants wetting news about what's going on at i26.

Call of Duty 2, Infinity Wards sequel to massive-hit wartime FPS to Call of Duty is released a mere week before the start of i26 - meaning that Multiplay will be running the first UK tournament in what is looking to be a fantastic Multiplayer game.

We can give you more details about this large cash prize, exclusive tournament if you click here!

i26 Seating Process Started - IMPORTANT!

Elbonio — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0000

All aboard for i26! We're well on our way as we steamroll towards November - pack your bags, get your tickets and pick your seats because this train is non-stop to Newbury!

The seating plan process has started and we want your requests! Click here for more info.

*** IMPORTANT CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE! IGNORE AT YOUR PERIL! ***

Cold War Demo

Elbonio — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0000

This new stealthy strategic FPS set in cold-war Russia has a new demo for you to try. Grab it from our FTP, Comrade - the war awaits you! Don't forget though...

IN MOTHER RUSSIA DEMO PLAYS YOU!

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Size: 403MB

Platform: Win32

Version: Playable Demo

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Serious Sam 2 Patch (+ Demo Patch)

Elbonio — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0000

There is a patch available for Serious Sam 2, taking the game to version 2.064.00. There is also a patch for the demo version of the game. The patch changelog can be found here.

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Retail Version Patch

Size: 13MB

Platform: Win32

Version: Retail v2.064.00

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Demo Version Patch

Size: 10.2MB

Platform: Win32

Version: Demo v2.064.00

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King Kong Demo

Elbonio — Sun, 09 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0000

A playable demo of Ubisoft's adventure FPS based on the upcoming movie remake, King Kong is available on our FTP. You can't really go wrong making a game about a giant ape.

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Size: 289MB

Platform: Win32

Version: Demo

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Butlins Does Nothing But LANs!

Elbonio — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Quick Info:

Thursday 5th Jan 2006 until Sunday 8th Jan 2006
Held at Butlins Holiday Park, Bognor Regis, West Sussex
BYOC event with max capacity of 1,250 participants
Prices start at £65 for entry or £99 for entry with 3 nights accommodation
Prize tournaments with large cash prizes

If the gap between LAN's is just too gaping, then we have a very tempting offer for you indeed. From the 5-8th January 2006 the Butlins Computer Gaming Championships takes place at the Butlins complex in Bognor Regis.

The holiday park is shutting its doors to the public and allowing up to 1,250 gamers exclusive access to the entire, fully operational campus - a superb venue with 24 hour security and fabulous facilities. As for the LAN this is to be run entirely by Multiplay. We will be providing our top of the range network infrastructure, our tournament expertise and our highly experienced staff - it's as though we've taken our i-Series LAN and given it a holiday to Butlins! From start to finish you can expect our high standards and wealth of experience to make this event very special indeed.

With a choice of packages starting at £65 for access to the BYOC for all four days, or £99 with accommodation included on top of this, making it one LAN you can do in comfort. Not only are the beds comfortable and the rooms warm but you have a wide choice of clubs, pubs, restaurants and amusements - all on site, all are open exclusively for delegates.

Tournaments will be running throughout the event with the pro tournaments, thanks to big name sponsors, boasting substantial cash prizes aswell as holidays, hardware and software given away for other tournaments - everyone has a chance of winning something. Upon arrival there is a welcome party at Jacks Nightclub, so you can break a few of those new years resolutions nice and early and get them out of the way!

The Computer Gaming Championships are going to attract some of the best professionals around - from pro gamers to the games companies themselves. The Xtreme PC Show is running simultaneously with the event and so Scores of exhibitors will be present and giving talks and showcases throughout the event - its almost at the point where three days simply isnt enough to fit it all in!

Interested in joining us for a holiday in Bognor Regis? Then get your place saved now and pay to ensure your seat - you wouldn't want to miss out on what's set to be a very unique LAN indeed!

BOOK NOW!

UT2004 64-bit + Patch

Elbonio — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0000

AMD have brought another game kicking and screaming into the 21st Century with a 64-bit version of UT2004. Download this upgrade to turn your 32-bit copy into a 64-bit super slick version! 64-bit CPU and OS required, naturally.

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Upgrade

Size: 9.64MB

Platform Win64

Version: v3355 32-bit -> v3355 64-bit

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Fix

Size: 2kb

Platform: Win64

Version: Minor fix for 64-bit v3355

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Lord of the Rings: Battle For Middle Earth 2 Movie

Elbonio — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Electronic Arts are having another bash at the Lord of the Rings themed RTS. This second trip into Middle Earth sees the licence being taken in a new direction by including both creatures, heroes and locations not featured in the movies. Take a look at this feature EA have put together detailing one of the units of the new game from concept art to 3D animated model.

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Size: 21.6MB

Format: Quicktime Movie

Length: 1 minute 55 seconds

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Battlefield 2 Patch v1.03

Elbonio — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Electronic Arts have released the 1.03 patch for BF2. This game needs no introduction nor any explaining - just get the patch and start playing!

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Size: 171MB

Platform: Win32

Version: 1.02 -> 1.03

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Quake IV Goes Gold

Elbonio — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0000

ID Software/Raven Studios/Activisions latest incarnation of the FPS giant, Quake series has gone gold and is available in the US from Tuesday October 18th with a UK release on Friday October 21st. Start saving your pennies now!

i-Live Feature #4 - Magic: The Gathering @ i25

Elbonio — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0000

We are now able to bring you the full Magic: The Gathering final which took place at i25. Coverage includes lots of different angles to watch from, commentary by Rvita and Aardvark and helpful overlays of the cards on the screens.

At an hour long this one will please M:TG fans, but might also introduce new people to the game. Grab it whilst it's hot!

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Standard Quality

Size: 244.2MB

Format: Windows Media Video

Length: 57 minutes

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High Quality

Size: 691MB

Format: Windows Media Video

Length: 57 minutes

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Dawn of War: Winter Assault Demo

Elbonio — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0000

THQ/Relic have released a playable demo of the upcoming expansion pack to Dawn of War called, Winter Assault. The demo includes a tutorial, a mission and a skirmish map, as well as the Army Painter tool.

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Size: 362MB

Platform: Win32

Version: Playable Demo

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F.E.A.R. Multiplayer Demo Released

GeeDee — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0000

The Multiplayer Demo for the truly terrifying F.E.A.R. is now out!

"Do you know the true meaning of F.E.A.R.? Play this amazing multi-player demo and you'll find out soon enough."

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Size: 451MB

Platform: Win32

Version: Multiplayer Demo

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COD 2 Single Player Demo Released

GeeDee — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0000

The Single Player Demo for Call of Duty 2 has now been released.

"This is the official single-player demo for Call of Duty 2. Call of Duty 2 lets players experience four individual soldier stories as they overcome insurmountable odds. Lock and load soldier!"

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Size: 655MB

Platform: Win32

Version: Single Player Demo

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Quake 4 Videos

Jazza — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Two new video's have been released for Quake 4, that give us a gimpse of the vehicles, and some multiplayer action, of the forthcoming sequal.

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Size: 29MB & 16MB

Format: Windows Media Video

Vehicles (UK ONLY FTP)

Multiplayer (UK ONLY FTP)

Vehicles (Woldwide FTP)

Multiplayer (Woldwide FTP)

Serious Sam 2 Demo Released

Jazza — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Croteam, have released a demo of of there forthcoming game, Serious Sam 2

"The approximately 250 MB demo has a full level from the final game, containing all 15 weapons (although you’ll probably need to cheat to see ‘em all), one of the drivable vehicles, a slew of enemies, and four player* online (and LAN) co-op! *full game supports 16 player online co-op!!"

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Size: 250MB

Platform: Win32

Version: Demo

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Black & White 2 Gone Gold

Jazza — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Lionhead Studios have announced that Black & White 2 has gone gold.

The game is due to be released in the UK on the 7th October, with a collectors edition following on the 14th.

Source: Lionhead

Sam & Max to hit the street once again

Jazza — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Telltale Games, have announced that they have acquired the license to make a game based on the crazy duo, know as Sam & Max.

The game will not be based on the recently canceled game from LucasArts, but wil be completely new.

Source: Adventure Gamers

GTA: Liberty City Stories Movie (Sony PSP)

Elbonio — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Rockstar have released the first trailer for their brand new GTA game exclusively for the Sony PSP. Liberty City Stories is a completely new storyline not seen before - especially for PSP owners - as if they weren't spoiled enough already!

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Size: 6.21MB

Format: Windows Media Video

Length: 1 minute 20 seconds

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F.E.A.R Date For Release Announced

Elbonio — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Vivendi Universal Games have given a release date for their next big game, F.E.A.R. VUGames have said that the UK version of the game will be available on 14th October. Check out our F.E.A.R section of the FTP - why not give the demo a go if you haven't already?

Dystopia Demo Released

Elbonio — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0000

The demo of the highly anticipated Halflife 2 mod Dystopia is due for release at 0100 BST this morning. We also have four public servers up and running, waiting for you to connect once the demo has been released publicly.

Dystopia is a cyberpunk mod for HL2 that pits the hackers against the cops in a cyberhorror futuristic world. The objective for each side is to infiltrate and hold the enemy base - easier said than done as bases have doors and defences that must be avoided.

However the battle doesn't just rage on in the physical world, players are able to run up to a terminal and "jack-in" to cyberspace, a freaky world where players can run up walls and enter the opponents base computers. Once inside cyberspace you can hack the enemies systems, open doors for your team mates in the real world and shut down base defences. The battle is in both cyberspace and the real world - and they both depend on each other.

Players can choose from various classes and loadouts as well as choose from a list of body augmentations which gives special abilities such as higher jumps and stealth. Dystopia is set to be a lot of fun and is surely going to be a huge mod in the HL2 world, be sure to keep an eye out on here for our EU server ip's and the link to download the demo when it's available!

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Size: 88MB

Platform: Win32

Version: Demo

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Woldwide FTP

Servers:

Dystopia EU Official #1 - 85.236.100.171:27015

Dystopia EU Official #2 - 85.236.100.171:29171

Dystopia EU Official #3 - 85.236.100.100:28010

Come join us!

Dawn Of War v1.4

Elbonio — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0000

THQ have updated their Warhammer 40k inspired RTS, Dawn of War to version 1.4 - bringing quite a few changes in the process. The most notable changes are certain balance issues, with some performance upgrades thrown in for good measure.

You can see the full changelog here

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Size: 187MB

Platform: Win32

Version: 1.3 -> 1.4

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Age of Empires 3 Demo

Elbonio — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Microsoft's epic Age of Empires RTS has a third sequel on the way and there is a now a playable demo available for download. Grab it at your leisure from our super quick FTP.

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Size: 383MB

Platform: Win32

Version: Demo

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Vietcong 2 Demo

Elbonio — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0000

2k Games have released a multiplayer demo of their Vietnam-em-up FPS, Vietcong 2. The game is based around the city of Hue with missions being modelled on actual battles that took place, recreated from soldiers first hand accounts.

The demo includes Capture The Flag and Deathmatch modes for you to try out. The full game is due to be released on the 21st October 2005.

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Size: 444MB

Platform: Win32

Version: Multiplayer Demo

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Rainbow Six: Lockdown Movie

Elbonio — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Red Storm have released a movie of the next title in the Rainbow Six group of games. Lockdown is due to be released early 2006 for the PC, Gamecube, Xbox and PS2.

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Size: 20.4MB

Format: Windows Media Video

Length: 2 minutes 45 seconds

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