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.

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!.

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, don’t 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!

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!

Today we are pleased to announce the launch of a brand new ticket type for our events: The Xbox 360 Turn Up and Play ticket!

This allows those of you wishing to enter our Xbox 360 tournaments to do so without having to bring your own Xbox 360.

You can find out more information at our Turn up and Play ticket page!

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!

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!

Today we are pleased to announce the launch of a brand new ticket type for our events: The Xbox 360 Turn Up and Play ticket!

This allows those of you wishing to enter our Xbox 360 tournaments to do so without having to bring your own Xbox 360.

You can find out more information at our Turn up and Play ticket page!

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!

Through a very good final, Epsilon a team who travelled to Newbury from Finland have taken away first place with a 13-3 victory over infused on Strike (infused map choice)

Oxmoze, who travelled here from France, have taken away 3rd place.

Congratulations to Epsilon on winning the COD4 Community tournament and  many thanks to everyone in the COD4 community who helped support this tournament.

The Call of Duty Admins.

Just a quick round up of the CS:S events so far, the finals are close in the distance for some teams but not without a final hurdle. In the final of the winners bracket is none other than Team Dignitas (seeded 2nd) and they are up against Reason Gaming (seeded 1st), this will be held in the Grandstand Ground floor.

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Today we are pleased to announce the launch of a brand new ticket type for our events: The Xbox 360 Turn Up and Play ticket!

This allows those of you wishing to enter our Xbox 360 tournaments to do so without having to bring your own Xbox 360.

You can find out more information at our Turn up and Play ticket page!

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!

Have you got EA SPORTS 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 the World’s largest FIFA 10 gaming tournament operated by FIFA and in partnership with EA SPORTS and Sony Playstation.
These online pre-qualifier events will be taking place on the newly launched EA SPORTS MATES Leagues platform where users are able to create and manage their own leagues and cups.

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!

We are pleased to announce the return of an old i-Series favourite to i39 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, I know our staff will certainly be spending some of their weekend there!

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!