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.

Check out the coverage section for all the photo’s of the TF2 and CS:S finals, from the main stage of the mFestival

Sunday at i37 see’s the streamed Left4Dead tournament final, which is both a first for Europe and indeed the i-Series!

The final is due to kick off live at 10am and you can watch the live video stream from our coverage section

The Call of Duty 4 final was an epic affair once again, with Team CoolerMaster & Fnatic going head to head once again on the main stage.

Team CoolerMaster took the first map in a fantastic late comeback, but Fnatic came back strong in the second to take the win.

Check out all the photos in our coverage section.

Check out the photo’s of the i37 Boat Race, where once again the brave and valiant event staff put all challengers in their place without spilling a single drop!  Hurrah! *\o/*

Check out our coverage section for all the pictures! (also, congratulations to the guy who chose to down a sex on the beach cocktail as opposed to beer… you’re a brave man)

Scheduled for 5:00pm, between the CoD4 and CS:S finals Craig “Wizzo” Fletcher will be presenting some new and exciting news for Multiplay. Following this will be a question & answers session where you can present any feedback, questions or concerns you may have for the i-Series, or any other Multiplay services.

The world famous i-Series pub quiz took place on Saturday night here @ i37, and was the usual roudy afair with hundreds of people packing into the bar to take part in the brutal test of general knowledge and all round geekyness.

Click here to check out the photo’s. Thanks to all who played, and congratulations to “In range of Craig” who took home the top prize of £192!

A survival mode Left 4 Dead competition is starting now on the Multiplay stand in the exhibitor stall. The game is simple – best score on Lighthouse wins the prize, although tactics must be kept within the spirit of the game, no exploits or glitches taken advantage of will be counted as a winning score. Top prize so far is a processor, with three i38 tickets for the runners up. The competition will be running for the rest of the afternoon and again tomorrow.

Check out the i37 Gallery pages for more photography coverage of both i37 and the main stage in the mFestival!

Radio 1’s DJ Dev returned to the event on Saturday, having officially opened the mFestival & i37 on Friday,  for some more Street Fighter 4 action on the main stage. We also take a look at EA’s Fifa 2009 Meet your Match tournament, and what prizes are up for grabs at the world famous I-Series raffle

Keep an eye out for more of our photo coverage as the event continues

MFestival is the UK’s biggest gaming show. GAME is the UK’s biggest gaming retailer. So it only makes sense for us to team up and offer you a discount on one of the biggest games of the whole show!

Section 8 is the game – and if you’re here, it’s because you know just how good this interstellar First-Person Shooter really is.

It’s out on PC, as well as Xbox 360, on 4th September – and you can head over http://www.game.co.uk/mfestival/ to get £5 off when you preorder Section 8 on PC!

It’s an offer that’s out of this world – but you’ll have to hurry; it only lasts the duration of MFestival on 8th and 9th August!

You can also head over to our Fileplay site and download the closed Section 8 beta for all i37 participants; what more can you ask for?!

Check out the latest news from the i-Live team! The first byte gives new information on the i-Hunt and the setting up of an i-Series. The second byte includes an exclusive interview with i-Hunt creators as well as a tour of the i37 m-Festival hall.

i-Live Byte 1

i-Live Byte 2

Two younger brothers have been beaten out all of the competition, including their older brothers to earn a place in EA’s £10,000 Fifa 2009 tournament.

Brothers Michael and James Barrett entered the tournament with high hopes, however it was younger brother James that overcame tough opponents, knocking out ChrisyBu11ard in the semi-final to earn his place.

Dan and Matt Bushell also entered in a competitive spirit where once again the younger of the two, Dan made it to the final.

The coverage team have been out and about today at i37 capturing the lan and the opening of the M-Festival by Radio One’s DJ Dev.

Check out all the coverage on our gallery pages which can be found here

Look for more coverage as the event continues and be sure to smile when you see us out and about!

Exclusive to i37 attendees comes the highly anticipated closed BETA of Section 8 from Southpeak Games, which is now available to download from our local Fileplay servers!

Click here to get playing now

The coverage team here at i37 have been out and about around the venue for the last 2 days capturing both setup and the arrival of over 1,600 gamers during EAS!

Check out all the coverage from i37 on our gallery pages, which can be found here

Look for more coverage as the event continues and be sure to smile when you see us out and about!

Information on i-Hunt, the amazing electronic treasure hunt can be found at the temporary address of http://ihunt.multiplay.co.uk

From there you can find out more about the event which starts on Saturday, read up on the rules and sign up for the most challenging treasure hunt ever!

Since the doors opened at 6pm this evening, more than 1,600 people have arrived for EAS making it our busiest ever. 1,200 gamers initially signed up for EAS, with an additional 400+ paying on the door, matching i36 attendance figures before the event even officially starts.

Bring on the next 96 hours of LAN!

An updated food menu and price list has been released. This includes a full list from the pub with prices! Impressively, the EAS participants drank the bar dry in 5 hours, don’t worry however as it will be restocked by the morning.

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The finals of the EA Meet Your Match tournament will be held tomorrow on the main stage at Multiplay’s M Festival and the finalists have been announced here.

The draw for the Tournament will be made live on Sweetpatch TV @ 22:00 tonight.

The doors for the UK’s biggest LAN party have opened for Early Arrival participants, marking the start of the 4th i-Series at our new home in Stoneleigh.

A couple of notable differences for i37 include a new bar area near in the Strollers food court, near the front entrance. Massive air conditioning units have also been installed to aid in keeping the summer event a comfortable gaming climate.

Stay tuned for more updates on the new i-Hunt and exclusive beta keys for i-Series attendees on the main i-Series news site or Twitter.