How Schools and Colleges Can Incorporate Esports in Education
Gaming has remained a highly popular hobby for many since its inception, and Gen-Z have perhaps grown up in the peak period for gaming, thanks to innovations in graphics, game mechanics and community. That’s why there has been a rising adoption for gaming, more specifically esports, in education, with many schools and colleges across the…
How EPIC.LAN’s Esports Tournament Platform Can Help Your Gaming Events Run Smoothly
Running esports tournaments is no easy feat. With esports events now taking place via several formats, organisers often face several challenges. From juggling Discord, bracket software and spreadsheets to broadcast integration and match scheduling, it’s best to have a platform that can scale to your needs. As an experienced gaming event management company, our EPIC.LAN…
Why Racing Rig Hire Is a Game Changer for Conferences and Events
Racing rig hire brings a tremendous amount of energy, guest interaction and competition into conferences and live events. From exhibition stands and corporate activations to team-building sessions, product launches and gaming zones for corporate events, racing simulator hire for conferences will easily turn passive audiences into active participants. This method of ‘gamification’ is an increasingly…
What is a LAN Party?
For the more experienced gamers, hearing people ask “what is a LAN party?” can send chills down the spine. For those who don’t know, Local Area Network or a ‘LAN’ party is where a group of people gather together with their own consoles or PC’s (BYOC) to play multiplayer games in the same location. Before…
How Gaming Zones Can Transform Your Next Corporate Event
Gaming zones are becoming an increasingly popular choice for corporate events to increase engagement and create a memorable experience. Whether it is a dedicated area to play games at exhibition stands and trade shows, wider event gamification, or as part of an interactive experience, we have the gaming related rental options including PCs, consoles and…
6 Things to Consider When Hiring Gaming PCs for an Event
With over 20 years of experience in gaming equipment rental and gaming event management, as well as organisers and hosts of the UK’s biggest community LAN party, EPIC.LAN is available for expert advice on the best gaming gear you’ll need for your event. Esports tournaments, LAN parties, video game exhibitions and corporate events need the…
How Racing Rigs Create Competitive, Social Experiences at Work Events
Businesses looking for team building options often go for scavenger hunts, escape rooms or a series of challenges outdoors. Another fantastic option for team building is racing simulators, where each member of your team can get behind the wheel, and screen, and compete in different styles of races, all while experiencing the latest in graphics…
Tips for Hosting an Esports Tournament
Hosting esports tournaments is a huge undertaking, requiring careful planning to ensure software, streaming and game formats all work together seamlessly. As a team of esports producers with more than 22 years of experience, we’ve put together this advice to help you bring your event to life. Define Your Tournament Goals and Format The best…
Why Renting Gaming PCs Beats Buying for Events
Gaming PCs are expensive, there’s no way around that. And when it comes to events, you need the best you can get your hands on. Powerful PCs will keep your event on track and spare you the embarrassment of tech issues, lagging games and frustrated players. Thankfully, there is a solution. Renting gaming PCs for…
Production Equipment Essentials for Your Gaming Event
In gaming events, production equipment is everything. Every second matters, every headshot, every team-carrying win, every embarrassing miss. If your competitors or audience miss anything, there’ll be hell to pay. Nobody rage quits like pro gamers, after all. From global esports tournaments to local LAN parties and corporate events, EPIC.LAN has organised countless gaming events,…
University of Staffordshire and EPIC.LAN Power Up Partnership
EPIC.LAN is providing industry expertise to help Esports students at University of Staffordshire reach the next level.
Congleton-based EPIC.LAN is a leader in community gaming events and has been working with the University’s BA (Hons) Esports course to provide students with industry experience, training and work opportunities on major gaming productions for several years.
University of Northampton to benefit from EPIC.LAN Esports Tournament Platform to enhance student experience.
Esports students at the University of Northampton will soon benefit from access to EPIC.LAN’s in house tournament platform as part of their ongoing partnership with the UK-based esports operator.
The NSPCC launches inaugural Game Safe Cup tournament
The NSPCC launches inaugural Game Safe Cup tournament
EPIC.LAN’s Tournament System Receives Its Biggest Update Yet
Say hello to the biggest update yet to our very own esports tournament system! The revamped backend now natively includes sorting, searching and ordering features on all the data tables, it can swap between light and dark mode, and is a lot simpler to use. This helps ensure your esports tournaments can run smoothly, no…
EPIC.LAN Appoints Dan Oxborrow as Development Manager
While EPIC.LAN’s gaming events have been impacted by COVID restrictions, albeit with a successful pilot LAN event last week, its B2B services arm has started to see steady growth again as the UK emerges from the pandemic. In particular, the specialised technical support agency has worked with several producers over the past 18 months providing…
NSE AND EPIC.LAN RENEW TOURNAMENT PLATFORM PARTNERSHIP
As NSE (National Student Esports) moves into its fourth year of running the British University Esports Championship this October, the organisation has extended its partnership with EPIC.LAN’s esports technical support agency in a multiyear partnership. EPIC.LAN will continue to provide a highly customised, white-label version of its in-house tournament platform to NSE, enabling thousands of…
Part 3 – Invoicing (AKA Making Friends with Finance Departments)
You’ve finished your freelance work, hopefully done a good job and now you probably want to get paid. There are loads of esports horror stories about freelance payments taking months or even years to get settled and there are absolutely no excuses for them (it’s not unique to esports by the way), but you can…
Part 2 – Preparation
Your freelance pitch was successful and there may be a bit of time now before the project kicks off (not always, esports often has a knack of being last minute). There are a few things to think about to give the client a good impression before we get to the show going live though, because…
Part 1 – Pitching for Work
Introduction There’s a load of technically talented individuals coming up through grassroots esports right now. With the COVID impacted year we’ve just had, the industry has a higher than ever proportion of freelancers/contractors compared to full time permanent staff, not uncommon to other entertainment and event industries. And while these individuals have taught themselves well…