Multiplay's i33 gaming festival to host Packard Bell iPower tournament
Southampton, 25th January 2008: Multiplay, organisers of the largest UK
gaming events, have announced that Packard Bell will be bringing the iPower
games to their i33 gaming festival taking place 21st – 24th March in Newbury,
UK.
The 2007 iPower games featured at Multiplay’s previous Easter event, i30 in
April last year.
The tournament is based around the high-spec iPower range of PCs produced by
Packard Bell specifically for gaming. The competition is split into two
disciplines – Real Time Strategy and First Person Shooter. 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 represent Britain in the grand final.
“It’s exciting to see such an innovative tournament format returning for
another year” said Craig Fletcher, Managing Director of Multiplay, “Packard
Bell did a great job last year and we’re looking forward to working with them
once again. There is no better platform to launch a tournament like this than
at i33 – it’s the UK’s biggest LAN party and all eyes are on Newbury for that
one weekend.”
There are qualifiers both online and at i33 itself, with qualifying online bringing
the added benefit of free entry to i33 for the successful teams. It also
provides a second chance to qualify - should a team be knocked out online, they
can re-enter via the event qualifiers.
For those who want to come to play but cannot bring a PC, Multiplay and Packard
Bell have teamed up to provide “Turn Up and Play” machines for the iPower
games. TUP tickets allow gamers to turn up and use provided machines for their
tournament matches, without having to bring their own.
With a whole host of other social activities and thousands of gamers in one
place, i33 is set to break Multiplay’s own record for the largest UK LAN party.
To find out more about i33 and the Packard Bell iPower games 2008 go to http://i33.multiplay.co.uk/tournaments/ipower/
