As epic.LAN prepares to expand in 2019 both with its own events and external client support, the team has signed up Scan and ASUS as official retail and hardware partners for the next 12 months in a deal which will see major improvements for epic.LAN events.

Both Scan and ASUS will have a mixture of on-site and online branding at key events throughout the year (including the ROG Bus at larger events) with exclusive show offers being made available to epic.LAN participants. In addition, Scan and ASUS will be providing marketing support to raise the profile of epic.LAN and grassroots esports in the UK.

Jon Winkle, epic.LAN Managing Director, explains “I’m really excited to be partnering with these two renowned industry brands to help us move epic.LAN to the next level, particularly in 2019. The combination of the retail support from Scan and hardware from a huge name like ASUS will bring some real benefits to our customers and help position epic.LAN as one of the premier community-level gaming and esports operators in the UK.”

Scan’s Head of Marketing, Matt Hindley, says “We’re really looking forward to bringing this series of exciting events to the UK gaming community in partnership with epic.LAN. This sponsorship is part of our overall commitment to esports in the UK and there’s a strong alignment between epic.LAN, ASUS and Scan.”

The next epic.LAN event takes place this weekend, 11-14 October at Kettering Conference Centre, UK and the launch of the partnership will see the ROG Bus coming to epic.LAN on the Thursday and Friday showing off the latest ASUS hardware with the opportunity to win various prizes as well as exclusive discounts on Scan for participants.