ESL UK partners with epic.LAN for the thirteenth instalment of their gaming and eSports LAN series. As part of their partnership, ESL UK will be boosting the prize pool through their partner network by £1,000 in a bid to help stimulate development within the UK’s Counter-Strike gaming community. ESL UK will be providing full coverage of the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive competition, alongside the event as a whole throughout the weekend.

Peter Mather, Community Manager for ESL UK commented saying:

“We’re really excited to be solidifying our partnership with epic.LAN after a fantastic event back in February. We’ve got some awesome plans in development for the next instalment to help bring the event live to your living rooms, and really add some extra value for the talented sides that will be joining us throughout the weekend. The team over at epic.LAN are amazing to work with, and I’m sure that this partnership will see us bringing one of the best UK Counter-Strike competitions to date!”

The competition will feature a minimum prize pool of £1,000, with the possibility of expanding to £4,000 based on community interest.

Jon Winkle, Managing Director of epic.LAN stated:

"Following on from the success of the Dota2 challenge at our last event, and with the current growth of CS:GO, we’re very excited to partner with ESL UK once again for epic.THIRTEEN this July. With the boost in the prize pool and the exciting coverage plans, the tournament is certainly going to be one to watch in the UK and beyond."

Teams that wish to take part in the tournament need to head over to www.epiclan.co.uk/epic13 to purchase their event tickets, allowing them entry to the three day event alongside the eSports tournaments that are due to take place over the extended weekend.

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After the great response to epic.TEN in February, we've decided to stick with the same tournament lineup for our next event, epic.ELEVEN in July, with cash-prize winning tournaments in:

• Call of Duty 4
• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
• Dota 2
• League of Legends

With over 100 people booked already, our summer LAN is shaping up to be pretty awesome! Make sure you grab your tickets now!

epic.LAN will once again be partnering with QuadV to bring you some top notch coverage at epic.TEN for our Call of Duty 4 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournaments.

As regulars to our events, QuadV will be broadcasting a selection of the best COD4 and CS:GO matches from their on-site studio, meaning not only do you get to see the fantastic gameplay; but you'll also be able to experience the atmosphere through the live video and audio feeds on the players in the tournament hall.

Leading the commentary team for epic.TEN will be Lauren "PansyYyy" Scott and Chris "Panky" Pankhurst, plus they'll be joined by a number of guest commentators throughout the event.

Lauren had this to say about epic.TEN,

So guys we are back! With epic.TEN providing a fantastic new venue, we had to step up our game and get ready to bring you the best CoD4 and CS:GO coverage we can. So get yourselves ready for an FPS filled weekend brought to you by Panky and myself, in partnership with QuadV in Kettering. Hopefully you are as excited as we are, so cu on!

 For the latest coverage details during the LAN, make sure you keep an eye out at epiclan.co.uk.

With a new venue comes a new game for our tournament series at epic.TEN. It's time to put CSS to bed and welcome the latest incarnation, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive to our events with a potential prize fund of £3000!

We've supported CSS for the last two years, but having seen numbers decline over more recent events, it's important for us to move with the times and look forward to hosting what's likely to be one of the biggest competitive FPS titles in the current scene.

Full details of the tournament will be made available closer to the time, but for now check out our Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Tournament pages for more details. If you're in a CSGO team, then make sure you book before the end of September to take advantage of £10 off the next event!