It’s official - Digital Storm LAN 2008 has a date and a home. The tournament, which is a KillaNet Technology Ltd. production, will be held August 1, 2 and 3rd 2008 at the Croatian Cultural Centre, located at 3250 Commercial Drive in Vancouver, BC.There will be space for 350 gamers, and the event will once again be a regional qualifying location for the World Cyber Games. Tickets go on sale March 15th at a cost of $45.00 each for the weekend. This event is reserved seating, so any teams or gamers who wish to sit together, must buy their tickets in blocks. We will be announcing more about ticket sales as we get closer to the On Sale date.
Game events will begin on the Friday night and run right through to the final events on Sunday afternoon. We are working on some special tournaments, but the WCG tournaments will be dependent on the Games List chosen by the World Cyber Games producers. There will be some casual play time available during the weekend, and all players qualify to win some very cool swag. We will also be offering event shirts for sale at a very reasonable price, we will announce when they become available for order.
We are currently working to finalize sponsorship deals, and will post them as they are confirmed. You can hear news and broadcasts about Digital Storm on Blade Radio, the official internet radio broadcaster for Digital Storm. There is also a rumour floating around that two Vancouver studios will be going head to head in a Team Fortress 2 match, but this challenge has yet to be confirmed.
We still have room for a few more good volunteers and referees (and sponsors), please see our Event Opportunities page for more information. Digital Storm’s community forum is also open for business - your registration on this site will automatically register you for the forum, where you can talk with other attendees, ask questions, issue challenges and more. We also have a chat channel on KillaNet’s IRC server - you can simply click the Chat link at the top of this page or if you are a mIRC user, it’s irc.killanet.net 6667 #digitalstormlan.
Everyone at KillaNet is looking forward to a funfilled weekend of rabid gaming, and we hope to see you there!
