Today we’re happy to announce that QuakeCon 2011 is dated and ready for for your calendars.
What’s QuakeCon? Why, it’s only the world’s largest LAN party! What’s a LAN? Well, it’s where you play games with your computers all on the same network for super-fast and social gaming. What’s a party? Oh come on, don’t be an id-iot.
The thing about QuakeCon is that it’s way more than just a simple LAN get-together. We’ll have our latest and greatest games there to show, as well as tons of other exciting things to check out at the Expo Floor. On top of that, industry guests hold panels where they talk about games and interesting things at many hours of the day. It’s a veritable dark carnival of gaming entertainment.
If you’ve never attended, the atmosphere in the BYOC — that’s “Bring Your Own Computer” for the uninitiated — is like the best possible lazy Sunday spent with like-minded gamers. You order a pizza, you check out a tournament, you play a little Quake or Fallout. It’s basically a big weekend hang-out session — and you’re invited!
Check out all the details below:
Media Alert
QUAKECON® 2011 DATES ANNOUNCED
WHAT:
QuakeCon® is the ultimate video game festival and party. QuakeCon is open to the public and attendance is FREE thanks to the support of id® Software and Bethesda Softworks®, the QuakeCon volunteer staff, and the 2011 event sponsors and exhibitors.
WHEN:
QuakeCon will take place August 4 – 7, 2011.
WHERE:
The Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas, Texas.
WHY:
QuakeCon will once again host North America’s largest BYOC (Bring-Your-Own-Computer) LAN party, with thousands of gamers hooking their systems up to play on a world-class network.
QuakeCon also offers nonstop fun and entertainment for those that don’t bring their own computers. Bethesda Softworks will offer the first chance anywhere for gamers to get their hands on upcoming titles, and the world’s leading technology companies will be on hand to demonstrate their latest hardware and software in the 45,000 square foot exhibit hall. Every day of QuakeCon is packed with contests, entertainment, announcements, panel discussions, and parties!
For more information visit www.quakecon.org.
Will we be able to get our hands on Skyrim?
hopefully some news about doom 4, im aching to see that game…
Texas!?
But I live in Silicon Valley. What about ME!?
Have fun, Texan Neighbors. I envy you.
Nice that its a free party wohooo beth rules !! ill will watch it from europe oke ^^
Damn, I would love to go but I live nowhere near Texas.
yeah, sadly QuakeCon is one of the few gaming events that TX can lay claim to.
so, what are the chances of getting an NCR shirt here?
“What’s QuakeCon? Why, it’s only the world’s largest LAN party!”
QuakeCon is Not the worlds largest LAN-party.
Dreamhack is : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DreamHack
Finally Texas gets something worth going to that has NO ADMISSION FEE
Thanks id® Software and Bethesda Softworks®
I will definitely be there with my high-end laptop..
When you happen to see a long fluffy ponytail on man, doesn’t it make you want to scream: WANKER!!!
We’d have to get more than 8,531 unique computers and 9,184 participants to beat the World Record and be the “Worlds Largest LAN party”
That’s ALOT of computers…