Nvidia has been hosting for 13 years This is the last LAN partyHundreds of people were invited to physically drag their gaming PCs onto a decommissioned aircraft carrier and jack them up for network gaming fun. Now, GeForce LAN is finally coming back – and you're theoretically invited, should you manage to reserve one of the 400 available spots. right here December 16th at 6am PT/9am ET.
GeForce LAN 50 It will run from January 4 to January 6, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada, with satellite events in Berlin, Taipei, and Beijing, and it promises to be a “50-hour gaming marathon online and in-person” with contests, tournaments, raffles, Is. And loot.
It starts on January 4th at 4:30PM PT, and you'll need to provide a fully refundable $125 deposit to sign up. Nvidia told me those 400 slots are for everyday gamers, and don't count influencers who might show up.
If you can't or don't want to make it, Nvidia says it will offer a small set of online rewards — if you stream. Diablo IV, the Elder Scrolls Online, fallout 76, decisiveOr Very good Its GeForce Now cloud gaming service will provide some type of in-game reward for “up to 50 consecutive minutes.” Nvidia will also present awards at a marketing festival It's being called “GeForce Greats”.
That Nvidia LAN was held not on an aircraft carrier, but at the San Jose Convention Center as part of an event that Nvidia called “Envision 08.” The company never held another NVISION, but relaunched its event as the GPU Technology Conference (GTC) at the same location the following year. there was a time Nvidia will also sponsor third-party LANs.
Apparently Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has a soft spot for building LANs unexpected meeting with someone Last year in Vietnam. While gamers have largely moved online for massively multiplayer games, the LAN party subculture has been getting a bit of nostalgic attention lately – there is Even a coffee table book now Documenting the era.