Nvidia will host its first full LAN party in over a decade, and you’re invited

It’s been 13 years since Nvidia hosted The last regional online gatheringinviting hundreds of people to drag their gaming PCs onto a decommissioned aircraft carrier and connect to online gaming bliss. Now, GeForce LAN is finally back – and in theory, if you manage to reserve one of the 400 available spaces, you’ll be invited right here December 16 at 6 a.m. PT/9 a.m. ET.

GeForce LAN 50 It will take place in Las Vegas, Nevada, from January 4 to January 6, 2025, with satellite events in Berlin, Taipei, and Beijing, and promises to be a “50-hour online and in-person gaming marathon.” ”, including contests, tournaments, sweepstakes, and swag.

The event starts on January 4th at 4:30pm PT and you will need to provide a fully refundable $125 deposit to register. Nvidia told me those 400 slots are for everyday gamers and don’t include influencers who might come along.

If you can’t or don’t want to participate, Nvidia says it will offer a small online reward – if you live stream Diablo 4, The Elder Scrolls Online, Fallout 76, finalsor Wow Through its GeForce Now cloud gaming service for “50 consecutive minutes”, you will receive some kind of in-game reward. Nvidia will also offer prizes at the marketing celebration It’s called “GeForce Greats.”

The Nvidia Regional Networking Conference was held not on an aircraft carrier but at the San Jose Convention Center as part of what Nvidia is calling “NVISION 08.” The company never held NVISION again, but it revived the event the following year at the same location as the GPU Technology Conference (GTC). there was a time Nvidia will also sponsor third-party LANs.

Apparently, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has a soft spot for LAN, which makes An unexpected visit to a little one Last year in Vietnam. While gamers have mostly turned to playing multiplayer games online, the LAN party subculture has received some nostalgic attention of late – with Now even a coffee table book Record that era.