Congratulations to all of our tournament winners, winning well over £20,000 in prizes!

Call of Duty 4 - dignitas
Counter-Strike: Source - Birmingham Salvo
Battlefield 2 - Epsilon eSports
Command & Conquer 3 - Apollooo
Crysis - Epsilon eSports
Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance - Packard Bell
Team Fortress 2 - ^wotr^
Unreal tournament 3 - 4Kings - hypno
World in conflict - dignitas
FIFA 2008 - London Mint - Bully
Halo 3 - Sesame Street

The biggest ever LAN on UK soil has come to an end. With over 1,600 BYOC participants, i33 pushed the boundaries of what’s become a very familiar venue for many of us at Newbury. Eleven official tournaments were run over the weekend, with a combined prize fund of over £22,000. Birmingham Salvo took home the Counter Strike: Source €5,000 top prize, however the biggest tournament of the weekend was the €6,000 Call of Duty 4 play off, which was won by Dignitas. You can find videos of all the finals over on our Video on Demand page.

The exhibition hall was more impressive than ever with superb displays by Packard Bell, Activision, EA, Ubisoft and many more. Scan had stage and camera crew setup for their Guitar Hero 3 tournament, whereas Intel bought along a full bands worth of musical equipment for people to come down and try out throughout the event.

For now, we say goodbye to Newbury, and welcome in a new age of UK LANs. The new Stoneleigh Park venue will bring us a huge 3,500 square meter hall which will host all 2,000 BYOC participants under one roof, not to mention the huge camping areas, hotel, covered parking area, paintball arena, 4×4 track and much more. i34 has 20% off until 11th April so be sure to check it out.

We hope you all have a great Easter, and look forward to seeing you again in August!

Check out this voxpop video from some of the many people here at i33 this weekend…

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The Team Fortress 2 final is scheduled to start at 12:30 - tune in to watch TLR vs ^wotr^ on TV Stream #1.

4 Kings Hypno has defeated Dignitas GoHLink in a fantastic final of the Antec UT3 tournament. It was tense throughout with both players displaying the best of their skills and proving why they are classed as professional gamers. In the end Hypno kept his lead through the final map on Deck to secure his victory 3-0 and walks away with £1,000! Tune in again later for the prize ceremony!

We have another great final coming up this morning - GoHLink vs hypno in the Antec Unreal Tournament 3 Final at 11am. Head over to the Arena or watch it live with commentary on TV Stream #1.

Team Dignitas have just defeated TRS in the Packard Bell World in Conflict final. It’s fair to say that it was somewhat of a whitewash, with Dignitas destroying TRS with 7 nukes over 2 rounds! Congratuations to Team Dignitas who have shown why they are ranked as world champions at WiC.

The Packard Bell World in Conflict final will commence at 9:30 this morning with TRS taking on Dignitas. Head over to the Arena to jump onto TV Stream #1.

Birmingham Salvo have defeated London Mint in the final of the Multiplay Counter-Strike Source Cup, winning €5,000 for their efforts. The tournament, which has seen over 100 clans take part in, has been running for the last 3 days and has seen some fantastic matches from some of the best clans in the world. More details will follow in the morning.

Chris Bullard took the prize as he beat newcomer Matt Bushell 2v1 in a keenly contested final in the Grand Arena.  Video of whole match and photos to follow soon over at Sweetpatch TV when we get back home to Cornwall.That’s goodbye from us at i33, what a great few days and an excellent FIFA 08 Tournament. All looks positive for the future of FIFA tournaments here in the UK.