Early Early Bird is back! You can now get 30% off your ticket, which means you can get your pass into the UKs biggest gaming event for a meagre £63!

Running from 12th to the 15th of November at Newbury Racecourse once more, you can expect to see more awesome tournaments, exhibitors, events and activities throughout the weekend.

Make sure you get your ticket now before they sell out!

Well, thats it for i40! Another massive weekend of gaming finally comes to an end! Thanks to all of you who attended and made the event so awesome, thanks to all the exhibitors for supporting the event and thanks to all our volunteer staff for making the event possible!

There are thousands of photos up on our coverage pages, so have a look and see if you ended up in any of them, also check out some of our iLive videos from the event.

All the video on demand videos will be online within the next few days, once we have un-camped from Newbury and got back to the office!

Keep an eye on the i-Series site for more news regarding the sleepless winter event that will be insomnia41, and make sure you check out our forums and get involved in the community!

Until next time, check the traffic and have a safe journey home.

Well see you at i41!

Fighting the Infected with ESET’s Left 4 Dead 2 Tournament (£4,000 worth of Intel prizes for winning team)

Visit the ESET stand on Friday and Saturday and set the best time in Left 4 Dead 2 Survival mode. Survive the longest across the weekend and you’ll be invited to set another time live on stage in the final !

The winning team of 4 will each receive one of the latest Intel® Core™ i7-980X Extreme Edition CPU’s plus a top of the range Intel Motherboard, worth £1,000 a pair !

All you need to do to enter this tournament is to register at the ESET exhibition stand at i40 !

Check out our dedicated i40 website to see what else is happening ! lesslagmorefrag.co.uk

Today were pleased to announce all of the lovely food and drink that will be available at insomnia40!

Major changes from previous events include:

• A change in our pizza supplier to Stone Willys pizza, which will be cooked fresh on site, and is even better value for money than previous events! Get them delivered to your desk via our online ordering system


• Greens has now changed to Frankies Diner, including Frankies bar in the middle of the Long Room! Frankies will be serving high quality American Diner style food for both online ordering and sit-down meals.


• Tuck shop will now be performing delivery to your desk via the online ordering system!


• Our Online Ordering system has had a revamp, with all new pretty colours and sparkles and magic pixie dust.

Find out more on our Food and drink guide for the event, and dont forget to top up your paypal account for the online ordering!

ESET Technicians are on call Saturday & Sunday. Text your number and location at i40 to 07563 118 003. ESET technicians will arrange to visit and will assist you with removing any viruses, customising your rig for better performance and advise you on the best security available for your gaming rig!

Check out www.lesslagmorefrag.co.uk/ for more information!

We are pleased to announce that at insomnia40, Demon Broadband will be launching a new, very low latency gaming broadband product where gaming traffic is truly prioritised.

This will be ideal for serious gamers who want the best gaming experience at home, and a competitive edge over other players.

Demon Game Pro will provide a better gaming experience than standard products because of the lower network latency, improved ping times and 24x7 UK based, in-house technical support from a team comprised of dedicated employees (including some avid gamers) with an average of 11 years Demon expertise.

The service will offer speeds of up to 20Mb downstream and 1Mb upstream, free wireless router, free 24 x 7 in-house UK based support, traffic prioritisation and free static IP address.

Demon Game Pro soft launched on 20th, with it’s full launch at insomnia40.

To find out more, check out the Demon Game Pro website, or visit the Demon booth at insomnia40!

Is your case looking old and run down?

Well Aquatuning has teamed up with the epic case manufacturer Coolermaster to offer you the chance to win the latest gaming case the HAF-X!

All you have to do is register here for your chance to win the case. A runner up will also receive a brand spanking CM Storm Sentinel Advance mouse.

Please note this competition is only open to insomnia40 attendees and the prizes must be picked up from the Aquatuning stand on Monday, the prize draw will be at 11am.

Across the weekend, Quiet PC are running a number of great fun tournaments on their stand, with swag worth £3000 up for grabs!

With kit from Zalman, Scythe, Noctua, Arctic and Gelid up for grabs, there is loads to get your hands on throughout the weekend.

Want to know more? Check out this post on our community forums where Paul AKA Skippylee from Quiet PC explains all about it!

Were proud to announce the return of the iHunt; the fun iSeries game that gives players the opportunity to participate in a contest of intellect, lateral thinking and logical skill. The secret to winning? Just be the fastest thinker out there.

iHunt fanatics and Multiplay forum members, Hexxeh and Garywoo will be taking the reigns of the iHunt, and will be bringing you an exiting and adventure filled iHunt experience.

The contest takes place both in cyberspace and at locations throughout the event, and is open to any BYOC participant who wishes to compete in our 21st century treasure hunt. Bring your camera, mobile phone, notepad and stop-watch, you just might need them. Entry to this is free, with only a simple signup on the iHunt website needed. Compete in teams or by yourself. More info, and details about signing up will be announced at the start of the event!

We are pleased to announce we have confirmed another stand for insomnia40. Imacula will be at insomnia40 representing ZOTAC, Alienbags.co.uk and Synology.

Heres some information about what ZOTAC have planned.

They will be displaying the latest GTX480 AMP! Edition, the ZOTAC DIY ZBOX Net-top featuring latest NVIDIA ION2 technology and the perfect LAN PC featuring ZOTAC M-ITX motherboard, graphics and Silverstone SG07 chassis.

They will also be running a couple of tournaments across the weekend, including:

Beat the Pro Gamer - win some exclusive ZOTAC and Alienware l33t t-shirts, wireless mice, SteelSeries Gear and graphics cards.

Build the ZBOX competition - the fastest person to build up a ZOTAC ZBOX will win a brand new unit over the weekend.

Alienbags.co.uk, the official laptop bags for Alienware laptops made by mobileedge, will be on force giving out customisable helium balloons which will win you prizes!

Come join in the fun and you could get a l33t t-shirt by ZOTAC and alienbags.

Just guess the weight of the exclusive alienware chocolate head to enter our competition!

Synology will be demoing for the first time their new NAS interface, DSM3.0. Theyll also be running a ninja photo competition, with the top prize being a DS1010 NAS worth over £650!

You can get 20% off a Synology NAS box as well direct from CCL at the event. Only the first 5 will be discounted, so make sure youre quick!

All of these brands will be represented on one stand in the exhibition hall, so why not check it out at the event!