Nvidia is internet hosting its first LAN social gathering in over a decade to rejoice the debut of the RTX 50 sequence. It will happen at CES 2025 in January and have a 50-hour gaming marathon with tournaments, prizes, and world distant periods. Tom’s {Hardware} stories: The LAN social gathering (dubbed GeForce LAN 50) will begin on January 4 at 4:30 pm PT and finish proper earlier than Nvidia CES Jensen Huang provides his opening speech on the CES occasion in Las Vegas on January 6 at 6:30 pm PT. The primary LAN occasion will happen in Las Vegas, whereas distant periods will happen in Beijing, Berlin, and Taipei. The occasion will purportedly host as much as 400 players, requiring a $125 refundable deposit to enroll. The 400 fortunate individuals who handle to make the listing won’t embrace content material creators who may be invited on to the LAN social gathering from Nvidia.
As talked about, the LAN social gathering might be a full-blown 50-hour gaming marathon with in-game and LAN contests, tournaments, and prize raffles. For everybody who will not be capable to get into the LAN social gathering, Nvidia is offering extra prizes via its Nvidia App dubbed “LAN” missions. Extra prizes might be given out via the hashtag #GeForceGreats on social media. Nvidia goes all out for its GeForce RTX 50 sequence debut early subsequent month. The final time Nvidia hosted a LAN social gathering was purportedly 13 years in the past.