Multiplay, hosts of the UK’s biggest gaming festival Insomnia, is delighted to announce another record year for the event with more visitors, more games, more special guests and more fun than ever before.
Driven by an increase in visitors across the year of over 64%, Insomnia cemented its place as the number one gaming festival in the UK. Insomnia53 alone was watched online by over a million viewers, streaming over 11 years of content across a single weekend.
Featuring debut tournaments for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and Halo 2: Anniversary, Insomnia53 was once again the best place to take part in and spectate completely open UK eSports action. Featuring high level competition across a variety of returning games including League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Dota 2, this year also saw the introduction of tournament’s for Blizzard’s popular online card game Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, with hundreds of players battling it out across the year for a slice of the prize.
Throughout all of 2014 the Insomnia Gaming Festival has given fans a chance to meet and greet huge content creators from across the spectrum of gaming media, including The Yogscast, SkyDoesMinecraft, Syndicate, KSI of The Sidemen and many more. With a variety of interactive activities available for fans to participate in, there was no better place for young and old gamers alike to meet their heroes than at Multiplay’s Insomnia events.
Attended by tens of thousands of gamers, Insomnia remains the number one gaming festival in the UK; thanks to a wide breadth of content, Insomnia attracts a unique audience that encompasses every sort of gamer across not just PC but Console and Mobile, welcoming the hardcore and the casual alike.
“The past two years of growth for Insomnia and Multiplay as a whole have just been incredible, and we couldn’t be more thankful to our incredible community and partners for making all of this possible,” said Craig Fletcher, CEO & Founder of Multiplay. “We have an inclusive community, an event that attracts gaming fans of all ages and backgrounds, and partners that truly believe in what we’re doing; creating some of the best gaming events on the planet. 2015 is going to be amazing, and with a well earned rest for Christmas, we’re looking forward to our biggest Easter event ever on April 3rd.”
Insomnia54 takes place from April 3rd-6th 2015 at Coventry’s Rich Arena, promising the biggest spring event ever imaged, with more games, more tournaments, more special guests, and more visitors than ever. To ensure you don’t miss out on the action, book your tickets now: http://insomniagamingfestival.com/tickets/
For more information on all activities at Insomnia54, please visit http://insomniagamingfestival.com.
