If you're a regular reader of the site, you'll probably know we really love EGX (formally Eurogamer Expo). This year's expo has moved from its old location at Earls Court, London, which has sadly been demolished to make way for residential apartments; this year from 24th-27th September EGX will be in its new home at the NEC in Birmingham, UK.
One of the exciting attractions this year is a competition to find the ultimate eSports UK champion, called the Virgin Media Gaming Hexathlon.
The games that form the tournament are Super Smash Bros. for Wii U along with FIFA 15, Hearthstone, Smite, Heroes of the Storm and Destiny. The online registration qualifiers will take place on www.gfinity.net/virginmedia from 11th August to 19th September, with the final stages being held at the NEC in Birmingham during EGX.
The finalists will compete in live tournaments held at EGX, with one gamer being crowned the ultimate winner on Sunday 27th September. All 10 finalists will be required to play all six games on that last day, with the top scorer winning the grand prize; the Hexathlon Champion will receive £5,000 in cash, plus a free Virgin Media 'Big Daddy' package for a year.
Do you think you've got what it takes to prove yourself as not only the Super Smash Bros. UK champion, but also of those other 5 games? You can find out more at http://www.virginmedia.com/hex if you want to take part.
[source virginmedia.com]
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There's no way I could win that. I'm alright at Smash Bros, but hopeless at all the other games there.
Sigh probably never going to go to another egx again since it moved out of London, might enter anyway and see how far I can get.
Earls Court has been demolished?! Didn't know that! Last time I saw Michael Jackson was there, at the World Music Awards in 2006...
Nice to see a Nintendo game more in competetive scene.
This is how we do tournaments are my local group, a nice scattering of games so at some point everyone feels like a champ and a chump
@Jazzer94 Just the fact that you would even consider this explains why you didn't have a hard time with the final boss in Splatoon.
If Nintendo names all its next Gen games ending in NX I'm boycotting the system on principle. They could have at least called it SSB4WiiU so we could just call it SSB4 for short.
@rjejr bro everybody who plays the game seriously calls it sm4sh or smash4 anyway
also, this requires you to have a decent PC (heroes of the storm and smite), a PS4 or Xbone (destiny and Fifa) and a WiiU for smash, people dont have that money!!
There's no way I could win that!
@Jazzer94 It doesn't take long to get to the venue from London! It takes 1 hour and 13 mins from London Euston station! I'm going to EGX this year and I live in London.
Really? Super Smash Bros. U, FIFA 15, Hearthstone, Smite, Heroes of the Storm and Destiny. Couldn't they choose some "real" games (aside from Smash and probably Destiny)? Sounds more like a casual gamer's Hexathlon.
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