Gaming Sphere | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Wed, 28 Mar 2018 17:30:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png Gaming Sphere | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 Asus details all of the ROG gear powering the Red Bull Gaming Sphere https://www.kitguru.net/desktop-pc/gaming-rig/matthew-wilson/asus-details-all-of-the-rog-gear-powering-the-red-bull-gaming-sphere/ https://www.kitguru.net/desktop-pc/gaming-rig/matthew-wilson/asus-details-all-of-the-rog-gear-powering-the-red-bull-gaming-sphere/#respond Wed, 28 Mar 2018 17:30:25 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=368772 A couple of weeks ago, the Red Bull Gaming Sphere opened up. The London-based gaming and esports venue is now open to the public, we already knew that there were plenty of powerful gaming PCs set up there, but Asus has since given us the full rundown of the hardware. Asus partnered up with Red …

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A couple of weeks ago, the Red Bull Gaming Sphere opened up. The London-based gaming and esports venue is now open to the public, we already knew that there were plenty of powerful gaming PCs set up there, but Asus has since given us the full rundown of the hardware.

Asus partnered up with Red Bull to have ROG gear all across the gaming sphere, from £3000 custom built PCs, to monitors and keyboards/mice. The PCs themselves are built using the Thermaltake Core G21 chassis, with a Thermaltake Floe 360mm AIO liquid cooler for the CPU. Elsewhere in the system is ADATA XPG RAM, which supports Asus's Aura Sync RGB software, and a Seagate Firecuda SSHD paired with a Samsung 960 EVO NVMe SSD.

The ROG Strix Z370-F motherboard is at the heart of the system, alongside an Intel Core i7-8700K. An ROG Strix GTX 1080 GPU is also thrown in to help drive the ROG XG258Q 240Hz displays set up at each station.

The final finishing touches include the ROG Strix Flare keyboard with mechanical switches, the ROG Pugio ambidextrous mouse, and the ROG Fusion 300 headset. Yes, RGB is everywhere, with everything being controlled by the Aura Sync system.

At the very least, the Gaming Sphere seems to be a great place to get some hands-on time with some of the highest-end PC gaming hardware currently available.

KitGuru Says: Since I'm not local to London, I haven't had a chance to check out the gaming sphere in person yet. Though I would quite like to check out one of those 240Hz monitors. What do you guys think of the gaming sphere? Any of you planning to go there at some point?

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Red Bull launches Gaming Sphere esports venue in London https://www.kitguru.net/desktop-pc/gaming-rig/matthew-wilson/red-bull-launches-gaming-sphere-esports-venue-in-london/ https://www.kitguru.net/desktop-pc/gaming-rig/matthew-wilson/red-bull-launches-gaming-sphere-esports-venue-in-london/#respond Wed, 14 Mar 2018 09:01:19 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=367019 As esports continues to grow, more and more public venues are popping up around the UK for competitive gaming fans to gather and take part. Today, Red Bull has launched the Gaming Sphere in London, a new publicly accessible esports venue, for events and other activities. As you would expect from a gaming venue, the …

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As esports continues to grow, more and more public venues are popping up around the UK for competitive gaming fans to gather and take part. Today, Red Bull has launched the Gaming Sphere in London, a new publicly accessible esports venue, for events and other activities.

As you would expect from a gaming venue, the place is packed with high-end gaming gear. This includes a bunch of dedicated Asus ROG PC gaming stations, kitted out with high refresh rate Asus ROG Swift monitors and finished off with a full suite of gaming seats courtesy of noblechairs, so attendees will be more than comfortable. I reviewed the original NobleChair Epic a couple of years back, so from experience, I can say that the quality level is high. Clearly, Red Bull has spared no expense setting this venue up, as you can see in the gallery below:

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Aside from holding tournaments and community events, the Red Bull Gaming Sphere will also act as a casual space for friends to meet up and play games together. The space is built to be multipurpose, so desks and systems can be rearranged to suit whatever is going on at the time. PC gaming is a big focus, but there will also be consoles and TVs set up for various fighting game tournaments, and perhaps a few other games. There is also a full racing simulator set up with a HTC VIVE.

Red Bull plans on having esports guests appear at the venue from time to time, so you'll have the opportunity to test yourself out against pro players. There will also be an in-house leaderboard to keep things competitive for visitors.

The Gaming Sphere in Shoreditch, London, is actually the second to be built. Red Bull found success with its original Gaming Sphere location in Tokyo, Japan, which opened in February.

KitGuru Says: The Gaming Sphere looks like a pretty cool space for gamers to gather and compete, though you'll need to be local to London to get the most use out of it. Big events like Insomnia are popular in the UK, so I can see smaller and easily accessible venues like this taking off in some form. What do you guys think of the Red Bull Gaming Sphere? Are venues like this the sort of thing you'd be interested in?

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