



AMD is bringing GamesFest back to the Living Rooms Cafe next month, with a special PC edition of the event!

GamesFest will be held on June 13, 2014, and will be the hotspot for PC tournaments, fantastic cosplay, tons of prizes, great game previews, and of course, an extensive showcase of the latest and greatest in PC hardware and components!

We will have more information on the activities and prizes in the coming days. But for now, mark your calendars and prepare for a weekend of awesome gaming!

Event Information:

What: AMD GamesFest

When: June 13, 2014

Where: The Living Rooms Cafe, Dubai Festival City

Update: We will be hosting three competitions at the event. Information regarding rules, registration times and prizes can be found below:

Counter Strike: Global Offensive

Registration: 12pm - 2.45pm at Living Rooms Cafe

Tournament starts: 3pm



Players: 5v5

Team Limit: 16



Qualifier:

- Demoilition – Bank

- Best of 7

- Everything at Default



Quarter Finals:

- Demolition – Safehouse

- Best of 7

- Everything at Default



Semi Finals:

- Classic Competitive – Nuke

- Best of 13

- Starting money $1,500



Finals:

- Classic Competitive – De Dust 2

- Best of 15

- Starting money $800



Weapons restrictions for finals:

- AWP limited to 2 per each team

- No autosnipers allowed

- Shotguns allowed: nova and mag7

- Machine guns are not allowed.

- P90/ppbizon not allowed

Prizes:

The winning team will receive 3x Sennheiser G4ME ONE and 2x Sennheiser G4ME ZERO gaming headsets + 5 AMD Backpacks + One AMD Sample Kit

Hearthstone

Registration: 12pm - 3.45pm at Living Rooms Cafe

Tournament starts: 4pm



- All participants are required to have their own Battle.net account registered to EU servers

- Participation into the tournament is free to all players

- Each player is required to select two heroes only to play with only one custom deck per selected hero. Players are encouraged to set up their decks in advance to avoid delays to the tournament.



Tournament details:



- Each player will go against a random opponent in a best-of-three match. The first opponent to win two rounds will be declared the winner.

- The winner of a round must continue the next round with the same hero.

- The loser of a round may choose to continue the next round with their current hero or swap for their alternate hero. NO OTHER HEROES OR DECKS MAY BE SELECTED.

- Decks may not be changed or altered at any point in the tournament.

- In the event of unforeseen circumstances that a round is ended abruptly due to technical issues, the round may be replayed or a winner may be declared by the judges

Prizes: The winner gets an AMD Sample Kit

Cosplay Competition

Check-in: between 5pm and 6pm.

Changing room is available at Living Rooms Cafe.



Cosplay judging: 6.30pm



Cosplay Judging Criteria:

1. Costume

2. Cosplay Action

3. Crown Appreciation



Prizes:

1st Place: Logitech Goodies + Assassin's Creed Edward Kenway Action Figure

2nd Place: Logitech Goodies

3rd Place: Thief PC Game Code

Cosplay Registration:

Registraion for Cosplay will be open at Living Rooms Cafe on 13 June from 12pm to 6pm. If you would like to register in advance, please use the form below:

Fill out this online form

AMD Overlocking Record Attempt

AMD’s technical marketing guru and overclocking aficionado Sami Makinen will be attempting an overclocking record using the latest AMD hardware. Makinen is already a Guinness World Record holder for overclocking the AMD FX to 8429.38 Mhz.

He will use the following specs to attempt the overclocking record: