The best recent events and tournaments at Localhost

Nerd Street’s owned and operated gaming venues, known as Localhosts, are not only places where you can stop by to play your favorite games on high-quality gaming PCs and consoles. Localhosts also are the site of LAN tournaments, private events, camps, activations, watch parties and more. Every month, we’ll be spotlighting some of the best events that have happened at Localhosts around the country, from Philadelphia to Fullerton and everywhere in between. Here’s a look back at some of the fun things that happened at Localhost over the past month.

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Summer camps are back!

Camp Localhost 2024 kicked off in June with young gamers taking over our Localhost venues in Philly, Denver and Rowan as well as offsite at Maryville University in St. Louis. In addition to Camp Localhost, Philly also welcomed the Philadelphia Electrical and Technical High School (PETCHS) summer camp, Philly Parks and Recreation camps and field trips, and CreateAccess' Launchpad Philly program which involved 3D Modeling and Unreal Engine development in Fortnite.

Young gamers at Localhost Rowan. Photo credit: Nerd Street

In Colorado, Denver Parks and Rec brought out a bunch of kids for a tour of Localhost including a full walkthrough, a talk about esports and the opportunities for them to be part of it moving into high school and college. Afterward they had the chance to ask questions and then play and enjoy everything the facility has to offer.

Nerd Street’s camp offerings this summer have also included a collaboration with Major League Soccer’s Philadelphia Union for a hybrid soccer and esports camp. The first session of this camp kicked off last month, with the kids training on the pitch at the WSFS Sportsplex at Subaru Park as well as jumping on the PCs at the Subaru Esports Hub to play Rocket League, FIFA and Fortnite.

Smash Ultimate regional in Denver

Rare Air was the first edition of a new Super Smash Bros. Ultimate regional in Denver. Just over 30 competitors turned out to compete in singles, doubles and squad strike brackets. Smirk won the singles competition, Shoe and Chronos teamed up to win first in doubles, and Mistah Ping took home the top prize in squad strike. Look for the next Rare Air Smash regional sometime this fall.

The Standoff in Philly

Amped Esports won the first qualifier for The Standoff: Philly last month at Localhost. The Standoff is Nerd Street’s premier Counter-Strike 2 tournament series, which consists of a series of LAN qualifiers this year leading into a finals tournament late this year. With their win, Amped have qualified for the finals.

Eyewear and osu! in Denver

Localhost Denver was involved in two unique events last month. Eyewear Artwalk was a cool new concept in downtown Denver last month. Localhost was onsite to deploy gaming setups for Mario Kart and Smash Ultimate at the McNichols Center. Localhost staff tested out a bunch of new gaming lenses at the event,and listened to some great speakers on vision and performance. The event also had a concert and a fashion show to cap off the weekend.

osu! meetup in Denver. Photo credit: Nerd Street

Back at Localhost, osu!, a unique rhythm game, brought together a big group in late June. This flourishing group has been hosting a yearly meetup in Denver for three years running, growing in numbers each year. Thirty-three players came out to participate in one fashion or another this time.

FGC going strong in Philly

Iron Phist Philly once again brought together the fighting game community in Philly at the start of June with their Tekken 8 Phurnace tournament, which included an opportunity for top finishers to earn TWT Dojo points for the 2024 Tekken World Tour. Later in the month, Go For Broke Premier took place, featuring a new record for attendees with 155 total, including 136 competitors, which beat the highs reached at the previous Go For Broke Premier in February.

Lead photo credit: Nerd Street