By Robin Burton, Economic Development Council
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Video game aficionados have a place to unite, unwind and show their gaming skills at this year’s Rivers & Spires Festival.
For the first time ever, the Festival will bring a free, fully interactive gaming area to the underground parking garage located on Franklin Street.
Gig City Gaming, presented by CDE Lightband, will feature over 50 titles and will cater to over 30,000 gamers. There will be tons of gaming for everyone to enjoy on systems including the Xbox 360, Xbox One, Play Station 3 and Play Station 4.
In order to make sure everyone’s gaming experience is ideal, CDE will have the systems running on a wired connection with a switch to ensure optimum Internet speed for online and offline game play. Gaming, provided by Layer 3 Communications and Brocade Communications Systems, will be on in full force on April 25 from 6-9 p.m. and April 26 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The Gig City Gaming area will be host to several different types of games, including Call of Duty, HALO, Dance Central and Super Street Fighter 4. Early in the day, the younger crowd will find the games that are more up their alley, but as the day goes on, the content may be too mature for the little ones. While this area has no set age restriction, parents will be advised about the maturity level of each game.
Staff will be moderating the play time of all participants. Many of the games have a definite start and finish, so once a player finishes a round, match, dancing, or whatever the case might be, they will be required to rotate out to allow the next waiting player time to play.
Gig City Gaming is only one of the many new, unique areas added to Rivers & Spires this year. For more information, visit www.riversandspires.com.