As most of you may have noticed, Esports has been on the rise for a while now, and with that a lounge has been erected in Xentro Mall, Antipolo called the Ground Zero Esports Lounge. The lounge aims to be the one-stop-shop for the gamer looking for a high-end gaming experience with premier amenities. Their regular PCs are equipped with Z730 Gigabyte motherboards, 8th gen Intel i5 processors, NVIDIA GTX 1060 GPUs, and 16GB of RAM at the price of 60 php/hour. For those looking for a better experience, the VIP areas are equipped with 10 Acer Predator G1’s with NVIDIA GTX 1080 GPUs at 80 php/hour – all easily capable of running the latest triple-A games and today’s biggest competitive multi-player games without a sweat and at full HD, thanks to the Acer Predator XB241H monitors on all units. The entire venue is also has internet with speeds of 2,300 mpbs as well, ensuring no connectivity issues and smooth, lag-free games and ultra-fast upload and download speeds, making it a perfect stomping grounds for passionate gamers looking to go pro, big groups looking for a place to hold their LAN Party, or even professionals that need the internet speed.
Of course with it being a lounge, players will need a break from all this high end gaming, and Ground Zero offers a menu with specialty gaming-themed dishes and drinks, complete from appetizers to desserts, cocktails and coffee. For those who prefer to watch rather than play, there are also 55” TV’s streaming the most prestigious esports tournaments.
One of Ground Zero’s major objectives is to become an avenue that joins today’s gamers to yesterday’s roots, while simultaneously linking them to the people around them – their family, friends and the greater community, as the perfect place to gather and connect.