01.08.08 Happy New Year everyone! Congrats to our GLan team for making it to QuakeWars:ET play-offs and Galaxy LAN is throwing PIZZA party for all our customers on the opening night of playoffs!Don't forget, it's gonna be this Thursday, January 10th, so stop by no later than 4PM to get your free pizza!What do you need to do to get free pizza? Cheer on our team as they fight one of the toughest teams on ladder - FATE from our comrade center Area51 ;-)
HALO3, COD4, CS: Source players - it is time to sign up for igames ladder here, at GLan! Benefits: special pricing during ladders, chance to win really nice prizes and most importantly - you get to hang out with coolest people in the area :P
Galaxy LAN poster contest - use your creativity to make some cool poster image for Galaxy LAN + PCgames theme - if we like it and use it you will be receiving store credit $150 for gaming time.
Get ready for another action-packed ladder of Halo 3 starting January 08 and Call of Duty 4 starting January 08. More detailes will be announced soon. **UPDATE** There are 2 teams for COD4 ladder already, we can only feet 1 more. For Halo3 we will only have 2 teams register your team now in store if you want to participate.
12.04.07 Crysis showcase has started, come on in to play this game for 1 hour free!More games: Forged Alliance SupCom expension has been installed, so was Unreal Tournament 3. Mass Effect has been added to our Xbox360 games collection. Galaxy LAN is upgrading a few more computers and selling used ones with up to %60 off of original price, so if you were looking for unexpensive gaming computer check out what we have here.
10.31.07 Happy Halloween to everyone! Our special pricing $2/Hour is valid untill 10PM tonight! More news: Guitar Hero 3 is in store, also congratulations to team Forsaken Silence for having 5 WINS and 0 loses in HALO3 ladder, hopefully 2 other teams will get higher score next week. More news: Call of Duty 4 is coming to our store on November 6, Unreal Tournament 2007 is coming November 19. Also, it's still not too late to jump on our Thursday ladder for Quake Wars with $5.000 in CASH prizes sponsored by Intel.
10.17.07 Here's more information for Halo3, upcoming Quake Wars: Enemy Territory (PC) ladders and Ace Combat 6 (Xbox360) tournament. There's still Quake Wars: Enemy Territory showcase going which means you can play this game for free for 1 hour every day untill showcase is over.
Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation Showcase: October 29 - November 11 .
09.19.07 Hey all! Come in and celebrate "Galaxy LAN 2 years in business" with us! Free Team Fortress 2 LAN Party this Sunday Sep. 23 starts at 2 PM and will last until 5PM! There are 2 tournaments coming up at the next week's lockins (that's besides FREE pizza for lockin guests - Friday and Saturday):
Halo 3 2v2 (Friday,Sep.28 4PM), 1st place prize $50 cash and $25 Galaxy LAN gift certificate and free energy drink per player, 2nd prize $30 cash per player and $25 GL gift certificate, 3rd place $20 cash $25 GL gift certificate per player. Limit 16 teams, brackets, double elimination, entry fee is free for lockin guests and $5 per person for everyone else.
Command and Conquer 3 Tournament 2v2 teams (Saturday,Sep.29 6PM) cap limit 16 teams. 1st prize $50 cash and free bottle of BAWLS per player, 2nd prize $25 GLan gift certificate and 1 bottle of BAWLS per player. Entry fee: free to Saturday's lockin guests.
Time really flies, it's been 2 years since Galaxy LAN first opened - in 2005, September 25th. At that time we only had 15 gaming computers, now it's 24 PCs and 6 Xbox 360 systems, since that time we've upgraded our computers twice - from Geforce 6800 to 7800/7900 and than to GeForce 8800 GTS, Processors from AMD 64 to Intel Core Duo 2. This year is very promising for computer and console gamers - C&C3, Overlord, Supreme Commander, STALKER, Bioshock, Team Fortress 2 are already out and even more coming soon - watch out for World in Conflict, Call of Duty 4, Brothers in Arms Hells Highway, HalfLife2 Episode 2,Portal, Halo3,Mass effect, CRYSIS, Hellgate London, Quake Wars ET,UT2007, so check our website/store for more information on showcases for the new games.
09.14.07 Please be advised we will be switching our business hours back to normal in 1 week (that is Monday thru Thursday 3:30PM to 10:00PM) The rest will not be changed, we will still be opening at 1PM on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Just a reminder, we have lockins every Friday and Saturday now at least thru October. World in Conflict(RTS) showcase starts 09/24/07 - anybody can play this game in our store for 2 hours absolutely free every day during showcase.
09.03.07 Back to school special at Galaxy LAN - price is only $2 per hour starting today through 09/08/07 (ends this Saturday). Lockin admission this Friday, Saturdaay is only $15 each. Battlefield 2 and CS: Source ladder starts in 1 week from now, we only need 2 good dedicated teams. Currently these players are being considered for BF2 ladder: Gaara, J-Twezy, Stikyfingers, Mad_Macs, Vegeto, Link, Mike9, Tyler34, Mukuros. We only need 2 more to fill second team, must be good (Stakes are pretty high, it's $600 worth of PC hardware PER player on winner team). World in Conflict(RTS) showcase starts September 27th - this latest RTS from Ground Control 2 makers takes advantage of Windows Vista's DircektX10 features - stunning graphics graphics, smoke, visuals - if you like strategy games without managing resourses - you'll love this one.
09.01.07 Latest tourney's results: DOTA team <BGR> (Big Ganking Robots - MoMo, Hansolo and SyphonXP) wins 1st prize $150 cash, Alpha-Amega, J-Twezy and Leviathan win $25 gift certificates and a bottle of bawls each, and team "Iron fist of W" takes 3rd place.
As for Gears of War match, "Amputee Warfighters" did it again - they took 1st prize under strong leadership of their captain "Slappadouche".
There's ladder coming up for BF2 and CS:Source with great prizes - over $3.000 per team for Battlefield 2 and over $3.000 total for CS:Source. Teams of 6 good BF2 and CS:Source players wanted, preseason starts September 11/12. What chances you have?Well, for example team GLan of our center already took 3rd place in Summer ladder for Battlefield 2.
08.24.07 Latest update - we will have Gear of War match at this Friday's lockin,
winner team gets 6 Hours each + bottle of BAWLS each, 2nd place takes 4 hours
each, double elimination.
We will also stay open all night Saturday, August 25th.
Update on DOTA tournament - starts at 4PM Friday August 31st, 16 teams limit, 4 teams signed up already, $150 CASH 1st prize, for more details on prizes and rules please visit store.
08.21.07 Latest news on our Battlefiedl 2 ladder - GLan team makes in to a playoffs - congratulations go to Mad_Macs, Gaara of The Sand, J-Twezy, Mitsurugianime LINK and Apocalypse. Also, results from our Call of Duty 3 tournament at the last lockin: team "Amputee Warfighters" (pretty strange name, team members: Slappadouche, Winbot and LINK)and takes the first place - every one of them receives 6 hours of gaming time and energy drink of their choise. You can already sign up for the lockin this Friday, we will try to get Bioshock (for PC) installed by than.
07.25.07 Attention Supreme Commander players, ladder starts this Thursday, July 26. Intel is giving away $10.000 prizes $5.000 of wich is cash, you can win $100 just for taking part in ladder, you will also enjoy special discount for ladder participants - see store for details and registration! 1st place prize $1.000 CASH and Intel QX6700 Processor (ARV: $1,059.99).
07.23.07 Looks like we will have lockins both Friday and Saturday. Friday lockin entrance is $19. This time we'll have UT2004 tourney going on. See store for details on prizes.
06.26.07 Breaking news - Galaxy LAN center is moving and becoming biggest computer gaming center in South Dakota. We will open in a new place on Friday July 13th and will have 2 lock-ins same Friday and Saturday. Our new address will be 5023 S Louise Ave next door to Harley Davidson store in Vilage at Louise strip. Village strip is located near I-229 Exit 1 at intersection of Louise and 57th Street. Gift cards will be available soon. Our open hours will change, stay tuned for more! Future showcases: Ace Combat 6 for Xbox 360, Age of Conan MMORPG, Quake Wars Enemy Territory, BIOSHOCK, CRYSIS (FPS).
06.01.07 Galaxy LAN was approved for igames Battlefield 2 ladder, so if you have some skill in this game, sign up for our ladder for a chance to win $100 worth of gaming time per player! It does not cost anything and approved gamers will also enjoy $2 per hour during ladder nights (Every Tuesday from 6PM starting June 12) We need 2 teams of 6 players each, 1 of them is almost full,apply in store.
05.27.07 Well the Summer is near and let's celebrate it with $2 per hour special pricing next week (May 29 thru June 03) and for those who come in for the next week's lock-in free bottle of JOLT energy drink of your choice! For Titan Quest fans -we are getting expansion pack (Immortal Throne), we will also get Oblivion 4 Shivering Isles expansion pack as well.
05.20.07 Halo3 beta is in store and will be available until June 7th. For Battlefield game fans - there is another game that you really want to check out - it's called Quake Wars Enemy Territory. Release date June 6. It has nothing to do with Quake, in a lot of ways it is similar to Wolfenstein Enemy Territory and Battlefield. And some more news - STARCRAFT 2 has been announced.
05.01.07 Starting now you can bring your own Xbox360 to play with your friends on LAN, BYO pricing: $7 all-day Tue-Thursday, $9 all-day Friday-Sunday, we provide LAN setup, LCD HDTV monitors & adapters and TurtleBeach stereoheadpshones with Xbox live chat support.
04.11.07 Lock-in entrance this Friday April 13th will cost $20 and comes with free 23.5 OZ bottle of JOLT energy drink! Yes, Jolt energy drink is back in stock.
There will be a FREE Battlefield1942 LAN party at Galaxy LAN this Sunday, April 15th from 2PM until 5PM. No purchase nesessery, restrictions apply, members only!
Also, RTS fans, don't forget to sign up for C&C3 ladder for chance to win $100 store credit per player!
03.04.07 Hey everyone! Get ready for Supreme Commander showcase - it starts officially March 6, this Tuesday.Untill March 18 you can come in and play this game absolutely free for 1 hour every day! If you don't know this game yet please check our RTS section of forum. Also, serious BF2 players wanted now, we need a team of 6 good BF2 players to challenge other igames gaming centers for prize of $100 store credit per player if you win!
02.13.07 Our next lockin this Friday Feb 16th. Price is $19. To reserve your seat you don't have to come in in store - you can just call/email and give us your username. You have to be here by 10:15 PM, if you are coming in later you will need to prepay to guarantee yourself a spot. Coming soon: bring your own XBox360, for more info and pricing check console section in our forum.
01.28.07 Counter-Strike match results: winner team: Gaara of The Sand aka Austin, Null Roar aka Steven and Ifrit aka Nathan. Each winner receives T-Shirt and store credit of $20. Team of Link aka Bradley, Supermilky aka Mike and WolfX receives T-shirts but that was a tight score 6 to 5. Congradulations guys and thank you all who participated, hope you all had a great time. For pictures click here.Member reward program results for January:Winbot aka David receives 6 hours of gaming time, Link aka Bradley receives 6 hours of gaming time (they are both just a couple of minutes apart from each other, very tight race so we are honoring them both with same amount of time), Apocalipse aka Nick receives 4 hours of gaming time.
All hours have been placed on your accounts guys, come in and spend them anytime!
All RTS fans! Great news for you guys - Supreme Commander and Command and Conquer 3 are coming soon! Also, WOW Burning Crusade is already installed.
Check out latest game here - Rainbow Six Vegas.
Oh and by the way - we will soon install good old Tribes Vengenance - it's like UT2004 but you get to fly in this one, and I personally like this game more than UT2004 'cause of very nicely designed maps and flying. So check it out when it comes in, besides that we'll have free LAN party when we get it installed.
01.02.07 Hello everybody! Our CS:Source server is finally fixed, here's IP: 24.111.12.62. Please keep in mind that our players will always get priority and you may be kicked to make room if joining from outside our network. Also, no hacks please - anyone found to be hacking will be banned permanently, no exceptions. More news: Splinter Cell:Double Agent and Lego Starwars 2 are installed, Rainbow Six: Las Vegas coming this week (you should try this game - it looks just amazing and it has also received excellent reviews). About this Friday's lockin - we are gonna leave this up to you guys - if we have more than 7 people, we'll host it. Just let us know when you come in if you want it this Friday. Sorry we didn't have enough room for everybody on the last lockin - we have already ordered 2 more computers wich will bring total quantity of gaming PCs in our store to 18. Also, we have added Saint's Row game to our Xbox 360 game collection. We had some people asking about Medieval Total war 2 - we might install it as well soon. By the way, Age of Empires 3 is back on our systems.
12.27.06 Well the New Year is near, get ready for 2006's last lockin you people! Price is $20, comes with 1 free bottle of BAWLS and also every lockin guest will receive 1 free hour on his account. We have meet a lot of good people this year, lots of new members, we have met DigitalDen people. By the way to all of our members: thank you for your support and we'll definetly see you next yaer - we'll be prepared with fresh games :-) Command & Conquer 3 coming in March, Supreme Commander coming soon as well, and of course we have pre-ordered Lost Planet for 360 (release 01/12/07), Crackdown (If you liked GTA, Saint's ROW, you will love this one!) and sure enough HALO 3 was pre-ordered too!
See you at Galaxy LAN in 2007!!!
12.24.06 Galaxy LAN VS Digital Den results: Galaxy LAN wins this match but it's not over yet, there will be another match sometime soon. We all had a good time and looking forward to see more tourneys happening. Next tournament will be hosted on our server (we hope so - currently nobody can join our dedicated server from outside network, we are working on it and will let you know when it's fixed). We WILL BE OPEN this Sunday, Dec. 24. More news: EVERY member of our gaming center receives 2 hours on his account as our present (that's more than $1500 in dollar amount) Null Roar receives 1 bottle of BAWLS, 10FREE hours Gaara of the Sand receives 1bottle of BAWLS and 7 free hours, Titancronius receives 5 hours and 1 bottle of BAWLS.
12.11.06 We are planning to have a match Galaxy LAN vs DigitalDen gaming center on December 22 at 10:30PM (That's when us and DigitalDen are having lockins) Stay tuned for more information.
12.04.06 Hey all! We have CS:Source dedicated server running 24/7, join us at 10.201.30.21:27015! By the way,pings from Galaxy LAN to this server are 0. Also, Special price $2 per hour this Tuesday thru Friday only (12.05.06-12.08.06) Lockin is $16 per person this Friday December 8th, but that's not all, we are hosting FREE LAN party for our members this Sunday, December 10th from 1:30PM to 4:30PM! Games played: Call of Duty 2, BF1942 DC MOD (Stalingrad,Bogage maps),Battlefield 2. Results from our member reward program: Apocalypse gets 5 FREE hours, 1 bottle of BAWLS(By the way, Nick played 4.786 minutes this month), Null Roar receives 4 hours and a bottle of BAWLS, Gaara the Sand receives 3 hours and bottle of BAWLS.
11.28.06 Latest news: Bring Your Own (BYO) stations coming soon. 2 PCs have been added bringing total number of gaming PCs to 16. We still don't know if there will be a lockin this Friday, so we'll just leave it up to you guys - if more than 7 people will sign up, there will be a lockin. You can sign up in store. Also we might host CS: Sourse tournament either this or next weekend - Galaxy LAN VS Gamesters (Madison). Stay tuned for more.
11.20.06 Galaxy LAN will be closed this Thursday (November23rd) for Thanksgiving. Other news: we are considering hosting Gears of War tournament in a future. We have already purchased several Xbox 360 VGA adapters so these systems can be hooked to our monitors. All the network for Xbox 360 systems is ready. More news: Garry's Mod and Forts Source Mod for Half Life 2 have been installed, Cplinter Cell: Double Agent is coming soon (PC version). Lockin this Friday, November 24 starts at 10PM.
11.14.06 Gears of War and Call of Duty 3 have arrived and are ready for action!
1.12.06 Hello everybody! We are having lockin Ithis Friday, November 17th, price is $20 as usual.
It comes with free bottle of Bawls, and you will also get to play on our Xbox 360, please keep in mind that everyone will get fear amount of timeto play on it, we know that everybody wants to try Gears of War and Call of Duty 3.
(These two games are expected to arrive this Tuesday, November 14th in
case you already want to play them)
We are also adding 2 more computers, and of course there are some new
games for you to play at this lockin - Gothic 3 (Every Oblivion 4 fan
will love this RPG!), Warhammer Dark Crusade, Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter and Company of Heroes (We absolutely recommend this game to any Real Time Strategy fan! Just take a look at this game, not only it has better graphics than any other modern RTS game - just see how explosions look! - but it also has highly addictive gameplay whether in single mode or in multiplayer mode). Please reserve your seat in advance by phone or email.
11.05.06 Great news for Oblivion IV fans - if you have completed that game, we have another great game for you coming next weekend - Gothic 3, for screenshots and more info check out forum. Also, Flatout racing game was recently installed on our systems.
10.29.06 Next lockin is set for Friday, November 3. Lockin starts at 10PM and ends at 7 AM next morning, every guest receives free bottle of Bawls and of course you can play on our Xbox360 system free of charge, cost of lockin is $20.
10.29.06 Warhammer Dark Crusade showcase starts this Tuesday October 31. Everybody gets 2 free hours to play this game! Customer reward program results for October: Steven (Null Roar) breakes the record after playing 5286 minutes (that is more than 88 Hours) and receives 5 hours of gaming , 1 bottle of Bawls and T-shirt, Austin( Gaara of Sand) receives 3 hours and 1 bottle of Bawls, Desert Snake gets 1 all-day pass.
Special offer - only $2 per hour when participating in igames ladders - BF2142 and CS:Source. It will take some effort, click here for details.
10.27.06 More games have been installed:
Starwars Battlefront 2 (action game, Battlefield-like) for PC
Counter Strike 1.6
Fire Arms mod for Half Life
Half-Life 2 single player(and yes, you can save you game as you complete different missons/levels), Starship Troopers, Defcon. We have also added more games for Xbox360:
Ridge Racer 6,
Burnout Revenge,
Max Payne (Xbox original). And sorry guys, we made a mistake with GTA4 preorder - it's gonna be out in October 2007, not 2007 as we thought. But still, Gears of War will be here shortly!
10.23.06 New at GALAXY LAN: if you have a birthday, with purchase of any amount of time you will receive 4 Free hours on your account (valid for users in good standing only - you may need to provide your ID).
08.06.06 Our forum is finally up and running! Join up to discuss latest/ greatest games, schedule meet-ups, make store suggestions and so on! Also, we are currently looking for help (this is not a job offer!) click here for details. Scheduling your event or making a request for us to be open on day we are normally closed has never been easier, just post your request in desiganed topic.
07.10.06 Important notice: change in summer business hours: on Saturdays we will be opening from 3PM, all-day pass will be $16 and we will be closed on Sundays (open for private parties only - by request or group of 6 guests or more). But we feel your pain and will start opening on Mondays for Counter-Strike and LOTR 2 leagues from 6PM till 9PM. Price will be $8 and you can only play the game that is allowed (We'll decide all together but probly CS:Source or LOTR2) If you don't want that, you can just login under your account. You can also win some cool prizes, so stop by every Monday at 6PM!
7.01.06 Customer reward program results for May and June combined: Apocalypse gets 1 free all-day pass, 3 hours and bottle of Bawls;Krad - 7 FREE hours and 1 bottle of BAWLS; Null Roar gets 6 free hours and bottle of Bawls; Gaara of The Sand gets 4 hours and MOMO gets 3 hours. New store rule wich we should have applied long ago: no pizza/burgers at computer desks, period. New mices and mousepads in store Razer Diamondback™ and eXactMat™.
06.16.06 Some good news for Battlefield2 and Oblivion fans: Battlefield 2 has been number one game in our store, so we are adding more system memory, like any respected gaming center that carries this game should do. From now on majority of our systems will have 2 Gigs of RAM, you don't have to be a PC geek to see the difference on 32 and of course 64 player maps. BF2142 (wich will be out soon) will benefit from it as well.
05.16.06 We're glad to announce that we are sponsoring South Dakota Select team (Halo2) - formerly known as MFP in upcoming Real Pro Gaming Tournament In Omaha, Nebraska. Here's link to their website: mfp.gamexc.com
New game in store: Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (in RPG section)
05.07.06 We've had couple of guys asking about all-night lock-in. Anwear: yes, this can be arranged. Terms: minimum 10 gamers, price is $20 per person. You can sign up for it any time, as we get at least 10 guys, we host this event on either Friday or Saturday (or both if you can handle it :) Hours: 10 PM until 7 AM. During lock-in you can also use our Xbox360 system free of charge; every guest will receive FREE bottle of energy drink of his choice. (BAWLS or Red Bull)
04.14.06 Important change in pricing - all day pass for Friday/Sunday is now $16 instead of $18. BAWLS price goes down from $2.00 to $1.75, when buying a case of 24 every bottle will only cost $1.60 and tax is already included. Also, we have a new product - Red Bull energy drink and price is $2.00 per can.
04.30.06 Null Roar is #1 member for April and gets 3 Hours of free gaming and Kred is taking second place and receives 2 free hours.
04.04.06 Congratulations to our member of the month - Colin aka Killer11001 - he spent more time at our gaming center than anyone else in March and he gets 3 free hours of gaming, Steve aka Null Roar is just a step behind and gets 2 hours.
More news: as most of you already know, we do build custom gaming PCs. Howewer you you are in need for spyware removal, looking for a new laptop or need to have your laptop fixed, check out this place - laptop works. They actually offer many more services, for more info visit their website.
03.07.06 Forum coming soon. Meanwhile you can chat with our staff members or even reserve your seats/ get a quote on private/ Birthday party on MIRC. Install the program if you don't have it yet and simply click here.
03.06.06 Don't forget, you can still register for CS:Source game nights (Tuesdays). Create player account here and than register for event here, registration is free. Event starts every Tuesday around 6PM.
03.04.06 Congratulations to our member of the month - Matt Adams (aka MadMax) - he spent more time in our center than any other gamer and receives 3 Hours of gaming. Allan Williamson (aka MOMO) is just one step behind and gets 2 Hours. This new program starts now and every month gamer who spent most hours in store will be awarded with 3 hours of gaming. Don't forget about other program for existing members - bring a new guest and get 1 free hour of play on your account when the guest creates his own account.( Account is free with purchase of 3 Hour pack)
03.01.06 Counter Strice: Source and DOD: Source have been installed
02.28.06 Upcoming tournament: Quake4. It's now scheduled for March 25. It will last for about 3 hours and there will be some cool prizes, entry fee will be $12. Seats are limited, reserve yours today by making payment in store or via PayPal ( send to kamaxik@sio.midco.net). Stay tuned for more.
