Update (May 18th 2022): Big Chill Kings Cross will host Fragdown London – a viewing party for the PGL Antwerp Major 2022 Grand Finals – this Sunday, May 22nd.
Guests can register and attend the event on Cooldown.gg to receive a buy one, get one Camden Town Brewing Hells beer. A QR code will be sent to them after they register to be scanned at the bar.
Cooldown also said it’s ‘been busy pairing the city’s esports communities to their new home bars’, like Platform in Shoreditch, Big Chill Kings Cross, The Speakeasy in Dalston and The Monarchy in Camden, with more venues to be announced soon.
Cooldown is also supporting Pixel Bar Manchester, which recently had £25,000 worth of gaming PCs stolen.
Original article (March 28th 2022): London bar venue Big Chill has announced Cooldown Nights, a new weekly esports event in partnership with viewing party company Cooldown.
From Sunday to Wednesday, Big Chill Kings Cross will become a destination for esports games, tournaments and gaming, with esports action broadcast on a big screen projector.
Big Chill’s Cooldown will be showing several major tournaments in the coming months, including:
• CSGO ESL Pro League Season 15: March 9th to April 10th
• Dota 2 DPC WEU Tour 2 Division 1: March 15th to April 20th
• RLCS 2021-2022 Inter Split Major: March 23rd to 27th
• Call of Duty League Major 2: March 31st to April 3rd
Viewing parties will be free to attend.
“Esports is the next frontier for entertainment, so here at the Big Chill we are thrilled to be joining the gaming world.”
The gaming community will also be offered to ‘grab-one-and-get-one’ on all Camden beer cans. Guests can take advantage of the offer by attending the event, downloading a QR code and presenting it at the bar.
Drink and brewing company AB InBev launched Cooldown last year to help fans find viewing parties in bars. Cooldown’s mission is to connect people through esports, and Big Chill says it’s determined to provide a space for the community to meet, socialise and root for their favourite teams.
Big Chill said in a statement: “Esports is the next frontier for entertainment, so here at the Big Chill we are thrilled to be joining the gaming world.”
There are several gaming bars in the UK, including Platform, Meltdown, Wanyoo and more, with other events including the upcoming Format Manchester social.
The Big Chill bar was launched in 2004 as a variant of the Big Chill festival. It offers a place to grab a drink or food from Chuck Burger, as well as a mix of music, DJs and now esports. It has two locations – Kings Cross and Brick Lane.
For more info visit https://bigchillbar.com/event/esports-chill/
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
This looks absolutely fire!