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Three gaming facilities

Zips Gaming Lounge – Williams Honors College

The Zips Gaming Lounge is filled with state-of-the-art gaming PCs and consoles all available for recreation use by ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ students. As long as students are in good academic standing, they can bring their classmates for some friendly matches, grind out some competitive games with a buddy or enjoy a AAA title that they may not want to purchase just yet.

  • 24 PC Stations
  • 5 Console Stations

Zips Esports Center – Jean Hower Taber Student Union

The Zips Esports Center is the central hub for all things esports at ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ. Club esports teams are able to reserve sections of the pC and console stations for their practices and competitions. Unreserved PC and console stations are available for any student in good academic standing to use to play recreationally. The Akron Esports varsity teams also practice out of a computer lab in the center.

  • 26 PC Stations
  • 10 Console Stations

Akron Esports Arena – InfoCision Stadium

The Akron Esports Arena is the showcase venue for the varsity esports teams. There events are hosted where fans can sit and watch the varsity teams compete in their collegiate leagues against opponents either online or occasionally live and in person at the arena.


Technical Specs

Custom Built Gravity Gaming PCs:

  • CPU: i5 12600k
  • GPU: Nvidia RTX 4070
  • RAM: DDR5 32GB
  • Storage: 2TB SSD

Monitor: Viewsonic XG250 280hz .5MS

Keyboard: Corsair K65

Mouse: Corsair M65 Pro RGB

Headset: Corsair HS 60

Chair: AKRacing Premium Gaming Chair


Xbox One S and Xbox Series S

PlayStation 4 Pro and Playstation 5

ASUS

Monitor: VG245H Gaming Monitor – 24” 1080p 1ms

Headset: Corsair HS 60

Chair: AKRacing Premium Gaming Chair


Available Games

All of the gaming facilities come with a large selection of games across PC and console, and many are available to use for free if you don’t own your own account. Check out some of your favorite titles with the highest graphics without sacrificing performance!

Games are free to play or free accounts are provided, unless noted with **.

** = you must purchase your own account.

  • Counterstrike: Global Offensive
  • Destiny 2
  • Diablo 3**
  • Dota 2
  • Dragonball
  • FighterZ
  • Fortnite
  • Hearthstone
  • Injustice 2
  • League of Legends
  • MapleStory 2
  • Minecraft**
  • Monster Hunter: World
  • Mortal Kombat X
  • OSU**
  • Overwatch
  • Paladins
  • Path of Exile
  • PUBG
  • Rainbow Six Siege
  • Rocket League
  • Sid Meier’s
  • Civilization 6
  • Smite
  • Starcraft II
  • Street Fighter V
  • Tabletop Simulator**
  • Tekken 7
  • Warframe
  • Warhammer: Vermintide 2
  • World of Warcraft**

PlayStation Plus or Xbox Live accounts are necessary for online play.

PlayStation 4:

  • Dragonball FighterZ
  • God of War
  • Injustice 2
  • Madden 19
  • Mortal Kombat XL
  • NBA 2K19
  • Spider-Man
  • Street Fighter V
  • Tekken 7

Xbox:

  • Madden 19
  • NBA 2K19
  • Red Dead Redemption 2


Cleveland Clinic and Zips Akron Esports team up together
esports varsity team sponsor corsair at ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ
esports varsity team sponsor gravity gaming at ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ
Intel and Zips Akron Esports team up together
Cleveland Clinic and Zips Akron Esports team up together
Samsung and Zips Akron Esports team up together