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DOTA 2 fan in the UK? It’s the year of ASUS ROG at Insomnia, and in keeping with that we’re hosting a £6,500 prize tournament at Insomnia 52. 64 teams will have the chance to gain free entry to the ASUS ROG Dota 2 Cup, by battling their way through a single elimination bracket containing the best that Europe has to offer.

TheGamerT3k has posted this cool short video of ASUS at UK's multiplay i51 event, which took place last weekend.

The ASUS ROG Tournament is coming to Germany. On December 6th and 7th, one of the world’s biggest StarCraft II tournaments will take place at NorthCon. This year’s tournament roster will include 16 players competing live on the ASUS ROG stage for a prize pool of $25,000 USD. The ASUS ROG Tournament will consist of one group stage, followed by single elimination playoffs. The thrilling live matches will be commentated by well-known casters such as Thomas "Khaldor" Kilian. For those not at NorthCon, the matches can also be viewed via live streams in HD. See the full info inside.

On Day 1 of the ASUS ROG Tournament the new Alpha Squad picked up their Orion's to test out over the next few days, and tons of gamers got going on the StarCraft II action. Full Gallery inside!

The Starladder S5 LAN just took place with plenty of DOTA2, Counter Strike:GO and Point Blank action, so if pro-gaming is your thing and you can watch the a roundup of the event and see a gallery inside!

Released today the GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU Mini is a compact high-performance graphics card designed primarily for small form factor PCs with mini-ITX motherboards. The Mini features a dual-slot cooler design, and measures just 17cm long, compared with 24.13cm for a reference GeForce GTX 670. Don't let the size fool you though, the GTX 670 DirectCU Mini features a full GTX 670, Direct X 11.1 capable, graphics core and 2GB of GDDR5 memory.

Where high-performance CPUs have dropped in power consumption, graphics cards mostly have shown the opposite trend. Their size makes it difficult to find cases to accommodate them. While Nvidia's GTX 670 tries to buck the trend with a small 6.75" (~17cm) PCB, it's always fitted with a far larger cooler. ASUS has instead matched the cooler to its 17cm PCB length, which is ideal for the smallest gaming builds. Here's a first look at ASUS' new GTX 670 DirectCU Mini.

Did you join the i46 LAN last weekend? Manage to see ASUS? If not, take a look at our pictures below and watch Thomas from our UK office give you a booth tour in the CCL video.

Heads-up British ROGers and LAN gaming fans - there's mere days left 'til Multiplay i46 this weekend. Our UK ROG team will be there to give you hands-on time with the whole Maximus V series hardware, the brand new GeForce GTX 660 Ti DirectCU II and VG278HE 3D/144Hz ultra-fast 27 inch monitor. The ASUS booth also has PCs built by specialists from Dino PC, Chillblast, PC Specialist and Wired2Fire so be sure to drop by for a look around! Check inside for the full details.