Events

The Arcade Vaults is one year old!!

We're celebrating our 1^st birthday with a huge party, featuring music, boardgames and of course loads and loads of videogames from 5 decades of gaming history! Online tickets will be £6.50 and tickets on the door will be £8.00, and everyone will get a complimentary welcome drink on entry. We'll be on until 1am with party shenanigans to blow your mind!

Online tickets are limited, so get them whilst you can....

NOTE: This is an 18+ event. There will be another surprise on our birthday for everyone else unable to attend the evening bash...

The Arcade Vaults and the South Wales Fighting Game Community join forces to bring you an evening of Fighting games!

We'll have the newest and best fighters available to play, with possible tournaments running for a select few games depending on the registration.

Plus, there'll be a smattering of various fighting games throughout gaming history, including retro Mortal Kombat, SFII, Tekken, Virtua Fighter and more!

to £3, of which £1 goes to the autumn league prize pool and £2 goes to the weekly one.

How it works:

- The top 6 players weekly get 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, or 2 points depending on where they finish.
- A minimum of 4 weeks of participation in weeklies will be needed to be part of the league.
- The league prize pool will be split for top 3 players 60/30/10.
- We will be adding a minimum of £50 extra to the league prize pot!
- And, there will be a trophy :)

Stream will available at https://twitch.tv/thearcadevaults

Its Quizbit, but bigger and phatter! For £2 entry per person we've got the hugest of quizzes to finish off the year in style. With some glorious Christmas prizes in store for you and your winning team, whats the reason not to come?

Are you a creative games designer, artist, programmer or audio designer up for a challenge? If so, come and be part of the Global Game Jam. You will have the weekend to conceive and build a game based on a global theme!

Doors will be open from 4pm on Friday evening for everyone to meet. The themes will be announced by Global Game Jam so that the fun can begin and ending at 5pm on Sunday. Games will need to be submitted to the Global Game Jam website on Sunday before the 3pm deadline. Teams will then have the opportunity to present their game to everyone.

Why the charge?

We do have to cover our staffing and running costs for the weekend. However, the ticket price grants access to Levels 2 and 3 of The Arcade Vaults and includes free teas and coffees, plus access to a kitchenette with a fridge and microwave. There will also be a lot of pizza available to all on the Friday night! We're located right in the City Centre so you will have access to plenty of other food options for the entire weekend.

We will ask jammers to register and join the GGJ site separately on the day - purchasing a ticket will register your details with us so we know you are attending.

Note that this will not be a 24 hour site - access will be limited to 8/9am at the earliest and around 10/11pm at the latest. If you are coming in from outside of Cardiff there are lots of places to stay nearby.