Reservation
The ESports Club will have weekly practice and competition on Wednesday and Thursday evening, which means that most stations will not be available.
Reservations for general use are not available to anyone outside of the ESports Club.
Usage
- The Nexus Gaming Lounge is FREE for all Northwestern University students. A university Net ID is required to log in.
- There is a limit of 10 hours a week to use the computers. After 10 hours, you may not log in until the week is reset.
- These computers are dedicated computers for computer gaming and are not meant for someone watching a movie, or work on their paper.
The gaming lounge is equipped with 10 Lenovo Legion PCs
Specs:- Intel i7-13700F
- 32 GB DDR5
- NVIDIA RTX 4070
- 3 TB PCIE Storage
Display:
- Lenovo 360 Hz Monitors
Peripheral
- Logitech G PRO Wired Mice
Game Clients
- Riot Client
- Steam
- Epic Game Client
- Blizzard Entertainment
Competitive Games
- Overwatch 2
- League of Legends
- Valorant
- Rocket League
- Apex Legends
- Counter Strike: Global Offensive
- Destiny 2
- Fall Guys
- The Finals
- Genshin Impact
- Honkai: Star Rail
- Marvel Rivals
- Path of Exile 2
- Runescape
- Star Craft II
Casual/Other Games
- Civilization VI
- Civilization VII
- Call of Duty: Warzone
- Kovaak’s Aim Trainer
- The SIMS 4
- Untitled Goose Game
Non-game Programs
- Discord
- OBS
- Spotify
- Geforce Experience
- Google Chrome
May I bring my own headphones and keyboards to play?
- Yes. USB plugs are readily available at the front of the computer.
- Please do not bring anything that requires Bluetooth.
There is a game I would like to play; may I download it?
- No, please do not download it. We will add a request form to the website soon for additional games to download.
May I reserve the Nexus Gaming Lounge for my group to host gaming tournaments?
- Yes, you will need to submit a request with the Game Room reservation form. Click on the event reservation page to learn more.
May I reserve a computer to use later?
- No, we will not be implementing a reservation system for the use of the Nexus Gaming PC.
