OverKlocked Gaming

I salute whoever established this computer shop in Edmonton. I was wondering before if there’s one in Canada and I can’t believe it will took me years to find one (Thanks to Unilocal). $ 4/​hour, snacks and drinks available, clean place and service friendly. This will be one of my «to go to» place that’s for sure.

Great place to chill out for a few hours. Prices for play time are very cheap and drinks and snacks are fairly priced. Quite a variety of energy drinks (import Monster and Bawls… yay Bawls!!) Nice, comfy chairs, and if you don’t bring your own accessories, they have excellent Steel Series mechanical keyboards and optical mice, with matching headsets. Good looking monitors and very speedy systems… played all the games beautifully with no lag. My only complaint is that Starcraft wouldn’t load at all, Starcraft 2 was not the full unlocked version (boo hiss), Battlefield 4 would not launch because I have never purchased it and linked it to my Origin account… If I had the full versions of games, why wouldn’t I just play them at home? Just sayin’. It very well could have just been an issue with the system I was using, or the fact that I was unknowingly doing something wrong… but nonetheless, Overklocked is a great place to go, good environment, decent music playing… plus, they often have open tournaments and lock ins that run all night, with tournaments and prizes, and free pizza. FREE PIZZA! Great place, will definitely be going again.

I absolutely love going to Overklocked! It’s a fun place to go do some gaming with a friend, as was previously stated in another review the computers are quite impressive, waaay faster than any speeds I get on my home pc!
Additionally the various events and themed nights are really cool and create a sense of community among those who go with inhouse games and tournaments. They also have console games and impressively sized televisions however I usually just play League of Legends on their PCs.
I certainly recommend checking out OverKlocked especially if you want a fun evening of gaming and good gaming computers that if you’re like me you probably don’t have at home!

We hosted my teenager son’s birthday here. It was about as low stress a party one could have. There is a separate room in the back where the boys played collectively for a couple of hours. We were able to control which games could be played, so no very violent or sexual content.
Cost was reasonable and we were allowed to bring in our own pizza and cake. Were asked to not bring in treats or drinks that competed with what they sold, which is understandable.
Staff were friendy and helpful. Only problem was that they do not have a telephone number, so booking he party meant going in person, which is inconvenient.

This place is legit, PC’s are fast, compared to other places i have been to. Environment is great, lots of room and space, very comfortable chairs big monitors. and they offer A LOT of games. Pc to xbox ps3 wii, you name it. The rates are cheap and they even have a membership program which can save you a lot of money if you plan to go here often. They host local tournament for a lot of games, from street fighter 4, Marvel vs Capcom, call of duty, League of Legends and Star craft. So if your pc at home isnt super good at playing games, give this place a try, or if you want a lan party with friends go here. Hope you guys have fun!!!

At Fragapalooza (
) the participants were given a goodie bag and it contained free membership for a year with three free hours (full disclosure, right guys?) to this gaming place, OverKlocked, which is by the City Centre Airport on Kingsway Avenue.
It was actually near were the boyfriend and I live and work so we decided to give them a try as soon as possible and that was last night.
We were not disappointed. I’ve been to a few of these LANs (Local Area Network) ran type of places over the years and I’ve found this one, maybe only because its new, that it was well kept and clean and doesn’t smell of nerd sweat. Hopefully they’ll keep this in mind. I’ve been to a few of these, like mentioned above and it was not the best ever, but these guys’ clean equipment and their choice of accessories, like good quality SteelSeries headphones with mic, will keep their key clientele coming as well as new ones.
Their selection of games to play is a good yummy platter of some new favourites, like «League of Legends», the big hits, like «Rock Band 3», «Halo», «Starcraft ll» and many others. They also have older games available for play over Steams Internet Café service where they have a large collection of games (newer and older). Some of the games that require subscription, like WoW, for example, will still require you to have your subscription activated for use.
They not only tote custom made computers, but also many PS3 and XBox 360 hook ups and three 55″ gaming stations with consoles attached with couches so you can play console games very comfortably with friends. I have yet to do this though, but I’m assuming it’s extra nice.
It could be considered a good date night, as they have an assortment of games and things to do as well as their assortment of snacks (gamer grub?!) and awesome energy drinks (yes, gamer friends, even Bawls — and G33k Beer, which is my favorite). I think you could probably bring in some board games if you wanted to as well.
If you’re like me and have good gaming stuff, but a small condo and many friends that want to play, it would be a good idea to go over to here to do that as they do accommodate large groups of gamers. Setting up your own LAN is a bit of a pain and these guys take out all that hard work for you. I would think they would also do a good job with a birthday party or some other celebration of sorts.
So, if you’re in the Kingsway area/​at NAIT and you’re bored, or anywhere really if you’re bored or just wanna game, I would suggest spending a few hours here. Their prices are as if you went for a night of drinking (okay, for a lot of people, this would be cheaper, but I’m a lightweight), as their non-​member price for all day passes are definitely reasonably priced and they do stay up late on weekends (meaning Friday, Saturday) till 3am and they stay up late in general, normally till midnight (check website). You may still get a hangover, but perhaps without the unfortunate side effects. ;)