WiFi Wars is a live comedy game show where you play along! Log in with your smartphone or tablet (make sure you’ve got plenty of battery!) and compete in a range of games, quizzes and challenges to win the show, and prizes!

Hosted by comedian and regular videogames commentator Steve McNeil, the show was first performed properly as part of the Royal Institution’s 2015 Summer Programme, after an early-version was play-tested at the Cube earlier that summer. Now we're thrilled to welcome them back for a full-length show. Please note the early start time of 7pm, with doors at 6.45pm. Don't be late!

An early version of the technology used in the show was developed by Rob Sedgebeer and kindly loaned to the live incarnation of McNeil and Pamphilon’s videogaming/comedy show Go 8-Bit, which you may have spotted in things such as Time Out (Critic’s Choice), Metro (Top Ten London Geek Nights Out), The Guardian (“Not To Be Missed”) and on BBC Radio 4 Extra. They also had their own stage at Eurogamer’s EGX, welcoming over 80,000 people to the event over its four day run at Earls’ Court.

In 2016, Steve and Rob have already broken the Guinness World Record for “Most People Playing A Single Game of Pong” (286 people, the previous record was 251), and Go 8-Bit is now a television show hosted by Dara O’Briain. Steve’s a Team Captain, Rob did all the technical stuff, and it’s on your TV right now, on the channel ‘Dave’.

Warning: You need to bring a charged smartphone – you will play along with the entire show on it.