from $12 / hour
PC Battle Stations
60 rigs · RTX-class GPUs · 240Hz
Sixty identical stations with current-gen GPUs, 240Hz displays and mechanical decks. Cloud saves for Steam, Riot and Battle.net so you spawn straight into your library.
Collingwood · Melbourne
Forge Your Legend
Melbourne’s premium battle arena on Smith Street — 60 high-spec stations, VR combat rooms and weekly tournaments.
Our Story
Built by players, for players
PrimeBattleForge opened its roller doors on Smith Street in 2019, turning a former Collingwood print warehouse into a 700m² competitive gaming floor. What started as a handful of LAN rigs is now Melbourne’s busiest esports lounge, hosting everything from casual Friday squads to VIC state qualifiers.
Every station runs current-gen GPUs on a 10Gbps fibre backbone with sub-5ms local latency, so the only thing between you and the podium is your own reaction time. Our floor crew are all ranked players who can tune your loadout, reset a bracket, or pour you a thickshake between rounds.
60
Battle stations
240Hz
Match displays
48
Tournaments a year
How It Works
From queue to podium
Four steps from walking in off Smith Street to lifting the bracket.
- 01
Book your slot
Reserve a station online or drop in. Hourly play from $12, all-day passes $55, and squad rooms for six from $180.
- 02
Gear up
Bring your own peripherals or borrow tournament-grade mice, keyboards and headsets from the counter at no extra cost.
- 03
Get in the fight
Warm up in open queue, join a ladder, or enter a coached scrim. Our staff will match you with players at your rank.
- 04
Climb the ranks
Log your wins on the Forge leaderboard, earn seasonal patches, and qualify for our monthly $2,000 prize-pool finals.
The Arenas
Pick your battlefield
Purpose-built rooms for every kind of player.
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from $10 / hour
Console Arena
PS5 & Series X · couch co-op
Twelve big-screen booths loaded with PS5 and Xbox Series X, sofas built for four, and a shelf of couch classics for fight-night blowouts and FIFA grudge matches.
from $28 / 30 min
VR Combat Rooms
Wireless headsets · 4m x 4m arenas
Two wireless free-roam arenas with room-scale tracking. Squad up for co-op shooters or go head-to-head in melee brawlers — first-timers get a five-minute guided calibration.
Reviews
What the Forge faithful say
Real players, real brackets, real thickshakes.
“Booked a squad room for six and the latency was flawless all night. Staff reset our Valorant custom in seconds and even sorted a birthday shake. Best LAN in Melbourne, hands down.”
“Came in ranked Gold and left Diamond after three coaching scrims. The coach actually reviewed my demos frame by frame. Worth every dollar of the pass.”
“The VR combat rooms are unreal — proper free-roam, no wires catching your feet. My kids didn’t want to leave and neither did I. We’re back every second Saturday now.”
“Entered the monthly Tekken bracket on a whim and made it to the semis. Slick setup, clear seeding, and the crowd on Smith Street gets loud. Already registered for next month.”
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Contact
Drop in or drop us a line
Find us on Smith Street in Collingwood, a two-minute walk from the tram.
Phone
Address
102 Smith Street, Collingwood VIC 3066
Email
Opening hours
- Mon – Thu: 10:00 – 23:00
- Fri – Sat: 10:00 – 02:00
- Sun: 11:00 – 22:00