Propelling the Growth of the Sport
Continuing a 15-year history, Intel is setting the pace as the technology leader in PC gaming and esports experiences — delivering world-class technology that pushes the boundaries of performance and supporting a growing ecosystem of key leagues, brands, and publishers.
Building Amazing Technology for Gaming
Intel is driving innovation for a thriving PC gaming market with technology advancements for the ecosystem of developers, leagues, and players — making the PC the place to play and create now and going forward.
Delivering World-Class Esports Experiences
With a strong history in pro gaming, Intel is well positioned to continue elevating esports experiences for mainstream audiences and key partners, including empowering diversity and inclusion initiatives like the Intel Challenge, AnyKey, and Fair Play Alliance.
Expanding Intel’s Stewardship
Intel continues to enable the esports ecosystem through high-touch partnerships that develop and scale new gaming usages, and with gamer-centric innovations for the PC — across CPU, GPU, and memory — to improve player capabilities and lower costs.
Esports Partnerships
Intel has partnered with the leading esports leagues, brands, and publishers for nearly two decades, delivering end-to-end pro gaming solutions built on world-class technology that bring spectacular events to the world.
Electronic Sports League
Intel is the global technology partner of the Electronic Sports League (ESL), the world’s largest esports network and pioneer of competitive gaming. Founded in 2000, ESL operates high profile, international leagues, and events — all running on Intel.
Intel® Extreme Masters
Started in 2006, Intel® Extreme Masters is the longest-running global esports tour with the world’s best talent.
ESL One
Powered by Intel, ESL One holds events in the world’s biggest stadiums featuring the top players and teams.
ESL CS: GO Pro League
The longest-running CS:GO league, with the best teams from Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific, and South America, is supported by Intel.
Intel® Grand Slam
The Intel® Grand Slam awards $1 million USD to the first team that wins four eligible CS:GO tournaments in a span of 10 events.
ESL National Championships
Intel supports local esports around the world through the ESL National Championships, encompassing many games and countries.
DreamHack Masters
Brings 16 of the best teams in the game Counter-Strike: Global Offensive together for a large-scale tournament.
DreamHack Open
A circuit for aspiring Counter-Strike: Global Offensive teams to prove themselves as world-class teams.
Intel Inspires: Future Gaming Stars
Intel Inspires, provides unprecedented opportunities for the next generation of gamers in Fortnite, League of Legends, and Rocket League.
Each player will have exposure to colleges, universities and industry professionals. The connections forged at Intel Inspires may lead to valuable industry relationships and to university and college scholarships.
Tencent League of Legends Pro League1
Since its founding in 2013, the LPL* has been the premier League of Legends* competition in China. Powered by Intel, the league delivers world-class esports experiences to players and fans around the world.
PUBG Global Invitational.S
PGI.S is an 8-week esports festival where the players from around the world can come together and compete for a massive $3.5 million dollar prize pool. ‘S’ stands for lots of things- The ‘S’ is ‘Survival’, the core of what makes Battle Royale. It also represents the new ‘Series’ format of PGI. It’s ‘Supremacy’, it’s ‘Showmanship’, it’s a global ‘Showdown’. This world-class esports league is presented by Intel.
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