Sydney, Australia, August 2012: The BenQ XL2420T will be the monitor used by the world’s most respected gamers at the Intel Extreme Masters Tournament for the second consecutive season, with BenQ extending their sponsorship of this major international gaming event.
The Intel Extreme Games is organised by the Electronic Sports League and takes place in Europe, Asia and the Americas. BenQ is the first monitor sponsor in Intel Extreme Masters history.
Said Chee F. Chung, general manager of BenQ Australia, “Over 600 high-performance, tournament-grade XL2420T professional gaming monitors will be used by the world’s best gamers to compete for their titles from the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne event at gamescom 2012 trade show in Germany on August 15-19 until March 2013 when the Intel Extreme Masters World Championship will take place.”
BenQ’s XL and RL series monitors are recognised as the official training monitors for worldwide professional gaming teams. They are also the appointed tournament monitors of ESL Pro Series Poland, Major league Gaming and ESEA, as well as the partners of the world’s most esteemed cybercafés, including Sweden’s Inferno Online, which holds the record for being the biggest cybercafé in the world.
As part of their sponsorship BenQ have provided the event with a professional tournament crew to assist gamers at each stop of the tour. The crew will assist gamers personalise the calibration setting of their tournament monitors and familiarise them with all the monitor features to bring out the best in their gameplay performances.
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Prepared on behalf of BenQ Australia by FYI Public Relations – for further information call Toni Ruhle on M: 0413 721 290 or E: fyi@optusnet.com.au About BenQ Corporation BenQ Corporation, a leading provider of networked digital lifestyle devices, is a multi-faceted company with strengths in product design, visual technology and mobile technology. BenQ offers unrivalled breadth and depth of products and integrated technologies across platforms through the brand promise of “Bringing Enjoyment and Quality to Life,” including digital projector, LCD monitors, laptop PCs, Netbooks, All-in-One PCs, LCD displays, digital cameras, storage devices, mobile phones, storage media and human interface devices such as mice and keyboards. 2008 revenues of BenQ Corporation exceeded US$1.54 billion.
About BenQ Group The BenQ Group is currently comprised of 12 companies that operate independently while sharing resources and leveraging synergies among them. The BenQ Group companies include BenQ Corporation, AU Optronics Corporation (world’s top 3 manufacturers of large-size TFT-LCD panels), Qisda Corporation, Darfon Electronics Corporation, Daxon Technology Inc., Daxin Materials Corp., BenQ Guru Software Co., BenQ Hospital, Darwin Precisions, Ltd, Raydium Semiconductor Corporation, Cando Corporation and Wellypower Co., Ltd. 2008 revenues of BenQ Group exceeded US$19 billion dollars.
