Sydney, Australia: September, 2011 – BenQ, an internationally renowned provider of digital lifestyle innovations and LED monitor expert, has announced its expanded presence as the official gaming monitor sponsor of the ESL Intel Extreme Masters season 2011/12.
The move follows BenQ’s co-operation with the Electronic Sports League (ESL) at gamescom 2011 in August this year. gamescom 2011 was the first stop of the global league of video game champions held from August 2011 to March 2012 in Europe, Asia and America.
As the official gaming monitor sponsor of the league in season 2011/12, BenQ will supply over 600 professional gaming monitors for all the competition arenas and experience booths, featuring its 2011 RTS hit, the RL Series, and the world-leading FPS flagship model, the XL Series.
For participating athletes and visitors in the next stop of the Intel Extreme Masters, the Guangzhou Global Challenge at Ani-Com & Games in China, they will be the privileged few to experience for the first time BenQ’s powerful new tool launched this year in both series – the Black eQualizer. Co-developed by STARTALE, a world-renowned StarCraft II team, this exclusively designed colourengine technology answers gamers’ demand for information collection and immediate response with total visibility and command.
The sponsorship deal was formed as the result of BenQ’s commitment to developing cutting-edge professional gaming monitors. While holding a strong belief that gaming is in the details, BenQ strives to push its R&D efforts beyond limits to deliver an unprecedented level of control, accuracy and enjoyment to all professional gamers and gaming enthusiasts.
The collaboration with top-tier professional gamers from STARTALE and Counter-Strike legends, Emil “HeatoN” Christensen and Abdisamad “SpawN” Mohamed from ZOWIE GEAR, certainly made magic happen with the creation of the most empowering features that signature the XL and RL Series, including the Black eQualizer, S Switch, Display Mode and Smart Scaling.
BenQ said the sponsorship provided them with the opportunity to show support to the gaming community and contribute to the tournament with professional gaming monitors. The XL and RL Series are both built exclusively with the latest display technologies to meet the demands of eSports tournaments as well as participating athletes.
Following each stop of the Intel Extreme Masters, China-USA-Ukraine-Brazil-Germany, BenQ will amaze each participant with its feature-rich 2011 flagship model for FPS gaming, the XL2420T, and the ultra-refined RL2450HT for RTS gaming.
For further information visit
www.BenQ.com.au or call (02) 8988 6500.
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