BenQ leads Gamers on a journey to e-Sports victory

Singapore, November 22nd, 2012 – The world’s leading gamers participating in the Intel Extreme Masters Season 7 which kicks off in Singapore have paid tribute to BenQ’s ultimate weapon, the XL2420T Gaming Monitor – nominating it the monitor of choice for professional gamers worldwide.

The Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) tournament attracts world-class contenders each vying for the chance to add the ultimate title to their belt, and thanks to BenQ’s continued sponsorship of this premiere event, each will have the advantage of using the world’s most sophisticated monitor which BenQ designed with input from world renowned e-Sports players.

BenQ are dedicating significant R&D to providing gamers with a superior experience. Fast becoming the brand synonymous with gaming victory, BenQ monitors are designed to enhance performance. The response from both professional gamers and FPS/RTS game enthusiasts to the XL2420T is that the monitor is now the preferred model used at many of the world’s e-Sports tournaments, including the Intel Extreme Masters event for 2012/2013.

BenQ’s focus on the hard core gaming market in recent years has allowed them to bring to market XL series monitors, satisfying the needs of e-Sports gamers, and an additional range of gaming monitors - the RL series, which offer a more affordable choice appealing to Real Time Strategy gamers.

BenQ is actively involved in world-wide gaming events – both the XL and RL series are the official monitors for many world-class gaming tournaments including Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) worldwide, Major League Gaming (MLG) in the States, and Asia e-Sports Cup at Tokyo Game Show in Japan.

Besides tournaments, BenQ also sponsors world-class gaming leagues/gamers including M5.BenQ from Russia, Grubby from the Netherlands, ELS from the States, Team Immunity from Australia and Mineski from the Philippines. Due to its renowned reputation, the XL2420T is also a feature in many tier-one gaming cafes, Inferno in Sweden while RL series are widely used in ASEAN countries. In Thailand, for instance, thousands of RL2240H monitors are used in 150 branches of D-Sports Games, while RL2450H monitors in 16 branches of Mineski Infinite in the Philippines.

The Extreme Masters Games now in its seventh season kicks off in Singapore from the 22-24 November, where BenQ will be showcasing more than 130 XL2420T tournament-grade professional gaming monitors. BenQ Ambassador, Manuel “Grubby” Schenkhuizen will be making a special appearance at the event, providing gaming hints and tips with the assistance of BenQ’s monitors.

BenQ supports the athletic spirit of e-Sports through continuous engagement with various gaming communities, and through this involvement the brand will continue to provide user-friendly gaming monitors to an increasing number of gaming enthusiasts across the globe.

BenQ will be giving away the ultimate gaming monitor, the XL2420T at IEM, and will have representatives, BenQ Techies, to demonstrate to gamers how the monitor can be fully utilized to enhance gaming performance. They are also available to answer anything asked of them relating to BenQ’s monitors.

For further information on the full line up of BenQ Gaming Monitors please visit https://Gaming.BenQ.com

Additional information on the Intel Extreme Masters Season 2012/2013 is available at www.intelextrememasters.com