Esl Faceit Group Intel renewed its long-term partnership to support the Premier Counter-Stir Esports competition all over the world.
The new multi -year new deal will continue to work with ESL for ESL Tour and IEM, which was the cornerstone of the emailing email scene. When the renewed contract begins in January 2025, EFG and Intel will be 24 -year -old partners, and its date dates back to how long the ESL was a separate entity. I think the deal, despite the weakness of Intel, is another sign that the electronic winter has ended.
Since that time, the Intel Extreme Masters events have attracted more than two billion hours, with LAN events on five continents and more than $ 27 million of prize money distributed. In 2024 alone, IEM broadcast was 162 million hours and watched about 160,000 attendees. She attended an anti-electronic sport event last year in Cologne, Germany-the 13,000-year-old crowd was deaf to the call to prayer.
“Intel was a strong supporter of competitive games since the nineties, and ESL and EFG have been essential partners in supporting the e -sports community in the course of Contracts. statement. “Through this new multi -year agreement with EFG, Intel® continues its commitment to the development of the industry, providing competitive opportunities, and supporting players with the leading Intel products in this field.”
The Grand Intel Extreme MasterMice Katowice renewal, which brought 24 of the world’s best anti -team to Spodek Arena, was announced to face $ 1,250,000 million prizes and win the race to secure one million Intel Grand Slam V.
In 2024, the partners were placed at the IEM 100 event ever with the most exhibited IEM Dallas Championship, where I watched 22.3 million hours of monitoring and climax viewing more than 1.8 million worldwide as the long EspORTS Championship celebrated the inimeter Mazer. Last year, IEM events in Cologne, Germany; Dallas and Katowice, Poland was fully sold in squares packed in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil and Chengdu, China.
“This is more than just a renewal, it is a strategic partnership that embodies the type of cooperation that we appreciate more than others,” Rodrigo Samuel, EFG chief official in EFG. “Over time, INTEL has become the most respectable brand in electronic sports because it was with us, and building this industry from a thousand to Z. You cannot simply touch the proportions that INTEL gained with e -gaming and societies. We are excited together to continue to provide unparalleled experiences and celebrate heroes IEM for years to come.
“Since joining the forces 20 years ago, ESL Faceit Group and Intel have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in an industry now one billion dollars, as it has established many prestigious electronic sports courses in the world and put the standard for the stadium’s events,” said Veiser. The director of the Partners Department at EFG, in a statement. “From supporting popular championships for years to only permanent squares, this partnership played a decisive role in bringing electronic sports to the main current.”