Cheatstationer. Intel recently announced its plan to hold a competitive eSports competition at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics in February 2018.
The good news for this eSports lover manages to materialize as part of Intel's partnership with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), where the company will provide two different gaming experiences in the sporting event held in South Korea.
Coming to the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, Intel will hold an Extreme Masters (ETS) PyeongChang Intel Extreme Masters tournament which will feature StarCraft II games.
Intel will also hold a separate exhibition featuring an action-sports action game from Ubisoft, "Steep Road to the Olympics," which is the official game for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics.
Known, Intel Extreme Masters PyeongChang is an extension of the IEM competition held in partnership with ESL-the largest eSports company.
The plan, this competition will be open to any player, at any level through the qualifying round held online in November 2017, according to Intel's official statement on Thursday (11/16/2017).
Not only held online, the qualifying round will also take place in Beijing in December 2017, where the top two qualifying participants from China will compete against each other in PyeongChang.
"Intel has fully supported the development of eSports for over a decade and our goal is to bring eSports into an exciting spectacle on the global sports stage," said Gregory Bryant, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Client Computing Group at Intel Corporation.
Variety of Game Ready to Liven Up PyeongChang Olympic Games
As mentioned earlier, fans and Olympic participants will have the opportunity to compete to be the best in an exhibition featuring "Steep Road to the Olympics".
Timo Lumme, Managing Director of IOC Television and Marketing Services said, "We are proud to have Intel as a Worldwide Top Partner who will bring this competition to PyeongChang ahead of the 2018 Winter Olympics."
He added, "This is the beginning of a fun future and we are interested to see how this experience will be played."
The implementation of eSports at the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics was also greeted with joy by Ubisoft game developers.
Geoffroy Sardin, Vice President of Sales and Marketing Ubisoft said, "We are proud to be part of the eSports exhibition to welcome the Winter Olympics which will give the public more ways to engage with the sport they love."
Known, Ubisoft has developed the game Steep Road to the Olympics specifically for this Olympic event. "We can not wait for fans to play and compete in our new game," he said.
The role of StarCraft and ESL
Many gamers today do not know the game made by Blizzard Entertainment, StarCraft, has a big role on the embryo of eSports in the world.
Mike Morhaime, CEO and co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment said, "The StarCraft series has played an important role in the development of eSports, and is proud of some StarCraft II players will help lead this game."
Just for information, Intel and ESL, are the two companies that lead the fastest growing eSports worldwide. Both will collaborate to facilitate all eSports-related events at the 2018 PyeongChin Olympics.
"As one of the fastest growing media and entertainment, we are honored to push the eSports industry further by facilitating the Intel Extreme Masters tournament in PyeongChang," said Ralf Reichert, CEO of ESL.
ESL is the largest eSports company and has been working with Intel for over 15 years to revive some of the most prestigious eSports tournaments around the world, including Intel Extreme Masters, the longest eSport game in the world.
As a leader in gaming technology, Intel brings gaming devices powered by Intel Core i7 processors, as well as PCs used in IEM broadcasts equipped with cloud back-end infrastructure.
