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Esports tournament organiser ESL Faceit Group (EFG) has today announced Acer as its Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) partner throughout EFG’s main Counter-Strike ecosystem, the ESL Pro Tour.
This includes EFG’s flagship tournaments, pro circuits and amateur scenes for 2025.
EFG and Acer’s collaboration extends to several tiers of competitive play, including ESL Challenger League, ESL Pro League, and Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) tournaments.
EFG and Acer will celebrate the deal during IEM Katowice on February 7th to 9th 2025, with ‘a hands-on, immersive activation alongside a product announcement’ at one of the biggest Counter-Strike 2 events of the year.
Beyond IEM Katowice, Predator gaming products will also be featured at both online and offline EFG competitions and on-broadcast in multiple languages.
Bastian Veiser, Director of Partner Management at EFG, said:
“Our partnership with Acer arms top Counter-Strike competitors with the industry-leading technology they need to play at their best.”
Bastian Veiser, ESL Faceit Group
“This comprehensive collaboration provides year-round access to top-of-the-line gear that will empower not only the pinnacle of competition, but also rising talent, for years to come.”
“The esports audience is at the heart of our Predator product line, and EFG offers unprecedented access to these dedicated fans through its premier events, both in-person and online,” added Vincent Lin, Associate Vice President of Global Product Marketing and Planning at Acer Inc.
“Counter-Strike esports presents a unique opportunity to connect with one of the longest-standing competitive titles and a vast fan base seeking the precision, intensity, and performance that our Predator gaming technology delivers.”
The news comes ahead of the Intel Extreme Masters 2025 playoffs at the Spodek Arena in Poland, with Predator Gaming on board as the event’s official hardware partner.
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Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
