Intel Extreme Masters

Cologne, January 18, 2011 – Electronic Sports League (ESL), the leading eSports league in Europe, presents the Intel Extreme Masters V European Championship, the continental finals of the global league of the video game champions. The event will be held on January 20 - 23 at Kiev Cyber Sport Arena, the biggest eSports venue in Europe. The best professional gamers of the old continent will fight for their share of 79,000 US Dollars, a piece of the total prize purse in the fifth season – 400,000 US Dollars. In addition, top teams and players will receive the right to compete in the Intel Extreme Masters V World Championship which will be held at CeBIT in Hanover, March 2011. The main disciplines of the competition will be Counter-Strike 1.6, Quake Live and Starcraft 2 - the most anticipated computer game of the last years.

Intel Extreme Masters V European Championship

Intel Extreme Masters, one of the most prominent international tournaments, is at the end of its fifth season. The best gamers from all over the world compete for the World Champion title and their share of 400,000 US Dollar – the highest prize purse in an international eSports league. The Intel Extreme Masters European Championship, among other continental finals, gives the opportunity to qualify for the grand final of the tournament held this March in Germany. Among the contenders to the title are the best professional gamers of the globe.

The participants of the Intel Extreme Masters V European Championship:

Starcraft 2:

Tim ‘ merz’ Olsson (SWE)

Oleksiy ’White - Ra’ Krupnyk (UKR)

Santeri ’Naama' Lahtinen (FIN)

Benjamin ‘ DeMusliM’ Baker (UK)

Tomasz ‘ Tarson’ Boron (POL)

Jeffrey ‘ Sjow‘ Brusi (SWE)

Pierre ’SarenS’ Guivarch (FRA)

Tomas ‘ PredY’ Pospisil (CZE)

Sasha ‘ GoOdy’ Lupp (GER)

Carlo ‘ ClouD’ Giannacco (ITA)

Quake Live:

Kevin ‘ Strenx’ Baeza (FRA)

Dan ‘ zsx‘ Sanders (UK)

Maciej ‘ av3k‘ Krzykowski (POL)

Sebastian ‘ Spart1e’ Siira (SWE)

Michael ‘ madix’ Hindersson (SWE)

Anton ‘ Cooller’ Singov (RUS)

Alexey ‘ Cypher‘ Yanushevsky (BLR)

Pelle ‘ fazz‘ Söderman (SWE)

Alexandre ‘ GoHLinK’ Fouchet (FRA)

Robert ‘ tox1c‘ Kopczynski (POL)

SK Gaming (SWE)

mTw (DEN)

mousesports (GER)

MeetYourMakers (RUS)

eSahara (FRA)

Lions (NOR)

Natus Vincere (UKR)

Alternate (GER)

forZe (RUS)

Copenhagen Wolves (DEN)

Kiev Cyber Sport Arena will be the scene of the battle for Europe’s best e-athletes this year. It is the most modern gaming center in the world, as well as the most suited for eSports. Equipped with 200 high-end PCs based on the Intel Core technology, it features an in-built stage and seating area which effectively make Arena an eSports Colloseum. ESL TV, ESL’s web-TV service, will report live from the venue throughout the entire show. At www.esl.tv all eSports fans can follow the action in Kiev Cyber Sport Arena in Ukraine from home.

Intel Extreme Masters

Intel® Extreme Masters is the global league of eSports champions since 2006. The league arranges the hardest and most popular competitions in Counter-Strike, StarCraft 2 and QuakeLive. eSports champions from Europe, Asia and America struggle for $400,000 in prize money - the most lucrative prize purse globally. Live tournaments at the worlds largest IT- and Gaming conventions feature the top performers of the season - global stars in eSports. The fifth season will have its exciting final in Germany in 2011, finding the top teams and players in the Intel® Extreme Masters World Championship.The IPTV station ESL TV presents the best games of the season live and reports directly from the offline events.

Further information is available at: www.intelextrememasters.com

Intel Corporation

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), the world leader in silicon innovation, develops technologies, products and initiatives to continually advance how people work and live. Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom and blogs.intel.com

Turtle Entertainment GmbH

Turtle Entertainment was founded in 2000. The company quickly grew to be the European leader in the sector of electronic sports (eSports). The Electronic Sports League (ESL), operated by Turtle Entertainment, is active in 37 different countries worldwide. The league portal www.esl.eu reaches above ten million visits a month generated by more than 2,7 million registered users. Turtle Entertainment broadcasts ESL events ESL TV, web-TV service, since 2007. The headquarter has 140 employees and is located in Cologne, Germany. Turtle Entertainment owns the majority of the Chinese eSports league PGL (Pro Gamer League) since 2007. Important business partners of Turtle Entertainment are global corporations such as Intel, Alienware, ASUS, adidas, Volkswagen, Nokia, Trend Micro, Sennheiser, Windows 7, Sidewinder, SteelSeries and gamed.de.

Further information is available at www.turtle-entertainment.com

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All links at a glance:

- This Press Release as PDF at: www.turtle-entertainment.com/Dateien/PM_IEM5_Highlights_Kiev_EN_.pdf

- Further information about the Intel Extreme Masters European Championship at: www.esl-world.net/masters/season5/kiev/

- Further information about the Intel Extreme Masters at www.intelextrememasters.com

- IntelExtreme Masters YouTube-Channel: www.youtube.com/IntelExtremeMasters

- Photos from the Intel Extreme Masters Events at: www.flickr.com/photos/eslphotos/collections/72157621757398398/

- Further information about Electronic Sports League at www.esl.eu

- Further information about Turtle Entertainment at: www.turtle-entertainment.com

- Company Trailer Turtle Entertainment GmbH (browser flash movie): http://files.turtle-entertainment.de/video/eslpromo.html

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Contact:

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