Intel Announcing Demo Contest Winners in 1 Week

by Marco Chiappetta — Monday, August 27, 2007, 06:30 PM EDT

We've just received word from Intel, that on September 5, they will announce the winners of the 2nd annual Intel Game Demo Contest. Nearly $100,000 in cash and prizes will be awarded in two categories: Best Threaded Game and Best Game on the Go.

The winners of this worldwide contest, with submissions from 29 countries, will be announced right here . Additionally, on September 6, the winning games will be showcased at the Intel booth at the Austin Game Developers Conference and simultaneously during a Second Life event at 9:00 a.m. CDT (7:00 a.m. PDT). To view the demos in Second Life, after you are in-world, message user "Dreamy Intel" to get a Game Geek T-shirt for your avatar and meet us at the Intel Software Network Zone.

Prizes will be awarded to the top five finishers in both categories. The top winner in each category will receive the $10,000 grand prize, plus $5,000 worth of custom artwork to further enhance their games. Other cash prizes, as well as hardware and software packages, will be awarded, in addition to bonus prizes offered by Gateway, Garage Games and Intel Tools Group.

Click here to view the finalists and to learn about the developers and view their creations.

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Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com