Acer Named Official Partner of Red Bull Kumite 2017

PARIS, May 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Acer (TWSE: 2353, LSE: ACID) has been named Official Partner of the Red Bull Kumite 2017 international fighting games competition, where the world's top Street Fighter V players will go head-to-head on Acer's battle-tested Predator XB271HK monitors. Acer brings exceptional gaming experience to the third edition of the Red Bull Kumite taking place on the weekend of May 27^th and 28^th at the Salle Wagram in Paris.

The two finalists of the open qualifier tournament, taking place on Saturday, May 27, will join 14 of the world's best Street Fighter V players to battle it out in the ring on Sunday, May 28 in a double elimination bracket tournament.

At the end of weekend, the champion will be awarded the grand prize, Acer's new Predator 21 X, the world's first notebook with a curved screen and integrated eye-tracking technology (valued at EUR 9,999). The Predator 21 X features the latest 7^th Generation Intel^® Core^™ processors, five AeroBlade^™ 3D metal cooling fans and dual NVIDIA^® GeForce^® GTX 1080 GPUs in SLI for unmatched graphics performance.

Official Monitor of Red Bull Kumite 2017: Predator XB271HK

Predator gaming monitors have earned countless industry awards, which is a testament to Acer's expertise, passion and relentless pursuit of game-changing innovation. The Predator XB271H sports a brilliant 27-inch Ultra HD (3840 x 2160) display featuring NVIDIA^® G-SYNC^™ and a quick 4 ms response for rendering fast-moving action and dramatic transitions without smearing or ghosting.

About Acer

Established in 1976, Acer is a hardware + software + services company dedicated to the research, design, marketing, sale, and support of innovative products that enhance people's lives. Acer's product offerings include PCs, displays, projectors, servers, tablets, smartphones and wearables. It is also developing cloud solutions to bring together the Internet of Things. Acer celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2016 and is one of the world's top 5 PC companies. It employs 7,000 people worldwide and has a presence in over 160 countries. Please visit www.acer.com for more information.

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