UPDATE - due to the difficult conditions people are experiencing in 2020, we've decided to extend the deadline from:
October 2nd, 5PM PST
to
December 4, 2020, 04:59 PM PST

All other relevant dates will shift proportionally - see full terms and conditions at the bottom for details.

We hope you all find this extension helpful with your gaming projects!
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Dear Game Developers,

We know this year has been difficult, for many of us. We sincerely hope you and yours are able to keep healthy and safe. But we want to do more than offer you good wishes. To make your life a little easier, we are announcing our “Summer of BOOST” program this year. The process is pretty simple and straight forward:

• Either have a game on DevMesh or add your game to DevMesh
• Join our Summer of Testing Group: https://devmesh.intel.com/groups/2981
• Add your game to that group

The criteria for games selected is also fairly simple:

• Must be a Windows-based PC game (no mobile, Linux, etc. games)
• Game must be finished because if you are selected, you will need to send us a build or keys so we can test it
• Game must be “brand safe” – nothing promoting bigotry, hate, or have strong sexual content

From there, we will split all the games submitted into 2 categories:

• The first 25 games submitted, that meet the above criteria, will be tested
• A second group of 25 games will be tested that we select from the others submitted

In total, we will test 50 games, through our third-party testing labs, FOR FREE, and let you know the results. There is no guarantee that if your game is selected to be tested that it will pass, but if it does not, we will let you know the results. For your information, here are the technical specifications of the systems that will be testing your game:

Intel® Core™ i7-1065G7 Processor:

• Base Freq: 1.30GHz | Max Freq: 3.90GHz
• Intel® Graphics Technology Intel® Iris® Plus Graphics
  • Base Freq: 300MHz | Max Freq: 1.10GHz
• RAM 2x8GB 3733MHz LPDDR4, Dual Channels
• OEM System: Dell XPS 13 7390 2 in 1
• OEM Link: http://www.dell.com/
• Reference World of Tanks* enCore Score: 8441
• Minimum Recommended Resolution: 1920x1080

This program will start on August 3rd at 9AM PST and end on October 2nd, 5PM PST. No entries attached to the group will be considered after the deadline. If your game is selected, you will be contacted, by the email address you have in your DevMesh profile, so please make sure it is the best email to reach you. By submitted to this process, you agreed to be contacted by Intel for the purposes of this program. Any games selected that do not respond to our email within 10 business days, then we will select another game to be tested so that we can get through all 50 in a timely manner.
We hope to see a lot of amazing games submitted and we hope this new program makes this year a little bit better for you, our valued Game Dev community. If you have any questions, please submit them in the comments below – Thanks!

Full Terms & Conditions below:

“Summer of BOOST” Giveaway and Sweepstakes (“Promotion”)
OFFICIAL RULES

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID TO RESIDENTS OF NEW YORK AND FLORIDA. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED AND IN CUBA, IRAN, THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF NORTH KOREA, SUDAN, SYRIA, CRIMEA, AND VENEZUELA.

Sponsor and Administrator: Intel Corporation (collectively “Sponsor” or “Intel”), located at 2200 Mission College Blvd. Santa Clara, CA. 95054.

DATES OF PROMOTION: Begins 09:00 a.m. Pacific Time ("PT") on August 3, 2020 and ends at 04:59: p.m. PT on December 4, 2020. ("Promotion Period"). Sponsor’s clock is the official clock of the Promotion. All Entrants (defined below) must have access to the Internet in order to enter. Normal Internet, phone and usage charges imposed by your online or phone service provider may apply.

ELIGIBILITY: Open only to persons who are at least eighteen (18) years of age or who are the age of majority in his/her jurisdiction at the time of entry. Employees of Sponsor or its parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, distributors, advertising and promotion agencies, other vendors or independent contractors providing services to Sponsor in connection with the Promotion, and members of the immediate family (defined as spouse, parent, sibling, child and respective spouses regardless of where they reside) and/or those living in the same household of such employees are NOT ELIGIBLE to enter. Sponsor is committed to compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, policies and ethics rules. This notice is intended to ensure that your participation in this Promotion will not violate any such laws, regulations, policies or rules. Intel seeks no promises or favoritism for itself or any of its affiliates in exchange for the opportunity to participate in the Promotion. By entering the Promotion, (i) you agree that your participation in the Promotion – including your acceptance of any potential gift or prize (collectively “Prize”) – will not violate any law, regulation, policy or rule of your country, state or government agency; (ii) you certify that any potential Prize is not in exchange for an agreement to influence a recent, pending or anticipated act or decision that may result in Intel obtaining or retaining business or a business advantage; and (iii) you indicate your full and unconditional agreement to, and acceptance of, these Official Rules and the decision of the Sponsor, which are final and binding in all respects. Winning a Prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.

HOW TO ENTER: ONLY ONE ENTRY PER PERSON. By entering this Promotion, you are confirming you are an adult 18 years or older or the age of majority in your jurisdiction and you agree to share your personal information with Intel to use for this business request. You also agree to subscribe to stay connected to the latest Intel technologies and industry trends by email and telephone. You may unsubscribe at any time. Intel’s web sites and communications are subject to our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use available at https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/privacy/intel-privacy-notice.html and https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/legal/terms-of-use.html, respectively.

During the Promotion Period, you must either have a game on DevMesh or add your game to DevMesh, join Intel’s Summer of BOOST Group at https://devmesh.intel.com/groups/2981, and add your game to the Summer of BOOST Group. The game you have or add to DevMesh must be:

• A Windows-based PC game (Mobile, Linux or similar are not acceptable);
• Complete; and
• “Brand Safe” – i.e. not defame or libel anyone or any entity, promote bigotry, hate, or have any explicit or strong sexual content.

All submissions will be split into 2 categories:
Category 1: First 25 games submitted that meet the above participation requirements.
Category 2: 25 randomly selected games from all remaining submissions.
Total number of games tested: 50.

Entry in this Promotion does not constitute entry into any other promotion. The time stamp on the above entry methods will determine whether the entry is received during the Promotion Period. Sponsor is not responsible for changes to your Internet connection or its function that may interfere with the Promotion or the ability of Entrant to timely enter.

Neither Sponsor nor any other Promotion Entities are responsible for any entry that is lost, late, misdirected or undeliverable, whether due to system errors, omissions, interruption, deletions, defects, delay in operations or transmissions or any other reason, theft or destruction or failures, faulty transmissions or other telecommunications malfunctions, entries not received resulting from any hardware or software failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, failed, incomplete or garbled computer or telephone transmissions, typographical or system errors and failures, faulty transmissions, technical malfunctions, or otherwise.

In the event of a dispute regarding the identity of the person submitting an entry, the entry will be deemed submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of entry. The authorized account holder is the natural person who is assigned to the e-mail address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider, or other organization that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses, or the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. Potential winners may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder.

Any attempt by an Entrant to obtain more than the allowable number of entries by using multiple/different email addresses, Accounts, identities, registrations, logins, and/or any other methods, including, but not limited to, automated entry, will void all of that Entrant’s entries and that Entrant may be disqualified from the Promotion. Multiple Entrants are not permitted to share the same email address or Accounts. Neither the Sponsor nor any Promotion Entity will verify receipt of entries for Entrants. All entries submitted become the sole property of Sponsor and will not be returned.

Gift or Prize: Free Runs Great with Intel® Iris™ Graphics (RGI) certification testing of fifty (50) games (“Prize” or “Prizes”), through our third-party testing lab, GlobalStep, LLC, with the results submitted to each entrant. If selected, when contacted, you will need to provide a build, key, or some other method of running your game. There is no guarantee that if your game is selected to be tested that it will receive RGI certification, but if it does not, we will let you know the results. For your information, here are the technical specifications of the systems that will be testing your game:

Intel® Core™ i7-1065G7 Processor:

• Base Freq: 1.30GHz | Max Freq: 3.90GHz
• Intel® Graphics Technology Intel® Iris® Plus Graphics
  • Base Freq: 300MHz | Max Freq: 1.10GHz
• RAM 2x8GB 3733MHz LPDDR4, Dual Channels
• OEM System: Dell XPS 13 7390 2 in 1
• OEM Link: http://www.dell.com/
• Reference World of Tanks* enCore Score: 8441
• Minimum Recommended Resolution: 1920x1080

Additional Conditions of Entry
• Submission must be an original video game created by entrant.
• Submission must not, in the sole judgment of Sponsor or Administrator, infringe on the intellectual property rights of any third party, including but not limited to, copyrights or trademarks owned by others.
• Submission must not communicate messages inconsistent with the messages, policies, and/or goodwill with which the Sponsor wishes to associate, as determined in the sole discretion of the Sponsor.
• Content submitted cannot contain material or any element that is unlawful, or otherwise violate any applicable federal, state, and/or local laws, rules, treaty or regulations.
• Submission must not contain confidential/trade secrets or proprietary information or violate the terms of Entrant’s employment.
• By entering, Entrant represents and warrants that (i) he/she has obtained all of the necessary rights, licenses, and permissions from any person who may have helped or participated in the creation of the submission; (ii) that the Entrant has the right/permission to agree to these Official Rules and to grant the rights referred to in these Official Rules (free from any encumbrances and/or third-party rights); (iii) that the Entry conforms to these Official Rules, the requirements of the Contest Site and is not subject to any third party agreement(s); and (iv) that the Sponsor or its agencies or third-party testing labs will not be required to pay or incur any sums to any person or entity, including without limitation, any copyright collecting societies or holders of copyrights, neighboring rights, or moral rights, or to persons representing such, as a result of Sponsor’s (or it’s agent’s) use or exploitation of entry materials or rights therein.
• By entering, Entrant expressly grants Sponsor rights to use the submission in marketing and promotion.
• By entering, Entrants acknowledge compliance with these Official Rules including all Conditions of Entry.

DRAWING/ODDS FOR CATEGORY 2: On December 11, 2020, twenty-five (25) winners will be selected at random from among all eligible entries, other than the Category 1 entries, received during the Promotion Period. Odds of winning depend upon the total number of eligible entries, excluding the Category 1 entries, received during the Promotion Period. The random drawing will be conducted by a Sponsor representative, whose decisions are based on its sole discretion and interpretation of these Official Rules, and are final and binding in all respects.

PRIZE VALUES: Approximate Retail Value: per Prize is $400.00 United States Dollars. Limit one (1) Prize per person. May not be used with any other promotion. Prizes are not redeemable for cash. The Promotion is valid only during the Promotion Period. Sponsor reserves the right to award a Prize of equal or great value i]f the Prize described in these Rules becomes unavailable for any reason.

Aggregate value of all prizes: $20,000 United States Dollars.

PRIZE RESTRICTIONS: No transfer or substitution of a prize is allowed except at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. Prize Winners are required to comply with any and all applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules and regulations. The value of the Prizes may taxable as income and the Prize Winners are solely responsible for all matters relating to the Prizes, including, but not limited to all applicable federal, state, and local taxes that become due with respect to the Prizes. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value if any part of a Prize becomes unavailable due to reasons beyond the control of the Sponsor. Sponsor will not replace any lost or stolen portion of the Prizes. Except where prohibited by law, the Prize Winners’ entries and acceptances of the Prizes constitute permission for Sponsor or the Promotion Entities to use said Prize Winners’ names, photographs, likenesses, statements, biographical information and voices on a worldwide basis, and in all forms of media, in perpetuity, without further compensation No more than the fifty (50) Game tests, from one of our third-party testing labs, prizes (one per eligible winner) as set forth in these Official Rules will be awarded.

PRIZES NOTIFICATION/CLAIM: Potential Prize Winners will be notified by the Sponsor or Prize Administrator via email by December 18, 2020. In the event the Prize Administrator cannot reach a potential Prize Winner via the Notification, the potential Prize Winner does not respond by the date indicated within the Notification, or if it is determined by the Prize Administrator or Sponsor, in their sole discretion, that a potential Prize Winner is not eligible in accordance with these Official Rules, he/she will be disqualified (without compensation of any kind) and an alternate Prize Winner will be selected from among all remaining eligible entries received during the Promotion Period, and he/she will be notified as outlined above. A total of one (1) Notification attempt will be made to confirm a Prize Winner.

Except where prohibited, a Prize Winner must sign and return to the Prize Administrator, within the date and time indicated in the Notification, an “Affidavit of Eligibility/Liability/Publicity Release” and IRS form W-9 (collectively, the “Required Documents”) in order to claim the Prize. If a potential Prize Winner fails to sign and return the Required Documents within the required time period, the potential Prize Winner forfeits his/her right to the Prize and an alternate Prize Winner will be selected at random from among all remaining eligible entries received during the Promotion Period. The value associated with the Prize is taxable as income and the Prize Winner is solely responsible for any taxes, including, but not limited to all applicable federal, state and local taxes that become due with respect to the value of the Prize. The Sponsor (or third party acting on its behalf) must report the value of the Prize to the Internal Revenue Service in the year the Prize is received by the Prize Winner and will be reported to the Prize Winner and the Internal Revenue Service in the form of a Form 1099. Winners of prizes valued at USD $10 or more who reside outside of the United States must complete IRS Form 1042-S. ** In the event it is deemed during the verification process that the potential Prize Winner does not have a unique, personal and valid social security number for Sponsor (or third party acting on its behalf) to report the tax liability associated with acceptance of the Prize, potential Prize Winner will be disqualified and another Prize Winner will be selected as outlined above. Valid social security numbers will be determined by IRS requirements.** If it is determined by the Sponsor, in its sole discretion, that a potential Prize Winner is not eligible in accordance with these Official Rules, the potential Prize Winner forfeits his/her right to the Prize and an alternate will be selected as outlined above. In the event that a potential Prize Winner is disqualified for any reason, Sponsor shall have no liability or obligation to such individual.

GENERAL RULES OF PARTICIPATION: Promotion is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws. By participating in the Promotion, Entrants agree: [a] to abide by and be bound by these rules and decisions of Sponsor and judges which shall be final in all respects relating to the Promotion, including without limitation the interpretation of these Official Rules; [b] to release, discharge and hold harmless Sponsor, its employees, officers, directors, franchisees, licensees, subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising agencies, promotional agencies and suppliers and any other individual or company involved in the development or execution of the Promotion from any and all injuries, liability, losses, damages, rights, claims and actions of any kind including liability for personal injury or death resulting from their participation in the Promotion or their acceptance, use or misuse of any Prize; and [c] if a Prize Winner, to the use of his/her name, voice, image and/or likenesses for advertising, publicity and promotional purposes by Sponsor or Promotion Entities without further compensation (unless prohibited by law) and to execute specific consent to such use if asked to do so. All Promotion materials are subject to verification and are void if [a] not obtained in accordance with these Official Rules and through legitimate channels; [b] any part is counterfeited, altered, defective, damaged, illegible, reproduced, tampered with, mutilated or irregular in any way; [c] are obtained where prohibited; or [d] are mutilated, altered, copied, hand printed, forged, water damaged, manipulated or tampered with in any way, or which contain any printing, mechanical or typographical errors, will be considered null and void and will not be eligible for a Prize. Sponsors’ liability for defective Promotion materials is limited to replacement while supplies last. Entrants assume all risk of loss, damage, destruction, delay or misdirection of Promotion Materials submitted to Sponsor and / or Prize Administrator. Sponsor, its licensees, subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising agencies, promotional agencies and suppliers and any other individual or company involved in the development or execution of the Promotion and their respective directors, officers, shareholders and employees are not responsible and shall not be liable for printing, distribution or production errors and Sponsor may rescind, cancel or revoke the Promotion based upon any printing, distribution, production or other error without liability at its sole discretion. Sponsor and / or Prize Administrator are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, incorrect, damaged, misdirected, illegible, or postage due requests or claims or any condition caused by events beyond the control of the Sponsor that may cause the Promotion to be disrupted or corrupted. Sponsor may prohibit an Entrant from participating in the Promotion or winning a Prize if, in its sole discretion, it determines that said Entrant is attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Promotion by cheating, deception, or other unfair playing practices or intending to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other Entrants, Sponsor, or Prize Administrator or is in default of any agreement with Sponsor. ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE PROMOTION MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES (INCLUDING ATTORNEY’S FEES) FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW, INCLUDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. If, for any reason whatsoever, the Promotion, in Sponsor’s sole opinion, is not capable of running as planned, including, but not limited to, by reason of tampering, fraud, or any other cause which, in the Sponsor’s sole judgment, corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Promotion Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Promotion, limit entries to those submitted prior to the action taken, and conduct a random drawing from those entries for which only the advertised number of prizes will be selected. Entry information becomes property of Sponsor.

NO LIABILITY: By participating, Entrants agree to release, discharge, indemnify and hold harmless the Sponsor or each and all of the Promotion Entities from and against any claims made any Prize Winner, Entrants, or any other third parties, related in any way to the operation of the Promotion as well as any other claims, damages or liability due to any injuries, damages or losses to any person (including death) or property of any kind resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of any prize or participation in any Promotion-related activity, in the Promotion or any claims based on publicity rights, defamation or invasion of privacy or merchandise delivery.

DISPUTES/CHOICE OF LAW: Subject to the “NO LIABILITY” provision above, except where prohibited, each Entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Promotion or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by state or federal courts situated in the State of Delaware, (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, but in no event attorneys' fees, (3) no punitive, incidental, special, consequential or other damages, including without limitation lost profits may be awarded (collectively, "Special Damages"), and (4) Entrant hereby waives all rights to claim Special Damages and all rights to have such damages multiplied or increased. Delaware law, without reference to Delaware’s choice of law rule, governs the Promotion and all aspects related thereto.

INFORMATION/PRIVACY POLICY: By entering the Promotion, each Entrant consents to the collection, use and distribution of his or her personal information (information that identifies an Entrant as an individual, name, email address, and date of birth) by the Sponsor and Prize Administrator for the purposes of implementing, administering and fulfilling this Promotion and, if consent is given at the time of entry. Promotion Entities will not sell or transmit this information to third parties except for the purposes of administering the Promotion or as permitted or required by law, unless Entrants otherwise agree, in accordance with the Sponsor’s Privacy Policy at: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/privacy/intel-privacy-notice.html. Any inquiry concerning the personal information held by the Sponsor or Prize Administrator should be addressed to Intel Corporation, 2200 Mission College Blvd. Santa Clara, CA 95054.

WINNERS’ LIST REQUEST: To receive a winner’s list, send a self-addressed, stamped (business size) envelope to:
Eric M. Mantion
5000 West Chandler Blvd
Mailstop: CH7-401
Chandler, AZ 85226

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