Intel helped develop PC-exclusive Avengers graphics improvements
Intel has teamed up with Square Enix's Crystal Dynamics game studio to optimize the graphics for the upcoming Avengers game, specifically for PC players. It's the sort of partnership that usually crops up for graphics card companies like AMD or Nvidia. While Intel wouldn't provide details on numbers, it did confirm that the deal (which includes a two-year commitment to continue to support Avengers) is its biggest gaming deal yet.
Intel - as a company that largely focuses on the CPU, rather than the GPU - may seem like an odd choice as a game company partner for graphics-facing improvements. But the improvements Crystal Dynamics made to Avengers are expressly designed to take advantage of Intel's prowess by optimizing tasks more suited to...