Intel offers Modern Warfare 2 Remastered for free to try out XeSS if you buy an Arc GPU

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Intel has yet to produce a substantial Arc launch in North America and Europe, but that hasn’t stopped its marketing team from putting together a bundle for its eventual launch. Intel Arc GPUs will offer a number of trending features, such as ray tracing and AI image upscaling, and the developers want you to try it out. Early adopters that purchase Intel Arc GPUs in qualifying prebuilt systems will receive a bundle of software, which includes games like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Remastered to try out XeSS at launch.

Intel calls the bundle for pre-built systems and laptops running its latest Arc XeSS-capable hardware the Software Advantage Program. The promotion began in August and runs through December 31. As an incentive for customers to adopt Intel’s latest CPUs and Arc GPUs, it is giving away a mix of games and creative software valued at about $370 USD. It certainly adds value to the proposition of buying Arc but does little to mitigate worries of potential bugs and performance issues.

In the promotion’s terms and conditions Intel lists a variety of new games and productivity software to choose from. The headlining title is obviously Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Remastered, but the list also includes Gotham Knights, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodhunt, and Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed. The games all coincide with a launch list of titles that support Intel XeSS. For the creative software, PowerDirector 365, D5 Render, MAGIX Video Pro X14, Topaz Gigapixel AI, and XSplit Premium Suite are all included.

Eligible systems will be defined by which of Intel’s discrete GPUs are selected from the following pre-defined list:

(Image credit: Intel).

The qualifying systems list contains a mix of mobile and desktop GPU