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Intel is continuing to roll out the digital red carpet for anyone willing to buy its latest CPUs, graphics cards, and laptops equipped with either or both.
Its holiday software and gaming bundle offers year-long subscriptions to popular video-editing and AI applications, as well as one to three games, including Premium Editions of some of the latest AAA releases, and in-game content for others.
Intel’s recent generation processors haven’t blown anyone away when it comes to gaming, but they’re capable chips for work and are far more efficient than their predecessors. That hasn’t really impressed DIY enthusiasts, though, and AMD’s gains in the mobile space have made it an attractive alternative in what has long been Intel’s home ground advantage.
So, Intel has moved into the position AMD held a decade ago—an excellent value buy, especially if you want any of the games or software in the bundles.
(Credit: Intel/Newegg)
The holiday bundle comes in two tiers. The Standard tier applies to any Core Ultra 200 series CPU, desktop, or laptop, as well as Intel Arc graphics cards, such as the A550M and B580. It gets you the choice of Battlefield 6, Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Dying Light: The Beast, or Civilization VI. You also get free, one-year subscriptions to Canvid, Vegas Pro 23, XSplit Premium Suite, Cephble Plus, and in-game content for Marvel Rivals.
The Platinum tier is only available on select Lunar Lake laptops equipped with H or HX processors from MSI, Lenovo, HP, Asus, and Monster, according to VideoCardz. For that tier, you get to pick two games from the original list. It includes Battlefield 6 Phantom Edition and Assassin’s Creed Shadows Digital Deluxe Edition, and you can also choose between Civilization VI and Dying Light: The Beast as a free third game.
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All of these offers are available to US customers, and most are also available in Europe and the UK, with some variation in deal availability depending on the retailer you choose.
Oddly, Intel hasn’t officially announced this bundle yet, but it’s already live on sites like Newegg in the US and Currys in the UK. The offer ends on Jan. 31, 2026, but you have until March 15 to redeem any items you receive from the bundle.
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