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Newegg (Newegg Commerce, Inc., NASDAQ: NEGG), a global leader in computer and technology products, today announced the successful completion of its AMD Game On Event, an immersive esports and gaming experience powered by AMD Ryzen™ processors and Radeon™ graphics. The event brought fans together with members of Evil Geniuses, one of North America’s most established professional esports organizations and the 2023 VALORANT Champions, delivering high-performance gameplay, meet-and-greets, big raffle giveaways, and interactive sessions inside Newegg’s newly built Gamer Zone.
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This experience reinforced Newegg’s ongoing strategy to expand its community presence through the Gamer Zone, which has quickly become a hub for gaming, PC-building education, and youth technology programs. The AMD Game On Event adds to a growing portfolio of community-driven experiences designed to bring gaming culture, industry partners, and students together under one roof.
“Bringing AMD and Evil Geniuses together in our Gamer Zone created an incredible energy for fans, students, and PC enthusiasts,” said Katie Lau, Director of Corporate Marketing. “This event highlights how we’re blending high-performance technology with real community engagement. It’s the perfect example of what we’re building here, a place where gamers can learn, compete, and connect.”
As part of the AMD Game On Event, attendees experienced hands-on gameplay with AMD-powered stations and engaged directly with Evil Geniuses players. The event also featured interactive experiences, including a motherboard-stacking challenge, a live PC speed-building competition, and a 5v5 VALORANT showdown with Evil Geniuses and gaming influencers.
Beyond entertainment, the event highlighted Newegg’s commitment to strengthening the gaming and esports community through ongoing educational programs. These include:
Newegg plans to expand its community event schedule throughout 2026, including new PC DIY sessions, esports learning programs, vendor-driven demos, and technology education initiatives for students and aspiring builders.
Newegg Gamer Community
In addition to in-person programming, Newegg continues to expand its digital footprint through the Newegg Gamer Community, an online platform where gamers, creators, and PC enthusiasts share their builds, seek advice, participate in vendor-led giveaways, and join live AMAs with industry experts. Since launch, the community has grown significantly and now hosts an active user base of passionate builders and gamers. Together with the Newegg Gamer Zone, this online Gamer Community forms a unified ecosystem that blends digital engagement with real-world experiences, reinforcing Newegg’s commitment to supporting and growing the gaming community at every level.
About Newegg
Newegg (Newegg Commerce, Inc., NASDAQ: NEGG), founded in 2001 and based in Diamond Bar, Calif., near Los Angeles, is a leading global online retailer for PC hardware, consumer electronics, gaming peripherals, home appliances, and lifestyle technology. Newegg also serves businesses’ e-commerce needs with marketing, supply chain, and technical solutions in a single platform. For more information, please visit Newegg.com.
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AMD Game On at Newegg Gamer Zone
AMD Game On at Newegg Gamer Zone
ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Muslim pilgrims from around the world congregated on Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, the second official day of the annual Islamic pilgrimage, considered the pinnacle of the Hajj.
Despite the sweltering heat, the pilgrims gathered on the rocky hill and surrounding plain for intense prayers and worship that often mark a spiritual peak for them. They fervently murmured prayers and poured their hearts out in supplications. Many raised their hands in worship. It is common for pilgrims on that day, some with tears streaming down their faces, to ask God for forgiveness, mercy, blessings and good health.
The Hajj, one of the Five Pillars of Islam, is required once in a lifetime for every Muslim who can afford it and is physically able to perform it.
For pilgrims, the Hajj, performed over several days, can be a deeply moving spiritual experience and a chance to seek God’s forgiveness and the erasure of past sins. As they brave the intense heat to perform religious rituals, many pilgrims have been using umbrellas for shade.
A Saudi official said on Friday that more than 1.5 million pilgrims have arrived in the country from abroad.
This year, Muslims have been pouring into Saudi Arabia for the Hajj against the backdrop of a tenuous ceasefire in the Iran war and related uncertainty in the region.
The U.S. military said Monday that it carried out “self-defense” strikes in southern Iran, including on missile launch sites and boats used to lay mines, even as President Donald Trump said on social media that negotiations with Tehran were “proceeding nicely." Iran on Tuesday denounced the most recent U.S. strikes as a sign of “bad faith and unreliability” as negotiations pressed on toward a possible deal to end the war.
For many, performing the Hajj can be a realization of a lifelong dream as they spend years hoping and praying to one day be able to undertake the pilgrimage or saving up money and waiting for a permit to embark on the trip.
“This happens once in a lifetime,” Mohammad Asal, an Egyptian pilgrim, said. “People here have prepared their prayers, hoping that God will respond to them, because we know that ... the most important ritual of the Hajj is being in Arafat.”
The Hajj brings together large numbers of Muslims of diverse races, ethnicities, languages and socioeconomic classes, creating a sense of unity for many. It’s a mass, communal experience, with Muslims performing rituals together. But it is also deeply personal, as every pilgrim brings their own yearnings and experiences.
“It was incredible,” Ahmed Sufyan, a pilgrim from the United States, said on Tuesday. “The unity and peace that we feel is something I’ve never experienced before,” he added via WhatsApp.
“Our wishes are many,” Mohammad Obaid, a Sudanese pilgrim, said, adding he was praying for Sudan and Muslims everywhere.
Fam reported from Winter Park, Florida.
Associated Press religion coverage receives support through the AP’s collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content.
A Muslim pilgrim pray atop of the rocky hill known as the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, May 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Muslim pilgrims walk towards the rocky hill known as the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, May 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Muslim pilgrims are silhouetted as they pray at top of the rocky hill known as the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, May 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Muslim pilgrims pray at top of the rocky hill known as the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, May 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Muslim pilgrims read a copy of Islam's holy book Quran atop of the rocky hill known as the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, May 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
