Intel today launched its annual Gamer Days 2026 campaign with a headline offer that hands buyers of qualifying hardware free digital copies of two of the season’s most anticipated games — STAR WARS: Galactic Racer (October 6, 2026) and Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis (February 12, 2027) — a combined retail value of $119.98 — at no additional cost with purchase through September 13. Beyond the bundle, Intel announced today that it will serve as the official launch optimization partner for both titles, ensuring each ships with full day-one support for XeSS 3 — Intel’s latest AI upscaling technology, which uses machine learning to synthesize up to three additional frames between every natively rendered frame.
For PC buyers already planning a fall hardware upgrade, the timing is straightforward: the bundle window opens today and closes September 13, and both game codes must be redeemed by October 31, 2026.
The qualifying hardware list is broader than past Intel promotions. On the desktop side, it covers Intel Core Ultra 5, 7, and 9 processors (Series 2), Intel Core Ultra 5 and 7 Plus (Series 2), and Intel Core 14th Gen processors. On the laptop side, eligible products include Core Ultra Series 3 and Series 2 mobile chips across a wide range of OEM gaming systems. Intel Arc discrete graphics cards also qualify — both the A-series (Alchemist) and the B-series (Battlemage) — as do Intel Arc G-series powered handheld gaming devices.
Parallel to the retail bundle, Intel Gaming Access is running a separate Collector’s Edition giveaway for both titles, open through September 10.
To claim the bundle: purchase a qualifying product from a participating retailer by September 13, then visit softwareoffer.intel.com/promo/IGD2026 and enter your Master Key. Download links for each game will be delivered on each title’s respective release date. Redemption must be completed by October 31, 2026.
| This is not a remake of 1999’s Star Wars: Episode I Racer. STAR WARS: Galactic Racer is an entirely original racing game set in the New Republic Era — after the fall of the Empire — from Fuse Games, a Guildford-based studio founded in 2023 by veterans of Criterion Games, the developer behind the Burnout franchise and multiple Need for Speed entries. The game is published by Secret Mode in collaboration with Lucasfilm Games and built on Unreal Engine 5. It will also release on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X | S. |
Who and what: Shade, a mysterious loner pilot with a personal grudge against the Bool family, enters the Galactic League — an underground, unsanctioned racing circuit in the lawless Outer Rim, bankrolled by syndicates and controlled by the villainous reigning champion, Kestar Bool. Darius Pax, who founded the League, enlists Shade — alongside a certain legendary podracer — to unseat Kestar and take back the circuit.
The central question the campaign builds toward is whether Shade can navigate a runs-based bracket structure across locations including Jakku and Ando Prime, defeat Kestar’s clan, and survive a sport where champions use their position as leverage over rivals. The tone is high-energy and criminal: think the Outer Rim’s illicit racing underground, not a sanctioned Grand Prix. A multiplayer mode supports up to 12 players and includes vehicle customization across speeders, speeder bikes, and podracer classes.
Fuse Games CEO Matt Webster has worked on Star Wars titles before — at Criterion, he contributed to Star Wars Battlefront (2015) and Battlefront II (2017) in collaboration with DICE. Galactic Racer is the studio’s debut release. Hands-on impressions from Summer Game Fest in June were broadly positive.
The second bundle title is a full ground-up reimagining of the 1996 original Tomb Raider, co-developed by Crystal Dynamics and Flying Wild Hog (known for the Shadow Warrior series and Trek to Yomi), published by Amazon Game Studios, and built on Unreal Engine 5.
