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The latest announcement for DreamHack’s ZOWIE Open series of tournaments in Bucharest confirms CS:GO is the headline tournament. DreamHack Bucharest will take place September 16-18 in the same venue as last year’s event, the Polyvalent Hall, with a $100,000 prize pool for the final eight teams to fight over. It …
Read More »DreamHack announces $250,000 Masters tournament series
DreamHack have announced two $250,000 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournaments for 2016 under the name DreamHack Masters. The events will join the Swedish Modern Times Group-owned company’s five other Open events throughout the year, and bring the total prizepool for CS:GO at DreamHack events in 2016 up to $1m. The first …
Read More »MTG acquires DreamHack, adding to controlling share of ESL
Modern Times Group has completed the acquisition of Swedish eSports and events organiser DreamHack four months after buying a 74% share in ESL’s parent company. The seeming monopoly on European eSports organisers has been sealed today after rumours of the DreamHack sale circulated last week. Final figures for the sale …
Read More »DreamHack brings $40,000 eSports Open to London in September
DreamHack, the originally Swedish LAN party that has evolved into a premiere stop on the eSports calendar, is coming to London’s Copper Box in September. The weekend of the 19-20 September marks the first time DreamHack has set foot in the UK, making the country the seventh outside of their …
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