DreamHack Open Summer Announced – $300,000 Prize on the Line!

Despite the global situation, DreamHack has happily announced a new online CounterStrike: Global Offensive event which will take place across the four regions of Europe, North America, Australia and Asia with $300,000 all on the line. Read on to learn more about DreamHack Open Summer!

DreamHack already had multiple CS:GO events lined up for the summer such as that for Montreal, Valencia and Hyderabad. Each of these three has been converted to outlets for the DreamHack Open Summer for the four regions – America, Europe, Asia and Oceania. Bearing in mind the online format, all participants involved will be streaming everything from their very own homes.

Details are slowly flowing following the $300,000 prize pool announcement, with $100,000 prize pools for NA and Europe and $50,000 for Australia and Asia. For certain, it’ll be cut up into stages. Here is the confirmed format:

•           Top two teams in Europe Stage 1 will advance to Stage 2 to be held on July 2-5, joining six invited teams. Eight teams will compete in Stage 1: four invited and four open qualifiers.
•           North America will follow a similar style: Stage 2 held from August 13-16^th.
•           Asia and Oceania tournaments will also have the same format for less prize, Oceania Stage 2 running from August 7-9^th and Asia Stage 2 taking place from August 14^th to 16^th.

The final event will have 8 of the best CS:GO teams in the world battling it out for global pride, at a later and unconfirmed date. Just like that, DreamHack has converted a bad situation into a new opportunity for teams to compete on a continental level from the comfort of their home.

With regards to teams confirming invites, DreamHack is yet to announce the official invitations for the event but have promised more information at a later date together with online regulations to keep matches fair – BLAST recently announced that they could be allowing substitutions between maps apart from games. Perhaps DreamHack might act similarly. 

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