CS:GO Major Tourney At ESL One Katowice 2015 CS:GOs Fifth Consecutive $250k Major Returns to Katowice January 26, 2015 - Valve today announced a $250,000 prize pool for the CS:GO tournament at ESL One Katowice 2015. Taking place at the Spodek Arena in Katowice, Poland from March 12-15, the upcoming Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament will feature the eight quarter-finalists from DreamHack Winter 2014. They will be joined by eight teams to be determined through upcoming qualifiers. All of the matches will be streamed live via continuous high-quality coverage provided by ESL. For the first time, the tournament qualifiers will take place offline at a special LAN event, with funding for both the event and travel support for all participating teams provided by Valve. CS:GO Major tournaments draw record-breaking audiences, with more than 500,000 concurrent viewers watching the Grand Finals at DreamHack Winter 2014. Last year witnessed explosive growth for CS:GO, with player numbers growing by more than 250% and content contributors grossing more than $3.5 million dollars selling their items and maps for the game. Valve is the creator of game technologies (Source, Steam) and numerous best-selling game franchises (Counter-Strike, Dota 2, Half-Life, Portal, and Team Fortress). For more information about CS:GO, please visit: blog.counter-strike.net/ For more information about ESL One Katowice 2015, please visit: esl-one/csgo/katowice-2015/
Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 04:33:36 +0000