2013 DreamHack Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Championship
The 2013 DreamHack SteelSeries Counter Strike: Global Offensive Championship or simply DreamHack Winter 2013 was the first "" to be sponsored by Valve. The competition was held during the Winter 2013 DreamHack digital festival at the Elmia Exhibition and Convention Centre in Jönköping, Sweden. Six invitees joined ten qualifiers to form the sixteen team event. Community funding helped to build the US$250,000 prizepool. The tournament had a peak 145,000 concurrent viewers on twitch.tv and the in-game viewing client.
DreamHack Austin 2017
Dubbed "DreamHack Astro Open 2017", the "Counter Strike: Global Offensive" tournament held at DreamHack Austin featured eight teams and spanned the entire weekend. Six "Group Stage" matches were held on Friday, four playoffs on Saturday, and the semifinals and grand final were held on Sunday. Teams such as Cloud9, Immortals and Team Liquid played on their home turf during this event. G2 Esports had just overhauled their roster with former Team EnVyUs members earlier earlier in the year, and sports news website "FanSided" noted that Gambit Esports had performed well during cs_summit this same month.