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.
Counter-Strike Online 2
Counter-Strike Online 2 was an first-person shooter video game and was the sequel to the 2008 game "Counter-Strike Online". It was targeted towards Asia's gaming market. The game implements the Source engine allowing for better graphics compared to its predecessor and more complex equipment and weapons. The game uses the free-to-play and micropayment business model, similar to its predecessor. After a period of open beta testing, it was released in December 2013 in the Asian markets. All CSO2 regions were closed down in early 2018.