Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championships
The Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championships, commonly known as Majors, are (CS:GO) esports tournaments sponsored by Valve Corporation, the game's developer. The Majors were first introduced in 2013 and took place in Jönköping, Sweden and was hosted by DreamHack with a total prize pool of 250,000. Six teams were directly invited, six teams were invited based on previous tournament results, and another four teams came from direct qualifiers.
Super Smash Bros.
The "Super Smash Bros." series has been widely played as competitive video games and has been featured in several high-profile tournaments. The first publicized "Super Smash Bros. Melee" tournaments were held in early 2002. From 2004 to 2007, "Melee" was on Major League Gaming's tournament roster. In 2010 MLG picked up "Brawl" for its pro circuit for a year. During this time, Nintendo prohibited MLG from live streaming "Brawl" matches. At 2014 MLG Anaheim "Melee" was once again hosted at an MLG event. "Melee" was also included at the Evolution Championship Series (Evo) in 2007, a fighting game tournament held in Las Vegas. "Melee" was again hosted at Evo 2013 after it won a charity drive to decide the final game to be featured in its tournament lineup. Due to the large turnout and popularity that year, Evo again included a "Melee" tournament at their 2014 and 2015 events. New Jersey based Apex was another prominent "Super Smash Bros." tournament organizer, being officially sponsored by Nintendo in 2015.