G2 Esports have accepted an invite to compete at EPICENTER 2017, the event's organisers have announced.

The DreamHack Masters Malmö champions join SK, Astralis, Gambit, Virtus.pro and North, who were all previously invited to the event.

G2 were in attendance at least year's EPICENTER event, where they finished 5th-6th following a 2-1 defeat at the hands of SK in the first round of the playoffs.

G2 secure EPICENTER invite

Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon's men have received the final invite to the $500,000 tournament, which will have just eight teams and not ten as originally announced by Epic Esports Events. The final two participants will be determined by a wildcard stage, held on site and featuring the winners of regional qualifiers held in Europe, the CIS, the Americas and China.

EPICENTER 2017 will run from October 23 to 29, with the playoffs being held at the Yubileyny Sports Palace, an indoor sports arena. The current list of participants for the event looks as follows:

SK Astralis Gambit Virtus.pro North G2 Wildcard #1 Wildcard #1 Wildcard #2



This weekend, the final open qualifiers will be held in Europe, the CIS and the Americas, with spots in the respective regions' closed stage up for grabs. Teams can sign up for these open qualifiers by clicking on the links below:

Europe - Register

CIS - Register

Americas - Register