Introduction:

As most of us know, Valve along with other companies such as DreamHack and MLG are looking to expand Counter-Strike Global Offensive into new nations such asCanada andChina. At this point in time, 2 companies have really stepped up to the plate in terms of bringing Counter-Strike to North America. Of course, we are talking about MLG and DreamHack. Most, if not all of the community knows about the first major to take place on American grounds inColumbus, Ohio. It managed to get a record-breaking number of over 1.3 million people watching ingame at once and featured the largest prize pool of $1,000,000 which was the first of its kind in CS:GO.

DreamHack Expansion:

Most of the CS:GO eSports community knows about DreamHack expanding towards North America withDreamHack Austin 2016, which is set to take place on May 6-8, 2016 with a team size of 8 and a prize pool of $100,000. Although this news was great, DreamHack has managed to already unveil its second event before Austin even goes live. This summer, we will witness the very first event hosted by DreamHack inMontreal, Canada. People wanted a Canadian DreamHack ever since roughly mid-2013 and they finally get it after 3 years of waiting. The event is taking place August 12-14, 2016 and only BYOC tournaments are confirmed. Unfortunately for Canadian CS:GO fans, nothing CS:GO related is confirmed for Montreal as of now.

Valve, MLG and Other Companies:

MLG Columbus was a huge success in terms of prize pool and viewership rates. A partnership between Valve and MLG could possibly result in a yearly North American major which would result in fully cementing the expansion in North America and would also allow Valve to start focusing on Asia. With MLG and DreamHack actively working to expand CS:GO into North America, the scene is bound to grow and produce a larger industry in eSports. We can only wait to see what will happen next for the scene.*Thank you for reading and if you have any comments, suggestions or edits, please leave a comment below. =)**DreamHack Montreal 2016 picture from http://multijoueur.ca/