Marseille will host the first DreamHack Masters event of 2018, with $250,000 on offer, according to a Facebook post from Nexus Bar.

The event will run from April 18-22 at the prestigious Le Dôme de Marseille, an indoor arena with a capacity of 8,500 people, with 16 teams in attendance.

DreamHack CEO and President Marcus Lindmark will be in Marseille next week to visit the facilities and to meet with the event's partners. On Wednesday at 19:30 , he will be at the Nexus Bar, an esports bar located in Marseille, to present the event and shed more light on the qualifying process for the competition.

DreamHack Masters will have a stop in Marseille

Marseille will host the first of two DreamHack Masters events confirmed for 2018, the other taking place in Stockholm, from August 29 to September 2, also with $250,000 up for grabs.

DreamHack Masters Marseille will take place just one month before another French event, DreamHack Open Tours, where eight teams will square off for $100,000 in cash prizes.