​ELEAGUE announced a four-team Counter-Strike: Global Offensive invitational Thursday, featuring Cloud9, BIG, FaZe Clan and compLexity.

We dressed up this CS:GO chicken as a pro. Can you guess who it is? Hint: he plays for @TheNorthIsHere pic.twitter.com/nly01ACfCV — ELEAGUE (@ELEAGUETV) January 8, 2019

​​Two ​CS:GO teams from Europe and North America will battle it out for the lion's share of $150,000 in ELEAGUE's first CS:GO tournament of the new year.





"The ELEAGUE CS:GO Invitational 2019 will feature four fan-favorite CS:GO teams competing in Atlanta for a $150,000 prize pool. These teams will rival each other in a double-elimination bracket to prove who reigns supreme in a fast-paced weekend of Counter-Strike action (Friday-Sunday, Jan. 25-27, 2019)," ELEAGUE said in a press release.





The event offers ​Cloud9, ​FaZe and ​compLexity another tune-up event for the IEM Katowice Major following iBUYPOWER Masters IV. Same goes for BIG, who were not invited to compete at the iBP event.





The talent for the ELEAGUE CS:GO Invitational is as follows:

- Host: Alex "Goldenboy" Mendez"

- Analyst: Jason “Moses” O’Toole

- Analyst: Sean Gares

- Caster: James Bardolph

- Caster: Daniel “DDK” Kapadia

- Reporter: Sue “Smix” Lee





The ELEAGUE CS:GO Invitational runs Jan. 25-27 on ELEAGUE's ​Twitch, ​ELEAGUE's website and​ B/R Live.





Photo courtesy of ELEAGUE