Dreamhack Next U.S. Stop is Atlanta
Staff Report From Metro Atlanta CEO
Wednesday, June 12th, 2019
Premier gaming lifestyle festival DreamHack closed it's Dallas festival on Sunday, June 2, following three days of everything gaming under one roof. The next (and onlly remaining) DreamHack event coming to the U.S. in 2019 will be DreamHack Atlanta, November 15-17.
With approximately 30,000 visitors, DreamHack Dallas 2019 was the largest DreamHack event in North America to date:
• 30+ represented nationalities
• 15+ tournaments
• 500,000 sq ft in size
• Nearly $500k in prize money
• 40+ represented esports organizations
The 24-hour-a-day event was jam-packed with pro esports tournaments, collegiate and high school esports matches, world famous LAN party, music concerts, cosplay championship, panels, art gallery, arcade, virtual reality, expo and more; sponsored by Monster, Chipotle, Corsair, Twitch.
Tournament winners included:
• CORSAIR DreamHack Masters, CS:GO:
º 1.— Team Liquid
º 2. — ENCE
º 3-4 — FURIA Esports and FaZe Clan
• HALO Grassroots:
º 1.—TOX Gaming
º 2. — Falling Esports
º 3. —Team Reciprocity
º 4. — Denial
• DreamHack ProCircuit (Rocket League):
º 1.— Cloud9
º 2.— Team SoloMid
º 3. — Evil Geniuses
º 4.— Dignitas
• Madden 19 NFL:
º 1. — CleffTheGod
º 2. — Turnaround
• Fighting Game Championships:
º Street Fighter 5: Arcade Edition
1. REC|Punk (Karin, Kolin)
2. Talon|HotDog29 (M. Bison)
3. END|Shine (Ibuki)
4. W2W|Toi (M. Bison, Birdie)
º Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
1. MuteAce (Peach)
2. T1|ANTi (Mario, Lucario)
3. PG|Esam (Pikachu, Joker)
4. Valor|ARMY (Olimar)
º Mortal Kombat 11
1. Deoxys (Geras, Frost)
2. END|Scar (Sonya, Scorpion)
3. PG|Hayatei (Erron Black, Scorpion)
4. KingGambler (Skarlet, D'Vorah)
º Tekken 7
1. Akash (Heihachi, Lee, Devil Jin)
2. Goweege (Geese, Negan, Kuma, Dragunov, Jin)
3. Ramin (Steve, Armor King)
4. FourWude (Akuma)
º Super Smash Bros. Melee
1. DIG|HugS (Samus)
2. Magi (Falco)
3. TGL|Albert (Falco)
4. FX|UncleMojo (Fox)
º Brawlhalla
1. WC|Sandstorm (Lin Fei, Mordex, Wu Shang, Xull, Mirage)
2. WC|Wrenchd (Asuri)
3. Boomie (Ember, Ada)
4. LZR|Remmy (Koji, Hattori, Kaya)
º Soul Calibur 6
1. BlueGod (Azwel)
2. LoloMx (Astaroth, Seong Mi-Na, Yoshimitsu)
3. Fyre (Talim)
4. OmegaXcn (Taki)
º BlazBlue: Tag Battle
1. Shinku (Yang, Ruby)
2. Jan (Waldstein, Tager)
3. FOE|Omnix (Linne, Hyde)
4. MilkKaichou (Mitsuru, Yuzuriha)
º Super Smash Bros Ultimate Doubles
1. PG|Esam (Pikachu, Yoshi) & PG|MVD (Snake)
2. T1|ANTi (Mario, Lucario) & T1|Larry Lurr (Wolf)
3. JaySon (Ness) & Awestin (Ness)
4. Cheeks (Lucina) & Denti (Pokémon Trainer)
º Super Smash Bros. Melee Doubles
1. FX|UncleMojo (Fox) & SFOP (Fox)
2. Bunk (Peach) & Hamyojo (Sheik)
3. Magi (Falco) & BonsaiWarrior (Marth)
4. Mijo! (Peach) & SDJ (Jigglypuff)