It is undeniable that the COVID-19 pandemic has created a series of negative effects on several different fields, and the esports industry is undoubtedly not an exception. DreamHack, one of the most famous digital festivals in the gaming world, is having to deal with current issues caused by the pandemic by putting a series of remaining events on the waitlist.
DreamHack was reported a few months ago about it delaying four tournaments in a row, which are DreamHack Dallas, DreamHack Montreal, DreamHack Summer, and DreamHack Valencia. Meanwhile, the organizers had considered its next move to be holding other tournaments online and renaming the event “DreamHack Open Summer”.
However, with this worsened situation of the pandemic, the organizers seem to have no choice but to delay every single of their remaining events until 2021 for safety. There are 5 tournaments that have become targets of DreamHack’s delay decision: DreamHack Hyderabad, Winter, Rotterdam, Madrid, and Atlanta. The company’s organizers mentioned that the main reason why the decision was made was because of the COVID-19 pandemic and everyone’s health and safety must be prioritized instead of those events.
DreamHack Hyderabad
DreamHack has visited several countries around the world and has just arrived in India since 2018 with the DreamHack Mumbai festival. While the event was being held, DreamHack revealed the next event’s schedule which would be held in 2020 in Hyderabad city.
The event was delayed once in May this year since the pandemic, but it still received many people’s expectations until the situation in India seemed to be out of control and they had no choice but to keep their audiences waiting for their own safety. DreamHack esports festivals have received many positive reactions from game lovers across the country, making the local game industry seem to be much more promising.
The CS: GO tournament that will be held this year is the third last CS: GO event in the event series of DreamHack Open Summer 2020. This tournament will happen online in four main regions: Renegades, Oceania, Europe with the third and final Fall RMR (Regional Major Rankings), and North American with the DreamHack Showdown 2020 with a special CS: GO tournament only for female players.