Big-name eSports tournaments, cosplay contests, musical performances, and so much more will be at DreamHack: Atlanta. And below, we’ve got your full schedule for all major events throughout the weekend.
eSports Tournaments
CS:GO DreamHack Astro Open
Prize Pool: $100,000 Teams: Team EnvyUs Heroic Hellraisers Misfits NRG Godsent Binary Dragons Renegades
You’ll be able to watch this tournament on the CS:GO DreamHack Twitch channel. The match schedule is as follows:
Friday, July 21: 12:40 PM EDT - Pre-Show 1:00 PM EDT - First Match (Group Stages) Saturday, July 22: 10:00 AM EDT - Groups Elimination Matches Sunday, July 23: 10:00 AM EDT - Semi-Finals 5:00 PM EDT - Grand Final
H1Z1 Elite Series - Team Event
Prize Pool: $150,000 Teams: Counter Logic Gaming Obey Alliance Denial eSports World Best Gaming Luminosity Gaming + 7 teams from onsite qualifiers
You’ll be able to watch this tournament on the official H1Z1 Twitch channel. The match schedule is as follows:
Saturday, July 22: 2:00 PM EDT - Team Qualifiers Sunday, July 23: 12:00 PM EDT - Team Tournament Finals
H1Z1 Elite Series - Solo Event
Prize Pool: $100,000 Players: Radek Gorany Gasrunner H00Wy Flamehopp Pineaqples Inboxes Splintexify VivaLaBAD Sweetdrear AladdinLTD Avdren Jordyx3 Yt2taps Illuos1iion Bom1n Ninja + top 40 players from onsite qualifiers
You’ll also be able to watch this tournament on the official H1Z1 Twitch channel. The match schedule is as follows:
Friday, July 21: 2:00 PM EDT - Solo Qualifiers Saturday, July 22: 9:30 PM EDT - Solo Tournament
Halo Champions Series Pro League Summer 2017 Finals
Prize Pool: $200,000 Teams: North America Splyce Optic Gaming Team Liquid Evil Geniuses Luminosity Team EnvyUs Europe Vexed Gaming Supremacy Invictus Team Infused + Six teams from Open Bracket
You’ll be able to watch this tournament on the official Halo Twitch channel. The match schedule is as follows:
Friday, July 21: 12:00 PM EDT - Open Bracket Saturday, July 22: 10:00 AM EDT - Open Bracket + Championship Bracket Sunday, July 23: 12:20 PM - Championship Bracket
Dota 2 DreamLeague Season 7 Playoffs
Prize Pool: $175,000 Teams: Team Secret Team Liquid Vega Squadron Planet Odd
You’ll be able to watch this tournament on the official Dreamleague Twitch channel. The match schedule is as follows:
Saturday, July 22: 11:00 AM EDT - Upper Bracket Sunday, July 23: 12:00 PM EDT - Lower Bracket Final 4:15 PM EDT - Grand Final
Rocket League DreamHack Championship
Prize Pool: $50,000 Teams: Open registration - 32 teams max
You’ll be able to watch this tournament on the official DreamHack Rocket League Twitch channel. The match schedule is as follows:
Friday, July 21: 12:00 PM EDT - Day 1 Matches Saturday, July 22: 12:00 PM EDT - Day 2 Matches Sunday, July 23: 11:00 AM EDT - Quarter Finals 4:00 PM EDT - Semi Finals 6:30 PM EDT - Grand Finals
DreamHack Hearthstone Grand Prix
Prize Pool: $26,500 Players: Open Registration
You’ll be able to watch this tournament on the official DreamHack Hearthstone Twitch channel. The match schedule is as follows:
Friday, July 21: 11:00 AM EDT - Rounds Begin Saturday, July 22: 11:00 AM EDT - Rounds Continue 5:15 PM EDT - Round of 16 Sunday, July 23: 11:15 AM EDT - Round of 8 5:15: PM EDT - Grand Final
DreamHack Super Smash Bros for Wii U Tournament
Prize Pool: $10,000 Players: Open Registration
You’ll be able to watch this tournament on the official DreamHack Smash Twitch channel. The match schedule is as follows:
Friday, July 21: 2:00 PM EDT - Doubles Saturday, July 22: 10:00 AM EDT - Single Pools Sunday, July 23: 10:00 AM EDT - Top 8, Semi Finals, and Finals
Dreamhack Super Smash Bros Melee Tournament
Prize Pool: $10,000 Players: Open Registration
You’ll be able to watch this tournament on the official DreamHack Smash Twitch channel. The match schedule is as follows:
Friday, July 21: 2:00 PM EDT - Doubles Saturday, July 22: 10:00 AM EDT - Singles Pools Sunday, July 23: 10:00 AM EDT - Top 8, Semi Finals, and Finals
Other professional eSports events will also be running on the fighting game circuit. The schedule of games for fighter fans includes Tekken 7, Street Fighter V, and Injustice 2.
Collegiate AVGL eSports Matches
In addition to professional eSports, DreamHack will be hosting some tournaments at the collegiate level, courtesy of the American Video Game League (AVGL). Several universities will be facing off against each other in big-name games like League of Legends and Overwatch.
All collegiate matches will be broadcast on the main DreamHack Twitch Channel. The tournaments are as follows:
League of Legends
Friday, July 21 10:30 AM EDT - University of Georgia v. Georgia Tech 1:00 PM EDT - Georgia Southern v. Georgia State 3:00 PM EDT - University of Mississippi v. Clemson
Overwatch
Saturday, July 22 10:30 AM EDT: University of Mississippi v. Clemson 12:30 PM EDT: UNCC v. NC State 2:30 PM EDT: Georgia State v. University of Georgia
Other DreamHack Events
Despite mostly being known for the holding the biggest eSports tournaments in the world, DreamHack will also be home to the biggest PC LAN party ever, cosplay contests, a dedicated tabletop area, virtual reality, and so much more. There will also be an expo filled with exhibitors like Astro Gaming, Meta Threads, Hyper X, Intel, Oculus Rift, and so much more.
Cosplay Contest
There are three “tiers” of contests with different skill levels. Each have cash and trophy prizes for the top three participants. The schedule is as follows:
Saturday, July 22: 12:00 - 3:00 PM EDT – Pre-Judging 6:00 - 7:45 PM EDT – Main Show 7:45 - 8:00 PM EDT – Awards
Live Music
Rapper Waka Flocka Flame will also be making an appearance to put on a concert for DreamHack attendees on Friday, July 21 at 10:30 PM EDT.
Whether you’re there for the eSports tournaments, cosplay contests, shopping for the latest in gamer gear, or all of the above, you’re certain to find your niche at DreamHack Atlanta. As DreamHack has successfully extended to three American states this year, there’s a good chance it will continue to expand in the coming years.
It’s not too late to attend! Tickets are still available for as low as $20 on the DreamHack website.
Stay tuned to GameSkinny for eSports coverage and cosplay roundups from the show as it runs over the weekend. Comment below if you’ll be at the show yourself!
