Known for its Dota2 tournaments, the latest of which came to an end only last week, WePlay! is expanding into CS:GO with a 12-team invitational tournament, running from January 31 through February 3. Eight teams will be split into two best-of-three, double-elimination groups, with the top two sides of both groups progressing to a single-elimination bracket, joining four invitees. XANTARES will make his BIG debut in WePlay! Lock and Load BIG and HellRaisers are the first two teams confirmed for WePlay! Lock and Load, earning direct entry into the playoffs, which will be held on February 2-3. Below you can find the complete prize distribution for the tournament: 1. $25,000 2. $15,000 3-4. $5,000
More details about the competition, including the rest of the invites and the broadcast team, will be revealed in the coming weeks, WePlay! added.   BIG #11   Fatih 'gob b' Dayik Johannes 'tabseN' Wodarz Tizian 'tiziaN' Feldbusch Ismailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş Owen 'smooya' Butterfield  HellRaisers #15  Kirill 'ANGE1' Karasiow Abay 'HObbit' Khassenov Özgür 'woxic' Eker Bence 'DeadFox' Böröcz Issa 'ISSAA' Murad |