Long before the Arbalet era, ASUS tournaments were a thing to watch in the CIS scene.

Some years ago the series was a perfect basis for such solo games as StarCraft: BroodWar, WarCraft III and Quake 3.

The official prize fund was always something between $25,000 and $30,000, even in the times of recession in Russia.

This tournament possesses the same charasteristics and is scheduled on 20-23rd February with online qualifications and one Moscow city preliminary minitourney.

This time, the official game list looks as follows:

Counter-Strike 1.6 5v5 Masters (32 teams) - prize fund $10,000.
Сounter-Strike 1.6 5v5 Non-Profi Open (128 teams) – $3,000.
Сounter-Strike 1.6 5v5 Female Open (8 teams) – $1,000.
Counter-Strike: Source 5v5 Open (32 teams) – $3,000.
DOTA 5v5 Open (32 teams) – $3,000.
Pro Evolution Soccer 1v1 Open (128 players) – $2,000.
FIFA 2010 1v1 Open (128 players) – $2,000.
Quake LIVE! 1v1 Open (64 players) – $2,000.

The tournament will feature four invited teams - Natus Vincere , UNiTED Russia , forZe and DTS , while all others will go through the preliminaries.

Stay tuned for more information!
Picture and press release information courtesy of c58.ru.