It has been over than a month we last witnessed international offline events, but after less than two days the scene will get back on track. Moreover the competition will be outside European soil.

Major League Gaming will for the first time ever host a tournament in the discipline of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. The $50,000 event called MLG X-Games Aspen 2015 will run from January 23rd to 25th in Aspen, Colorado, USA.

The tournament will feature total of eight international teams, four of which from Europe, three from North America and one from South America. All teams participating in the competition including the groups set are the following:



Official English stream will be there on spot as usual. Community streams in various other languages such as German and Russian should be expected as well. More information about the broadcast can be found in our website in the tournament and match sections. The broadcasting team for this event will be the following:



The tournament will be using double elimination best-of-one format for the group stage and single elimination best-of-three for the playoffs. The event will also be using the default competitive map pool consisting of the following levels:



MLG X-Games Aspen 2015 will be an interesting event to open the year with, as all participants had enough time to rest and months to prepare and moreover the massive changes in the North American scene are heating up our expectations even more. The complete schedule for the CS:GO tournament is the following:



The prize pool of total $50,000 will be distributed as the following:



Stay tuned to SK Gaming for more updates from the MLG X-Games Aspen 2015 tournament in Aspen, Colorado, USA.

Source: HLTV.org