DreamHack Aus here for the long run with plans to mix esports, streaming, and VTubers ESLDreamHack Australia is around for the long run after inking a multi-year deal with the State of Victoria, with plans to mix esports, streaming, and (seemingly) VTubers. DreamHack Australia has become a staple for the local gaming community ever since the blockbuster event started going down under in 2021, in a city that rarely sees esports\/gaming events of its kind regularly. And it looks like ESL FACEIT Group and DreamHack are here for the long run, as the group has inked a five-year deal with Visit Victoria to lock the iconic LAN event in Melbourne for the next half-decade. \u201cIt puts us in a great spot to plan and grow the festival over the next five years,\u201d said Ben Green, Head of Product for the ESL FACEIT Group Australia. \u201cSo having that sort of commitment from them is very exciting for us.\u201d The partnership was a no-brainer for ESL, Green said, as the Victorian government had been supporting them for the past five years, and the deal essentially solidified DreamHack\u2019s spot in Melbourne. \u201cIt\u2019s really good to hold events, and particularly Melbourne, we know that\u2019s where a massive part of the gaming community in Australia is based. So, it\u2019s sort of one plus one equals three, right?\u201d ESL reveals plans to mix esports, streaming, and VTubers with 2024\u2019s DreamHack Naturally, being DreamHack, Counter-Strike is bound to make an appearance, and with ESL Challenger Melbourne once again returning, it will see this particular tournament played in CS2 for the first time. And of course, DreamHack\u2019s legendary BYOC LANs is making yet another appearance. However, with recent DreamHack events, esports hasn\u2019t been the sole draw, especially here in Melbourne. As Green explained, \u201cI want to find the right balance for the content in the LAN. Is it competitive esports? \u201cIs it catch up with your mates for three days and have a base to play games from whilst also going and experiencing the rest of the show? There\u2019s still a little bit of balance there to find what\u2019s right.\u201d With last year\u2019s DreamHack, the big headliner for the festival was Trash Taste\u2019s appearance at the festival, with a live episode of their podcast being filmed there, and a maid cafe occasionally staffed by the trio to boot. So what\u2019s this year\u2019s headliner? Despite being reticent on details of what to expect, Green teased something adjacent to Trash Taste. \u201cIf you like Trash Taste, or you\u2019re a VTuber fan, I think that this is the year. I think it\u2019s gonna be more than you think it is\u2026\u201d Green teased. Tickets for DreamHack are on sale from March 14 with three different tiers for fans to purchase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DreamHack Aus here for the long run with plans to mix esports, streaming, and VTubers ESLDreamHack Australia is around for the long run after inking a multi-year deal with the State of Victoria, with plans to mix esports, streaming, and (seemingly) VTubers. DreamHack Australia has become a staple for the local gaming community ever since […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66438\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}