CS:GO last Major to take place in Paris this March

CS:GO to witness its last major in Paris.

CS:GO last Major to take place in Paris this March

The last CSGO Major to take place in Paris this March

Earlier today, the CS:GO dev team confirmed via a tweet that Paris will host the last ever CS: GO Major. This year will only have one Major. The next one takes place in March 2024. The first Major tournament for Counter-Strike 2. The announcement of CS2 marked the beginning of a new era for the franchise. The upcoming Paris Major 2023, set to take place from May 8-21, will be the last Major Championship event ever played on that version of the game.

BLAST.tv Paris Major will be the last Major for Counter Strike Global Offensive. The announcement came just days after the start of the limited testing phase of CS2. The new game will release in summer, which is a short timeframe. Before the now scrapped second Major of 2023 was supposed to take place in November.

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History of CS:GO Major

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Valve hosts Majors, which bring in the top 24 teams from around the world of CS:GO. The first Major took place in 2013, and since then, the prize pool has grown significantly. Major is one of the most lucrative tournaments, offering up to $2 million in rewards. It is an annual CS:GO championship event held in different locations around the world. Despite being a decade old, Major tickets sell out like hotcakes. The arenas are usually jam packed with supporters and is broadcast around the world in multiple languages. The Paris Major will offer a $1.25 million prize pool, the same as the previous year’s Rio Major.

It is unclear whether this change is connected to the summer tournament break being moved to June 12-July 9, around a month earlier than in previous years, as Valve has not commented on the reasons. The Counter-Strike Professional Players’ Association (CSPPA) said at the time that it would engage in dialogue with Valve to “better align with the CS:GO Majors” regarding official tournament breaks.

Announcement met with mix reactions

Despite CS:GO’s popularity, Valve seem to be move on from the game. Valves decision to cancel the second Major of 2023 met with mixed reactions from the community. While some appreciated the move, others expressed concern over the revenue loss for the teams who factor in these events into their yearly budgets. Complexity General Manager, Graham “messioso” Pitt, took to Twitter to voice his concerns and hopes that the first Major of 2024 will come with “significant boost to revenue opportunities since there will only be one event.

Various orgs also posted on twitter about the change in the CS:GO Calander. Popular CS:GO streamer flom expressed his disappointment for waiting a year for CS2 Major to take place:

2018 Boston Major winners Cloud9 tweeted:

CS2 Beta is now available for chosen few to try it out. The introduction of a new version of CS:GO is the talk of the internet. With several memes, montages and videos of ex and current players trying out the fresh new approach, fans of the game can’t wait to get their hands on it when it finally launches in the summer.

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