Valve Set to Reveal the Next CS:GO Major

Valve, the creators of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, are set to reveal the date of the next Major tournament as they start the selection process for the second Major of 2018.

CS:GO Majors are the largest events on the games calendar, and are often more than $1,000,000 tournaments in the biggest stadiums with all the highest ranked teams in attendance.

Valve has come under pressure in 2017 to release the dates of their Majors further in advance. The calls began after the Boston Major, set to begin in January of 2018, was revealed in October of 2017. The short time span between its reveal and its start has meant organizers and teams had to rush to reschedule the rest of their year. Some teams even had to drop out of events in order to enter the qualifiers for the major that had just been sprung on them.

The situation is not a new one, as CS:GO Majors seem random in their spacing across each year with many followers and organizers calling for a regular Major calendar where the large events always fall in the same month each year.

Valve has now begun to organize the second Major of 2018 a year in advance, a sign that perhaps they are responding to the calls from the community.

The developer has sent letters to tournament organizers asking for proposals for an August or September CS:GO Major Championship. They aim to select the hosts of the event by the end of November.

The event would be held in the same format as the upcoming ELEAGUE Boston tournament, and all the companies that have run previous Majors or large CS tournaments will now send in their proposals for a shot at hosting the prestigious event.