On April 20, 2021, DreamHack announced DreamHack Beyond. This will be an All-Digital, Interactive Experience. The Experience will be from July 24-31, 2021. The full week will include tournaments, LAN Party, Streaming Studio, Cosplay Championship, Livestreamed Music and Film Screenings, Expo, Panels, Game Demos, and additional content.

    “Dream Hack is more than an event — it creates an arena where you can come to connect, explore, win, play a part, and be yourself through a gaming lifestyle experience.”

    -Justin Burnham, Vice President, Creative, DreamHack

    DREAMHACK BEYOND FESTIVAL CONTENT & INFORMATION

    Comments:

    “The goal for all of us at DreamHack is to provide great experiences for our fans, which have traditionally thrived by bringing communities together for these shared and beloved festivals all around the globe,”-Marcus Lindmark, President DreamHack, SVP Project and Event Operations at ESL Gaming

    “DreamHack Beyond was created to both complement and showcase the best of DreamHack in a fresh, new way because we are more than an event — DreamHack creates an arena where you can come to connect, explore, win, play a part, and be yourself through a gaming lifestyle experience.” -Marcus Lindmark, President DreamHack, SVP Project and Event Operations at ESL Gaming

    DreamHack is collaborating with award-winning Super Crowd Entertainment for DreamHack Beyond to create this hybrid between reality and fantasy.

    Stream Beyond Invitationals

    • Fall Guys Invite-Only tournament | Prize Pool: $10,000+
    • Call Of Duty Invite-Only tournament | Prize Pool: $10,000+
    • Monster Energy Apex Legends Invite-Only tournament 
      • EU Prize Pool: $10,000 | NA Prize Pool: $10,000 
    • Worms Rumble Invite-Only tournament | Prize Pool: $2,500
    • Magic: The Gathering Online Invite-Only tournament | Prize Pool: $2,500

    Rocket League Boost Cups

    • European Server Tournaments (Open to all regions, played on EU servers)
      1v1 | July 25 | $2000
    • 2v2 | July 23 | $4000
    • 3v3 | July 30 | $7500 
    • Freestyle | July 28; Finals July 31 | $1000
    • U.S. East Server Tournaments (Open to all regions, played on US East servers)
    • 1v1 | July 29 | $2000
    • 2v2 | July 24 | $4000
    • 3v3 | July 31 | $7500
    • Freestyle | July 26; Finals July 31| $1000

    FGC’s Community Clash Tournaments:

    DreamHack Beyond will include free-to-enter tournaments streamed live on twitch.tv/dreamhackfighters.

    Games:

    • Guilty Gear -Strive-  | July 24 | $2500
    • Skullgirls 2nd Encore | July 25 | $1000
    • Power Rangers Battle For The Grid League Tournament | July 25 | $1,000 
    • Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown | July 27 | $1000
    • Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate | July 30 | $1000
    • DMC3v3 Killer Instinct Event | July 31

    Hearthstone Three-Headed Dragon Challenge

    Additional information is available at dreamhack.com/beyond/hearthstone.

    Dreamhack Beyond Community Clash

    • League of Legends | July 24 | NA, $1,000
    • Grifball | July 24 (PlayGrifball.com/DJBluePDX)
    • Fall Guys | July 24-31
    • Among Us | July 24-31
    • Fortnite, Rainbow 6 and Warzone | July 24-31
    • Daily Leaderboards tracked by Tracker Network
    • PUBG Mobile | July 24-31
    • Challenges with in-Beyond rewards by blink.gg
    • Heroes of the Storm | July 24-31 | $1,000
    • Age of Empires II | July 24-31 | $1,000
    • Spain Fortnite Tournament Invitational | July 27 | 6pm CET
    • 80 of Spain’s best talents will compete with Pol Dominguez “Suja” as ambassador
    • Valorant | July 29-31| EU $2500 / NA $2,500
    • Knockout City | July 30 | 3v3
    • Teamfight Tactics | July 29-30 | $2,500

    Student Tournaments 

    • High school and collegiate matches will be available to watch.
    • July 24 | High School Tournaments
    • Rocket League
    • League of Legends
    • July 25-28, 31 | Collegiate League of Legends Invitationals
    • July 25-30 | Collegiate Valorant open

    Panels will run daily on twitch.tv/dreamhack and twitch.tv/dreamhackbeyond.

    Screenings:

    Crunchyroll, Shudder, Hi-YAH!, and others.

    ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES:

    Cosplay contest, Freeplay, Indie Playground, Student Game Showcase, Expo Hall, and much more.

    ABOUT DREAMHACK

    DreamHack is an immersive, gaming lifestyle experience where the community comes to life. Millions of fans tune in to DreamHack broadcasts each year, and the 24 hour-a-day festival weekends feature everything gaming under one roof. Attendees experience professional esports tournaments, amateur and varsity gaming tournaments, world-famous bring-your-own-computer (BYOC) LAN party, cosplay championships, panels, art, activities, expo, screenings, live music and more. In 2020, DH merged with ESL to create ESL Gaming, the world’s largest esports and gaming lifestyle company. The two organizations have been shaping the industry and leading esports and gaming innovation, across the most popular video games with numerous online and offline esports competitions and festivals.

    Registration is now available at https://dreamhack.com/beyond.

    Info Courtesy of Dreamhack