The DreamHack stop that will start in just one day, the DreamHack Maresille 2018 and will feature Counter-Strike:Global Offensive as one of the discipline with a total of $250000 prize purse, has had it's casting team revealed.

The usual names are on the list, except Matthew 'Sadokist' Trivett whom due to the recent scandal seems to have taken a back step from casting.

The on air team is as follow:

• Alex 'Machine' Richardson - (desk host)
• Tres 'stunna' Saranthus - (reporter)
• Chad 'SPUNJ' Burchill - (analyst)
• Janko 'YNk' Paunovic - (analyst)
• Sean 'sg@res' Gares - (analyst)
• Jason 'Moses' O'Toole - (caster)
• Henry 'HenryG' Greer - (caster)
• Vince 'Vince' Hill - (caster)
• Anders Blume - (caster)
• Hugo Byron - (remote caster)
• Sudhen 'Bleh' Wahengbam - (remote caster)
  

Groups are as follow:

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
FaZe Clan	mousesports	fnatic	Team Liquid
Cloud9	SK Gaming	Natus Vincere	Astralis
G2.eSports	Ninjas in Pyjamas	LA renegades	Space Soldiers
Team EnVyUs	Valliance	TyLoo	Gambit eSports

The format will see the GSL system with each first game between the teams as a Bo1 and the winner and elimination match as a Bo3. The groups will be followed by a single elimination Bo3 bracket.

Prize distribution:

• 1'st. - $100000
• 2'nd. - $50000
• 3'rd./4'th. - $22000 each
• 5'th./8'th. - $10000 each
• 9'th./12'th. - $2000 each
• 13'th./16'th. - $2000 each