Counter-Strike: GO smashes records during Dreamhack event

Counter-Strike: GO smashes records during Dreamhack event

The annual Dreamhack event has propelled Counter-Strike: Global Offensive popularity through the roof, breaking records for both concurrent players and stream viewers worldwide.

During the event, the game rocketed to a new peak of 90,000 concurrent players, with another new record of over 145,000 people watching both on the official stream and through Twitch.tv.

The popularity was no doubt helped by the recent Steam Autumn Sale that knocked 75% off the price of the game, as well as Valve themselves putting up $250,000 in prize money for the event.