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ESL FACEIT Group-owned gaming festival DreamHack<\/strong> will make its San Diego, California debut in April 2023.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
DreamHack San Diego will be a three-day event and is set to offer esports tournaments \u2014 ranging from professional to amateur \u2014 as well as a large-scale LAN party, live music, movies and more. <\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
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First created as a large-scale LAN party, the DreamHack brand has since evolved to become a gaming and esports festival which includes music, parties and esports competitions that take place all across the globe.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
\n \nSan Diego will be one of the three locations in the United States that will have a DreamHack in 2023. Prior to that, the festival still has a number of stops to make in 2022. This includes DreamHack Atlanta in November, DreamHack Valencia, DreamHack Winter in Sweden, with its Hannover edition rounding out the company’s 2022 roadmap. <\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
\n \nDreamHack’s organisers also announced that the festival will reveal its entire global lineup for 2023 on December 9th \u2014 also known as DreamHack Day. In total, there will be 10 festivals across seven countries. <\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
\n \nDetails regarding what esports competitions are set to take place in San Diego have not been revealed. <\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n
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ESI has teamed up with META for Esports Revolution in Brussels. To find out more, click here<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n \n \nEarlier this year, DreamHack already confirmed that the festival will come to Japan, in partnership with Sony<\/a>, and Australia in 2023.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
\n \nShahin Zarrabi, VP of Strategy & Growth for DreamHack,<\/strong> commented: ” San Diego continues to grow its reputation as a host city for major industry conventions \u2014 DreamHack will add to that by creating an arena where you can come to connect, explore, win, play a part, and be yourself through a gaming lifestyle experience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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