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EPICENTER 2018

EPICENTER 2018 was an eight-team Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament in Moscow, won by FaZe Clan.

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EPICENTER 2018
CSKA Arena, known as Park of Legends Ice Palace when it hosted the EPICENTER 2018 playoffs. · Brateevsky · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 ·
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Updated October 23, 2026

Competition snapshot

Combined prize pool

USD 295,000[1]

Participant scale

8 teams[1][4]

Category

Organizer

Commercial note

Tournament organizer · Recorded in the 2018 edition.[1]

Category

Sponsor

Partner

ASUS

Commercial note

Event partner; specific 2018 activation details were not identified in the reviewed reporting · Recorded in the 2018 edition.[1]

Category

Sponsor

Partner

Twitch

Commercial note

Listed event sponsor · Recorded in the 2018 edition.[1]

Category

Technology Partner

Partner

HYPERPC

Commercial note

Official technical partner; supplied computers for practice and tournament matches · Recorded in the 2018 edition.[2]

PTG Database Analysis

EPICENTER 2018 was the 2018 Counter-Strike edition of the EPICENTER series, organized by Epic Esports Events. The eight-team offline event ran from October 23 to 28 in Moscow. Its playoff venue was Park of Legends Ice Palace, now listed by PTG as CSKA Arena. FaZe Clan defeated Natus Vincere in the final and won the USD 295,000 prize pool’s USD 150,000 first-place award.[1][3]

The organizer listed multiple commercial partners. HYPERPC said its computers powered practice and final matches. Liquipedia lists ASUS and Twitch among event partners; the reviewed sources do not specify their 2018 activation terms.[1][4]

References6
  1. [1]EPICENTER 2018 — Counter-Strike tournament overview — Liquipedia
  2. [2]EPICENTER: CS:GO 2018 with technical support from HYPERPC — HYPERPC
  3. [3]EPICENTER 2018 overview — HLTV
  4. [4]EPICENTER 2018 announced with $300,000 prize pool — HLTV
  5. [5]EPICENTER finds technical partner in ASUS ROG — Esports Insider
  6. [6]VTB Ice Palace exterior — Wikimedia Commons — Wikimedia Commons

Commercial opportunities

HYPERPC technical partnership

HYPERPC said it supplied computers for tournament practice and final matches and described itself as EPICENTER's official technical partner.[4]

ASUS Republic of Gamers event partnership

Liquipedia lists ASUS among the tournament sponsors; contemporary reporting on the 2019 event says ASUS ROG also activated at the 2018 CS:GO event.[1][5]

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