EPICENTER: Moscow details released

While the European closed qualifier is underway, Epic Esports Events released all important details for the $500,000 event, which will take place in Moscow's VTB Ice Palace, a 14,000-seater indoor arena.

The event will be running from October 17-23, which makes it the longest offline event we've seen so far in CS:GO, barring ELEAGUE where the separate stages were split across eight weeks.

However, the organizers expect to have off-days between the groups and playoffs to finalize stage preparations, as only the playoffs will be played on-stage.

Groups of EPICENTER: Moscow will be played in a best-of-two, round-robin format, with all four teams going through to best-of-three, single-elimination playoffs.

According to a statement given by CEO Mark Averbukh, Epic Esports Events are looking to provide an "exceptional stage design", which they lived up to in their first EPICENTER event in DotA 2.

The six invited teams are:

G2	fnatic	Natus Vincere	Ninjas in Pyjamas
Virtus.pro	SK	EU qualifier	Null element CIS qualifier

$500,000 will be distributed among the participants followingly:

1. $250,000
2. $100,000
3-4. $40,000
5-8. $15,000

European closed qualifier's group stage has already begun, Astralis and GODSENT picked up their first wins over Wizards and Heroic, respectively.