DreamHack Winter 2012
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| Aktiebolag | |
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Headquarters | Hägersten, , Sweden |
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ESports tournaments Gaming convention |
| Parent | Modern Times Group |
| Website | Official site |
DreamHack is a Swedish events and production company specializing in ESports tournaments and gaming conventions. It is recognized by the Guinness Book of Records and Twin Galaxies as being the world's largest LAN party and computer festival with the world's fastest Internet connection, and the most generated traffic. The Internet connection record was beaten in 2012 by the second largest computer festival in the world: The Gathering in Norway. Since 2015, it is part of digital entertainment company Modern Times Group. It usually hold its events in Western Europe and North America.
DreamHack calls itself the world's largest "digital festival". Its events include local area network gathering with live concerts and competitions in digital art and eSports. The first DreamHack event was held in Malung, Sweden. DreamHack held several gaming events throughout Europe: in and Jönköping, Sweden, Tours, France, Bucharest and Cluj, Romania, Valencia, Spain, London, England and Leipzig, Germany. In May 2016 DreamHack held its first event on the American continent in Austin, Texas. In August 2016, it held its first event in Montreal, Quebec. The winter event consistently has approximately 10% more visitors than the summer event, but in other respects they are quite similar. Both events are 72 hours (stretching over 4 days), and have scheduled activity around the clock, every day.
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