Major events for Indian CS in 2025

Indian Counter-Strike has had it's share of ups and downs in 2024 from Gods Reign making a deep RMR qualifier run and Marcos Gaming making history as the first Indian team to win a high profile LAN on international soil to big orgs stepping away from the Counter-Strike scene.

With Skyesports hosting three tier 1 events and one tier 2 event, the Indian Counter-Strike scene has a healthy amount of big events lined up for 2025. Here we take a quick look at what's in store for Indian Counter-Strike in 2025.

The year starts with the ZOWIE eXTREMESLAND 2024 LAN where Gods Reign are set to represent India. The Indian slot was reinstated at the 16-team LAN after nearly five years. Gods Reign took down True Rippers in the regional final which was also a LAN, booking their main event slot.

Once again, Skyesports are doing the bulk of the work, with four Counter-Strike events lined up. Skyesports Souvenir kicks off a day after the eXTREMESLAND LAN concludes on 20th January 2025. Skyesports are set to announce invitees for the event within a couple of days from now. This event carries a $250,000 USD prize pool. From here on, all of Skyesports' events in 2025 are supposed to be tier 1 tournaments.

With prize pools of $500,000 USD each, Skyesports Masters, Skyesports Championship and Skyesports World Tour will take place in May-June, September and November respectively. A more detailed overview on all of Skyesports CS2 events announced for 2025 can be found here: