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Read More »Counter-Strike: Global Offensive goes free-to-play and unveils all-new Battle Royale mode
Bully Hunters campaign to tackle harassment in CS:GO
Supported by Steel Series, the Diverse Gaming Coalition and the National Organization for Women, the Bully Hunters offers to fight the issue from the inside
Read More »FACEIT to host $1m London Counter-Strike Major
13th CS:GO Major to take place at London's SSE Arena
Read More »2018’s first CS:GO Major will be ELEAGUE Boston
Boston will be host to 2018’s first CS:GO Valve Major, with ELEAGUE on hosting duties. The ELEAGUE Major will bring 16 of the world’s finest CS:GO teams together for a two week long showdown which will culminate in live playoffs from Friday 26 January to Sunday 28 January at Boston …
Read More »Immortals CS:GO team in chaos, kNg confirms he’s benched, Teles twins ask to quit
Immortal’s CS:GO team continues its slow implosion as Vito ‘kNg’ Giuseppe has announced he’s no longer on the team’s active roster after an internal suspension, and the Teles twins Lucas ‘LUCAS1’ and Henrique ‘HEN1’ Teles have reportedly asked to leave the team. This controversy has been steadily growing since the …
Read More »Counter-Strike launches in China as Valve partners up with Perfect World, F2P for verified users
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has launched in China, with Chinese publisher Perfect World releasing a special version of CS:GO in collaboration with developers Valve. The changes are slight, with cosmetic changes removing several symbols in the game that rule the game out for sale in China. That, and every user who …
Read More »North win first major championship at Dreamhack Montreal, Immortals forfeit a match due to poor punctuality
Danish CS:GO outfit North rack up their first championship title of 2017 this weekend, clutching a win at Dreamhack Montreal. North won out over the Brazilian CS:GO team Immortals, but the grand final was marred somewhat by Immortals forfeiting a match due to tardiness, the moment shown in this Twitch …
Read More »Trevor ‘TmarTn’ Martin and Thomas ‘Syndicate’ Cassell escape fines for promoting CSGO lottery site they owned
Trevor ‘TmarTn’ Martin and Thomas ‘Syndicate’ Cassell, two of the part-owners of CS:GO gambling site CSGOLotto, have reached a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). It’s the equivilent of a slap on the wrist for the pair, who faced backlash from the community for advertising their CS:GO gambling site …
Read More »South Korean esports outfit Lunatic Hai to field teams for Battlegrounds and CS:GO
Lunatic-Hai, a South Korean esports outfit best known as two-time back-to-back OGN Overwatch Apex winners, has announced in a post on Facebook that they will be fielding teams in CS:GO and PUBG. The announcement was in Korean, but has been translated by Slingshot Esports. In the announcement, Lunatic Hai state: …
Read More »OpTic gaming forfeit slot in ELEAGUE’s CS:GO Premier after roster changes
OpTic Gaming have forfeited their Group D spot in ELEAGUE’s CS:GO Premier after adding Adam Friberg, Aleksi ‘Allu’ Jalli and Emil ‘Magisk’ Reif to their roster yesterday. ELEAGUE’s rulebook has a rule, several in fact although only 4.4.15 is relevant here, which states that teams must retain three of their …
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