Category: CS:GO

September 2, 2026

CS:GO

BLAST Open Porto Moves to the Arena With Spirit and MOUZ Already Two Wins From the Trophy

September 2, 2026 All News, CS:GO Mark Terrence

The Copenhagen half of BLAST Open Porto 2026 is finished, and only six of the original sixteen teams are getting on a plane to Portugal. What matters for anyone pricing up the closing weekend is not just who survived, but how they survived: two of the six skip the quarter-finals... read more

August 31, 2026

CS:GO

BLAST Open Porto Reaches the Quarter-Finals With Every Top-Five Team Alive — and NAVI Long Gone

August 31, 2026 All News, CS:GO Mark Terrence

The group stage at BLAST Open Porto 2026 closed the way seeded events rarely manage: all five of the world's highest-ranked teams survived, and one of the sport's biggest brands did not. Monday's quarter-finals put Team Spirit, FURIA, G2, Aurora, MOUZ, Falcons, FUT and Vitality into the bracket, and leave... read more

August 25, 2026

CS:GO

Team Spirit Win CS2 at EWC 2026 — and the Bracket Broke Every Favourite Along the Way

All News, CS:GO Mark Terrence

Counter-Strike's biggest summer bracket closed on Aug. 23 at the Accor Arena in Paris, and the trophy ended up in fairly predictable hands. Everything that happened before that did not. Team Spirit beat FUT Esports 3-1 in the grand final of the Esports World Cup 2026, collecting a $600,000 top... read more

August 19, 2026

CS:GO

FURIA’s Female CS2 Roster Switches to VALORANT — a Game Changers Market With No Form Book

All News, CS:GO, Valorant Mark Terrence

FURIA has pulled off something no esports organisation had managed before: moving an entire competitive roster from one game to another without taking it apart first. FURIA fe, the Brazilian org's women's Counter-Strike lineup, confirmed on Aug. 17 that it is switching to VALORANT and will compete in Riot Games'... read more

August 17, 2026

CS:GO

CS2 at Esports World Cup 2026: Falcons, Spirit and Vitality Land in the Same Bracket Half

All News, CS:GO Mark Terrence

The Counter-Strike group stage at the Esports World Cup 2026 in Riyadh is done, the draw has been made, and the playoff bracket that came out of it is badly lopsided. Falcons, Spirit and Vitality — the world's number one, number two and number four — were all pulled into... read more

August 12, 2026

CS:GO

CS2 at EWC 2026 Kicks Off in Paris: GSL Groups, Bo1 Openers and Where the Variance Sits

All News, CS:GO Mark Terrence

Counter-Strike's biggest summer stop is live. The CS2 event at the Esports World Cup 2026 started on Aug. 12 at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, and over the next 12 days 32 teams will work through a format that punishes early panic and rewards squad depth. Anyone following CS2... read more

August 10, 2026

CS:GO

Cache In, Overpass Out: How CS2’s New Active Duty Pool Changes Veto Betting at EWC 2026

All News, CS:GO Mark Terrence

Counter-Strike bettors spent the better part of a decade building intuition around one veto board. That board no longer exists. With Premier Season 5, Valve moved Cache into the Active Duty pool and pushed Overpass out, and the knock-on effects are still working their way through CS2 betting markets as... read more

August 8, 2026

CS:GO

CS2 EWC 2026 Open Qualifier: Liquid and 100 Thieves Cruise, Eternal Fire Survive NADE Scare

All News, CS:GO Mark Terrence

Counter-Strike 2’s last route into the Esports World Cup 2026 opened in Paris this weekend, and the format is every bit as unforgiving as advertised. Sixty-four teams signed up for the EWC Open Qualifier. Sixteen double-elimination groups of four sorted them over two days. Only four will leave with a... read more

August 7, 2026

CS:GO

Vitality Fall to Fifth in Valve’s August VRS as jL Steps In for Porto and Bucharest

All News, CS:GO Mark Terrence

Valve's August update to the Valve Regional Standings has landed, and the headline number belongs to Team Vitality. The organisation that spent most of 2026 as the default answer at the top of CS2 esports now sits fifth in the global list on 1,836 points — their first time outside... read more

August 6, 2026

CS:GO

Valve’s CS2 Skin Sponsorship Ban Reaches Tier 1: What Changes at BLAST Bounty and Beyond

All News, CS:GO Mark Terrence

A rule Valve quietly wrote into its tournament paperwork back in December 2025 has finally arrived where it hurts: the top tier of Counter-Strike 2. Skin trading and case-opening brands are no longer allowed to appear on broadcasts or player jerseys at licensed Tier 1 events, and BLAST Bounty Season... read more

August 4, 2026

CS:GO

MOUZ End 17-Month Trophy Drought With 3-1 Win Over Team Spirit at BLAST Bounty S2

All News, CS:GO Mark Terrence

MOUZ are champions again. The Hamburg-based side beat Team Spirit 3-1 in the BLAST Bounty 2026 Season 2 grand final in Malta on August 2, ending a trophy drought that stretched back 17 months to PGL Cluj-Napoca. How the final unfolded MOUZ opened with a 13-8 win on Dust2 and... read more

August 4, 2026

CS:GO

Donk Breaks FACEIT CS2 Elo Record, Overtakes MaiL09 With Season 8 Still Underway

All News, CS:GO Mark Terrence

Team Spirit rifler Danil “donk” Kryshkovets has become the highest-rated player in FACEIT’s Counter-Strike 2 history. On July 28, 2026, the 19-year-old reached 5,434 Elo, edging past the previous record of 5,415 set by Swedish prodigy Liam “MaiL09” Tugel. With eight days left in Season 8 at the time, donk... read more

August 2, 2026

CS:GO

Team Spirit vs MOUZ: CS2’s Biggest Head-to-Head Story Reaches Its Grand Final

All News, CS:GO Mark Terrence

The BLAST Bounty Summer 2026 season wraps up this weekend in Attard, Malta, and it has produced exactly the kind of finish CS2 fans hoped for: Team Spirit and MOUZ meeting in a best-of-five grand final after five days of upsets, comebacks, and statement performances at BLAST Arena Studios. Spirit... read more

March 27, 2023

CS:GO

District E: Washington D.C.’s New Esports Venue

All News, CS:GO Mathias

Esports has been growing in popularity in recent years, with more and more people tuning in to watch their favorite teams and players compete in various games. With this surge in interest, it's no surprise that cities around the world are starting to invest in dedicated #esports venues. One such... read more

March 26, 2023

CS:GO

CSGO: FaZe defeats FURIA, faces Force in EPL quarter-finals

All News, CS:GO Mathias

#FaZe progressed to the ESL Pro League Season 17 quarter-finals after defeating #FURIA 2-0, dominating the second halves of Anubis and Nuke to achieve 16-9 and 16-7 victories, respectively, to remove the Brazilian team from the tournament. Game opener FaZe took an early lead on Anubis with a pistol round... read more

March 25, 2023

CS:GO

CSGO: Ence eliminates G2 from ESL Pro League in two maps

All News, CS:GO Mathias

The IEM Katowice winners were knocked out in the second round of the semifinals. #ENCE has claimed their first major scalp since signing Guy #NertZ Iluz, beating #G2 2-0 in the round of 16 of the ESL Pro League Season17. Rasmus #HooXi Nielsen and companions were eliminated from the LAN... read more

March 24, 2023

CS:GO

CSGO: NaVi eliminate Outsiders from ESL Pro League Season 17

All News, CS:GO Mathias

Natus Vincere advanced to the ESL Pro League Season17 quarter-finals after defeating #Outsiders in a tense two-map match. Denis #electroNic Sharipov and friends took first blood after barely converting their Ancient pick (16-14), then eliminated the Russians in 9-12th place after a strong performance on Mirage. (16-7). The win is... read more