Tag Archives: CS2

September 14, 2026

CS:GO

Road to the Singapore Major: Liquid, TYLOO, DENDELE and Nemiga Complete the PGL Masters Bucharest Field as Virtus.pro Crack the VRS Top 30

All News, CS:GO Mark Terrence

The last pieces of the autumn Counter-Strike calendar fell into place over the weekend. Regional qualifiers for PGL Masters Bucharest wrapped up on Sunday, handing the final four spots at the $1,250,000 event to Nemiga, DENDELE, Liquid and TYLOO. A few hours earlier, a rebuilt Virtus.pro had fought through the... read more

September 13, 2026

CS:GO

Legacy Sweep G2 3-0 to Win FISSURE Playground 3 – latto Takes a Third MVP as the Brazilians Complete Their China Hat-Trick

All News, CS:GO Mark Terrence

Legacy have done it again in China. The Brazilian side swept G2 3-0 in the FISSURE Playground 3 grand final in Suzhou on Sunday, adding a third trophy won on Chinese soil to the CS Asia Championships titles they lifted in 2025 and 2026. For a Counter-Strike team that entered... read more

September 13, 2026

CS:GO

Valve’s September VRS Lands a Day Late and Sparks a Data Row – Spirit Stay No. 1 While Legacy (6th) and G2 (8th) Meet in the FISSURE Final

All News, CS:GO Mark Terrence

The monthly Counter-Strike 2 ranking that decides who gets invited where has become a story in its own right this month. Valve published its September Valve Regional Standings (VRS) a day later than usual, and the knock-on effects have kept tournament organizers, analysts and the betting community busy ever since.... read more

September 12, 2026

CS:GO

FISSURE Playground 3 Final Is Set: Legacy Survive MIBR in Overtime, G2 Turn Over BETBOOM – Sunday Pits World No. 8 Against No. 7

All News, CS:GO Mark Terrence

Semi-final Saturday at FISSURE Playground 3 in Suzhou delivered two three-map series, two overtime maps and a grand final nobody would have pencilled in after day one. Legacy edged MIBR 2-1 in an all-Brazilian semi that ended in overtime on Inferno, and G2 came from a map down to beat... read more

September 11, 2026

CS:GO

G2 Break Their Quarter-Final Curse: 2-0 Over FURIA Sets Up a BETBOOM Semi at FISSURE Playground 3

All News, CS:GO Mark Terrence

The last open question in the FISSURE Playground 3 bracket has been answered, and not the way the rankings suggested. G2 beat FURIA 2-0 in Suzhou on Thursday, reaching the semi-finals of a Big Event for the first time since they lifted the BLAST Open London trophy more than a... read more

September 11, 2026

CS:GO

FISSURE Playground 3 Quarter-Finals: MIBR Crush Alliance 2-0 to Book an All-Brazilian Semi Against Legacy – G2 End 5star’s Fairy Tale

All News, CS:GO Mark Terrence

The playoff picture at FISSURE Playground 3 in Suzhou is taking shape. On the first day of stage matches, MIBR dismantled Alliance 2-0 to lock in a semi-final against fellow Brazilians Legacy, while the day before, G2 finally stopped the giant-killing run of Mongolia's 5star. For anyone following the CS2... read more

September 10, 2026

CS:GO

FISSURE Playground 3 Day 3: World No. 127 5star Dump Astralis Out as Legacy and BETBOOM Lock Up Semi-Final Byes

All News, CS:GO Mark Terrence

The group stage of FISSURE Playground 3 in Suzhou produced its biggest shock yet on Thursday. 5star, a Mongolian side ranked 127th in the world, eliminated Astralis 2-1 to follow up their win over compatriots The MongolZ, while Legacy and BETBOOM won their group upper-bracket finals to skip the quarter-finals... read more

September 10, 2026

CS:GO

FISSURE Playground 3 Day 2: FaZe and The MongolZ Crash Out in Last Place as FURIA and BETBOOM Join MIBR and Legacy in the Playoffs

All News, CS:GO Mark Terrence

Day two of FISSURE Playground 3 in Suzhou turned into a bloodbath for the favourites. Two of the biggest names in the Counter-Strike 2 betting scene, FaZe and The MongolZ, are already on their way home in joint-last place, while FURIA and BETBOOM locked up playoff spots alongside MIBR and... read more

September 8, 2026

CS:GO

FISSURE Playground 3 Day 1: Alliance Stun FaZe 2-0, MIBR Fight Back to Beat The MongolZ in tomaszin’s LAN Debut

All News, CS:GO Mark Terrence

Day one of FISSURE Playground 3 delivered exactly the kind of chaos a field without Spirit, Falcons, MOUZ and Vitality was always likely to produce. In the opening round of Group B in China, Alliance swept FaZe 2-0, and MIBR came from a map down to beat The MongolZ 2-1... read more

September 8, 2026

CS:GO

FISSURE Playground 3 Kicks Off in China: FURIA Head a Field Without Spirit as GamerLegion Open Without Snax

All News, CS:GO Mark Terrence

The post-Porto lull in Counter-Strike lasted barely a day. FISSURE Playground 3 opens in China on Tuesday, September 8, with 16 teams, a $1,000,000 prize pool and a field that looks very different from the one that just fought over the BLAST Open Porto trophy. Spirit, Falcons, MOUZ and Vitality... read more

September 7, 2026

CS:GO

Spirit Beat MOUZ 3-1 to Win BLAST Open Porto – Back-to-Back Titles and Revenge for the Bounty Final

All News, CS:GO Mark Terrence

Team Spirit are the champions of BLAST Open Porto 2026. The world's top-ranked Counter-Strike side beat MOUZ 3-1 in Sunday's grand final, adding a second straight trophy to the one they lifted at the Esports World Cup earlier this summer. The win also settles a score: barely a month ago,... read more

September 6, 2026

CS:GO

Spirit and MOUZ Meet Again in the BLAST Open Porto Final – a Rematch of the Bounty Decider

September 6, 2026 All News, CS:GO Mark Terrence

The playoffs at BLAST Open Porto have produced the final most of the Counter-Strike betting scene had circled from the start: Spirit against MOUZ, Sunday at 16:00 CEST in the Porto arena. Both sides swept their semi-finals on Saturday, and both arrive with a very recent history against each other... read more

September 3, 2026

CS:GO

NIP Hand the Calls to Krimbo on Loan From BIG — Snappi Benched After 18 Months as IGL

September 3, 2026 All News, CS:GO Mark Terrence

Ninjas in Pyjamas have rewritten the most important seat in their lineup twice inside three days. Marco "Snappi" Pfeiffer stepped away from the active roster on August 31 after more than 18 months as in-game leader, and on September 2 the organisation named his replacement at the microphone: German rifler... read more

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