Counter-Strike News
October 17, 2025
k0nfig Retires from Competitive CS2 to Become Player Agent
Kristian “k0nfig” Wienecke has officially called it quits. The Danish rifler announced his retirement from professional play on October 15, ending a decade-long Counter-Strike career. He’s stepping away from the…
October 17, 2025
CS2 Player Reportedly Asked for Monthly Helicopter Rides to Join Team
Tier 2 Counter-Strike team BC.Game Esports, backed by the crypto casino of the same name, has shared a bizarre behind-the-scenes detail from their roster-building process. Speaking on the subject of…
October 15, 2025
FaZe Clan Survives CAC 2025 Early Elimination Scare by Skin of Their Teeth
On LAN in Shanghai, China, 16 Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) teams are battling for their share of the $1 million prize pool at CS Asia Championships (CAC) 2025. The start of…
September 30, 2025
Liquid Pulling Out of Fragadelphia Sparks Huge VRS Competitive Integrity Concern
Having played their five necessary games to be able to field Jonathan “EliGE” Jablonowski at the StarLadder Budapest Major during the Birch Cup 2025, Team Liquid have dropped out of…
September 29, 2025
rain Denies CS2 Retirement Plans After Leaving FaZe
After almost 10 years and 3541 days as a member of the team, one of the longest tenures across any esport, Havard “rain” Nygaard has been benched from FaZe Clan’s…
September 29, 2025
Virtus Pro Risk Missing CS2 StarLadder Major After ESL Pro League Travel Issues
Virtus.pro will be absent from ESL Pro League Season 22 after being turned away at the Swedish border, and their hopes of attending the StarLadder Budapest Major may now be…
September 26, 2025
FACEIT Flies Out CS2 Prodigy Nocries to HQ Amid Cheating Accusations
Nocries, the Counter-Strike 2 phenom who has been hit with rampant cheating accusations as he dominated the NA FACEIT leaderboards, has been flown out to FACEIT HQ to be monitored…
September 25, 2025
CYPHER Explains Why he Wants Counter-Strike to Return to RMR for Majors
With fnatic now out of Exort the Proving Grounds Season 4 and losing big Valve Regional Standings (VRS) points in the process, their hopes of making the StarLadder Budapest Major…
September 25, 2025
EliGE rejoins Team Liquid CS2 team after 2 year absence
One of the most successful players in the history of North American Counter-Strike, Jonathan “EliGE” Jablonowski, has re-joined Team Liquid just over two years after departing the organisation for their…
September 25, 2025
FUT Esports Win First Counter-Strike 2 Event Since Acquiring Team
Turkish organisation FUT have won their first event since their entrance to Counter-Strike 2 in July of this year. With strong run in the online cup Exort The Proving Grounds…