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December 31, 2025

CS2 Pros Reveal Maps That Should be Added or Removed from Map Pool

The Counter-Strike 2 map pool is always a point of debate. Everyone has their favorites and least favorites, but what do pros really want?
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December 30, 2025

Mauisnake Claims Zonic Has to be Blamed For Falcons’ CS2 Failure

At the Budapest Major, we spoke with Mauisnake about CS2 in 2025, and he gave a scathing review of zonic's performance as Falcons coach.
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December 29, 2025

Counter-Strike Dominates 2025 Esports Prize Pools as LoL & Rocket League Grow Massively

Counter-Strike once again tops the esports prize pool standings in 2025, pulling in more prize money than any other title this year.
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December 24, 2025

CS2 Player XoTiC Benches Himself to Focus on Running “Multiple Businesses”

Professional North American Counter-Strike 2 player Zack “XotiC” Elshani has revealed he is stepping down from NRG’s active roster. The 24-year-old AWPer cited difficulties juggling between competition and “running multiple…
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December 19, 2025

FaZe Clan’s StarLadder Budapest Major Run Was a Miracle, Not a Renaissance

CS analysts and fans alike said the FaZe Clan magic was dead – but the StarLadder Budapest Major proved there was life in the old dog yet.
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December 16, 2025

mezii Declares Vitality “Best CS Team of All Time” Following StarLadder Budapest Major Win

mezii believes Vitality has taken the crown of best CS team of all time from the dominant Astralis squad of yesteryear.
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December 15, 2025

Jimpphat: MOUZ “choked” and “weren’t ready” for FaZe in StarLadder Budapest Major Upset

Jimpphat spoke with Esports.net on how elimination at the StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 at the hands of FaZe was a "choke."
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December 15, 2025

Vitality Become First Team to Win Back-to-Back CS2 Majors at StarLadder Budapest Major

Team Vitality are the champions of the StarLadder Budapest Major after defeating FaZe Clan, making Counter-Strike 2 history in the process.
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December 12, 2025

Magisk Reportedly Out of Astralis With Minor Restructure On The Cards

The legendary Danish rifler, Emil “Magisk” Reif, is reportedly set to leave Astralis for the second time in his storied career—and Martin “stavn” Lund is unlikely to make a return.…
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December 12, 2025

zonic Brands Falcons’ 2025 “Unacceptable” as They Exit StarLadder Budapest Major With Defeat to Spirit

Falcons disappointed in their final event of the year as a run of five top-four finishes in a row came to an abrupt end at the hands of Team Spirit…
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