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October 6, 2025

Fnatic Attend Small US CS2 LAN to Secure StarLadder Budapest Major Invite

The fight to qualify for the StarLadder Budapest Major is over, as the VRS standings for each region have been finalized. The cutoff date for Budapest Major VRS invites was October…
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October 3, 2025

ESL Suspends Impact Women’s League Over ‘Unsustainable’ Economic Model

After launching the product in 2022, ESL have announced that their women’s Counter-Strike 2 league ESL Impact will be suspended after the culmination of its eighth season. Online play for…
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October 3, 2025

YEKINDAR Performs Heroics to Save FURIA from ESL Pro League Embarrassment

With ESL Pro League (EPL) Stage 2 qualification on the line, Latvian Counter-Strike 2 rifler Mareks “YEKINDAR” Gaļinskis stepped up to the plate to save his FURIA team when they…
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October 1, 2025

CS2 Underdogs Go Flawless in EPL S22 Stage 1 as Favorites Struggle

Sparks are flying in Stage 1 of ESL Pro League Season 22 at the ESL Studio venue in Stockholm, Sweden. Not one but two serious underdogs have sent shockwaves through…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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