CS2 Esports News

In a significant legal blow to the operator of the world’s largest PC gaming platform, a UK court has ruled that a £656 million (approx. $900 million) class-action lawsuit against Valve Corporation can proceed to trial. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of 14 million UK Steam users, alleges that Valve has abused its dominant market position to overcharge gamers.

Counter-Strike's coveted IEM series heads to Krakow, Poland, for the first time, replacing Katowice. This edition of the tournament will feature 24 top CS2 rosters in fierce competition.

After an intense set of online qualifiers, eight top-ranked teams will compete in the BLAST Bounty Winter 2026 Finals in Malta. Teams will fight for a lion's share of the $1.15 million prize pool as well as Frequent Flyer Programme tokens.

PARIVISION shocked the Counter-Strike world by sweeping Team Falcons by 3-0 in the BLAST Bounty Winter 2026 Finals, delivering one of the tournament's most dominant performances. The victory marks PARIVISION's first big trophy and caps off a stunning redemption arc for Ivan "zweih" Gogin, who lifted the championship hardware just months after a disappointing stint with Team Spirit that saw him struggle significantly, particularly during the Budapest Major. A Statement Win Nobody expected PARIVISION to steamroll through the final. Falconsmore

The first wave of Esports World Cup 2026 tickets is now live on the EWC website, and fans have the option to choose from Weekly All Access Passes, Premium Tournament Passes, and an exclusive Esports Embassy Experience.

The first (and long awaited) CS2 update of the year is finally here. The Premier Season 4 Update doesn’t just kick off the new competitive season, but brings back Anubis to replace Train, SMG Buffs, New Community maps, and two new weapon collections. Let’s get through this one at a time. CS2 Premier Season 4 Game Updates As discussed in a previous article, Anubis will return for Season 4 replacing Train, but that’s not all. The map is tweaked slightlymore

Strafe Esports was recently invited to attend a media event organized by the EWC (Esports World Cup). In it, an open discussion was held around EWC 2026 and beyond, answering some of the bigger questions surrounding one of the world’s biggest emerging esports tournament organizers.

Esports World Cup 2026 announced a historic $75 million prize pool. The annual event will return to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on July 6, featuring 25 tournaments across 24 games.

Later today, season 3 of CS2 Premier will come to an end. This means that in a few days CS2 Premier will enter Season 4. This means a major CS2 update after almost three months (barring the Major hub update). The last big update introduced four community maps, a new observing tool, and a new mode: Retake. So what would the upcoming CS2 Premier Season 4 have in store for us? Map Pool Change: -Train +Anubis With only a year out of the map pool, Train is already on its way out. Replacing it will be Anubis that exited themore

Trackmania joins the Esports World Cup 2026 lineup. In this precision racing esport, 32 players from all over the world will compete in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for their share of a $500,000 prize pool.

Most games do not allow players to change FOV, especially tactical shooters to ensure uniformity across multiple clients, competitive integrity and saving resources. CS2 also doesn't necessarily allow you to change the FOV, but there are ways to adjust the FOV and your viewmodel’s perspective.

Counter-Strike is set to take its Majors to Argentina for the first time, as Buenos Aires will reportedly host the first Major of 2027. Shanghai, meanwhile, will seemingly be host to the second Major.

With BLAST Bounty underway, Krakow in the pipeline, and the PGL Cluj-Napoca teams announcement, we have officially kicked off the 2026 season of Counter-Strike esports. This time, Cluj-Napoca will host 16 of the biggest names in CS esports to become the TOs most stacked event to date.

Short on cash in-game? Not enough money for the big green? You're probably mismanaging your in-game economy, leading to more bad buys than you need to suffer. There are plenty of guides and obvious signs out there when your shots aren't landing. But one of the biggest core skills to learn for new players to Counter-Strike 2 is managing your economy.

2026 wasn't supposed to start like this for FaZe Clan AT ALL.  After clawing their way to the grand finals of the Budapest Major just weeks ago, the team walked into BLAST Bounty Season 1 as heavy favorites against JW's EYEBALLERS. Reality hit hard when the Swedish underdogs eliminated them 2-1 in the opening round. Ninety-four percent of fans predicted FaZe would cruise through this matchup. They weren't exactly wrong at first, FaZe went 13-6 on Ancient and looked readymore

This guide explains everything you need to know about CS2 matchmaking, including ranked and unranked modes, private matches, and custom lobbies. Learn how to play with friends, host private games, customize settings, use console commands, and troubleshoot common matchmaking issues for the best Counter-Strike 2 experience.

_Codre_, a Minecraft creator, spent 62 hours rebuilding Counter-Strike 2's iconic Train map in full blocky glory. Then, w1tcher, another talented creator, ported it right back into CS2 as a fully playable map. What started as a creative Minecraft project turned into one of the coolest community crossovers in recent memory. The journey began when Minecraft builder Codre took on the challenge of recreating CS2's revamped Train map block by block. We're talking about a meticulous 15-day build that capturedmore

The map rotation carousel keeps spinning. Valve just announced that Anubis is returning to Counter-Strike 2's Active Duty pool, replacing Train as Premier Season 3 wraps up on January 19th. For a map that was pulled just six months ago, this comeback feels quick. But that's exactly how Valve's been handling things lately. Your New Seven-Map Battlefield Starting with Season 4, the seven-map Active Duty lineup will include Mirage, Nuke, Inferno, Ancient, Anubis, Vertigo, and Dust II. Train, which mademore

If you think of esports, chances are the G2 name will pop up in your head; the menacing samurai, the countless trophies, the aspiration to be bigger, better. When it comes to the world of competitive video games, G2 Esports is one of the most recognizable brands worldwide, no doubt about it. But, just how big are they really? And perhaps more importantly, what steps did they take to get there? Strafe had the chance to sit down with Albanmore