HLTV Awards 2026: Counter-Strike’s Biggest Stars Head to Belgrade for Player of the Year Honors

The annual HLTV Awards presented by 1xBet are set to return this weekend, bringing the Counter-Strike community together in ...
Game Rant

‘It’s Pretty Easy’ Former Counter-Strike Pro Comments on Call of Duty’s Difficulty Level

Dominik Bošnjak is a freelance writer from Croatia. He has been writing about games for as long as he can remember and began doing so professionally circa 2010. If he was forced to pick a favorite ...
TweakTown

Counter-Strike 2 breaks its Steam all-time high player peak record, once again

TL;DR: Counter-Strike 2 has set a new player peak record of 1,824,989, becoming the fourth highest on Steam, driven by its growing popularity and esports presence. Despite not surpassing PUBG's record ...
The New York Times

The Billion-Dollar Game Built in a Dorm Room

Counter-Strike changed first-person shooters forever with its deliberate team-based combat. Twenty-five years after the game’s official release, one of its college creators reflects. By Calum Marsh ...
The Escapist

CS2 maps tier list: All active Counter-Strike maps compared

Presenting The Escapist’s CS2 maps tier list, going over all the active Counter-Strike maps currently available in active ...