https://counterstrikego.com/ Counter-Strike 2 news, guides, history and analysis from CounterStrikeGO. en-us Sun, 25 Oct 2026 14:01:51 GMT https://counterstrikego.com/news/team-spirit-must-start-playing-better-captain-magixx-says/ https://counterstrikego.com/news/team-spirit-must-start-playing-better-captain-magixx-says/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 14:01:51 GMT News Team Spirit captain magixx said the team must start playing better and that PGL Masters Bucharest 2026 could be a boost before the Singapore Major, Cybersport.ru reported. https://counterstrikego.com/news/navi-play-furia-in-bucharest-after-opening-win-over-g2/ https://counterstrikego.com/news/navi-play-furia-in-bucharest-after-opening-win-over-g2/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 13:27:53 GMT News Natus Vincere meet FURIA in a best-of-three at PGL Masters Bucharest 2026 at 6 p.m. CET on Oct. 25, a day after beating G2 in their first match. https://counterstrikego.com/news/dumau-says-his-steam-account-was-hacked-cybersport-ru-reports/ https://counterstrikego.com/news/dumau-says-his-steam-account-was-hacked-cybersport-ru-reports/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 09:00:55 GMT News Legacy's dumau said on X that his personal Steam account was hacked and asked Valve for help restoring it, Cybersport.ru reported on Oct. 25. https://counterstrikego.com/news/pgl-masters-bucharest-2026-results-for-oct-24/ https://counterstrikego.com/news/pgl-masters-bucharest-2026-results-for-oct-24/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 05:21:06 GMT News FUT, The MongolZ, Liquid, BetBoom Team and four other teams won at PGL Masters Bucharest 2026 on Oct. 24, 2026: every score of the day. https://counterstrikego.com/news/s1ren-jokes-win-over-spirit-was-worth-skipping-a-madk1d-concert/ https://counterstrikego.com/news/s1ren-jokes-win-over-spirit-was-worth-skipping-a-madk1d-concert/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 22:21:38 GMT News BETBOOM TEAM's s1ren joked that beating Team Spirit at PGL Masters Bucharest 2026 was worth missing a Madk1d concert, Cybersport.ru reported. https://counterstrikego.com/news/jl-jokes-about-his-play-in-apexs-place-at-masters-bucharest/ https://counterstrikego.com/news/jl-jokes-about-his-play-in-apexs-place-at-masters-bucharest/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 18:40:55 GMT News Team Vitality stand-in jL joked on X about his own performance after a 2-0 win over 9z Team at PGL Masters Bucharest 2026, comparing himself to apEX. https://counterstrikego.com/news/mauisnake-says-m0nesy-would-make-betboom-team-a-contender/ https://counterstrikego.com/news/mauisnake-says-m0nesy-would-make-betboom-team-a-contender/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 14:00:49 GMT News CS2 analyst Mauisnake said on the Snake & Banter podcast that m0NESY joining BETBOOM TEAM would make them a contender for the final stage of every championship. https://counterstrikego.com/guides/cs2-m4a4/ https://counterstrikego.com/guides/cs2-m4a4/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 10:41:40 GMT Guides The M4A4 in Counter-Strike 2: which side uses it, its $2,900 price, damage, magazine and recoil values from the game files and Valve's changes to it. https://counterstrikego.com/guides/cs2-awp/ https://counterstrikego.com/guides/cs2-awp/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 10:41:26 GMT Guides AWP stats in Counter-Strike 2 from the Oct. 22, 2026 game files: price, damage, ammo, zoom levels and the Valve patch note lines that name the rifle. https://counterstrikego.com/guides/cs2-m4a1-s/ https://counterstrikego.com/guides/cs2-m4a1-s/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 10:41:11 GMT Guides The M4A1-S in Counter-Strike 2: price, damage, armor and penetration values, magazine and reserve ammo, movement speed and Valve's patch note changes. https://counterstrikego.com/guides/cs2-community-servers/ https://counterstrikego.com/guides/cs2-community-servers/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 10:40:57 GMT Guides How Counter-Strike 2 community servers work: the server browser, joining friends, Workshop maps, Retakes, surf fixes and sounds, and the server variables. https://counterstrikego.com/guides/cs2-usp-s/ https://counterstrikego.com/guides/cs2-usp-s/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 10:40:36 GMT Guides The USP-S in Counter-Strike 2: who can buy it, what it costs, its damage, magazine and reserve, kill award and silencer entry, from Valve's game files. https://counterstrikego.com/guides/cs2-glock-18/ https://counterstrikego.com/guides/cs2-glock-18/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 10:40:20 GMT Guides Glock-18 stats in Counter-Strike 2 from the game files: price, kill award, damage, magazine and reserve, burst mode values and which team can use it. https://counterstrikego.com/news/navi-open-pgl-masters-bucharest-against-g2-at-6-p-m-cest/ https://counterstrikego.com/news/navi-open-pgl-masters-bucharest-against-g2-at-6-p-m-cest/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 10:39:31 GMT News Natus Vincere face G2 in their first match at PGL Masters Bucharest 2026, a 16-team Counter-Strike 2 event with a $1.25 million prize pool. https://counterstrikego.com/news/sashi-esport-drops-tjp-and-hatz-cybersport-ru-reports/ https://counterstrikego.com/news/sashi-esport-drops-tjp-and-hatz-cybersport-ru-reports/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 10:39:10 GMT News Sashi Esport has terminated the contracts of Australians TjP and Hatz, who joined on Oct. 5, owner D0KT0R3N told Dust2.dk, Cybersport.ru reported. https://counterstrikego.com/news/sashi-esport-head-calls-valves-bcgame-exception-unfair/ https://counterstrikego.com/news/sashi-esport-head-calls-valves-bcgame-exception-unfair/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:31:01 GMT News Sashi Esport head Klaus Nielsen says Valve let BCGame stay in Asia before the Major but has left his club without an answer for two weeks. https://counterstrikego.com/guides/cs2-case-odds/ https://counterstrikego.com/guides/cs2-case-odds/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 19:01:28 GMT Guides The probability table Perfect World posted for CS:GO in China, dated Sept. 11, 2017: grade ratios, StatTrak chance and percentages for 15 container categories. https://counterstrikego.com/guides/how-to-get-free-cs2-skins/ https://counterstrikego.com/guides/how-to-get-free-cs2-skins/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 19:01:07 GMT Guides How the weekly Care Package in CS2 works: what you can choose, which collections joined the drop list and how Dead Hand Terminals fit in. https://counterstrikego.com/news/cs2-update-adds-hostage-console-and-game-rules-map-scripting/ https://counterstrikego.com/news/cs2-update-adds-hostage-console-and-game-rules-map-scripting/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 19:00:43 GMT News Valve's Oct. 22 Counter-Strike 2 update adds hostage, console and game rules tools to map scripting, moves several methods and fixes a crash. https://counterstrikego.com/news/electronic-says-s1mple-has-become-more-dangerous-as-a-player/ https://counterstrikego.com/news/electronic-says-s1mple-has-become-more-dangerous-as-a-player/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 18:41:12 GMT News electroNic told HLTV.org that s1mple worked on his mental side and is now even more dangerous in terms of playing level than before, Cybersport.ru reported. https://counterstrikego.com/news/belchonokk-joins-1w-team-permanently-cybersport-ru-reports/ https://counterstrikego.com/news/belchonokk-joins-1w-team-permanently-cybersport-ru-reports/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:54:15 GMT News BELCHONOKK's loan from PARIVISION to 1w Team has become a full transfer, Cybersport.ru reports. He has played for 1w Team since August 2026. https://counterstrikego.com/news/recrent-says-s1mple-is-not-at-his-peak-but-is-in-good-form/ https://counterstrikego.com/news/recrent-says-s1mple-is-not-at-his-peak-but-is-in-good-form/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:24:52 GMT News Streamer Recrent says BCGame's s1mple is not in his prime but is clearly in form, Cybersport.ru reports. BCGame face JiJieHao next at DraculaN Season 7. https://counterstrikego.com/news/snax-says-he-asked-gamerlegion-to-find-a-replacement/ https://counterstrikego.com/news/snax-says-he-asked-gamerlegion-to-find-a-replacement/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:02:18 GMT News Former GamerLegion captain Snax said the season wore him out and he asked for a replacement about a month and a half earlier. He said he does not know what comes next. https://counterstrikego.com/news/electronic-says-he-plans-to-keep-playing-cs2-cybersport-ru-reports/ https://counterstrikego.com/news/electronic-says-he-plans-to-keep-playing-cs2-cybersport-ru-reports/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 22:30:49 GMT News Denis Sharipov, known as electroNic, said on a stream that he plans to continue as a Counter-Strike 2 player, Cybersport.ru reports. BCGame had moved him to inactive. https://counterstrikego.com/news/problems-at-falcons-may-explain-kyousukes-slump-chopper-says/ https://counterstrikego.com/news/problems-at-falcons-may-explain-kyousukes-slump-chopper-says/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 22:10:58 GMT News Chopper listed possible reasons for kyousuke's drop in form, including a new role or trouble in Team Falcons, but named no single cause, Cybersport.ru reported. https://counterstrikego.com/guides/maps/mirage/ https://counterstrikego.com/guides/maps/mirage/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:34:10 GMT Guides Mirage callouts: the place names in CS2's game text, the six smoke lineups from Valve's official map guide and the map's history from 2013 to the 2023 changes. https://counterstrikego.com/guides/faceit-cs2/ https://counterstrikego.com/guides/faceit-cs2/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:33:40 GMT Guides How FACEIT skill levels and Elo work in Counter-Strike 2, from the level table to Challenger, placement matches, account rules and anti-cheat requirements. https://counterstrikego.com/history/csgo-ranks/ https://counterstrikego.com/history/csgo-ranks/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:33:20 GMT History Valve added Skill Groups to CS:GO competitive on Oct. 25, 2012. Here are all 18 names, how the system worked and the Wingman and Danger Zone versions that followed. https://counterstrikego.com/history/counter-strike-release-dates/ https://counterstrikego.com/history/counter-strike-release-dates/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:33:07 GMT History Counter-Strike release dates in order: the 1999 beta, version 1.0 in 2000, the Xbox version, Condition Zero and Counter-Strike: Source in 2004. https://counterstrikego.com/history/counter-strike-condition-zero/ https://counterstrikego.com/history/counter-strike-condition-zero/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:32:54 GMT History Valve's Condition Zero page named three co-producers from 2002 to 2003, and a Steam news post announced the release on March 23, 2004. https://counterstrikego.com/history/counter-strike-source/ https://counterstrikego.com/history/counter-strike-source/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:32:40 GMT History How Valve announced the Counter-Strike: Source beta on July 7, 2004, opened it in phases in August and gave Steam buyers the final version on Oct. 7. https://counterstrikego.com/news/qikert-becomes-team-spirit-academy-coach-cybersport-ru-reports/ https://counterstrikego.com/news/qikert-becomes-team-spirit-academy-coach-cybersport-ru-reports/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 16:51:37 GMT News Team Spirit has reportedly named Alexey Qikert Golubev coach of its main youth Counter-Strike 2 roster, replacing Flash_1, per Cybersport.ru. https://counterstrikego.com/news/gamerlegion-practicing-with-shalfey-cybersport-ru-reports/ https://counterstrikego.com/news/gamerlegion-practicing-with-shalfey-cybersport-ru-reports/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:31:19 GMT News GamerLegion's CS2 roster is reportedly practicing with Shalfey, who may continue his career there, Cybersport.ru reported on Oct. 21, citing two insiders. https://counterstrikego.com/news/alkarenn-says-heroic-is-interested-in-selling-him/ https://counterstrikego.com/news/alkarenn-says-heroic-is-interested-in-selling-him/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:21:06 GMT News Alkarenn told Cybersport.ru that Heroic wants to sell his contract and that offers have already come in, after CYBERSHOKE Esports disbanded its roster. https://counterstrikego.com/news/sashi-esport-may-part-with-tjp-and-hatz-cybersport-ru-reports/ https://counterstrikego.com/news/sashi-esport-may-part-with-tjp-and-hatz-cybersport-ru-reports/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 10:21:03 GMT News Sashi Esport may remove Australians TjP and Hatz from its CS2 roster, according to a Cybersport.ru report citing DFRAG. The pair joined on Oct. 5. https://counterstrikego.com/news/device-says-he-personally-dislikes-astralis-move-from-danish-roster/ https://counterstrikego.com/news/device-says-he-personally-dislikes-astralis-move-from-danish-roster/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 22:20:50 GMT News 100 Thieves' device said he does not like Astralis dropping its Danish core and that the new owners see the club as an international brand. https://counterstrikego.com/news/former-team-spirit-captain-chopper-says-he-is-done-as-a-player/ https://counterstrikego.com/news/former-team-spirit-captain-chopper-says-he-is-done-as-a-player/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 22:00:50 GMT News Former Team Spirit captain Leonid chopper Vishnyakov said he is finished as a player after burning out, and may consider coaching, Cybersport.ru reports. https://counterstrikego.com/news/bcgames-electronic-says-he-no-longer-scolds-teammates-in-matches/ https://counterstrikego.com/news/bcgames-electronic-says-he-no-longer-scolds-teammates-in-matches/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 20:48:12 GMT News electroNic said he no longer berates teammates in official matches and now encourages them, Cybersport.ru reported. He spoke on Stariy bog's stream. https://counterstrikego.com/news/kat-says-womens-cs2-teams-get-far-less-club-support-than-mens/ https://counterstrikego.com/news/kat-says-womens-cs2-teams-get-far-less-club-support-than-mens/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 20:47:43 GMT News CS2 pro Katarina Vashkova, known as Kat, says women's teams get much less support from organizations and her teams always had only a coach. https://counterstrikego.com/guides/cs2-system-requirements/ https://counterstrikego.com/guides/cs2-system-requirements/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:43:32 GMT Guides The system requirements Valve lists on the Counter-Strike 2 Steam page: operating system, processor, memory, graphics card and storage for Windows and Ubuntu. https://counterstrikego.com/guides/cs2-platforms-and-price/ https://counterstrikego.com/guides/cs2-platforms-and-price/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:43:13 GMT Guides Counter-Strike 2 is free to play. Here is what the free version covers, what Prime Status adds, how to get it and how mixed Prime and non-Prime parties work. https://counterstrikego.com/guides/cs2-glossary/ https://counterstrikego.com/guides/cs2-glossary/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:42:12 GMT Guides Plain definitions of six Counter-Strike 2 terms: ADR, Trust Factor, Wingman, Prime, Care Package and Pick'Em. https://counterstrikego.com/guides/maps/nuke/ https://counterstrikego.com/guides/maps/nuke/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:41:52 GMT Guides Nuke callouts: the place names in the CS2 game files, the smoke lineups in Valve's official map guide and the map's history from Valve's posts and patch notes. https://counterstrikego.com/guides/cs2-float-values/ https://counterstrikego.com/guides/cs2-float-values/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:41:25 GMT Guides How skin wear works in Counter-Strike 2: the five exterior names, Valve's wear value ranges for each and how a finish's wear range is set. https://counterstrikego.com/guides/maps/ancient/ https://counterstrikego.com/guides/maps/ancient/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:41:07 GMT Guides Valve's official smoke lineups for Ancient, the position names they use and the map's update history from Operation Broken Fang in 2020 to the night version in 2025. https://counterstrikego.com/guides/maps/anubis/ https://counterstrikego.com/guides/maps/anubis/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:40:46 GMT Guides Valve's official Anubis lineups: six smokes and one molotov with the guide's aim points, plus the Anubis changes in the June 3, 2020 release notes. https://counterstrikego.com/guides/maps/cache/ https://counterstrikego.com/guides/maps/cache/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:40:23 GMT Guides Cache callouts: the place names in the CS2 game files, the seven smokes in Valve's official guide in Valve's own words, and the map's history from 2013 to 2026. https://counterstrikego.com/guides/maps/dust2/ https://counterstrikego.com/guides/maps/dust2/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:40:09 GMT Guides Dust II callouts: the place names in Valve's CS2 game text, Valve's official smoke lineups with stand and aim points and the map's history in Valve's posts. https://counterstrikego.com/guides/maps/inferno/ https://counterstrikego.com/guides/maps/inferno/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:39:17 GMT Guides Inferno callouts: the place names in CS2's game text, Valve's seven official smoke lineups in the guide's own words and the map's changes from 2014 to 2026. https://counterstrikego.com/news/hobbit-says-donk-is-a-different-level-from-other-strong-players/ https://counterstrikego.com/news/hobbit-says-donk-is-a-different-level-from-other-strong-players/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:51:02 GMT News PARIVISION's HObbit told a Telegram channel that he has not seen a player like Team Spirit's donk in his career and named coldzera as the closest.