Major Counter-Strike 2 organizers ESL and BLAST have swiftly modified their competitive map pools in response to Valve’s ...

Valve has confirmed changes to Counter-Strike 2’s Premier mode ahead of Season Four, with Anubis returning to the Active Duty ...

BUYPOWER is returning to the esports scene after more than a decade away via a new partnership with Erik "fl0m" Flom for a ...

Image via Team Vitality Valve's Counter-Strike 2 esports scene was by far the most lucrative in the entire industry for 2026.

Where other esports Twitch viewership floundered in 2025, Counter-Strike saw huge growth, bucking the trend across ...

Counter-Strike 2 dominates 2025 esports prize money with $32M+, fueled by VRS reforms, huge tournaments from BLAST, ESL, and ...

I don't play a lot of competitive online multiplayer games anymore, but there's still a soft spot in my heart for Counter-Strike 2, which I've spent hundreds of hours playing. So, color me shocked ...

A couple days after it renewed Intel, ESL FaceIt Group named Acer as its official OEM Partner across its Counter-Strike esports portfolio. Acer’s Predator Gaming Brand will sponsor ESL FaceIt Group ...

ESL FaceIt Group and Intel renewed their long-standing partnership to support premier Counter-Strike esports competition worldwide. The new multi-year deal will continue Intel ‘s work with ESL for the ...

Mikala is a staff photojournalist at The Austin American-Statesman in Austin, Texas. She previously served as the chief of photography at the New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung, where Headliners Foundation ...