“Let’s see Counter-Strike do that” shouted an executive at Riot, probably.

The days of sitting with Twitch muted in a different window, hoping for a lucky beta key drop, will finally come to an end soon.

Sunday may have been the busiest day ever for the digital gaming platform, as the SteamDB reported that a peak of 18,801,944 players occurred at 6:20am PST on the holiest of days.

Being added to the game with the latest Operation Pack, players will be able to unlock a range of different character skins.

Over in the land of Oz, the Australian fuzz from the Sporting Integrity Intelligence Unit have been monitoring suspicious CS:GO team activity and have begun issuing arrest warrants after a lengthy investigation. Acting on a tip-off, Australia’s thin blue line arrested six people so far under the allegation that they’ve been throwing matches while also placing bets on those bouts and raking in a tidy sum of cash in the process.

Aran “Sonic” Groesbeek will be joining Envy as they make their push for the Minor North American Closed Qualifier Announced just yesterday Aran “Sonic” Groesbreek, a pro Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player who started out by making waves in the local competitive esports scene, has been signed to Envy, one of the top-ranked teams in the United States. While starting in …

In collaboration with ZOWIE and Esports Management, Dreamhack has announced their all-female CS:GO tournament which will take place next month As a subculture within that of gaming, esports is often dominated by men. Not in the sense that men actively perform to a higher standard, but the face of esports and the representation of top-tier teams are largely focused around …

The latest update to Valve’s wildly successful shooter has seen a rework of the “loss bonus” system, changing competitive strategies. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, the reskin of an old game that revolutionised esports back in 2012 has recently made a rather large change to one of the staple mechanics of the game by modifying team’s “loss bonus”. For those who don’t …