Counter Strike Global Offensive

Chinese organisation Flash Gaming has announced that they will be disbanding their CS: GO roster. Flash Gaming is one of the top teams in the Asian CS: GO scene. They recently loaned two of their players to Tyloo. They let go of Cai “Summer” Yu Lun and Shang “Attacker” Yuan Zhang to Tyloo. This decision was taken after mutual understanding according to their official press release. You can read their entire statement on Weibo. Flash Gaming did not really have a lot of

North American Counter-Strike team Optic Gaming has announced the signing of Refrezh to their roster. Ismail "Refrezh" Ali is a promising youngster who has proven himself in the European Tier two scene. The player was previously a member of Fragsters before being a free agent. The player was looking forward to his new adventure when he decided to leave Fragsters in the first week of December. Every journey has an end and my journey with these boys ends now. We have accomplished good

International team Faze Clan has announced a change to their Counter-Strike roster. Their on and off In-Game Leader Karrigan will be benched effective immediately. The decision is not a huge surprise since the player has seen diminishing time as the primary IGL in the team. Faze Clan - The Best Team that could not be the best. The Faze Clan roster, when it came into existence, was by far the best team on paper. Comprising of players such as Karrigan, Olofmeister, Guardian, Niko

The Blast Pro Series Lisbon came to an end with Astralis emerging as the winners. They take home a prize money of $125,000 after defeating Na'Vi 2-0 in the Grand finals. Immediately following the end of the event, Blast Pro Series has already announced the first invite for its net tournament. Made in Brazil will attend the Blast Pro series, Sao Paolo. The event will take place across two days from 22nd March till 23rd March. The official webpage for Sao Paolo sees

The Blast Pro Series Lisbon has just come to an end and Astralis, yet again, emerge as the winners. The tournament was the final Blast Pro Series for 2018 and we will see the tournament circuit for Blast Pro resume next year. Astralis' win at this tournament cements their position as the best team in the world, yet again. They are your current CS:GO Major Champions having won the FaceIT London Major with considerable ease. Over the past few months, they followed it

Virtus Pro has announced that it will cease its Counter Strike Global Offensive operations effective immediately. This decision comes as the team failed to qualify for the European minor. This is a big blow to the organisation which was one of the best teams in Counterstrike at a time. The original Virtus Pro roster comprised of members from the Golden Five. These included Kuben [ as coach ], Taz, Neo and Pasha [ who joined at a later date]. There were aspirations that

Finnish Counter-Strike team ENCE secured Dreamhack Winter title after a 2-0 win over Bravado Gaming. The team has looked strong and has intermittently strong performances. They won the Starseries & I-League Season 6 in October and now they add another title. With Dreamhack Winter 2018 firmly under their belt, we can say that ENCE is quickly climbing up the ranks of Tier two teams. This team has a great combination of young firepower and the veteran experience from Allu. And yet, we constantly

ESL One Cologne is one of the most well-known and consistent tournaments in esports. ESL One Cologne started off as a risk for the tournament organisers. However, their belief in the region and the development of esports has helped the growth of Counter-Strike and esports in general. ESL One Cologne 2019 will take place on July 5-7, 2019 at the Lanxess Arena. It will feature a prize pool of $300,000. The 'Cathedral of Counter-strike' will feature the world's best teams in attendance. With

Starladder I-league events are some of the most well-known events in the CS: GO calendar year. Often featuring the best teams in the Counter-Strike Esports scene, Starladder has hosted tournaments for several years now. Starladder I-League Season 7 is announced for the 30th of March 2019 till the 7th of May 2019. The tournament organiser has also announced an increased prize pool of $500,000. In addition to this, they will revert back to the Best of Three game format for the tournament. However,

ESL has announced the IEM Sydney tournament for the upcoming year. IEM Sydney 2019 will take place at the Olympic Park’s Qudos Bank Arena from Friday, May 3 to Sunday, May 5. ESL started hosting the IEM Sydney tournament in 2017. The event quickly gained a reputation for being one of the top events in the region. With attendance from several top-tier teams and a boisterous crowd, IEM Sydney 2019 is a trademark event in the CS:GO calendar. IEM Sydney is quickly becoming

FaceIT London Major Champions Astralis proved their worth once again after a dominant 3-0 victory over Team Liquid. The Danish squad has looked weak and out of form this tournament, but even this version fo Astralis is more than enough to secure the trophy for Astralis. Team Astralis is the perfect example of what a team can do with excellent skill management and efficiency. The Danish squad is extremely efficient with their movement and positioning, which leads them to have a higher impact

The penultimate day at IEM Chicago 2018 saw some really exciting Counter-Strike throughout the day. The first semifinal was between Astralis and Fnatic and it went down to the wire. Astralis and Fnatic: An exciting thriller of a series. Both the teams won their respective map picks, although the final score was way too close for comfort. The first map saw Astralis win Dust 2 with a score of 16-14. It was not until the very last round that we had an idea