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Counter Strike: Global Offensive Removes Free Path To Prime, Revamps Free-To-Play Content

June 5, 2021 Marc Marasigan Comments

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It’s been nearly three years since Counter Strike: Global Offensive shifted from buy-to-play to free-to-play with a free track towards Prime status. For those of you who don’t know, achieving Prime status will match you up exclusively with other Prime players, which includes players who actually purchased the game back when it was still buy-to-play. Valve, however, has recently made [...]

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Tournament In Poland Sets New Online Viewership Record Due To COVID-19 Quarantine

March 2, 2020 Marc Marasigan Comments

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The Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2020 tournament finals in Katowice, Poland set a new record for online viewers for a non-major Counter-Strike event last weekend. The unexpected rise in online viewership was probably due to a last-minute quarantine imposed by the Polish health department because of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus threat. According to Polygon, analysts from the [...]

Counter Strike Global Offensive Is Now Free To Play

December 6, 2018 Erhan Altay Comments

Valve's premier shooter, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) is now free to play. An official news post titled Welcome to the Danger Zone published on December 6, 2018 announced both the free to play conversion and the addition of a new Battle Royale mode called Danger Zone. CS:GO was released on August 21, 2012 as a buy to play game like [...]

Fan Pays Over $60,000 For Counter Strike Skin

February 3, 2018 Erhan Altay Comments

One of the costliest digital goods transactions to date took place earlier this week when a user on OPSkins purchased a CSGO gun skin called 'Dragon Lore' for $61,052.63 The item's value comes from a variety of factors that conspired to create a truly unique digital asset. First, the Dragon Lore is the rarest item obtainable from the Cobblestone Package [...]

CS:GO Rumored to Get its Own Battle Royale Gamemode

December 18, 2017 Barclay-Kallistra Comments

It seems that not even CS:GO is immune to the Battle Royale bug. Which could be a good thing, or a bad thing, depending on how you look at it. Keep in mind all the information we have available to us right now is rumors and speculation. It's no secret that as games like PUBG rise, CS:GO falls. Perhaps you [...]

Counter Strike Global Offensive Launches Operation Hydra

May 24, 2017 Erhan Altay Comments

Valve has launched a massive limited time event update for their flagship shooter Counter Strike Global Offensive. Titled Operation Hydra, the update adds new game modes and content that are available to all players until September. (18 weeks total) A $5.99 All Access Pass grants additional bonuses including an Operation Hydra Coin that can be displayed as an avatar, an [...]

eSports Weekly 03/06/17

March 6, 2017 James Hwang Comments

This week’s hottest eSports news and highlights for League of Legends, CS:GO, Dota 2, and Overwatch. Expect spoilers! Brackets from TeamLiquid. Contents (Click to Jump to Section) League of Legends NA LCS EU LCS LCK LPL Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Dota 2 Overwatch League of Legends NA LCS Recap and Standings The 2017 Spring Split of the NA LCS has [...]

eSports Weekly 02/27/17

March 1, 2017 James Hwang Comments

This week’s hottest eSports news and highlights for League of Legends, CS:GO, Dota 2, and Overwatch. Expect spoilers! Brackets from TeamLiquid. Contents (Click to Jump to Section) League of Legends NA LCS EU LCS LCK LPL Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Dota 2 Overwatch League of Legends Intel Extreme Masters XI World Championship Katowice As the final event of IEM Season [...]

eSports Weekly 02/20/17

February 20, 2017 James Hwang Comments

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive's Third ECS Begins February 18th

February 13, 2017 Sean Sullivan Comments

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is ramping up for another big tournament with the start of the third Esports Championship Series on February 18th, the beginning of qualifiers. The Open Qualifiers take place on the weekend of the 18th-19th and the 25th-26th. “The top two teams from both North America and Europe will then battle the relegated teams from the ECS Season [...]

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