Counter-Strike has a cheating problem. One player decided to do something about it. Something, shall we say, creative…
Valve recently brought the hammer down on custom Counter-Strike servers that don’t fall within a set of very…
Turner Broadcasting may be giving esports some of their biggest televised exposure yet, but it seems the media…
It’s hard to recognize a tipping-point until it’s come and gone. This year, like every other year since 2011 or…
Valve recently made itself abundantly clear in matters of Counter-Strike match fixing: if you’re involved in a…

Counter-Strike plus drivable cars, customizable bases, and lots and lots of sand? This is no ordinary custom map.
Counter-Strike’s new gloves look snazzy. Valve decided to ring in a new year of CSGO by giving your in-game hands a modern makeover. Players are already coming up with ideas for (pretty cool looking) skins, and other players are saying, “Shhhh, quiet! Valve will get ideas about monetizing glove skins!”
Roughly a fortnight after 24/7 eSports made a splash by recruiting Vietnamese Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team…
Nearly a year after a notorious scandal, Valve has clarified their stance on the punishment for match-fixing (that…
The world of Counter-Strike is a dangerous place. Lethality lurks around every corner. Think that birthday balloon…
Single-file lines. The world teaches us to stand in them, almost without thinking about it. Counter-Strike proposes…
No, that’s not a screenshot from the first Halo. That’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

Counter-Strike: Global Awakening. WeAreSOLST1CE took Counter-Strike and added a dash of Star Wars. How? Perhaps they spoke words with such mellifluous power that we’re collectively hallucinating something that isn’t there. Or maybe they, you know, edited a replay. One of those.
The most recent big Counter-Strike update pissed off a lot of players, first with an overpowered new pistol, then…
Valve nerfed Counter-Strike’s controversial new gun. It now does less damage (86 as opposed to 115) and has a slightly longer delay. It’s still strikingly accurate in certain situations, though. If I had to guess, I’d say this isn’t the last time it’ll be changed. We’ll see.
Christmas chicken. It’s tough to love some of the changes Valve recently made to Counter-Strike, but this year’s festive chicken makeover is great. In-game chickens now wear wool sweaters over their frigid little drumstick bodies. (Clutch chicken shot courtesy of 3kliksphilip.)

Valve just released a big new patch for Counter-Strike. It includes a new revolver that can drop anybody, regardless…

Lauren “Pansy” Scott is a professional eSports commentator with the ESL. Once upon a time, she was a pro gamer…

Just another video of Fallout 4. Nothing to see here. Except... hey, wait a second.
When in doubt, throw your gun. Throw your gun and pray.