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Valve just dropped a big Counter-Strike update with some good stuff (snazzy new knife finishes, an extension to…
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Santorini is one of Counter-Strike’s most well-regarded recent maps. It’s attractive, well-balanced, and compact…
Peek-a-boo. Today’s shockingly viable Counter-Strike strat? The pyramid scheme, courtesy of ahmadyar17.
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Last week the world of Counter-Strike was up in arms: someone was starting a new association for esports with a…
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Tired of surfing in Counter-Strike as an optional extra, Rory McHenry is working on building his own standalone…
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Jaryd “summit1g” Lazar is one of the most popular Counter-Strike streamers, with more than 1.3 million followers.…
Counter-Strike is one of the biggest competitive shooters on Earth, so of course, would-be cheaters flock to it like …
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You can make chickens in Counter-Strike follow you now. Just walk up to them and press the “use” key. Players like de_nerd have taken it to an extremely logical conclusion. By which I mean chicken parades.
Prolific Counter-Strike cosmetic item designer The Honey Badger just unveiled their latest creation, a piece (both…
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Counter-Strike is a game of hair-trigger reflexes, twine-thin seconds that stretch like eons. Fallout’s VATS system…
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In first-person games, the disconnect between what you see and what you are can be tremendous. What you see: your…
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We’ve made it past another April Fools day, and civilization is thankfully, mercifully still intact. Sometimes,…
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The $1 million Counter-Strike MLG Columbus Major has been running for a few days now, and it’s produced no end of…
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Counter-Strike is not exactly a sport where North American teams dominate. North American Counter-Strike is…
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From now on, all Counter-Strike: Global Offensive major tournaments will offer $1 million prize pools. Valve says the massive bump (previously majors topped out at $250,000) is representative of CSGO’s growth into one of the world’s most popular eSports.
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Counter-Strike is an amazing, brilliantly tactical game. It can also be total bullshit sometimes.