CS2 is built to be as obtuse and unfriendly to new players as possible. The game is losing players compared to VALORANT; here ...

2021 was a great year for competitive tactical First Person Shooter (FPS) titles like CS:GO and Valorant as they transitioned from an online phase to organizing more in-person LAN tournaments. We ...

The Counter-Strike franchise has sat rather quiet for just over a decade, and for good reason—2012’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive was a revolutionary first-person shooter. Valve opted for an “if ...

There are two types of ranking in Counter-Strike 2. The first, Competitive Rank, will be familiar to CS:GO players; ranging from Silver to Global Elite, your Competitive Rank is acquired through ...

Counter-Strike 2 has kicked in the door with its release, and now that the entry flashbangs have cleared up, ranked modes are calling to us to accept their challenge. The previous system from CS:GO ...

Earlier this year Valve announced Counter-Strike 2, alongside a limited test that invited a small percentage of the playerbase in to smell the roses. Since then the developer has been using the test ...

With the release of Counter-Strike 2, many players upgrading from CS:GO are asking a crucial performance question: is CS2 more CPU or GPU ...

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has passed the baton to Counter-Strike 2, but many fans feel disappointed with the kind-of-sequel’s missing features. Redditor cosmictrigger01 listed many of these ...

As the gaming world evolves, the compatibility of popular PC games with console platforms remains a topic of great interest. “Counter-Strike: Global Offensive” (CS:GO), a flagship title in the world ...

Counter Strike Global Offensive struck gold, with the number of active players hitting an all-time high in May 2023 at over 1.8 million and Counter Strike 2 hitting similar numbers in April 2025. The ...