Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
StarLadder StarSeries Fall 2026 reaches its final day in Barcelona on Sunday 20 September, and Aurora Gaming are already through to the grand final. Aurora beat...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
StarLadder StarSeries Fall 2026 ends in Barcelona on Sunday 20 September. Six S-Tier tournaments are left on the 2026 calendar after it, running from 3 October ...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
The next Counter-Strike 2 Major is PGL Major Singapore 2026, running 25 November to 13 December 2026. What decides who plays happens much sooner: on Monday 2 No...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
Legacy have won FISSURE Playground 3, sweeping G2 Esports 3-0 in the grand final in Suzhou on Sunday 13 September. The Brazilian side took Ancient 13-9, Mirage ...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
G2 Esports and MIBR won Friday's quarter-finals at FISSURE Playground 3 in Suzhou, both without dropping a map, and the event is down to four teams. The sem...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
Valve shipped a Counter-Strike 2 update on 9 September 2026 that encrypts in-game chat inside demo files — the format a third-party tracker had been mining to p...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
The MongolZ are out of FISSURE Playground 3. Mongolian rivals 5star eSports beat them 2-0 in the Group A lower-bracket quarter-final on 9 September, sending one...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
Team Spirit won BLAST Open Porto 2026, beating MOUZ 3–1 in the CS2 grand final in Porto on Sunday 6 September to take the $250,000 top prize. Danil "donk&q...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
Both BLAST Open Porto 2026 semi-finals were decided on Saturday 5 September. The grand final is set: Team Spirit vs MOUZ, starting at 15:00 WEST (14:00 UTC) on ...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
The 16-team field for FISSURE Playground #3 was completed on 3 September, when Mongolian side 5star eSports beat Chinggis Warriors 2–0 in the Asia Closed Qualif...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
Counter-Strike 2 closed August 2026 with a peak of 1,331,274 concurrent players, its lowest monthly high-water mark since January 2024. The month's average ...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
Marco "Snappi" Pfeiffer has been moved to Ninjas in Pyjamas' inactive roster, ending a 19-month run as the organisation's in-game leader. The ...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
HLTV published its weekly Counter-Strike world ranking on 31 August 2026, and the top nine did not move a single place. The only change inside the top 10 is Aur...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
The BLAST Open Porto 2026 group stage closed in Copenhagen on 31 August, and the six teams flying to Portugal are locked. Spirit and MOUZ won their groups and s...