Eleven years later, CS:GO is more popular than ever.

There have already been several monumental weekends just in 2023 for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. The game, which turns 11 later this year, is seeing more popularity than ever before.

Maybe it's the hype surrounding the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 or for IEM Dallas 2023 later this month. Maybe it's because Valve launched the Paris 2023 Viewer Pass and autograph capsules this week. Maybe it's because people are getting...

Custom maps are being used to bypass Russian media restrictions.

According to a report by GamesRadar+, a Finnish newspaper us making use of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive to share reports of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. These reports allow anybody playing the game, particularly those in Russia, to see the reality of what Russia's army is doing instead of the typical Russian propaganda the state media deems they should see.

Helsingin Sanomat launched a new Counter-Strike...

Is the long-awaited Source 2 release just around the bend?

For a few centuries now, fans of Counter-Strike have been longing for their beloved FPS to receive an engine update to Source 2. After all, other Valve titles have received the treatment, some of which having been updated almost a decade back like Dota 2.

This week, rumors of the mythical Source 2 release of Counter-Strike flared up when the official Counter-Strike Twitter account updated their Twitter banner....

Yeah, we're talking about eSports here on CS-Nation.net TotalGamingNetwork.com, what of it?

A new update came out this evening for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, or CS:GO as the kids say these days. This update is mostly about the addition of some new content related to the Stockholm 2021 CS:GO Major Championship that is set to take place starting October 26.

Today's update includes the 2021 Viewer Pass, Team Sticker Capsules, and Team Patch Packs that you can now optionally...

Mainly bug fixes in this one.

An update was just released today, October 7, 2021 for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. This update looks like it's mainly about fixing bugs and making some slight adjustments to many of the game's maps. There are also some general gameplay fixes along with a new music kit for the game.

The full changelog can be found below for this update. ...

Sharks are SO en vogue this year.

Despite Steam apparently being super mega down right now for a significant portion of us in North America, that didn't stop the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team from releasing a new Operation for players. Meet Operation: Riptide, the latest major push of seasonal content that brings new maps, an overhauled mission system, and "new ways to play your favorite game modes."

This new Operation comes alongside a new title upd...

The term E-Sports refers to the field of competitive and professional structured video gaming, these gamers play the most famous game titles in a chance to win huge amounts of money. E-Sports in the recent years has skyrocketed and that is due to many reasons, however, millions of fans watch and follow these gamers all around the world, whether they attend LIVE tournaments or watch them via multiple video service sites like YouTube, Twitch etc.

Previously, I said that the competitive...

The next Operation is now live for Counter-Strike players.

CS:GO's Operation Broken Fang is out now and marks the 10th ever Operation from Valve. This new Operation introduces new gameplay modes, new maps, a points shop, and more.

A new competitive mode, detailed personal stats display, new agents, weapon collections, stickers, and more are available exclusively to those that own the Operation pass. This is pretty much a Season Pass just with a different name.
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It's one of those "feel good" movies.

Cheaters. We all hate them. If you ever played Counter-Strike over the many, many years that it's been around, you've probably encountered your fair share of cheaters big and small. We've all probably wanted to do something about it, but we've been at the mercy of anti-cheat software like VAC for ages now. What could we, a lowly player possibly do besides report and cross our fingers that the cheaters would eventually get caught?
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Old enough to drink.

Apparently, today is the birthday for Counter-Strike. I think technically it was yesterday, June 18, but we aren't the official record keepers by any means. The official word comes from a short, but sweet tweet that went out from the official CS:GO Twitter account. ...

Viewing is limited to online only.

While the Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) Katowice event is still to continue as scheduled, nobody will be allowed to watch the action in person. This almost literal eleventh hour change of plans came directly from an order issued by Polish authorities. This is all being done as a precautionary measure against the coronavirus (COVID-19).

In short: Find something else to do with your time. Those running the event say that they are currently...

CS:GO surges as DOTA 2 flounders.

This past weekend was a real banner couple of days for Counter-Strike players and fans. Not only did Counter-Strike: Global Offensive surpass its all-time concurrent player count, but it did so twice!

On Saturday, CS:GO had surpassed 888,000 people playing the game at once. This all-time high bested a near 7-year long record. The old all-time high came on August 21, 2012 when CS:GO had topped out at over 854,000 players.

That's...