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...

Activision low-key revealed that Destiny 2 is officially the "largest PC launch in Activision history based on units." They also said that it was the second highest grossing console game of 2017 in North America behind, you guessed it, Call of Duty: WWII.

This is all according to Activision-Blizzard's proxy statement (PDF) with a nod to PCGamesN for bringing it to everyone's attention. Some other bits of information pulled from the document show that Activision-Blizzard had a recor...

Activision low-key revealed that Destiny 2 is officially the "largest PC launch in Activision history based on units." They also said...

Whew, PC gaming sure is dead, eh? We have some new records to announce to you today. First up, Steam has surpassed 15 million concurrent users. This means that all around the world statues crumble for me there were 15 million people logged into Steam but not necessarily playing games. Still though, it's impressive. What is even more impressive is when you realize that this breaks the previous record of around 14.7 million users, which happened last weekend. That, in turn, broke the p...

Whew, PC gaming sure is dead, eh? We have some new records to announce to you today. First up, Steam has surpassed 15 million concurrent users....

The first Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major hosted by ELEAGUE came to a thrilling conclusion today in a battle between Astralis and Virtus.pro. The final scores were 12-16, 16-14, and 16-14 wherein Virtus.pro choked away a victory. At least that's what I've heard. I didn't watch this. The event set records across Twitch earlier today. The ELEAGUE Major Grand Final became the first event in Twitch's long history to surpass one million concurrent viewers on one channel. This doesn'...

The first Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major hosted by ELEAGUE came to a thrilling conclusion today in a battle between Astralis and Virtus.pro....

It feels like this is becoming an annual tradition any time the latest iteration of Dota 2's The International rolls around. Once again, the eSports juggernaut has surpassed all records for the biggest prize pool. Yes, it has even already surpassed last year's record setting prize pool. The pot sits at $18.7 million as of this posting and there is still a week to go before the event even kicks off. The biggest contributor to this prize pool comes from sales of the Dota 2 Battle Pass which ...

It feels like this is becoming an annual tradition any time the latest iteration of Dota 2's The International rolls around. Once again, the eSports...

It's not quite official yet, but the PC release of Grand Theft Auto V has sold really, really well. Some estimates already have GTA V sitting at over 1.1 million copies sold just on the PC, which isn't too shabby at all.

It should be no wonder then that the game has surpassed The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim as the most concurrently played title on Steam for non-Valve titles. Back in 2011, Skyrim topped off at 280,000 people playing at the same time. Today, Grand Theft Auto V pulled...

It's not quite official yet, but the PC release of Grand Theft Auto V has sold really, really well. Some estimates already have GTA V sitting at over...

Earlier today Ubisoft announced that Watch Dogs is their most pre-ordered new IP in the company's history. Even more, it is also the second most pre-ordered Ubisoft game ever and the most pre-ordered new IP for the entire industry this year.
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Earlier today Ubisoft announced that Watch Dogs is their most pre-ordered new IP in the company's history. Even more, it is also the second most...

Previously, the record for a Half-Life segmented speed run was sitting at 29 minutes and 41 seconds. The newest record, uploaded just yesterday, sits at 20 minutes and 41 seconds. Shaving off nine minutes in a run like this is absolutely insane.

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