Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Valve bans 40 CS:GO traders, leaving over £1.5m worth in-game items in limbo

Fly off the gamble.

CS:GO has smashed its own all-time concurrent user peak yet again

CS:woah.

Finnish newspaper uses Counter-Strike to provide accurate Russian reporting on Ukraine invasion

For World Press Freedom Day.

Counter-Strike is getting a virtual esports stadium

From VR company Virtex.

CS:GO keeps on smashing its own all-time concurrent user peak

CS:woah.

1.4m of us were simultaneously playing CS:GO this weekend and yes, that's a new record

"Thank you to our 1.4m Twitter followers for organising and playing CS:GO concurrently today."

11-year-old CS:GO just broke its own Steam concurrent user record

CS:Gooooooo!

Hackers steal $2m worth of CS:GO skins from collector

"This is the most expensive inventory of all time."

Steam sets new concurrent users record with over 27 million online

The valve turns.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive now charges £10.89 for access to ranked

Bad actors.

Valve finally fixes CS:GO exploit that could give hackers control of PCs

Two years after it was reported.

The FBI is investigating Counter-Strike: Global Offensive cheating

"[It's] what I would describe as classic match-fixing."

35 CS:GO players slapped with bans for betting offences

Luckrative.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players wave goodbye to bots by remembering them at their best

Here's to you, BOT Connor.

Epic won't hold in-person Fortnite events in 2021 due to coronavirus

Valve ditches CS:GO Major, too.

Watch CSGO cheaters get "punished" with fake cheat software

Going off script.

TF2, CS:GO source code posted by disgruntled modder booted off Portal fan project

But no risk to player security, Valve insists.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive hits 1m concurrent players for the first time

Steam breaks its users record again.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has broken its all-time concurrent peak on Steam. Again

Global appeal.

Major Counter-Strike tournament is eerily quiet without a crowd

But over half a million turn up to watch online.

Veteran shooter Counter-Strike: Global Offensive breaks its all-time player peak record

Extended mag.

Esports pros face same stress levels as football and rugby stars, new study states

"We must understand how we can best support the health of our gamers."

Counter-Strike and Overwatch esports teams under investigation by Australian police

For match rigging and links to organised crime.

CS:GO's battle royale mode now has respawns and a ping system too

USP-S I did it again.

Turns out the CS:GO Portal message is an Easter egg, not an ARG

Chell me it's not true.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive gets Battle Royale mode, goes free-to-play

Ride into the Danger Zone.

Counter-Strike pro who was caught cheating mid-tournament given five-year ban

"Nothing good has happened to me since the day I started playing this game."

Counter-Strike pro caught cheating mid-tournament

Reload.

Play Counter Strike: GO for free now

...but you can only play against bots.

Valve issues 95,000 bans in just seven days

Buh-bye, cheaters!

CS:GO update blocks players in Netherlands and Belgium from opening loot boxes

Cash me outside.

Dutch loot box threat forces Valve to pull CS:GO and Dota 2 item trading in the Netherlands

First blood.

Now Belgium declares loot boxes gambling and therefore illegal

Hazard warning.

Dunked in a frozen lake: Season 2 of awkward CSGO reality show Gamerz begins

Cringe.

Counter-strike's new matchmaking system can tell if you've been naughty in other Steam games

Nice.

Valve updates Counter-Strike's most iconic map

Dust 2 Dust.

YouTubers escape fine for promoting CSGO Lotto site they secretly owned

But future infractions will be punished.

Esports are coming to BBC Three

To Gfinity and beyond.

Gambling Commission warns parents about gambling websites

"They're parasites feeding off popular video games."

Valve is using AI to detect Counter-Strike cheaters

They're learning.

Best-selling Steam games of 2016 revealed

Mix of old and new, big and small.

Four years later, modders add changing weather to Counter-Strike: GO

Not a Mirage.

Valve refutes gambling commission's accusations of illegal activity

"We are not aware of any such law that Steam or our games are violating."

Why Counter-Strike: Global Offensive graffiti has fired up fans

Spray and pray.

Gambling commission is cracking down on Valve over third-party skin gambling sites

Yet Valve was victorious in a class-action lawsuit over the same topic.

CS:GO Lounge drops skin gambling following Valve crackdown

Boom, headshot.

UK Gambling Commission seeks to tighten esports gambling

Following the CS:GO Lotto controversy.

CSGO Lounge seeks gambling licence in bid for legitimacy

But will it be enough to dodge Valve's cease-and-desist?

Counter-Strike: GO event pulled from German TV after Munich attack

Channel decides not to broadcast esports finals.

Exposed YouTube star says sorry you didn't realise he owned gambling site he promoted

UPDATE: TmarTn's lawyer says "no further public comments" at this time.

One of the biggest Twitch streamers bites the dust as Valve's CS:GO gambling crackdown continues

Jackpot.

Steam gambling sites such as CS:GO Lotto banned on Twitch

On the money.

Valve to crack down on gambling sites offering in-game goods

"We have never received any revenue from them."

When a Counter-Strike gambling site offers to rig a bet for a YouTube star

"We need the video ASAP. Just name the price."

Steam warns users against gambling site after YouTube stars discovered as owners

UPDATE: TmarTn apologies to anyone who felt matter was not "clear enough".

Valve explains why Counter-Strike: Global Offensive isn't giftable during Steam sale

But some reckon there's more to it.

Valve pumps even more money into Counter-Strike eSports

"The professional CS:GO community has been growing at an incredible rate."

How one Counter-Strike player tricked over 3000 cheaters into getting banned

Fake h4xx.

Why Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players are upset at Valve's community server clampdown

Mods in the firing line.

Hearthstone 99/1 to be a part of the Winter Olympics 2030

Big business bets on eSports.

ESL to test pro Counter-Strike players for cannabis use during Cologne tournament

First eSports drug testing bids to weed out cheaters.

ESL introduces eSports' first drugs tests

Following pro player's admission of doping.

eSports organisations promise tougher drugs rules after player admits doping

"We've known for some time that performance-enhancing drugs would be a challenge."

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive's hitboxes are "being worked on"

After nearly three years.

World's largest Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament set for August

$250,000 up for grabs at 15,000-seater stadium in Germany.

UK's first eSports arena opens in London next month

GG.

Valve issues warning to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive eSports community

Tells players not to gamble, but will they listen?

Valve bans Counter-Strike pros accused of match-fixing

Valve steps in as CS:GO eSports scene rocked by scandal.

Gone Home's map has been faithfully reconstructed in Counter-Strike: GO

Gone Homeland security.

Hoax call sees YouTuber arrested by SWAT while live streaming

Terrorists win.

Newell on Source 2, CS:GO Linux and... Ricochet 2

Valve boss takes on Reddit AMA.

Gabe Newell addresses concern over Valve Anti-Cheat system

"Do we care what porn sites you visit? Oh, dear god, no. My brain just melted."

Overwatch is Valve handing ban power to the Counter-Strike: GO community

Do-badders will be judged collectively by do-gooders.

Valve announces Counter-Strike: Global Offensive community map pack

Operation Payback brings seven top maps to official servers.

Counter-Strike: GO misses PlayStation Store for fourth week

Digital releases for Modern Warfare 3 and Battlefield 3 aim to scratch your multiplayer itch instead.

Valve's Gabe Newell to receive BAFTA Fellowship snazzy award thing

Perhaps he Newell along.

Replica Montreal subway map for Counter-Strike: GO attracts ire of Canadian authorities

Maker told it could create a panic.

Gabe Newell named as next AIAS Hall of Famer

Oh they'll induct anyone have they no standards etc..

Don't like the way Sony runs the PlayStation Store? "You should be careful what you wish for" says Yoshida

Sony exec admits having 3 PSN IDs, one for Japan, one for the US and one for Europe.

The Walking Dead, Doom 3 BFG Edition on EU PlayStation Store

But still no Retro City Rampage or CS:GO.

Tokyo Jungle just £9.99 on EU PlayStation Store today

But still no Counter Strike: GO.

Five weeks later, still no Counter-Strike: GO on EU PS3 Store

"Sorry, again I have nothing to say on it still."

Counter-Strike: GO misses EU PlayStation Store for third week

While Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3 HD arrive for PS3, Vita.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive still MIA from EU PSN

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD launches though.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive gets a new patch on Steam

Now get aim-punched when shot.

PlayStation 3 fans in uproar after Counter-Strike: GO misses EU PlayStation Store

UPDATE: Sony says sorry for delay, but fails to confirm new release date.

Counter-Strike: GO hour-long trial exclusively for PlayStation Plus subscribers

Won't be offered PS3-wide.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Steam pre-purchase unlocks game a week early

Get all games in the franchise for under £13.

Valve opens Euro office, updates Steam terms

Disallows class action lawsuits, improves individual claims.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive release date announced

Around $15 on all platforms.

Valve launches Steam remote downloads

Download pre-loads, new releases and latest purchases while out and about.

Valve Handbook for New Employees hits internet

"A fearless adventure in knowing what to do when no one's there telling you what to do."

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive cross-platform play ditched

To "make all platforms stronger by not mixing them".

Dota 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive support Razer Hydra PC motion controller

Added to Left 4 Dead 2, Half-Life 2, Team Fortress 2 and 250 Steam games.

Fill out a Valve survey to get a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive beta key

"There are no wrong answers."

Valve: piracy a "non-issue" for Steam

Perhaps Gabe Newell along.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive beta release date revealed

To launch worldwide for anyone with a key.

Valve delays Counter-Strike: GO beta

Full release "when the community tells us".

Valve announces new CS: GO modes

New spins on Gun Game.

PS3 CS: GO supports keyboard and mouse

PS3/PC cross-platform play confirmed.

Review | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Review

From Dust to Dust 2.

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Jump! Jump!

Feature | As Riot bids to take on Blizzard and Valve, the studio faces challenges of its own making

"There are no limits" co-founder Marc Merrill tells us, as a new world order emerges.

Interview | Valve talks Steam China, curation and exclusivity

A brief chat in Shanghai.

Feature | The unlikely origin of Counter-Strike surfing

Slip slidin' away/Hang MAC-10.

Feature | Here's what happened when we tried to bet on esports at our local bookies

"What kind of game is Ninjas in Pyjamas?"

Feature | Two weeks on, has the YouTube CS:GO Lotto controversy changed anything?

Bet you it hasn't.

Feature | CS:GO gambling sites can be "rigged" for YouTuber promotion, streamer reveals

"I'm not a big YouTuber so no one really f***ing cares."

Interview | Valve's Chet Faliszek on Steam Greenlight, Counter-Strike and the future of Left 4 Dead

"Will you make Left 4 Dead 3?"

Feature | Steam vs. Origin: Is Competition Good for Gamers?

EA, GOG, Gamersgate, Gabe Newell weigh in.

Feature | EG Expo Game of the Show: The Nominees

10 contenders from the Earls Court show floor.

Preview | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Strike three.