CS:GO: News

Fnatic decides to bench Jackinho after 10 months with the teamAfter a 10-month stint with the Fnatic CS:GO team, the team has decided to bench primary AWPer Jack ‘Jackinho’ Ström Mattsson from the starting lineup. His time with the team has been rocky from the start because he wasn’t given the AWP immediately which was surprising.

MAD Lions finally agrees to part ways with AWPer tudsoNAfter seven months of playing in a six-player MAD Lions lineup, AWPer Filip ‘tudsoN’ Tudev and the team mutually agreed to part ways. The young Pole was competing for the AWPer spot against Volodymyr ‘Woro2k’ Veletniuk. This forced tudsoN to take a step back.

Nivera parts ways with Team Vitality to switch gamesAnother Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player has made the move to Valorant with young Belgian Nabil ‘Nivera’ Benrlitom joining the game after a stint with Team Vitality. He now joins his brother Adil ‘ScreaM’ Benrlitom at Team Liquid’s Valorant squad.

CS:GO players slam Riptide update’s timingCS:GO players are shocked to see the new update, Operation Riptide, launched on all servers with the IEM Fall already ongoing. This leaves a lot of players and teams with little time to adjust their plays to the new meta.

Nexa wants to lead G2 back to the top of the CS:GO sceneG2 was once the best team in the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive scene. They are not at that level now, but in-game leader Nemanja ‘Nexa’ Isaković wants to guide them back there. They had a disastrous ESL Pro League rin but the squad wants to turn their fortunes around.

Shakezullah talks about why CS stars are not moving to ValorantWith numerous CS:GO players moving to Valorant, Bad News Bears captain Adam ‘Shakezullah’ Hardeman talked about why some players haven’t made the switch. North America is the strongest region in Valorant which is why it’s a dilemma for NA CS:GO stars.

Golden wants to return to professional CS:GO after benchingAfter he was benched from Fnatic’s active Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster, Maikil ‘Golden’ Kunda Selim has detailed he wants to play pro CS:GO again. Both he and Jesper ‘JW’ Wecksell were benched but Golden has given details about his next career steps.

ALEX talks about his role as Fnatic's new CS:GO captainFnatic announced a big change to their CS:GO lineup by signing former Cloud9 duo William ‘mezii’ Merriman and new team captain Alex ‘ALEX’ McMeekin. The new in-game leader talked about his time with C9 and his new role with Fnatic’s Swedish core.

MSL, aizy back together for Team SouthMathias ‘MSL’ Lauridsen and Philip ‘aizy’ Aistrup are back on the same team again as they push for more success in Team South. The squad aims to get a strong start and get to the big games as soon as they can to fuel their run in the coming months.

Will Xyp9x decide to stay when his Astralis contract ends?Astralis’ reliable star Andreas ‘Xyp9x’ Højsleth has detailed that he’s considering all of his options. This is largely due to his contract expiring in late 2021. He will be a big signing for any team especially since Astralis also lost Nicolai ‘dev1ce’ Reedtz earlier in 2021.

Engels' promises fuel EG's big comeback planDanny Engels hints at a possible comeback plan for the Evil Geniuses in the coming months. The CS:GO team is in a slump for some time now and they need to bounce back from their poor runs. Engels knows that it will take some time before the team can get back to their full form.

Flamie secures exit from Natus Vincere after a six-year stintAfter six years with Natus Vincere, longtime fragger Egor ‘flamie’ Vasilev is now a free agent. He was benched from the starting lineup back in April 2021 when he was replaced by Valerii ‘b1t’ Vakhovskyi. Unfortunately for flamie, Na’Vi became the best team in the world when he left.

How k0nfig can be a big boost for AstralisKristian ‘k0nfig’ Wienecke is set for bigger heights in his pro CS:GO career as he is reportedly moving to Astralis once his deal with Complexity ends in 2022. He might be the perfect star that Astralis needs to revamp their roster.

Why RpK's retirement is massive for the French CS:GO sceneThe French Counter-Strike: Global Offensive scene was shaken up back in June 2021 when Nathan ‘NBK-’ Schmitt switched games. Now, another French legend has stepped away with Cédric ‘RpK’ Guipouy’s retirement from professional CS:GO.

Virtus Pro earns the final IEM Summer Playoffs spotComing into the series, both Virtus.pro and Ninjas in Pyjamas were seeking a spot in the single-elimination playoffs at IEM Summer and VP was the victorious team. NiP started the series off strong on Mirage but they couldn’t sustain it for the entire best-of-three series.

Liquid parts ways with MosesTeam Liquid has finally decided to move on from coach Jason ‘Moses’ O’Toole. The squad hopes to find another lead man to guide them in the coming tourneys. This proves how much of an impact Moses has made in his run with the team.

Dev1ce hopes for a bigger run with NiPAstralis star Nicolai ‘dev1ce’ Reedtz has now been moved to the Ninjas in Pyjamas roster. The star is now eager to come up with a much bigger run with his new team. He hopes to earn a chance at getting a trophy after falling short in the past few tourneys of 2021 with Astralis.

Fnatic looks to refresh the roster with flusha exitRobin 'flusha' Rönnquist has been removed from Fnatic’s active lineup which has ended his third stint with the team. He won three Majors with the team alongside the two remaining players in the squad who are Freddy ‘KRIMZ’ Johansson and Jesper ‘JW’ Wecksell.

Cloud9 splits with coach kassadTo end 2020, Aleksandar ‘kassad’ Trifunovic has opted to call it quits and steps down as the coach for Cloud9’s CS:GO team. That means that the team is yet headed for a big change in the new season in 2021 as they hope to win big with a lot of tournaments ahead of them.

Why karrigan should be called a top leader in pro CS:GOWhen people talk about the top in-game leaders in CS:GO, people name the usual suspects like Gabriel ‘FalleN’ Toledo and Lukas ‘gla1ve’ Rossander. They fail to mention one of the best to ever do it, in Finn ‘karrigan’ Andersen.