Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

HISTORICAL FACTS: Counter | History Defined

Steam's Valve responds to lawsuit from New York Attorney General against its loot boxes, says they're like baseball cards — it's ready to fight

Valve, maker of Steam and games like Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, and TF2, has responded to a New York lawsuit filed against the loot boxes in its games.

Windows Central

NiKo on giving up his roles for kyousuke: ‘I wouldn’t do it for many players’

Boston's ghost, Stockholm's peak, and the evolution of NiKo.

Dot Esports

Team Vitality’s historic season powers Counter-Strike 2 to most-watched year ever

Vitality's dominance and systematic changes drove Counter-Strike's record-breaking year.

Dot Esports

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

T1 stays on top as Counter-Strike breaks into Esports Charts’ 2025 most-watched teams list

T1 is number one again.

Dot Esports

Counter-Strike co-creator has a sobering explanation for the iconic shooter's continued Steam dominance 25 years in: "People play it just to collect skins and s**t"

Minh "Gooseman" Le doesn't give Counter-Strike a whole lot of credit

GamesRadar

Michelin guide announces inaugural list of the best American South restaurants

Restaurants in Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee were all awarded

The Independent UK

All-women Counter-Strike 2 pro league ESL Impact will halt operations at the end up its upcoming finals

ESL, which was acquired by Saudi Arabia in 2022 for $1.5 billion, says ESL Impact's "current economic model is simply not sustainable."

PC Gamer

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Dupreeh retires from Counter-Strike pro play: A look back at his championships and best plays

A legendary career, indeed.

Dot Esports

Valve buys fan favourite Counter-Strike map from creator: 'They reached out to buy it on day 1, a great honor and I don't want anyone to think we hesitated for one moment'

Cache was already in the Workshop, but now looks set for the competitive map pool.

PC Gamer

What a proper Turkish BBQ looks like – and why you’ve been getting it wrong

FOOD FOCUS: Forget the post-pub pile-up of meat and rice. At The Counter in Notting Hill, former windsurfing champ Kemal Demirasal is bringing calm, precision and soul back to the mangal – no lager basting required, writes Hannah Twiggs

The Independent UK

Fortnite's new game mode "Ballistic" takes on Valorant and Counter-Strike. Here's what you need to know.

Epic Games looks to tackle Counter-Strike with Fortnite Ballistic, a new dedicated first-person mode that takes everything Counter-Striker and puts it in the world of Fortnite.

Windows Central

How to Choose a Rifle in CS2

In CS2, choosing the right rifle could greatly make a huge difference in your performance. Rifles form some of the most integral weapons that any player makes use of because of their great damage output, accuracy, and versatility in various ...

USA Today Sports Media Group

Counter-Strike 2 pro falls foul of the SnapTap ban and fesses up: 'embarrassing and amateur'

Not so HEROIC.

PC Gamer

The Counter, Tunbridge Wells, Kent: ‘It treats my inner Veruca Salt with pure imagination’ – restaurant review

I’m a sucker for any tasting menu that bombards the guest with sweetness at the end

The Guardian - UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

PC Gamer

Counter-Strike pro somehow gets banned for life twice after stealing other players' SSDs at IEM Dallas, blames the ganja

Another one bites de_dust.

Evening Standard

The Counter Soho, review: They've done the double — it's expensive and awful

The original in Notting Hill was a blinder. How has it all gone so horribly wrong, asks David Ellis

GamesRadar

17-year-old Counter-Strike prodigy carries his team to tournament victory in a performance dubbed one of the greatest in the history of the game

Danil "donk" Kryshkovets dominated IEM Katowice

GamesRadar

Thanks to Palworld, the three biggest games on Steam now have one thing in common: cooked chicken

Winner, winner

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Creative Bloq

Behold, the optical illusion book we never know we needed

It looks gorgeous.

The Guardian - US

White nationalist publisher’s data exposed in Amazon cloud leak

Data from Greg Johnson’s Counter-Currents sheds light on how organization promotes its ideology online

PC Gamer

The Counter-Strike moment so good even Valve said 'put this play in the Louvre', which someone then literally did

This is art.

GamesRadar

Left 4 Dead 3 reference found in Counter-Strike 2 files

"Priority = none"

TechRadar

Counter-Strike 2: trailers, news and everything we know

Counter-Strike 2 has a release window. Find out everything you need to know about Valve’s iconic shooter right here.

Inverse

'Counter-Strike 2' Release Window, News, Limited Test, and Leaks

'Counter-Strike 2' is in development, and here's what we know about the upcoming sequel.

GamesRadar

Counter-Strike 2 seems more likely than ever following Valve's recent trademark application

CS:Woah

1 2

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.