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CS2 in 5 Minutes: Pros, Grinders, Casuals, and Case Openers, Explained

From the outside, Counter-Strike 2 looks like a normal game. A player opens the Steam client, presses Play, and loads into a match. Once that player spends more time with CS2 and starts blending into the community, that simple picture disappears. The game starts to look more like an iceberg…

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CS2 Prime: Matchmaking, weekly drops, and is it worth the price?

CS2 is free to play, but Prime status is where the full competitive experience begins. Here's what you get and whether it's actually worth buying.

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CS2 Ranking Systems explained: Everything you need to know about Competitive, Premier, and FACEIT

CS2 has multiple ranking systems, and understanding each one can be confusing. This guide breaks down every rank, rating, and level in CS2.

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Who is MaiL09? Sweden’s next great Counter-Strike sensation

The 16-year-old continuing Swedish Counter-Strike legacy.

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CS2 prodigy attracts interest from pro teams after successful FACEIT HQ test

Will he become the next hot prospect in professional Counter-Strike?

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Is nocries the next ropz? FACEIT flies mysterious top-ranked CS2 player to HQ for verification

Will history repeat itself?

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Donk has been dominating FACEIT CS2 for this long—and no one’s even close

There's no stopping the prodigy right now.

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FlameZ follows through with heartfelt promise to mzinho at CS2 Austin Major

Esportsmanship at its finest.

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Gigabyte's Z890 motherboards leak — Intel Arrow Lake boards to use AI branding

Gigabyte Z890 "AI TOP" motherboard product names leaked from an Iranian news site, before a likely unveiling at Computex 2024 alongside Intel's Arrow Lake Core Ultra 200 series.

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AI is listening: Omnipresent robo-moderators are the latest online anti-toxicity strategy

Do the mods dream of electric sheep?

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BattleBit Remastered won’t leave Steam Deck players behind when its anti-cheat update arrives

The surprise hit will transition to a version of FaceIT anti-cheat that supports Linux.

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PIF Launches Savvy Gaming Group

The Public Investment Fund launched Savvy Gaming Group (SGG), chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of PIF. Savvy aims to become a domestic and international pioneer in gaming and e-sports and will work to further develop an integrated ecosystem for the sector. SGG acquired…

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Saudi-Arabia’s Savvy Gaming buys ESL Gaming and FACEIT for $1.5 billion

The Saudi Arabia-backed Savvy Gaming is funded by the Kingdom's Public Investment Fund.

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