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Developed by Minh "Gooseman" Le and Jess "Cliffe" Cliffe as a Half-Life mod, Counter-Strike IP was bought by Valve, who transformed it into a global powerhouse and a rock-solid standard by which all shooters are eventually measured.
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CS: GO hits 1 million concurrent players for the first time in its history

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Valve's online shooter Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has hit 1 million concurrent players on Steam for the first time in the game's long and rich history, which spans over 20 years. The game peaked at 1.001.756 players.

Toxic CS:GO players will get auto muted in the future

Valve recently unveiled a new way to combat toxicity in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive that would let players automatically mute the toxic ones without muting others, who could potentially be useful. There are also measures in place to prevent system abuse.

ESL unveils seven direct invites to Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2020

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ESL have unveiled the seven direct invites for the upcoming Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2020 tournament, and the list promises some hard competition ahead, with Liquid, Evil Geniuses and Vitality joining the existing teams on the list.

Epicenter 2019 reaches playoffs as mousesports and Vitality dominate

Epicenter 2019 is the last major CS:GO tournament of 2019
The last major CS:GO tournament of 2019 has reached the playoffs. Vitality and mousesports booked their places in the semifinals and are awaiting their opponents - Evil Geniuses, Natus Vincere, Heroic, or forZe.

Epicenter 2019: mousesports advance to semifinals after beating Evil Geniuses

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mousesports have advanced straight to Epicenter 2019 semifinals after an impressive win against Evil Geniuses. The international squad won both Train and Inferno 16-11 and 16-4.

Vitality progress to Epicenter 2019 semifinals after beating Natus Vincere

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Vitality have progressed to Epicenter 2019 semifinals after beating Natus Vincere 2-1 on Dust II, Inferno and Nuke. Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut had a big match with 60 kills.

CS:GO - How and where to watch Epicenter 2019?

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Counter-Stike: Global Offensive's last major tournament of the year is starting today and we're up for some intense duels. Here's how and where to watch them.

Mousesports defeat G2 to take cs_summit five trophy

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Mousesports are wrapping up their Counter-Strike: Global Offensive season with another trophy. This time, the international team beat G2 to take the cs_summit five title.

Nvidia's study points at firm correlation between FPS and K/D ratio

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Nvidia posted an interesting study that takes a closer look at correlation of frame rates and performance in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, although it's pretty clear that serious esports players require serious equipment to compete.

Valve add first woman player model to Counter-Strike

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Special Agent Ava is the first woman player model in Valve's online shooter Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Ava arrives in the Operation Shattered Web update.
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