Counter-Strike 2 News

CSGO's lucrative skin market has a dark side

Taking risky action hoping for a desired result. That's the definition of gambling, and if you're a CSGO skin lover with a credit card, it's something you might have done pretty regularly. Buying a CSGO cheap case, spinning the slots, praying to the RNG gods for that rare, glittering skin you can sell for a pretty penny later. I'm not complaining. After all, who doesn't like some extra cash through risky means? But it all changes when you're a parent, and your kids' favorite FPS game potentially exposes them to softcore gambling.

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The Grand Finale

The BLAST.tv Paris Major began with 24 teams and 2 finalists remain: GamerLegion and Team Vitality.

The Champions Stage saw GamerLegion defeat Monte 2-0 and Heroic 2-1 on their path to the Grand Finals.

In front of a home crowd Team Vitality bested Into the Breach and Apeks 2-0 on consecutive days. The Grand Finals of the last CS:GO Major take place tomorrow, May 21st, from Accor Arena in Paris.

Team items are available here with 50% of the proceeds going to teams and organizations taking part in the Major.

Good luck to the grand finalists!

On to the Finals

The Legends Stage of the BLAST.tv Paris Major has concluded and the Champions Stage is set. The following teams will compete to become Major Champions of the final CS:GO Major:

3-0:
Heroic
Vitality

3-1:
GamerLegion
Monte
Team Liquid

3-2:
Apeks
FaZe
Into the Breach

The Quarterfinals begin Thursday, May 18th, at 6:00pm Paris time GMT+2. The conclusion of the Legends Stage means Pick'Ems are now open for the Champions Stage.

Team items are available here with 50% of the proceeds going to teams and organizations taking part in the Major.

Good luck to the final 8 teams!

CSGO has been put in the Louvre

CSGO is art now. With the Valve FPS game soon to be supplanted by the upcoming Counter-Strike 2, it perhaps feels right that it becomes ensconced in history alongside the Mona Lisa, the Venus de Milo, and Johannes Vermeer's The Astronomer. And that's exactly what's happened, as one group of committed CSGO players temporarily 'instals' an extremely clutch clip from the Paris Major in the world's most famous art gallery.

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Enter The Legends

The Challengers Stage of the BLAST.tv Paris Major has concluded and 8 teams have advanced to the Legends Stage.

3-0:
ENCE
G2

3-1:
Apeks
FaZe
Ninjas in Pyjamas

3-2:
GamerLegion
Monte
Team Liquid

The Legends Stage begins May 13th and Pick'Ems are now open.

Team items are available here with 50% of the proceeds going to teams and organizations taking part in the Major.

Good luck to the 16 remaining teams!