Counter-Strike 2 News

PGL Stockholm 2021 Champions!

After nearly two years, CS:GO has finally crowned a new Major Champion. In front of a roaring Stockholm arena and with record breaking viewership, NAVI took the grand final from G2 in dramatic double-overtime fashion and closed out the series 2-0.

Today we're releasing player autograph capsules to celebrate the champions and other finalists from the PGL Stockholm 2021 Major. You'll find s1mple, electronic, Boombl4, b1t, and Perfecto in the Champions Autographs capsule, with autographs in paper, holo, and gold.

All of the other finalists can be found in the Finalists Autographs capsule, also with autographs in paper, holo, and gold.

Ready to show your support for these legends of CS:GO? 50% of the proceeds are shared with the players and organizations taking part in the Major.

[h3]Flashbang? Dance![/h3]

Hot off their live performance at the Major, you can grab the Verkkar's Flashbang Dance Music Kit (featuring Counter-Strike icon Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbert). Grab a music kit and give their ears a ring!

New Counter-Strike: Global Offensive update brings a batch of Riptide map changes

Hot on the heels of Natus Vincere's victory at this year's PGL Stockholm Major, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has got a fresh new update bringing themed autograph capsules, a new music kit, and a batch of changes to two of the FPS game's maps.

The two maps in for a round of adjustments with CS:GO's November 9 patch are Insertion II and Extraction - bomb defusal maps added with the ongoing Operation Riptide. The latter gets the biggest batch of updates, kicking off with various upgrades to its middle zone, both "visually and to gameplay". There's no detail beyond this, but it sounds like it'll look and play better overall. Elsewhere, Valve's added a "powerful self-boost" to mid's T-side, and its cubby is now deeper.

The windows found at the site are now broken into pieces "due to a classic smoke grenade issue" - before the change, players were visible inside smoke when standing near the breakable windows, so that's been addressed. On a similar note, you'll now find more glass is breakable across Extraction.

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive update for 5 November 2021

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Stockholm 2021—Champions Stage

We started with 24 of the world’s best teams, and now we’re down to the final eight as we enter the Champions Stage of the 2021 Stockholm Major.

G2 and NaVi went undefeated in the Legends Stage–comfortably earning their playoff spot–while FURIA, Heroic, and Gambit recovered from day 1 losses with two straight wins. The remaining finalists were decided in dramatic fashion on the fifth day, with Vitality, Virtus.Pro and Ninjas in Pyjamas each going to the third map in their best-of-three series to earn their trip to the Champions Stage.

Watch live coverage beginning 4 November on Steam.tv, in GOTV, or on one of several other streaming platforms to see which team will become the next CS:GO Major Champions.

Don’t forget to make your playoff picks in the Pick’Em Challenge before the matches begin. And if you haven’t picked up a Viewer Pass yet, it’s not too late! You can find the Viewer Pass, along with Team Sticker Capsules and Team Patch Packs on the 2021 Stockholm Major Steam page.

The Legends Stage concludes

The Legends Stage of the PGL Stockholm Major has concluded and the Champions Stage teams have been decided!

Of the 8 teams advancing to the Champions Stage 2 are Challengers—Heroic and Virtus.pro:

3-0:
G2 Esports
Natus Vincere

3-1:
FURIA Esports
Gambit Esports
Heroic

3-2:
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Virtus.pro
Team Vitality

The Champions Stage begins Thursday, November 4th and Pick'Ems are due prior to the first match starting. Team items are available here with 50% of the proceeds going to teams and organizations taking part in the Major.

For the first time in two years a CS:GO Major will be played in front of a live audience. Avicii Arena in Stockholm, Sweden will host the 8 finalists all competing to become Major Champions.