On Pley.gg you can stay tuned with all the most important and crucial news to the Counter-Strike scene. We bring you the stories, interviews, and analysis of all the best teams, players, and events during the year.
Today multiple sites cover the CS2 sphere. Unfortunately, we see a lot of misinformation and groundless rumors being spread due to the urge of getting attention and clicks. Here at Pley.gg we try our best to identify the most relevant news so you don’t have to look elsewhere for the news that actually matters and are truthful.
Since we launched Pley.gg we have covered the biggest events on the scene delivering interviews with the biggest stars in CS2. We’ve sat down with Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut, Nikola “NiKo” Kovač, Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyljev and many more of the players that are dominating the game.
We made the first English interview with the rising stars of Danil "donk" Kryshkovets and Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov before they broke through the scene, and we will continue to cover the scene the best way possible.
A lot of our readers are also avid players of Counter-Strike. Therefore, we also cover the news about the game including patches, new skins, and updates to the game. With the transition to Counter-Strike 2, we also continue to update our guides, where you can find tips and tricks to improve your game.
Counter Strike has defied all predictions and has been present for many years now. Against all odds there has never been more action both on and outside the server. Coaching-bugs, Stream-sniping, and match fixing allegations has set focus on the CS2 scene on the way to a new era. Despite all predictions Counter Strike is still one of the most popular games to watch. On Twitch in March 2024 over 90 million hours was spent watching Counter Strike! Counter-Strike is the second most popular sport as to viewers on Twitch, Youtube and Facebook Gaming. The interest in Counter Strike and CS2 News is massive with almost 200 million fans/followers. 80 million are considered ‘enthusiasts’ and 120 million as ‘occasional’.
We began our journey in Counter-Strike in 2020. Since then, the game has evolved and we have too. From CS:GO to CS2, the game has continued it’s incredible journey breaking records on Twitch, YouTube, and Steam. At Pley.gg we have also experienced the big interest from readers on our website and viewers on our YouTube channel.
We hope you continue visiting our site. If you have any praise or criticism, please don’t hesitate to contact us at newsdesk@pley.gg