Mads Wildenhoff

Can't watch all of the matches at IEM Kraków, but still want to follow the tournament? Don't worry we've got you covered!

This article reveals the top teams’ salaries in CS, and how some of the biggest organizations are operating on a completely different financial level than the rest of the scene.

Erik "shoke" Shokov is the owner and founder of CYBERSHOKE, a team that has been a stable tier 2 presence over the past few years.

With nucleonZ stepping in for kyousuke at BLAST Bounty, the expectations around him escalated almost instantly.

A small CS2 update has added a quality of life change to the molotov and incendiary.

IEM Kraków 2026 is the new home of one of Counter-Strike’s biggest annual stops, with ESL moving the long-running IEM Katowice tradition to Kraków.

The new-look BIG, with Benjamin "blameF" Bremer, have climbed from 92nd in the VRS at the start of the year to 29th after just two events, losing only a single match in the process.

KSCERATO has had plenty of reasons to smile over the last 12 months. A Top 20 placement tied for his best ever, his first S-tier trophy, and his first MVP, then straight back on the server in Malta with barely a proper off-season.

When we last spoke to ropz in Budapest, it was right after Vitality’s semi-final win. The job was not finished yet, but he still looked relieved, like the hardest part of the Major was already behind them.

Falcons opened the new season at BLAST Bounty only a month and four days after their Budapest Major exit, and NiKo says it feels like an unusual start.

Counter-Strike player Nicolas “Keoz” Dgus has accused his team, kONO, of breaching his contract by failing to pay his guaranteed December salary.

Due to sad and unforeseen circumstances both Maxim "kyousuke" Lukin and Danny "zonic" Sørensen will miss the BLAST Bounty 2026 Season 1 playoffs.