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Read More »CSGO Lotto YouTubers face lawsuit
The loss of credibility and a stern telling off from the FTC may be the least of TmarTn and ProSyndicate’s problems. Polygon reports that a lawsuit has been filed by a parent on behalf of their child, alleging that both Counter Strike creator Valve and both Trevor Martin and Tom …
Read More »TmarTn’s CSGO lotto apology roundly criticised, then pulled
One of the YouTubers at the centre of the current CSGO gambling controversy has posted, and subsequently pulled, an apology for his deception. In the video, a re-uploaded version of which can be seen below, Trevor ‘TmarTn’ Martin claims to be sorry for not making his relationship with CSGO Lotto …
Read More »Minecraft and Counter-Strike devs join EA and Telltale execs at Gamelab 2016
Spanish event moves venue to Barcelona’s Hesperia Tower Hotel
Read More »April Fools joke unbalances Counter Strike marketplace
The size and value of the Counter Strike weapons market is often a surprise to folk not in the know. Gamers routinely buy and sell rare skins for three figure sums. So anything that disrupts the balance of the economy can be pretty significant for an awful lot of people. …
Read More »Valve beautifies Counter-Strike: GO visuals with new lighting and shaders
Super sampling for displacement surfaces, cascade shadow maps, phong specular highlights and map blending among graphical improvements made to shooter
Read More »Dubai to host ESL ESEA Pro League Invitational
eSports giant ESL has announced a huge Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament taking place in Dubai this September. The ESL ESEA Pro League Invitational will have $250k of prize money up for grabs across its three days. Six teams are confirmed – Fnatic, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Natus Vincere, Virtus Pro, Team …
Read More »Professional Counter-Strike player: ‘We were all on Adderall’
North American professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player Kory Semphis” Friesen has admitted to taking Adderall during tournaments, claiming the drug is pervasive among competitors at eSports events. Motherboard reports on an interview with Friesen by Youtube Channel Launders Cstrike. Friesen states bluntly that everyone participating in the Counter-Strike competitions he’s …
Read More »1m tune in to ESL One Katowice Counter Strike final
Fnatic not only enjoyed a memorable victory at this year’s ESL One Counter Strike finals in Katowice, but it did so in front of a record online audience. The final of last year’s event was watched by 250k viewers. This year that number jumped to a massive 1m. Of that …
Read More »Counter-Strike hit by another match fixing scandal
Valve’s Counter-Strike has been rocked again with yet more evidence of tournament match fixing. The Daily Dot claims to have evidence that a match between iBUYPOWER and NetcodeGuides.com played last August as part of the CEVO Professional Season 5 was fixed. It saw the favourites iBUYPOWER crash to a 16-4 …
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