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General·August 7, 2026
From local events to livestream: how scale is breaking old anti-cheat assumptions
Competitive integrity used to be easier to imagine in a local-event world. A small...
General·August 6, 2026
Workshop maps move closer to official matchmaking after menu change
Menu changes rarely feel like line news, but in live-service shooters they often signal...
General·August 5, 2026
Inside the workshop pipeline that keeps maps flowing into competitive rotation
For Counter-Strike players, a map entering competitive rotation can feel sudden: one day it...
General·August 3, 2026
Players test new bomb-smoke interactions after shader update
Valve’s latest shader and bomb updates in Counter-Strike 2 have kicked off a familiar...
General·July 31, 2026
How Cologne’s record viewership is reshaping the pro scene
IEM Cologne 2026 did more than deliver a memorable weekend of Counter-Strike. It became...
General·July 29, 2026
Why server-side machine learning is becoming the front line against cheating in competitive shooters
Cheating in competitive shooters is no longer just a problem of suspicious files on...
General·July 27, 2026
Players demand clearer VAC timelines after data miners flag overhaul
Counter-Strike players are once again debating VAC transparency,this time sparked by datamining chatter about...
General·July 20, 2026
Record tournament audiences highlight pressure on anti-cheat systems
Counter-Strike esports has entered a new era where “big events” have become truly massive...
General·July 17, 2026
Esports rulebooks harden as manual bans expose anti-cheat limits
Esports governance is entering a stricter phase, and the change is becoming hard to...