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Tournaments and matchesPARIVISION beat Liquid to reach the IEM Beijing 2026 playoffs
Jame’s team swept Liquid 2-0 and secured a place in the Beijing playoffs.
Tournaments and matchesFalcons eliminate FaZe from IEM Beijing with a 2–1 win
Falcons won Ancient and Mirage to stay alive in the tournament’s lower bracket.
Tournaments and matchesFURIA beat NAVI 2–1 to reach the IEM Beijing playoffs
FURIA recovered on Nuke, won the Cache decider and secured a playoff place.
Rankings and statisticsCS2 average player count falls for eighth consecutive month
October averaged 797,324.15 concurrent players, down 1.03% from September.
Rankings and statisticsValve releases November VRS ahead of PGL Major Singapore 2026
Valve's official November 2 ranking became the decisive snapshot for Singapore Major invitations.
Tournaments and matchesPARIVISION beat G2 2–1 as Jame posts a 63–33 series
PARIVISION opened IEM Beijing with a win over G2 and reached the second round of Group B's upper bracket.
Rankings and statisticsFURIA return to No. 1 in HLTV ranking as Nemiga enter top 10
The PGL Masters Bucharest finalists reached historic positions in the November 2 world ranking.
Tournaments and matchesNAVI beat Falcons 2–0 in their IEM Beijing opener
NAVI won Ancient and Mirage to advance to a match for a playoff place.
Tournaments and matchesFURIA beat FaZe 2-1 and extend winning streak to 12 matches
The Brazilian side dropped Ancient before controlling Dust2 and Cache in its IEM Beijing 2026 opener.
CS ShotNine straight upgrades turned a $111 Glock into a $1,653 Karambit
BBB_633 took one item through nine successful upgrades and increased its value almost fifteenfold.
Tournaments and matchesNAVI and Falcons to meet in the marquee opening-round match at IEM Beijing
NAVI will open IEM Beijing with a best-of-three series against a Falcons lineup featuring m0NESY and kyousuke.
Tournaments and matchesFURIA open IEM Beijing against FaZe after back-to-back titles
FURIA and FaZe meet on 2 November at 10:00 MSK in the opening round of IEM Beijing 2026 Group A.
Tournaments and matchesIEM Beijing 2026 begins with 16 teams and a $1.25 million prize pool
The Counter-Strike 2 event in Beijing features two groups and six playoff places.
Industry and rulesFalleN and YEKINDAR criticize ESL support after arriving in China
The FURIA players complained about the lack of an airport transfer and a tight schedule before IEM Beijing.
CS Shot“Knives for Friends”: results of SHOT’s second referral contest
Five winners received CS2 knives, while 15 more participants shared 7 000 000 coins. Here are the results of SHOT’s second referral contest.
Tournaments and matchesFURIA beat Nemiga 3-2 to win PGL Masters Bucharest 2026
The Brazilian team claimed a second consecutive tier-one trophy as the final against Nemiga peaked at 667,736 concurrent viewers.
Rankings and statisticsYEKINDAR earns the first MVP medal of his career at PGL Masters Bucharest
The FURIA player won his first MVP award after 12 EVP honors and posted a 1.56 rating in the final.
Industry and rulesPGL to stage Schengen-area event without an open qualifier
The September 2–12, 2027 LAN will feature 14 directly invited teams and two closed-qualifier winners, with every invitation determined by VRS.
Industry and rulesBLAST Open 3 2027 heads to the United States with a Swiss format
The 16-team event will run from September 3 to 12, with eight playoff places decided through a five-day Swiss stage.
Rankings and statisticsEternal Fire reverse-sweeps fnatic from 0-2 as Major chance rises to 87.9%
Eternal Fire won Stake Ranked Episode 5 over five maps, while HLTV’s model sharply increased the team’s projected chance of a PGL Major Singapore invitation.
Tournaments and matchesFURIA beat MOUZ to reach a second major final in a row
FURIA defeated MOUZ 2-1 in the PGL Masters Bucharest semifinal and will face Nemiga for the title.