CS: Global Offensive

This year's Intel Extreme Masters in Rio is currently in the Elimination stage, with the semi finals and grand final being over the coming weekend. As usual, stream the matches on Twitch and follow the results/fixtures in HLTV.org

If you want a fix of pro CS:GO ahead of BobLAN, head over to the IEM channels on Twitch. Remember, utility is quite important!

To mark 10 years of CS:GO, ESL have put together a compilation of some of the best moments from competitive CS over the period. Well worth a watch over on Youtube

FaZe Clan win IEM Cologne 2022 and it couldn't have been any closer. Twitch will be streaming the reruns over the coming days - watch it if you get the chance!

The final 6 teams for the playoffs for IEM Cologne 2022 have been decided following this weekend's group stages. As usual, you can follow the event starting on Friday 15th July on the @IEM Twitter and also over on Twitch

If you are interested in watching some pro CS:GO, head over to Twitch for the live stream and follow the results, draw and schedules via @IEM on Twitter for this year's IEM Dallas event. The group stages finish tomorrow, the quarter finals start on the main stage on Friday, rounding off with the grand final on Sunday 5th June. Utility FTW!!1

CS:GO's Operation Riptide ended yesterday, alongside a few map changes in the official pool. Basalt, Ravine, Extraction, Insertion II and County are out, to be replaced by Iris, Climb, Crete, Hive, Vineyard and Ember. These new maps span the various game types, so not all are suitable for the DFC map rotation.

Read full details on the CS:GO Blog

The group stages for the Intel Extreme Masters in Cologne have completed this weekend and the playoffs lineup has been set. View group stage results and the playoffs draw on the IEM Cologne page

The playoffs are due to start on Friday 16th July at 3pm and will be streamed live on Twitch - esl_csgo

A new HLStatsX website is up and running which is always-on (the previous one was only up when the CS:GO server was up)

The new location is hlstatsx.desertfoxclan.com

Virtus.pro and Gambit make it through to the semi finals at the expense of Astralis and NAVI respectively. Semis start tomorrow at 2pm.

Update 1: both teams from the lower group stage bracket have made it through to the final - Virtus.pro beating Liquid and Gambit beating Spirit. The final will be best of five, and starts at 2pm ON Sunday 28th February.

Update 2: Gambit took the final by 3 rounds to 1. Beating NAVI, Spirit and Virtus.pro in the finals was no easy task - well deserved!