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Russian media report that the new Steam Controller could cost $260–$345 in Russia. That’s 3x higher than the official US price – $99.

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CS:GO is still pulling high player numbers two months in. The shooter has surpassed BF6, the latest CoD + Warzone combined, which had 100K–700K players just a few months ago. The game still doesn’t have official servers.

zweih just got drained on stream – a scammer wiped his entire bank card balance. The streamer says he’ll repay the money “somehow.” tr3vl, who connected him with the scammer, says he’ll cover the losses. The amount and how the scam happened are still unknown.

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Former Passion UA player s-chilla said his Major sticker earnings were way below his expectations: “When I qualified for the Major, I called my mom and said, ‘Buy a house — I’ll give you $500,000.’ Then the first payment came — just $1,000. I was like, ‘Mom… sorry.’ In the end, I didn’t make that much — less than $100,000 from my stickers.”

ESIC has issued a lifetime BAN to MAUschine after he punched another player in the face on stage ‼️

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Around a year ago Evelone & s1mple crafted 2x Dragon Lore + 2x Wild Lotus on stream

ZywOo has played 30 Faceit matches with Danish player Anna Martiny over the past few months. They have a 70% win rate — with around 10 games played together just this past week.

@ThourCS2 @CounterStrike

This is my X timeline. My personal experience has been very similar to theirs. And my last 3 matches were all against cheaters. This seriously needs to be addressed. @CounterStrike

Counter-Strike 1.6 has a higher player count than the “AAA” game Marathon. Estimates say Bungie spent $100 – 200M on it, while the original mod for Half-Life was made for $10,000 – $20,000.

Belarusian streamer MELLSTROY recently bought a high-MMR account for $4500 to play Dota 2 on stream. He even queued with TI winners — and lost almost every game. After that, he said he wants to try the same thing in Counter-Strike 2 on FACEIT at 4–5K ELO. Will FACEIT ban him instantly for that?

BCGame CEO after PGL Bucharest 2026 wrote: “Well..” — then posted this story on his social media. $5M team with s1mple & electronic now has 18 losses in 23 matches this year. Roster changes soon?

Russia’s government plans to spend $1,000,000,000 on internet restrictions in 2026. That’s ~66,000 Dragon Lores (FN)

kyousuke is getting cooked by Russian fans on TikTok. They’re calling him a “salt junkie”, a “drug addict”, and saying he wasted his potential due to bad habits. This comes after Falcons got eliminated from BLAST Open Rotterdam 2026. Deserved or nah?

@axel_8k Counter-Strike 2 generated $1B+ in 2025

Riot Platforms reported a record $647.4 million in revenue for 2025. Valve generated over $17 billion in the same period — roughly 26x more. Skins making the difference?