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Astralis’s Prospect For The Rest Of The Year, cadiaN Talks
On October 30th, 2024, fans await one of the most anticipated events of the year in the CS2 esports circuit to commence: BLAST Premier World Final. The event will feature some of the best teams in the world such as Natus Vincere, G2 Esports and Vitality - Team Astralis also find themselves in the mix of such a stacked lineup, hoping to win it all. However, realistically speaking, Astralis’s chances of winning the tournament or making it far into the semi-finals look grim.
How to Get Access to CS2 in 2025
CS2 came as an update for CS: GO, but it was also an entirely new game in the Counter-Strike series. It brought a variety of new features while keeping the essence of the game and all the elements that made fans fall in love with the series. But CS2 also made people switch from the old version of the game to a new one. Moreover, those who never had access to CS: GO can only download the new CS2 game from Steam.
So, how to get CS2 access in 2024? Furthermore, is it available for everyone? We’ll get into all of that and more in the paragraphs below.
SAW Win First-Ever LAN At ESL Challenger's Katowice
On October 29th, 2024, SAW, short for Stay a Warrior, the Portuguese esports organization took home their first LAN trophy in Counter-Strike 2 after winning ESL Challenger’s Katowice. The team has had a phenomenal run throughout the tournament, having fortunate matchups but also having the capability to close things out. In fact, they are the only team that went completely undefeated the entire tournament.
Ukrainian Legend s1mple Talks About His Much-Awaited Return
On October 28th, 2024, fans had mixed feelings as s1mple’s run for the year ended as Team Falcon was eliminated from ESL Challenger’s Katowice at the hands of Eternal Fire, a top-tier powerhouse. Thus far, s1mple has been their best-performing player at a rating of 1.12, with 0.84 being the team’s second-best rating. Despite there being a clear team disparity, s1mple, in an interview with HLTV, is confident he’ll be able to rise up from the ashes and perform at his peak level soon.
The Lead-Up To Team Monte's Run At ESL Challenger’s Katowice
On October 26th, 2024, fans looked back on day 1 of ESL Challengers Katowice where we witnessed all the best-of-one matchups plus one matchup to determine who would face off against Team Legacy for a spot in the playoffs. The matchup was between Team Monte and Team MIBR, where the former dominated 13-2 on their map pick, Mirage, while the latter put up a good fight on their map pick, Anubis, only to lose 19-17 in overtime. With MIBR eliminated from the tournament, Team Monte survived to play another day, pitted against Team Legacy for a spot in the playoffs.
Falcon Going All-In On Katowice With s1mple, zonic Explains
On October 25th, 2024, we stand on the precipice of ESL Challengers Katowice, the next big LAN that everyone’s looking forward to in the Counter-Strike circuit. Amongst the many matchups that everyone is looking forward to, fans are particularly interested in seeing how well Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev will play at his first LAN tournament in months. While he did demonstrate great form at the Thunderpick World Championship, his team didn’t measure and largely bore the responsibility of defeat.
Former Coach Xoma Reveals The Harsh Truth About Virtus.pro
On October 24th, Andrey "Xoma" Mironenko, former coach on Virtus.pro sat down with HLTV to give an interview on his time at the team, what he learnt, and what he felt were its biggest shortcomings. For those unaware, Xoma coached Virtus.pro from June to September, partaking in many tournaments like IEM Rio 2024, ESL Pro League Season 20, all of which we have covered on our website. Xoma left the team recently and joined Aurora as their assistant coach, working alongside head coach Stepan "brain" Sivoronov to make the team into the best version of itself.
YaLLa Esports Reveals Information About Future Events
On October 23rd, 2024, the Counter-Strike community was pleased to hear some informative announcements from YaLLa Esports. For those tuning in for the first time, YaLLa Esports are famous for organizing the YaLLa Compass events we see every year. In today’s announcement, they have unveiled three events planned for 2026 as well as shared format and prize information regarding their upcoming events in 2025.
s1mple's Hyped-Up Returns Ends Up Disappointing Fans
On October 22nd, 2024, the wait was finally over for both new and old Counter-Strike fans, as everyone’s favorite pro, Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev, was about to play his first professional match in seven months. He had been on a hiatus when CS2 launched but was recently loaned out to Team Falcons by his original team, Natus Vincere.
Xant3r Ecstatic After Nemiga Wins Their First Ever CS LAN
On October 21th, 2024, Nemiga went on a historical run that left fans speechless as they bested UNPAID in the grand finals of the RES Regional Champions 2024. Apart from bagging the $150,000 prize, the roster took home the organisation’s first CS LAN trophy. It wasn’t an easy feat as the team had a packed schedule that day, playing Sangal in RES Regional Champions semi-final and against 3DMAX to qualify for ESL Pro League Season 21.
ESL Reveals Counter-Strike Esports Circuit Going Into 2025
On October 19th, 2024, ESL FACEIT Group (EFG) announced details about the ESL Pro Tour 2025 for the first time, with five IEM events and two ESL Pro League events planned. The company also plans to pump much more money into the years 2025 and 2026, as they highlighted in the blogpost on their website detailing all the information we currently know about ESL Pro Tour going forward.
HEROIC Secure Playoffs At Elisa Masters Espoo [year]
On October 18th, 2024, HEROIC joined The MongolZ in the semi-finals as they secured the top seed of their group for a spot in the Playoffs. While many were expecting such an outcome, given that both are the highest and second-highest-ranked teams at the tournament, some doubted HEROIC due to their inconsistent performance this year. The team gambled earlier this year as they tried to merge the styles of 2023's HEROIC with NertZ and SAW's ENCE and IGL Damjan "kyxsan" Stoilkovski.
headtr1ck At Peak Confidence On Elisa Masters Espoo [year]
On October 17th, 2024, Elisa Masters Espoo 2024 kicked off with some heavy matchups despite being best-of-one opening matches. We had The MongolZ, the highest-ranked team in the tournament, go up against the local favourites, JANO, obliterating them 13-7. On the other hand, we had perhaps the most anticipated best-of-one match of the day, BB versus Ninjas In Pyjamas, with BB’s AWPer, Daniil "headtr1ck" Valitov, facing off against his former teammates.
NRG VALORANT Coach Chet Possibly Coming To CS2
On October 16th, 2024, massive news hit the VALORANT Esports communnity as the coach for NRG’s VALORANT team, Chetan “Chet” Singh was suspended from the scene for six whole months. Although Chet has disagreed with the ruling, he is, nonetheless, looking for coaching opportunities in Counter-Strike, specifically CS2. Chet is a critically acclaimed coach in tactical FPS games, with a solid track record in both VALORANT and CS:GO, meaning any team that signs him as their coach for CS2 can expect to see huge improvements in their roster.
Elisa Masters Espoo [year]: Everything You Need To Know
On October 15th, 2024, details about the upcoming Elisa Masters Espoo 2024 were revealed as fans look forward to another fantastic tournament. With the dust of IEM Rio 2024 settling, we have a set of fresh new teams competing for the trophy here: from powerhouses like The MongolZ and HEROIC to rising stars like BB and ENCE. The tournament is set to begin tomorrow, October 16th and is scheduled to go on for four more days till October 20th.