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Report: Valve made almost $1bn from Counter-Strike cases last year News Jan 24th, 2024

Report: Valve made almost $1bn from Counter-Strike cases last year

And that isn't taking into consideration the 15 per cent the firm made from community boxes

CS:GO hits 1.5m concurrent players News Mar 27th, 2023

CS:GO hits 1.5m concurrent players

Largely due to Counter-Strike 2 hype

Trademark filing adds fuel to Counter-Strike 2 speculation News Mar 20th, 2023

Trademark filing adds fuel to Counter-Strike 2 speculation

Valve has filed two new applications for 'CS2'

Report: Valve working on Counter-Strike 2 News Mar 6th, 2023

Report: Valve working on Counter-Strike 2

A beta could launch in the next month

Former Counter-Strike pro receives 116 year prison sentence for fraud News Mar 5th, 2020

Former Counter-Strike pro receives 116 year prison sentence for fraud

She's appealed the decision

CS:GO loot box keys can no longer be resold due to money laundering concerns News Oct 29th, 2019

CS:GO loot box keys can no longer be resold due to money laundering concerns

"Worldwide fraud networks have recently shifted to using CS:GO keys to liquidate their gains"

The making of Counter-Strike: How a Half-Life mod went from hobby project to the big leagues Industry Icon May 28th, 2019

The making of Counter-Strike: How a Half-Life mod went from hobby project to the big leagues

Co-creator Minh "Gooseman" Le tells us more

'Modding is where the next big game idea will come from,' says Counter-Strike creator Minh Le News May 28th, 2019

'Modding is where the next big game idea will come from,' says Counter-Strike creator Minh Le

"I don't think a triple-A developer can just go to their think tank and come out with a game as popular as PUBG"

GDC 2019 - Counter-Strike's creator says not standing up to players over game changes has led to lack of series innovation News Mar 20th, 2019

GDC 2019 - Counter-Strike's creator says not standing up to players over game changes has led to lack of series innovation

"We were afraid of doing anything different. We were afraid of annoying the player base"

Streamer James ‘Phatoml0rd’ Varga is suing Twitch over Counter-Strike gambling ban News Feb 20th, 2018

Streamer James ‘Phatoml0rd’ Varga is suing Twitch over Counter-Strike gambling ban

James ‘Phatoml0rd’ Varga says streaming platform never offered sufficient explanation for his channel's removal

Valve suspends Counter-Strike co-creator after he's arrested for child sex crimes News Feb 2nd, 2018

Valve suspends Counter-Strike co-creator after he's arrested for child sex crimes

"Reports suggest he has been arrested for a felony offense. As such we have suspended his employment until we know more.”

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