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Unlike games such as Valorant, where skins are bought directly from a store and are infinite, in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive knives and many other items are only created when players open cases. This causes real-money skin prices to reflect supply and demand. This means knives can be a costly purchase. According to Skincashier, the most expensive known knife sale was a StatTrak M9 Bayonet, Crimson Web, Factory New, which cost in excess of $60,000. Not all of us have $60,000 to spend on ...
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For many people, Counter-Strike is the most competitive and foremost first-person shooter. Despite Counter-Strike: Global Offensive releasing in 2012, Valve Corporation and Hidden Path Entertainment continually add sizeable updates to the game. The first Counter-Strike game released in the year 2000. Many changes have been made to improve CS: GO gameplay, but the fundamentals of Counter-Strike 2 walkthrough have stayed the same. Like its predecessors, players achieve objectives through two dif...
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With the release of this week's Senran Kagura: Peach Ball , Marvelous' stalwart franchise has crossed over into the world of pinball. This is far from the first time the brawler has switched genres, though. From rhythmic cooking to cutthroat water gun fights, the upstanding young women of Hanzo National Academy are truly Jills of All Trades. However, with this most recent release, it's easy to wonder - where will the series go next? At first blush, it might seem like the games are exhausting...
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For many people, Counter-Strike 2 cheats is the most competitive and foremost first-person shooter. Despite Counter-Strike: Global Offensive releasing in 2012, Valve Corporation and Hidden Path Entertainment continually add sizeable updates to the game. The first Counter-Strike game released in the year 2000. Many changes have been made to improve CS: GO gameplay, but the fundamentals of Counter-Strike have stayed the same. Like its predecessors, players achieve objectives through two differen...
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With the sudden success of the Overwatch League and the decision by Activision to start one of their own with Call of Duty , rumors now indicate that Valve is thinking about starting a franchise league for Counter-Strike Global Offensive . We'll explore why this would be a very bad idea and discuss potential alternatives. Franchising Hurts Small Teams Part of what makes CS:GO so great is the fact that smaller teams have a chance to show what they can do on the biggest stages. In most sport...
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Proper matchmaking in online games is difficult to do well, put simply, but recent patent filings by Valve give users a peek behind the curtain at the various data miners at work in establishing the Trust Factor in CS:GO . There is quite a bit of information in these patents that range from 2018 to 2020 , and of course, not all of the point below can be said to contribute to an individual’s Trust Factor, though in reality most probably are to some degree. What Is Valve’s Trust Factor? Va...
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You know the saying "Too much of a good thing can be a bad thing?" Well, that certainly wouldn't be the case with our list of games that we wish had sequels. A few members of the Game Rant crew were discussing which of our favorite titles we haven't had enough of - and would love to see again in sequel form. The only rule was that titles could have no direct sequel, excluding spin-offs, spiritual successors, or remakes. These are the titles that we feel should be honored with a number 2. ...
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The iconic and definitive FPS Counter-Strike has definitely made waves over the years. Since its first outing two decades ago, Counter-Strike has been the go-to shooter series for PC players. Attaining over 1 million concurrent players earlier this year , this beast of a game is stronger than ever. RELATED: 5 Reasons Counter-Strike Is The Best Tactical FPS (& 5 Why It's Rainbow Six) Considered one of the best shooter franchises of all time (and being banned in some countries historically),...
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