by on August 29, 2025
Few games have been the blueprint for a genre like Counter-Strike 2 tournaments is for economy-based FPS games. In Counter-Strike, players receive money each round — depending on numerous factors — that they can spend on weapons, armor, and utility items such as grenades. Not all weapons were created equally and a gun's effectiveness does not correlate to its price point, though. Players have to pick and choose which gun they can buy based on how much money is available to them for that roun...
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by on August 29, 2025
"The Half-Life community is one of the most creative and talented gaming communities out there," the founder of LambdaGeneration - who simply goes by "Alex" online - tells me. "Some of the stuff we cover just blows my mind. Whether it’s a group of people spending almost two decades recreating the original game in a modern engine or someone spending three months on a fan film, I am always taken aback by the sheer dedication people have for the series." Half-Life fans are a dedicated bunch. Even...
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by on August 29, 2025
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 2 story guide 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....
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by on August 28, 2025
With the beginning of December comes two things: the end of overwhelming amount holiday video game releases and the holidays itself, which effectively means that gamers everywhere will be spending time catching up on their backlog. There are still a handful of games releasing this month, but it is nothing at all like what we've seen in October and November and because of this the Game Guide has made a significant change for this edition - we will not only be detailing the games we'll be play...
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by on August 28, 2025
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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by on August 28, 2025
While a gamepad provides an ideal level of comfort, a keyboard and mouse offer superior performance. Particular genres are better suited for a mouse because of its DPI (dots per square inch). This gives better precision for first-person shooters or any other game that has to target in an isometric view. While the following games can be played with either a keyboard and mouse or controller, a keyboard and mouse setup is invariably better. Here are some great PC games that are worse with a con...
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