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Valve Has Crowdsourced Banning Cheaters In Counter-Strike

You might want to think twice before cheating in front of, if not being a jerk to fellow Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players now. For all you know, they might be an “investigator” capable of banning you.


Wow, This Counter-Strike Trailer Is Fantastic

Unless you’re actually a player, you probably think Counter-Strike is a bit old-fashioned. A little stale compared to other modern shooters.


Valve Launches Steam Trading Cards, So Much Better Than Achievements

Launching today in beta across a selection of popular titles, Steam Trading Cards are collectibles Steam users gather while playing their favourite games, with sets tradable for game badges, profile backgrounds, emoticons, coupons, and more. As if hunting for achievements wasn’t enough.


E-Sports League Mined Bitcoins With Subscribers’ Computers

ESEA League, one of the largest PC gaming leagues, has admitted to putting code into the league’s client software to “mine” bitcoins, the open-source internet currency now exchanging for around $US130. The league is offering free memberships as some members complain the code damaged their video cards.



Shocker: Counter-Strike Map Based On School Causes Outrage

Last month, one Counter-Strike fan got in trouble for putting a Montreal metro station in multiplayer map form. Recently, something quite similar has happened.


He’s Getting Threatened With Legal Action Over A Counter Strike Map

Fun fact: Canada has never appeared in a Counter Strike map before. That is, until Diego Liatis made a map of Montreal’s Berri-UQAM station, which you can see above. Pretty cool, right? Well, not everyone feels that way.


Nuketown, Wake Island And Other Awesome Maps Recreated In Far Cry 3

Bless map editors. They make wonderful things possible — wonderful things that normally couldn’t exist. MP1st brings our attention to YouTube user ShadowZack, who took it upon himself to recreate a few famous maps in Far Cry 3.


Hitman Versus Counter-Strike: He Did What With A Broom?

Pitting video game characters against each other in hypothetical battles is not a new concept. Indeed, I’m sure it’s a regular topic of conversation at conventions, in internet chat rooms and at your last Pokemon-themed birthday party.


Really Smart Counter Strike: Global Offensive Bots Jump Off Of Buildings Together

I guess it’s what all the cool bots are doing these days. That, or they’re reenacting Lemmings, as the video’s music will imply.


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