In a continuing esports tradition, Vladislav "nafany" Gorshkov broke the trophy today at the Moscow Cyber Games 2026 after his team, 1w, won the grand finals of the Russian LAN over HOTU.
CS2 NEWS DIGEST
CS2 NEWS DIGEST
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Astralis to field Anlelele at PGL Major Singapore
Astralis have completed a loan deal for Sashi's Anton "Anlelele" Huynh ahead of the PGL Major Singapore. The Danish org has been forced to use a roster that doesn't feature new AWPer-turned-rifler Nikita "cmtry" Samolotov because he is still a part of FUT's VRS roster. The VRS roster snafu has been caused by the fact that FUT haven't played five matches with their new sniper Álvaro "SunPayus" García and thus the EU side hasn't registered a new VRS core.
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Richard Lewis: karrigan could transition to coaching “depending on how things are going”
Falcons' captain Finn "karrigan" Andersen could move into the team's coaching role, should their poor results continue. According to Richard Lewis in an episode of Snake and Banter , Falcons' original plan was to give karrigan until the Singapore Major to help Nikola "NiKo" Kovač win a Major. The Saudi org hit its target ahead of schedule at IEM Cologne, but the team has been in subpar form, placing in the top four of just one of their five tournaments post-Cologne.
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FACEIT holds vote to let players decide to keep or remove knife rounds
FACEIT is introducing a community vote regarding the start of games in its matchmaking service. Right now, the teams play a knife round and the winner of that gets to decide to start on T or CT. If FACEIT removes the knife round, the game would randomize starting sides at the start of the match. In a post on its X , FACEIT announced that the winning option will be tested at the kickoff of Season 10 on December 9th.