The groups for the IEM World Championships which will take place in March have been drawn. With about a month to go Inter Extreme Masters has announced the groups for its 1.6 tournament, taking place in Hanover later this year. After having some trouble getting the total of 12 teams that was aimed for during...

Aim2Game Gives Away More Than $5000 of Prizes and Gear for Gamers to Celebrate Launch of Game Server Hosting MARKHAM, Ontario, (February 3, 2012) –Aim2Game today launched an ambitious campaign to revolutionize the game server hosting market, and to celebrate, plans to give away more than $5000 in gear and...

They say good things come to those who wait and Zero Empathy will be hoping the almost year long wait was worth it as they finally return to the CS:S scene. The organisation first rose to prominence when they picked up the former DSRack squad, boasting players who have since gone on to bigger and better...

There can’t be many CS:S players in Iceland so when Tropadeleet folded, following some steady performances at LAN under the Twisted Play name, we were almost about ready to delete the Icelandic flag from our database. Hang fire though… Turns out there are a few others out there and now the team...

Finals of GIGABYTE league were held on the past weekend and in the end it was SGC who emerged victorious at on Saturday. GIGABYTE league started off with an online phase with the top four teams qualifying for LAN finals held this past Saturday at Cyber Cafe Spalicek in Brno, Czech Republic. The event started...

The first lan of the year was spirit lan which was held in France and it was almost always going to be about the battle between VeryGames and Tt.Dragons The first of 2 clashes was held in the upperbracket final and it went to 3 maps and while both Tuscan and Inferno were fairly even, de_dust2 was dominated...

Faruk “pita” Pita has announced that he will be retiring from Counter-Strike 1.6 following fnatic’s disappointing performance at IEM Kiev. The move comes as little surprise given that it had been revealed that fnatic were going to make changes to their roster once more as they struggle to...

A few hours ago fnatic announced that they will be saying farewell to Faruk ‘pita’ Pita due to his retirement from professional gaming. Lack of time and motivation to play the game were cited as the main reasons for Faruk’s departure, which leaves fnatic with four players. Faruk...

The battle of the CS:S gods is upon us ladies and gentlemen, sit back, relax and watch it unfold live on SourceTV. maleK vs Ex6TenZ? SmithZz vs NBK? RpK vs shoxie? They are all questions that have been asked since the former VeryGames lineup decided to part ways and the latest French “superteam”...

Reason Gaming and their CS:S squad have come to a mutual agreement which will see the team leave the organisation. The Danish CS:S side have been considered one of the best in their country and in Europe for some time now, having represented the organisation at a number of tournaments, including the ESWC...

Is your CS abstinence starting to take over at work or school? You can now tend it by playing on your mobile device. A Russian mobile phone community – 4pda – has created a portable Counter-Strike 1.6 version for mobile devices running certain Android, ARM and GL systems. Although very simple, the mobile...

The Brazilian CS project Mandic has lost backing and will now have to find other ways to compete in the CS scene. The Brazilian side is widely regarded as the best in the country and have played together in one form or another for many years now. Some of you may remember their performance at the Copenhagen...

Although it may be hard to believe the title of this thread isn’t a thinly veiled attack on the age and hardware requirements of 1.6. You can actually play the game on your mobile phones. Now that’s out the way and I’ve hopefully avoided being reprimanded and psychologically assessed by the...

Last year a glimmer of hope was given to the Brazilian CS 1.6 scene as fans were given the option to vote for who they wanted to see in a new team which would be fully sponsored by Mandic and Razer. The team was eventually constructed with players formerly from FireGamers and complexity.br with the voting...