After The Witchers disbanded at the beginning of the year, Owen “smooya” Butterfield has been seeking a new team. Even though he has not found a permanent home yet, UKCSGO can confirm he will return to the limelight at ESL Pro League Season 19 with FORZE. Since being removed from fnatic at the beginning of 2022 smooya had a short stint on Into the Breach until he made the Blast.TV Paris RMR with Benched Heros. Unfortunately, the roster could not compete at the event due to Visa Issues. The Brit powered on though and ended up standing in for OG at the BLAST Spring Showdown 2023 ..read more

Endpoint have announced on X (formerly Twitter) that the team’s AWPer, Henrich “sl3nd” Hevesi has left the organisation and joined GamerLegion. Endpoint have yet to announce a replacement for the young star, but have committed themselves to remaining in the UK CS scene stating; “we remain committed to Counter-Strike and will continue to build around our existing UK core of MiGHTYMAX, Surreal, and AZUWU.” Last summer Endpoint went back to their roots and created a roster with a UK core. As part of the rebuild the British organisation signed yet another promising AWP prospect who previously pla ..read more

GamerFest Dublin is Ireland’s biggest gaming and esports event where players and fans alike gather flock to the RDS for the weekend. But most importantly, Counter-Strike returns to Ireland as GamerFest announces the esports titles which will feature at its upcoming event in May. Last year we saw Counter-Strike played for the first time at GamerFest with a €750 prize pool. Coming through the open qualifiers Spiceboys, featuring the likes of Tom “arTisT” Clarke and Verdant team-mate Matas “Extinct” Strumila, won the Grand Final against underdogs Virginitis. Even though the second map was thrill ..read more

This Major has been a crazy journey for lots of different teams. Pickems ruined left right and centre, but one thing remains consistent, UK CS will appear on the stage as Vitality qualifies for the PGL CS2 Major Playoffs in Copenhagen. Previously in the major, UK CS was represented by Sebastian “volt” Maloș and Ashley “ash” Battye on GamerLegion, however, after they failed to make it out of the opening stage, eyes were turned to William “mezii” Merriman on Vitality. The reigning Major champions went straight to the Elimination Stage after going 3-1 in the Europe RMR B, only losing 1-2 to Clou ..read more

It has been a rollercoaster of a week for GamerLegion. The German organization failed to qualify for the major after they lost to 9 Pandas in the final of the PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen Europe Last Chance Qualifier. After being so tantalizingly close, it appeared the major dreams were over for the UK duo of Sebastian “volt” Maloș and coach Ashley “ash” Battye. volt, playing for ITB, at the Blast.TV Paris Major Little did UK fans know, William “mezii” Merriman would not be the only UK representative at the major. Unfortunately, 9 Pandas could not travel to Copenhagen due to visa issues, and wi ..read more

Dead simple: three winners and three losers from EPIC 41. Obviously, The Neighbours took home the title, but we’re looking a little lower down the order for this piece. Side note: we are not counting mixes for the “losers” category – we don’t think it’s fair to hold them to the same standard as proper teams. Regardless of that, pretty much all of the mixes performed within expectations. Winners Coalesce Seeded: 5th. Finished: 3rd Not a massive over-performance, but they were able to outmuscle The Last Resort (#4) consistently and took down #3 seed Rum Bumpers in a late-running Lower Bracket F ..read more

As EPIC.LAN 41 fades from people’s memory everyone’s favourite part of LAN arrives… the Matthew “Meffew” Godsell high & lowlights! (Disclaimer: he used to work for UKCSGO) Fans have been waiting on the edge of their seat, every night checking in to see if the video has gone live. Some, such as Bin Leaning’s Ben “PeNguiN” Beckley, have posted for 11 days asking Meffew to post the video: Day 11 – I want a @meffew video more than anything, if it comes out before I'm 21 I will be happy. This tweet is for my fellow demon hours people. edit – IT COMES OUT AT 7PM TOMORROW AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ..read more

As ESL Impact Season 5 starts tonight, we could have had more UK players and a coach accompanying Mia “aiM” Cooper, but unfortunately, that was not the case. Jodie “Jodiee” Billington was first brought to many people’s attention when Into the Breach announced her as their second Pipeline player alongside James “bevve” Slinn – both players have since left. But as we grew closer to ESL Impact Season 5 qualifiers, there was hope she could qualify with orgless team Team Violet. Into the Breach announce first female Pipeline Player The Finnish core had made their HLTV debut by making the finals ..read more

After an unsuccessful RMR run, Thomas “⁠Thomas⁠” Utting will return back to the bench of Into the Breach joining Aurimas “⁠Bymas⁠” Pipiras and Kévin “⁠misutaaa⁠” Rabier. In August of last year, Thomas first took a step back as he looked to focus on himself, his performance, and his approach to the game. As many people anticipated, the IGL was brought back into the roster for the PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 Europe RMR A as he held the RMR spot alongside Karol “⁠rallen⁠” Rodowicz and Joey “⁠CRUC1AL⁠” Steusel. Thomas at the Blast.TV Paris Major playoffs Unfortunately, ITB was a far cry ..read more

Counter-Strike returned to Kettering for the first time in 2024 for EPIC.LAN41. You can now relive all the shouting and general antics with the photos captured by UKCSGO’s Freddie “GrimyRannarr” Pritchard. The Neighbours triumphed in an epic Grand Finals versus K10. The latter had been on the EPIC.LAN stage last October but went home empty-handed… unfortunately for them, they will have to wait another day till they lift a trophy in Kettering. However, let’s take a trip back down memory lane, looking at the highlights and lowlights, the screaming and the shouting, and smooya standing up m ..read more