Press "F" to pay respects: Blast.tv Paris to be the last "CS:GO" major

Press "F" to pay respects: Blast.tv Paris to be the last "CS:GO" major

Ganesh Jadhav

26 Feb, 2023, 17:45

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Last updated: 12 Apr, 2025, 13:54

After 10 years of providing us with the best moments, stories, and pure Counter-Strike action, CS:GO is finally ending. Last Night Counter-Strike Twitter announced the Blast.tv Paris Major will be the last Counter-Strike Major on CS:GO. The following major, in March 2024, will be played on Counter-Strike 2. CS:GO will finally die in 2023, but not by the competitors, only because it wanted to.

https://twitter.com/CounterStrike/status/1639376904322162688

The news is both happy and sad, as we will bid farewell to one of the best games of the Counter-Strike franchise. CS:GO made a lot of players, literal superstars. It also is one of the best esports to exist to date.

The Blast.tv Paris Major, the last of CS:GO Major, will feature 24 teams from across the world taking on each other for the final crown in the game. In the 10 long years of CS:GO Esports, there have been 18 majors, with 13 distinct teams lifting the major trophy. We have one final trophy to fight for in Paris. Counter-Strike 2 will likely take over the CS esports following the Paris major.

Counter-Strike has taken the world by storm since its announcement two days ago. Players getting access to the Beta version are enjoying the new version of the game. Counter-Strike 2 does have some minor bugs and fixes before the game's launch. But overall, the game has a positive reception.

With CS:GO transitioning to CS2, we will enter a new era of counter-strike esports. We will get a new champion, an inaugural champion. With more to come, we do not know what CS2 has in store for us.

Credits: Valve


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