G2 opened the group stage with a 2–0 win over Astralis. The team took Dust2 13–5 and Overpass 13–9, setting up its next match against Team Vitality.
Team Vitality beat FUT Esports 2–1, G2 Esports defeated Astralis 2–0, NAVI took down FaZe Clan 2–0, and GamerLegion edged FURIA Esports 2–1. The event runs from April 29 to May 3 with eight teams competing for $350,000.
Even though FUT Esports lost the series, the team beat Team Vitality 13–11 on one of the maps. For Vitality, it was the first loss since the match against Team Falcons on April 15, while before facing FUT the team had a 17-map winning streak.
Valve released an update that added Cache to Competitive, Casual, Deathmatch and Retakes. The patch also included changes for Dust2, Office, Stronghold, Poseidon, Animgraph 2 and several sound-related fixes.
A CS2 digest: nafany is no longer tied to AMKAL, Russia has the biggest player representation at PGL Astana 2026, and apEX missed the BLAST Rivals Spring 2026 all-star lineup.
A CS2 digest: Cache quickly became the standout map after release, Aurora is expected to keep its Turkish lineup, Luminosity and TSM are eyeing 3DMAX, and broky topped the AWP chart at BLAST Rivals.
A CS2 digest: Team Vitality swept NAVI in the BLAST Rivals Spring 2026 final, ZywOo became the second player to reach a +10,000 K/D difference, and donk played more Dota 2 pubs than CS2 FACEIT maps in April.
NaVi defeated FaZe to reach the BLAST final, GamerLegion knocked out Astralis, and BOROS was suspended from a Chinese event.
A CS2 digest: IEM Atlanta 2026 opening matchups were revealed, BIG paused its women’s roster, HObbit became a free agent, and FaZe eliminated G2 from BLAST Rivals Spring 2026.
A CS2 digest: Vitality reached the BLAST Rivals semifinal, Devilwalk joined ALGO, FUT is set to bring back lauNX, and HOTU signed kade0.
A CS2 digest: FUT will play BLAST Rivals without lauNX, chopper will join the broadcast from the venue, Team Spirit passed Falcons in the HLTV ranking, and BLAST Rivals starts on April 29.
