CS:GO hits new player peak on eve of the BLAST Paris Major

Closing in on 11 years since its release, CS:GO continues to break records as the FPS registered a new concurrent player count on May 7—shattering its previous record by over 300,000 players.

With just hours until the start of the BLAST Paris Major, the confirmed final Major tournament for Global Offensive, 1,818,773 players were recorded in-game according to the statistics site SteamDB. This smashes the game’s last peak of 1,507,212 players set just six weeks ago.