FACEIT

FACEIT is the operating system for competitive gaming, where fairness is enforced, progress is earned, and ambition has a home. Challenge your limits.

[ESEA League @ESEA]

14 year old @zont1x977 posted looking for an ESEA Open team after getting 15 RWS in matchmaking.
Now, @Team__Spirit just went 3-0 in Stage 2, and they're hunting back-to-back IEM Cologne titles.

[FACEIT CS2 @FACEITcs]

With more than 600 FACEIT matches played together, including 24 in Season 8 already, @donk1337 and Magnojez will be rivals on the server today as Team Spirit and BetBoom clash at the @IEM Cologne Major.

Based on S8 averages, BetBoom holds the advantage across every tracked stat.

[FACEIT CS2 @FACEITcs]

After winning the UEFA Champions League, Illia Zabarnyi has been grinding FACEIT, winning 71% of his matches and averaging 1.26 FACEIT rating.

[FACEIT CS2 @FACEITcs]

FACEIT Season 8 Standings – Europe 🇪🇺

@donk1337 remains firmly in control of the leaderboard, leading by +369 Elo and maintaining a 1.65 K/D over the last 28 days. While Magnojez retains his top 10 spot and heads into the next stage of IEM Cologne with a 3-0 record.

[FACEIT CS2 @FACEITcs]

97.3% of FACEIT players now have IOMMU/VBS enabled, which helps disrupt DMA cheats.

We began rolling this out in April 2025, expanding coverage as we worked with hardware vendors to resolve driver compatibility issues and support more players without requiring upgrades.

[FACEIT CS2 @FACEITcs]

.@1uke337's teammates call for “the s1mple”, moments before he lands the no-scope

[ESEA League @ESEA]

Season 57 coverage is scheduled to begin on HLTV for the following matches:

North America: Upper Bracket Round 3 and Lower Bracket Round 4
Europe: Upper Bracket Round 2 and Lower Bracket Round 2

These games will award VRS points.

[ESEA League @ESEA]

Organizations are fielding academy teams all across ESEA Season 57.

@InCircleEsports Academy and @natusvincere Junior emerged as the leading academy rosters, both finishing the regular season at 12-2.

Good luck to those currently fighting through the playoff bracket.

[FACEIT CS2 @FACEITcs]

Show the world you’ve reached the highest competitive tier with exclusive Level 10 merchandise.

More items are now back in stock in the FACEIT Shop, available exclusively to Level 10s in EU.

[FACEIT CS2 @FACEITcs]

.@f0rest shuts down the bomb carrier and secures the round with an ace!

[FACEIT CS2 @FACEITcs]

Season 8 Matchmaking data shows that A site is the most common plant location on five of eight maps. Overpass, Ancient and Anubis are the only maps where B site plants lead.

What do you think drives the difference between these maps?

[FACEIT CS2 @FACEITcs]

SEASON 8 FRAG MOVIE: EPISODE 1

From clean aces to a near-impossible spawn wallbang, our first community frag movie highlights some of the best clips submitted.

👤 Bobachinko, @flinski7, m0ri--, Ko-, @tvDevilJack, P1-7, m0narch_s, @luminofps, and @Hans183wurst

[FACEIT CS2 @FACEITcs]

Check your corners.

Since Cache returned in Season 8, FACEIT kill/death data shows the highest concentration of engagements at the B site entrance and forklift/NBK on A.

Which spot do you hold?

[FACEIT CS2 @FACEITcs]

AI cheats are the most-banned cheat category, with detections up 272% in Season 7 (372 total bans).

Meanwhile, DMA-related bans dropped by 4%. IOMMU/VBS hardware enforcement now covers 88% of players, helping block how DMA cheats read game files.

[FACEIT CS2 @FACEITcs]

The updated FACEIT chat now shows your friends’ exact match status, making it easier to coordinate your next 5-stack.

Today's update rolls it out to all players after we tested and scaled in waves.

[FACEIT Darwin @FACEIT_Darwin]

🎬We're launching a series of Community Frag Videos featuring the best Season 8 highlights from the community

Submit your FACEIT clips below for a chance to:

🏆 Be featured on our main social channels
💰 Win 50K FACEIT Points

Good luck! 🍀

[ESEA League @ESEA]

We analyzed the average age across ESEA Season 57.

The average rises to 26 before a sharp falloff, but the path does not close there. It is never too late to start competing.

Register for Season 58 today.

[FACEIT CS2 @FACEITcs]

In Season 7, we issued 47,472 smurf bans (+42% vs S6).

76,750 accounts were flagged for selfie rechecks, 29,346 failed and lost access to matchmaking.

This week, another 13,000 accounts were flagged for selfie rechecks, with AC now required to link verification to a device.

[FACEIT CS2 @FACEITcs]

FACEIT Season 8 Standings – Europe 🇪🇺

Three weeks into the new Season, fresh faces are already making their mark while many pro players have headed to NA for IEM Atlanta. Players remain on the leaderboard of the region where they played the majority of their matches this season, and in EU, @donk1337 reigns supreme.

[FACEIT CS2 @FACEITcs]

Over the last 14 days on FACEIT, Cache is now the fifth most played map globally (9%), despite not being in the professional tournament pool.

In North America, Cache is the third most popular map (16%), reflecting its roots where the map was created.