StarLadder Budapest Major 2025

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Community reacts to Vitality’s victory at StarLadder Budapest Major 2025

Team Vitality capped off an unforgettable 2025 season by defeating FaZe in the grand final of the StarLadder Budapest Major. The community exploded with reactions — celebrating ZywOo’s dominance, Vitality’s perfect year, and FaZe’s resilient run.

apEX Becomes Richest Player in CS History

apEX has topped the all-time prize money list in Counter-Strike, with his Vitality teammate ropz closely following at just 25. The article features the full top 10 richest CS players with their career earnings and explains how the dominance of Astralis, FaZe, and Vitality shaped this ranking.

StarLadder Budapest Major Enters Top 5 for Peak Viewers in CS History

StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 became the fifth tournament in CS2 history for peak viewers, drawing over 1.5 million people to the final match broadcasts. The tournament set new StarLadder online records and confirmed that interest in CS2 majors continues to grow.

[Exclusive] James Banks on the best transfer of 2025: “molodoy to FURIA”

During the final match of StarLadder Budapest Major 2025, Bo3.gg had an exclusive chat with one of the most recognizable voices in Counter-Strike — James “BanKs” Banks. The legendary host and interviewer, who has worked at dozens of top tournaments, from Majors to IEM Cologne and BLAST, spoke candidly about his journey in CS, moments of professional burnout, favorite interviews, and how the stage and live audience affect players.

ceh9 on the Best Tournament of the Year: "For me, it's definitely the StarLadder Budapest Major 2025"

During the StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 finals, we had an exclusive interview with ceh9, the legendary Counter-Strike player now working as a commentator. After a long break, he's back to LAN events, and right away, it's a major. We discussed his return emotions, the atmosphere in Budapest, team levels, NAVI, Falcons, FURIA, and the future of global CS.

[Exclusive] ZywOo: “Back-to-back Majors in the same year is something very special”

After Team Vitality's triumphant victory over FaZe Clan in the Major final, we spoke with the French team's star player, Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut. The Frenchman was once again a key figure in the decisive match. In an exclusive interview with Bo3.gg, he talked about his feelings after the final, Vitality's team chemistry in the best-of-five series against FaZe, and the importance of mental resilience. In addition, the Frenchman shared his thoughts on motivation after numerous trophies, the pressure of a possible second major in a year, and what really matters most to him outside of the server.

S1mple and company come out on top in the show match at the StarLadder Budapest Major 2025

Team GOAT, featuring Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev, secured a victory over Team TACO in the show match held ahead of the StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 grand final. The next and final match of the event will be FaZe vs Vitality for the championship title.

Community reaction to FaZe's victory over NAVI in the StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 semifinal

After the most spectacular semi-final of the StarLadder Major 2025, where FaZe pulled off another miracle and knocked out NAVI, the community literally exploded with emotion. Players, analysts, and fans are sharing their reactions to the magic of Karrigan and company.

[Exclusive] broky: "Anything can happen, and we believe we can beat Vitality"

After the dramatic StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 semifinal against Natus Vincere, we at Bo3.gg conducted an exclusive short interview with FaZe Clan sniper Helvijs "broky" Saukants. The Latvian AWPer shared his emotions after the historic comeback, talked about the team's mental resilience, the difficult moments of the series, and the atmosphere at the arena in Budapest. Broky also outlined FaZe's mood ahead of the grand final and explained why the team is approaching the decisive match without overly high expectations.

What to Bet on December 14 in CS2? Top 5 Bets Known Only to Pros

The grand final of the StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 and around ten matches across the tier-2 and tier-3 scenes await us on December 14. Based on all these matchups, we’ve compiled the five best betting options.

FaZe advance to the grand final of the StarLadder Budapest Major 2025

FaZe defeated NAVI in the semifinals of the StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 with a 2:1 scoreline (Ancient 5:13, Nuke 13:11, Inferno 13:8), securing a spot in the tournament’s grand final and guaranteeing at least a second-place finish.