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Palworld Beats CS2, Dota 2, and Cyberpunk 2077 to Become the Second Most-Played Game on Steam

In just a short week of launching, Palworld has become massively popular, with over seven million sales. It’s obvious gamers love the game too much, as now even the Steam player charts provide that. The game has now clocked a new record as it has now overtaken CS2 to become the second most popular game on Steam!

As per the official Palworld X account (formerly Twitter), the game now holds the second position for the most-played title on Valve’s Steam. As per the post, the game experienced an all-time concurrent player peak of 1,853,216 players.

The position was previously held by Counter-Strike 2, which is the sequel (or an upgrade, depending on your perspective) to the popular CS:GO. That is 34,443 players higher than the online free-to-play shooter.


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Ottawa beats out Saskatchewan cities to host 2025 world juniors

Ottawa beats out Saskatchewan cities to host 2025 world juniors

SaskTel Centre. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM file photo)

Saskatoon and Regina won’t be teaming up to host the 2025 world junior hockey championship.

The Saskatchewan cities joined forces on a bid to stage the event, but on Thursday, Hockey Canada announced Ottawa will be the host city for the tournament.

The event is to be held in the nation’s capital from Dec. 26, 2024 to Jan. 5, 2025. Ottawa last hosted the tournament in 2009.

Saskatoon and Regina shared hosting duties in 2010 and had launched a bid to host the 2023 tournament as well. Hosting rights for that event went to Halifax and Moncton.

In April of this year, SaskTel Centre CEO John Howden said it spoke volumes that the Saskatchewan cities were approached by Hockey Canada to bid…


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