The Counter-Strike 2 community was sent into a tailspin when its in-game economy crashed, causing a loss of almost $2 billion of real-world money. Like many other live-service games, Counter-Strike 2 ...

The Counter-Strike 2 virtual marketplace experienced one of its most dramatic collapses in recent memory, shedding nearly $2 billion in value within hours of Valve releasing a controversial update.

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The update, first noticed by the team at Eurogamer, made what seems like a small change. Now, Counter-Strike 2 players can trade five regular Covert skins for a new, rarer knife or glove cosmetic. On ...

Counter-Strike 2 has always stood apart from other shooters due to its skin market, which was essentially gambling on skins, trading skins, and collecting skins on a third-party marketplace. Some ...

If you’ve just started playing Counter-Strike, chances are you’ve already noticed that weapons don’t always look the same. Some players carry brightly colored rifles, others use clean minimal designs, ...

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Jacky “Stewie2K” Yip is a veteran Counter-Strike esports pro that’s seen as one of the best. Unfortunately, Stewie apears to be struggling in other aspects of his life, according to a recent leak. A ...