Valve announces more skins with the "Call II Arms-ory"... and the community replies: "what about the anti-cheat?"
Valve announces the "Call II Arms-ory": it's seeking community skins for a new weapon collection, Fairy Tales, and two sticker collections, Cryptids and Pop Art. The announcement, barely a week after the previous collections launched, has triggered a wave of replies from a community demanding anti-cheat instead of more cosmetics.
New CS2 patch: the bomb explosion now interacts with smokes and molotovs
Valve releases a minor update that continues fine-tuning the C4 explosion: the damage preview now appears when the bomb becomes audible, and the detonation interacts with smokes and molotovs. Three community maps also get updated.
"A catastrophe": the Major's new sticker system is suffocating the CS scene
An HLTV investigation reveals the collapse of sticker revenue at the Cologne Major: a team eliminated in Stage 1 earned around $60,000, versus the $600,000 capsules generated in Budapest. Organizations call it a "catastrophe" and tier 2 fears for its survival.
Historic upset: 100 Thieves eliminate Falcons in the opening round of BLAST Bounty
The Cologne Major champions are heading home at the first hurdle: 100 Thieves eliminated Falcons 2-1 in the opening round of BLAST Bounty Season 2, coming back from 3-9 down on Anubis and sealing it with a sirah 1v3 to deny overtime.