The crackdown on skin betting sponsorships in Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) has sent shockwaves through the esports community, ...
Valve is on the hunt for fresh Counter-Strike 2 designs for an upcoming update, and it's offering a new payment model to entice creators with an up-front licensing fee. It's no secret that CS2 skins ...
Black Friday 2025 may have flown by like bullet train, but, thankfully, not all of its best deals are in the rearview. Even as a beauty writer who tests dozens of anti-aging skin care products each ...
Valve recently released an update to their first-person shooter game, Counter-Strike 2 (CS2), causing a market crash. That crash saw their market cap slip from $5.9 billion to $4.2 billion, ...
A newly approved diagnostic test could give UK clinicians a more accurate way to identify latent and active tuberculosis (TB). The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has ...
YouTube has been on a tear lately, rolling out stricter rules for video game content that specifically target adult themes like gambling and graphic violence. This move comes at a perfect time, as ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mike Stubbs covers esports, competitive games and the creator economy. Last week, Valve released an update to Counter-Strike 2 ...
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 ...
As Bloomberg reports, roughly $1.75 billion of value evaporated from the game’s pricey item skins market after an October 22nd update made it easier for players to acquire knife skins. If you’re an ...
The Counter-Strike 2 community has been thrown into turmoil after a fateful update from Valve sent shockwaves through Steam’s marketplace, causing the value of skins (purchased with real money) to ...
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 ...