Esports.net

Counter-Strike Twitch Viewership Thrived in 2025 as Other Leading Esports Struggled

Where other esports Twitch viewership floundered in 2025, Counter-Strike saw huge growth, bucking the trend across ...
PC Gamer

Valve yoinked a new Counter-Strike 2 map out of the game after just 2 days, either for potential Disney copyright infringement, a 'gamer word' hidden in its data, or both

"Valve added a bunch of new community maps to Counter-Strike 2 on October 2nd," SteamDB wrote in an October 4 BlueSky post, "and now one of the maps, Transit, has been removed due to potential ...
Rolling Out

Counter-Strike 2 skins crash by massive $2 billion

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.
Esports Insider

T1 leads most-watched esports teams of 2025

T1 ‘s League of Legends team once again finished the year as the most-watched esports team globally, topping the 2025 ...
Hypebeast

$2 Billion USD Wiped From ‘Counter-Strike 2’ Market Due to Game Update

The Counter-Strike video game franchise has a cosmetic skin market worth billions A new update to the game has caused the prices of many of its most valuable items to crumble Over $2 billion USD in ...
The New York Times

The Billion-Dollar Game Built in a Dorm Room

Counter-Strike changed first-person shooters forever with its deliberate team-based combat. Twenty-five years after the game’s official release, one of its college creators reflects. By Calum Marsh ...