A Counter-Strike 2 update has crashed the video game's economy, wiping over $2 billion in real-world value. The dramatic plummet is due to surprise changes which make it easier to get rare in-game ...

Counter-Strike has long been known for two things: tight tactical FPS gameplay and a thriving player marketplace effectively valued at literal billions of dollars. Now, thanks to a recent update from ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mike Stubbs covers esports, competitive games and the creator economy. Valve released a new patch for Counter-Strike 2 overnight ...

"This almost completely negates the need for third-party tools," one fan says ...

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 ...

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive — known to most as CS:GO — is back on Steam in its own right… but only if you know where to look. A stinging caveat is that the servers have not been resurrected, nor ...