Dead Hand Terminal added 22 new pairs of gloves to CS2 and immediately drew the attention of both players and traders. Players are looking at new loadout options, while traders are watching the first ...

The Dead Hand update quickly became one of the most talked-about topics in CS2. In the span of one week, Valve pushed out two major patches, and together they ...

CS2 skin market cap hit $5.67B in March 2026 — just 6% below the all-time high. Wild price swings, Pricempire data, and ...

The CS2 skin market is much bigger than you might think—that’s for sure. You may not take the gaming industry seriously, or you might view skins as just a small part of it, but that’s not the case. If ...

The market for Counter-Strike skins has been growing rapidly for years, but it still does not always meet players’ exp ...

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 ...

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, ...

In the landscape of modern gaming, few games have managed to weave aesthetics into their fabric as effectively as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Counter-Strike 2 (CS2). Central to this aesthetic ...

CS2 cases are fading from the game, but the demand to open them is still there. Valve may be losing control of that audience.