Yes, that's real US dollars, and yes, players are freaking out.

Counter-Strike 2 dominates Steam, yet cheating, hit registration complaints, Premier resets and a thinner community scene ...

Anytime you're talking about the hottest game on Steam, there's an evergreen unspoken caveat: 'after Counter-Strike, of course.' CS2 is unquestionably Steam's killer app—it has well over a million ...

Counter Strike Global Offensive struck gold, with the number of active players hitting an all-time high in May 2023 at over 1.8 million and Counter Strike 2 hitting similar numbers in April 2025. The ...

From the outside, Alpha Response resembles several other FPS games. Since it comes from Minh Le, the legendary Counter-Strike creator, Valve, and Rust developer better known as 'Gooseman,' it ...

Razer and Valve have come together for a new collaboration, as the company revealed several new items as part of their Counter-Strike 2 Collection. As it is with many of these types of packages, these ...

Bruna is a contributor from Brazil. Although she's an advertising executive, she has been working as a pop culture journalist since 2004, and before Game Rant she worked as a contributor for TechTudo, ...

Joshua is a writer at Game Rant with almost a decade of professional experience. He has worked for many reputable publications and holds a BS in Econimics. Minh Le emphasizes the oversaturation in the ...

Counter-Strike is a megapopular tactical shooter, and one of the reasons for its sustained popularity is its in-game market. Digital items like gloves and knives go for thousands–if not millions–of ...

Valve is usually careful about making sweeping changes to Counter-Strike 2, and it's not difficult to see why. I'm old enough to remember when CS: Source randomly received an update that introduced ...