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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 23/10/2025

Developers just crashed the skins market, but why? Are they planning to remove cases entirely and replace everything with the Armory? Watch it here - youtu.be/HQ76kzIRyfM

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 12/09/2025

Since 2012, Valve has regularly released seasonal updates for CS:GO, but this has completely changed in CS2. Along with the remake of the Ancient night map, they also added mysterious golden balls. But why? Watch it here - youtu.be/hPdtIIeTkfE

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 06/09/2025

Project TF: A new single-player Team Fortress game? A TF2 port to Source 2? Or actual Team Fortress 3? Let's take a deep dive into all the recent leaks. Watch it here - youtu.be/l3it6dM3e58

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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 25/08/2025

There's a reference to TF project in the source1import code, that means Valve are trying to import S1 assets into Source 2. This is still assuming that TF actually means Team Fortress. noticed by @gabefollower.com

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 15/08/2025

Last week, we discussed future CS2 updates, some of which were confirmed in today’s release. Additionally, new leaks related to the return of the Retake game mode, a mysterious CS:GO branch, and Volatile cases. Watch it here - youtu.be/seQHhWO3w-Y

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 11/08/2025

Over the past two years, we've seen leaks about the weirdest cosmetic items: pets and eggs. Also, remakes of Cache, Cobblestone, Ancient + rumors about Mirage, Tuscan, Anti-Cheat hardware upgrade, and much more! Watch it here - youtu.be/FjEbC6AOB3I

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 01/08/2025

Garry Newman announced a mounting system for the sandbox gamemode in their spiritual successor of Garry's Mod (called S&Box). It will allow you to import and spawn assets from any game in your Steam library in the sandbox.

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 31/07/2025

New Counter-Strike 2 update synced the game with the Source 2 codebase for the first time in nine months, resulting in a significant number of leaks related to the next Valve game - HLX (rumored to be Half-Life 3) Watch it here - youtu.be/FmiOntFhgHQ

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 24/07/2025

One of the Valve animators published a test footage for their face rig systems featuring one of the Deadlock characters on his LinkedIn profile.

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 21/07/2025

Valve registered new trademarks for the Deadlock (they already had ones for the name, but now it's a full logo). I don't think it means that they gonna make it open soon, but preparation for the future promos seems reasonable

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 16/07/2025

looks like devs continue to work on trade protection for cs2 items inside the steam inventory system, found and shared by [CygaPb] RoadRunner

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 09/07/2025

Valve are working on additional Marketplace verification using the Steam mobile app for items in the "per item" category, mostly Counter-Strike 2 skins. Found and shared by @lifeismana.bsky.social.

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 02/07/2025

New Counter-Strike 2 update mentions some sort of "bidding" system related to in-game XP. Something that you can buy using gained XP?

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 29/06/2025

It started as a prototype using Left 4 Dead assets, then switched from being a Half-Life game to a completely new sci-fi universe and eventually scrapped again due to poor internal feedback. So, what exactly happened? Watch it here - youtu.be/OJ-fXZtrS-4

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 13/06/2025

I continued to experiment with a skin that changes color based on a random seed. Now I finally figured out how to include full RGB spectrum! The RVNDOM CAMO finish combines a modern, angular camouflage pattern with industrial black polymers. @counter-strike.net

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 07/06/2025

Recently added pattern-based @counter-strike.net charms inspired me to experiment with a skin that changes color based on a random seed. There are 999+ unique color variants, including red, blue, pink, purple, all sorts of mixed fades, as well as the ultra-rare black & white pattern.

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 31/05/2025

Noticed a recent spike in obvious cheaters in matchmaking? A bunch of people asked me if the CS2 developers disabled VACnet, but it looks like they updated their equipment for everything related to machine learning inside Valve. I suppose that could be the reason...

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 23/05/2025

People complained that there are too many purple M4A1-S, so here you go... Shizuka 静香 for @counter-strike.net in monochrome red. The word "shizuka" directly translates to quiet, gentle, or silent in Japanese. It's a popular Japanese name, used for both boys and girls.

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 23/05/2025

Considering that Valve most likely bought the rights to the Cache's layout, I don't think we will see it soon™. They will likely remake it from scratch. On the brighter side, they are cooking Cobblestone remake for a long time now. Next map rotation will be interesting.

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 23/05/2025

new cs2 update mentions cache alongside other maps in competitive pool

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 20/05/2025

M4A1-S | Shizuka 静香 The word "shizuka" directly translates to quiet, gentle, or silent in Japanese. Derived from the kanji characters 静 which means calm. It's a popular Japanese name, used for both boys and girls. Steam Workshop: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/...

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 08/05/2025

After looking through the files for new missions, I think there's still a chance for a full-fledged operation in the future of CS2. Also, the developers are reviving Anti-Cheat and what happened to the Cache? Watch it here - youtu.be/fv-ogeMxFHw

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 08/05/2025

There are two mission types: Recurring (in the main menu) and separate one called Operation. So they're still a thing?

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 08/05/2025

Developers finally added leaked weekly missions to Counter-Strike 2

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 08/05/2025

Apparently Counter-Strike 2 developers are working on improved addons workflow. All community maps have been moved to the new folder "csgo_community_addons" and the game now searches for "official" and "unofficial" addon folders. Maybe we will finally see custom game modes?

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 07/05/2025

After 8 years of development, the creators of the highly anticipated mod, decided to cancel Classic Offensive after receiving a Cease and Desist letter from Valve...

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 06/05/2025

🐙🐶🍺🇵🇱☢️👨‍💼

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 05/05/2025

A new iteration of Valve's VR headset called Deckard was mentioned in the latest SteamVR update, and as I understand it, US tariffs have pushed back the original plans a bit, but they're still aiming for 2025.

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 03/05/2025

Pick up that can… and put into trash can… Steam Workshop: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/...

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 24/04/2025

The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world. Inspired by Gordon Freeman's Half-Life 2 box art and Half-Life: Alyx in-game model. Steam Workshop: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/...

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 04/04/2025

Sadly, CS2 is slowly moving away from seasonal operations to more permanent missions in the armoury. I also don't think we will see Danger Zone anytime soon, if ever. New maps, small anti-cheat changes and more! Watch it here - youtu.be/tyHVhcVOsGE

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 03/04/2025

BAFTA released a list of the 21 most influential video games of all time. On 4th place: Half-Life (1998) - Revolutionized storytelling in FPS games with seamless, immersive narrative delivery. And on the 9th place: Half-Life 2 (2004) - Set new standards for physics-based gameplay and world-building.

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 03/04/2025

More and more people are reporting that cs2 anticheat started banning huge chunks of bot farmers at once

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 02/04/2025

Made a quick mock-up for the new mission banner based files that appeared in the last CS2 update.

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 01/04/2025

looks like cs2 developers are cooking some sort of missions, perhaps for a future operation, a video called "mission-bg-searching" is mentioned in "mission_tile.css" file

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 30/03/2025

This is a kid and his name is Finger. Do not finger paint. Keychain comes in three versions: damaged, cleaned and healed 🫧 Workshop Page - steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/...

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 23/03/2025

Two months ago I said that Valve was testing a new game. Today, on Half-Life: Alyx's 5th anniversary, it's time for new leaks and what they mean for the future of the Half-Life series... and its end. Watch it here - youtu.be/zTzIwXj0170

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 23/03/2025

Today marks 5 years since the release of Half-Life: Alyx! Yes, five years...

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 20/03/2025

Counter-Strik 2 devs added the ability to create and publish your own sausage keychain skins to the workshop.

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 16/03/2025

The developers of PROMODE for CS 1.6 announced a new project called CS: Legacy - a free remake of the classic Counter-Strike 1.6, built from the ground up on Valve's official Source Engine 2013 SDK, releasing on Steam Early Access in 2025.

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 15/03/2025

Counter-Strike 2 just broke the all-time concurrent online record with 1,824,989 unique users. Get ready to unload your comments about the chinese bot farms below.

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 15/03/2025

counter-strike devs added a new note to the "competitive cooldowns and bans" faq page: "players who receive a VACnet cooldown will have their CSR adjusted regardless of if they, or a player they partied with, caused the match to be canceled".

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 13/03/2025

Orbifold Studios has announced a 2-hour free demo for Half-Life 2 RTX, featuring locations in Ravenholm and Nova Prospekt.

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 11/03/2025

new "trade-protected" item category in cs2: "Attrib_TradeProtectedEscrowDate""This item is trade-protected and cannot be consumed, modified, or transferred until %s1"

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 11/03/2025

new mention of workshop example texture for keychains, once again confirming that community will be able to publish custom keychains for cs2

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 04/03/2025

why this tarp on the new cache has 100k polygons...

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 03/03/2025

Cache is now available in the Steam Workshop and it's crazy how FMPONE managed to preserve Chornobyl's better than S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 (which is really sad). I don't like over-saturated orange colors though...

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 28/02/2025

deadlock is now the most wishlisted game on steam (after the release of monster hunter wilds)

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Gabe Follower @gabefollower.com · 27/02/2025

how do i stop news publishers from calling me an insider or a leaker, i'm just an autistic asshole who's hyperfixated on certain topics

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