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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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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

Steam Workshop: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/...

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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

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 · 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

I tried to hide number 3 on the chain, but unfortunately it was hard to see on a small keychain, especially from the side, so I had to give up on that idea...

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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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