The Counter-Strike 2 virtual marketplace experienced one of its most dramatic collapses in recent memory, shedding nearly $2 billion in value within hours of Valve releasing a controversial update.

Valve has released an update for Counter-Strike 2, its online competitive shooter, that has apparently tanked the skins market. Outside of shooting each other on de_dust2, Counter-Strike players have ...

Counter-Strike 2 has always stood apart from other shooters due to its skin market, which was essentially gambling on skins, trading skins, and collecting skins on a third-party marketplace. Some ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Counter-Strike video game franchise has a cosmetic skin market worth billions A new update to the game has caused the prices of many of its most valuable items to crumble Over $2 billion USD in ...

CS2's latest update has certainly put the cat among the pigeons, and feathers are flying. The innocuous-sounding patch "extended functionality of the 'Trade Up Contract' to allow exchanging five items ...