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Image: Valve / Kotaku / Jag_cz (Shutterstock)According to new data, it appears that Valve likely made about $1 billion from digital Counter-Strike 2 (previously Global Offensive) cases and keys in 2023. Yes, that’s billion with a “B.” The…

Many of you will be aware that Left 4 Dead began as a mod for Counter-Strike called “Terror Strike.” However, it looks as though Valve accidentally released an early version of the former via an update of the latter. In patch 1.6 of…

Valve’s co-op zombie shooter, Left 4 Dead 2, launched just a year after the original game. If you know much about Valve, you know that’s a shockingly fast turnaround for a sequel. And according to the lead on the original Left 4 Dead, the…

Streaming megasite Twitch has updated its community guidelines, and now prohibits streamers from promoting or being sponsored by Counter-Strike: Global Offensive skin gambling sites. This new ban could impact many CS:GO streamers who have…

As a human being on the internet reading a video game website, I probably don’t have to explain to you the long wait for Half-Life 3, the shooter sequel Valve continues to not make, and all the memes it’s spawned. But it seems that, even if…

Valve is notoriously stingy with sequels, but hit multiplayer shooter Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is finally getting one. Counter-Strike 2 is set to come out sometime this summer as a free update to the existing game, with a limited…

Counter-Strike 2 is real, and Valve said it’s coming soon as a free update for the popular CS: GO multiplayer game. Counter-Strike 2 will launch sometime in summer 2023, but if you’re keen to see what Valve has in store before then, you may…

Perhaps the most instantly-recognizable figure in Game of Thrones was Hafthor’ The Mountain’ Bjornsson, at least in terms of sheer size and physicality. The multiple-time international strongman champion loves a good firefight on…