Counter-Strike 2's Premier mode entered its fifth season this morning, July 6, 2026, with Valve executing the most significant Active Duty map pool change of the year: Cache is in, Overpass is out.

Cache has returned to Counter-Strike with much fanfare, and Premier players won’t have to wait much longer. Valve has confirmed Cache will join CS2‘s Premier pool in Season 5, replacing Overpass, ...

Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) emulates the high-stakes feel of professional esports in its Premier mode. It features a pick-ban phase, and players must prove their skills to unlock this matchmaking and then ...

There’s nothing quite like Counter-Strike. For more than 20 years, Valve’s hardcore tactical shooter has stood as the gold standard for the FPS genre, evolving from the heyday of 1.6, adapting to the ...

Counter-Strike is home to some of the most iconic maps in video game history. Maps like Dust II, Mirage, and Inferno have been in the gaming zeitgeist for over two decades. Those maps remain the map ...

Shroud has faced backlash from the Counter-Strike community, which he has retorted to, after he brushed off the return of Cache from CS:GO into CS2. After retiring from professional Counter-Strike in ...

Callouts are important on every map in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. There’s no CSGO map where callouts are more important than Nuke, though. Nuke is one of the trickiest maps to play in a solo ...

DUBLIN Fire Brigade has collected less than half of the call-out charges owed to it. The fire brigade, which serves 1.2 million people in the greater Dublin area, charges a call-out fee of €500 for ...