Team Falcons turned the IEM Cologne 2026 Major into a clean run to the trophy. The squad beat Vitality 2-1 in the quarterfinals, survived Team Spirit 2-1 in a semifinal that pushed two maps into overtime, and then shut out FURIA 3-0 in the grand final to win the organization’s first Major championship.
Valve is also marking the end of the event with new items in the Major Shop. The lineup includes IEM Cologne 2026 Champions Autograph stickers, with Paper, Holo, Foil, and Gold autographs from Falcons players, along with IEM Cologne 2026 Highlight Charms, which feature 10 highlights from each of the six stages of the Cologne 2026 Major and the Falcons’ trophy-lifting moment.
It was a fitting finish for a team that had to push through a brutal playoff bracket to get there. Tell us what you think in the comments, and follow us on X, Bluesky, YouTube, Instagram.
Source: Steam
Counter-Strike 2
Developed by Valve
Counter-Strike 2 is a free-to-play multiplayer tactical first-person shooter developed and published by Valve. Released in September 2023, it is the fifth main entry in the Counter-Strike series and serves as a direct replacement for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on Steam. Two teams, Terrorists and Counter-Terrorists, compete in objective-based rounds across modes such as bomb defusal and hostage rescue. Built on the Source 2 engine, the game introduced volumetric smoke physics, revised weapon handling, and a new sub-tick server architecture. It inherited all cosmetic items from its predecessor and features both a map-specific Competitive mode and a numerically ranked Premier mode.
- Genre Shooter, Tactical
- Platforms Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Perspective First person
- Modes Single player, Multiplayer
- Release September 27, 2023
- Publisher Valve
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Age Rating
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Time to Beat
- Main
- 1h
- Main + Extras
- 14h
- Completionist
- 139.8h
