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Patch Notes
Counter-Strike 2 Update Adds Hostage Hooks and More Control for Map Creators
Counter-Strike 2’s latest update gives custom-map creators new scripting tools for resource loading, hostage interactions, console variables, and round rules.…
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Esports
PGL Masters Bucharest 2026 Will Begin Oct. 24 With 16 Teams and $1.25M in Payouts
PGL Masters Bucharest begins Oct. 24 with 16 Counter-Strike 2 teams competing for $1.25 million. The five-day Swiss stage runs…
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News
Valve Composer Mike Morasky Mentions Rumored Half-Life Project HLX at GameSoundCon
Valve composer Mike Morasky brought up HLX during a GameSoundCon discussion of Valve’s audio engine, giving a long-running Half-Life rumor…
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PC
Steam Next Fest Preview Lists 8,011 Demo Entries as Indie Cloning Concerns Grow
Steam Next Fest’s October 2026 press preview lists 8,011 demo matches, roughly twice the number featured in June 2026 and…
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News
Deadlock’s City Never Sleeps Event Drew 110M Votes, With Nurse Harrow as Its Final Hero
Deadlock’s City Never Sleeps voting event ended with more than 110 million votes, and Nurse Harrow is the last of…
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News
Deadlock’s Violet Can Paint New Routes and Walls Into a Fight
Violet’s brush can redraw the routes of a Deadlock fight. Living Ink makes walls that stop movement and shots, while…
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PC
Chet Faliszek Questions Epic’s AI-Coded Store Overhaul
Epic is pitching a faster, more responsive Epic Games Store launcher, but former Valve writer Chet Faliszek argues that speed…
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News
Deadlock’s Violet Is Playable Now, Nurse Harrow Will Join Oct. 20
Violet is now playable in Deadlock, bringing an ink-based kit built around stronger bullets, damage, and evasive movement. Her arrival…
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Patch Notes
Team Fortress 2 Update Reworks cp_holyhell and Buffs Zombie Pyro
Team Fortress 2’s latest update gives cp_holyhell a faster pace, lowering its round timer to 5 minutes and changing the…
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Patch Notes
Deadlock’s Oct. 14 Update Buffs Deadman Danny and Nerfs Baba
Deadman Danny gets a broad power boost in Deadlock’s Oct. 14 update, one day after he became playable. His health,…
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