"Counter-Strike" made nearly $1 billion from loot boxes last year. Regulators have argued over whether loot boxes should be considered gambling. One study found that 71% of gamers between 2010 and ...

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How much chaos can one box cause? When that box is added to a decades-old Counter-Strike map with no warning, it turns out quite a lot of chaos. For those out of the loop, in 2023 Valve updated ...

Loot boxes are of course a controversial inclusion in games, but a primary way for Valve to earn money from Counter-Strike 2, which is consistently one of the most played games on Steam.

FPS Valve buys fan favourite Counter-Strike map from creator: 'They reached out to buy it on day 1, a great honor and I don't want anyone to think we hesitated for one moment' FPS A gorgeous ...

Bullets, walls, boxes, and grenades didn't budge a smoke. That's all set to change in Counter-Strike 2. Smokes in Counter-Strike 2 are responsive and 3D. They're able to seep through walls ...

CS:GO, now Counter-Strike 2, lets players earn Weapon Cases (loot boxes) through gameplay or by purchasing them in the store, but each also requires a corresponding key to open it. These can ...

Valve has purchased the iconic Cache map from its creator, securing its place in Counter-Strike 2’s competitive pool and ...

Valve, the developer behind "Counter-Strike," creates these items and allows players to purchase them by buying cases, which are virtual boxes or crates. The items in the cases are not known to ...