Late on September 22, Valve shipped the Rush Hour update and, for the first time in CS2's three-year life, added a matchmaking mode Counter-Strike had never had before. For the first day or so, though, the community talked about it far less than about chickens: eggs and feed in the weekly drop quickly took over the conversation. And under every Rush post, the usual joke made the rounds: instead of

You die early in the round, the camera jumps to a teammate, and for a second you forget about the game entirely. He’s holding a skin you last saw while bored-scrolling the market. One question pops into your head: “Wait, who actually plays with this?” The answer is right there — alive, perfectly content, and running onto the site.The skin meta plays by the same rules as the in-game meta:

The Cryptids theme in Call to Arms-ory has only strengthened our prediction: if Valve is gathering submissions for a collection about monsters in the fog and creatures nobody has ever gotten a good look at, the obvious release date is October 31. It'll be easy to tell. If the Armory update really is lined up for Halloween, "last chance to buy" labels should start showing up next to some of

It's been a month since we last checked in on the Steam Workshop, and Valve still hasn't said a word about when the Call to Arms-ory entries will actually make it into the game. There are two obvious windows, and both make sense. Halloween is just around the corner, and the darker side of the fairy tale contest would slot right into it. Then again, Christmas is a season built