HLTV has dropped a major investigation into what the Major economy has become since Valve buried the sticker capsule and moved IEM Cologne stickers over to direct, token-based sales. The findings aren't pretty: team revenue has cratered, contracts drawn up around the old model are stuck in limbo, and some organizations are seriously asking whether there's any point in treading water in this ecosystem at all. One team knocked out

The second season of 2026 is officially underway in CS2, and in previous pieces we broke down the loudest transfers of the off-season. Now it's time to turn to the players who ended up without a team: some had their club contracts expire, some were benched, some asked to be put on the transfer list and never got an offer, and a few have been waiting for their shot for

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In just a couple of days, on July 21, tier-1 events are back and the second season of 2026 officially kicks off. BLAST Bounty Season 2 will feature 32 teams, and plenty of them won't be lining up the way they did when season one wrapped. So in this piece we're breaking down the most interesting and most talked-about changes at the top of the scene. BC.Game In: Senzu, mzinho,