Every June, the same ritual plays out: we sit down to watch Summer Game Fest with one prayer running through our heads — "okay, this is the year they finally show Half-Life 3." And every June, Geoff Keighley smiles, gives a little wave, and closes the show with literally anything but the threequel. SGF 2026 was no exception: Gordon Freeman is still in stasis, but the rest of the show

The Major's opening stage delivered its usual share of Pick'Em chaos, but Stage 2 went pretty much by the book — everyone who was supposed to advance, advanced. The real headache, as always, was the 0:3 slot, where the Aussies and Brazilians apparently teamed up for a single match just so they could hop on Twitter (X) and post "F*ck your Pick'Ems." It's a weird little ritual at this point

The last Armory Pass update was January 21, 2026 — and all we got was the limited AK-47 Aphrodite. That was over four months ago. For context, Valve usually refreshes the Armory at least once every few months. This silence is already unusual by their own standards.On April 21, a "Last Chance to Buy" warning appeared on several items: the Train 2025 and Sport & Field collections, plus the Sugarface

Counter-Strike is hard to call a kids' game, but behind the shooter's tough exterior hides a whole layer of skins — bright, cartoonish and innocent, as if pulled straight out of a child's bedroom. Balloons, unicorns, green toy soldiers, chalk graffiti on asphalt — everything that made up our most carefree years.On June 1st, International Children's Day, we gathered ten skins that you could literally hand to a kid to