We're continuing our series of loadouts built around national-team colors — and after yellow-and-green Brazil, we're taking on a squad with an equally recognizable tricolor. Team France: blue, white, red, "Les Bleus," generations of stars from Zidane to Mbappé, from kennyS to ZywOo. The colors of the French flag are one of the most rewarding palettes for a CS2 look: there's plenty of blue and white among the skins, and

There's hardly any time left until July 6, and the questions have piled up enough to fill an article all on their own. And it's not just about the new Premier season. A week before the update, the AK-47 | Aphrodite vanishes from the Armory, older collections have had a "last chance" tag hanging over them for months, and Major stickers are living without capsules for the very first time

Summer is traditionally one of the biggest windows for organizations to seriously rethink their rosters. This year, the first season of 2026 wrapped up with a Major — and for the first time, that Major was IEM Cologne, an event that used to do the exact opposite and kick off the season right after teams came back from their break. Now most orgs have nearly a full month before BLAST

July 6 brings an update that kicks off a new Premier season — which means fresh ratings rolling back into matchmaking, a rank reset, and the familiar grind back through your calibration matches. But the competitive side isn't the only reason we're waiting on this patch. Alongside it, the collections in The Armory Pass will most likely finally rotate — the very shuffle the community has been waiting on since