Counter-Strike Global Offensive is widely considered one of the most important games in the franchise. The title played a ...

Bruna is a contributor from Brazil. Although she's an advertising executive, she has been working as a pop culture journalist since 2004, and before Game Rant she worked as a contributor for TechTudo, ...

Counter-Strike players turned cosmetic skins into a bona fide secondary market over the past decade, but a recent update pushed by its developer, Valve, appears to have brought it crashing down.

TL;DR: Valve's new Steam Trade Protection feature safeguards in-game items and cosmetic skins by allowing users to reverse trades within 7 days. Enabled by default for Counter-Strike 2, it provides ...

Virtual knives, custom-painted machine guns, and gloves are common collectible items in videogames. A new study by scientists from HSE University suggests that digital skins from the popular video ...

The state of New York alleges that Valve's loot boxes and skin trades, worth billions of real-world dollars, operate as an illegal casino.