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PGL Astana 2026 starts May 9 in Kazakhstan — Tier-1 LAN, 16 teams, prize pool reported as high as $1.6M. Running parallel to IEM Atlanta, but with Vitality and NAVI absent, Astana becomes the open field for second-tier contenders.
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Two months after the Sealed Dead Hand Terminal case shipped on March 11, the dust has settled. Covert tier (AWP Queen's Gambit, Glock Fully Tuned) and gloves held value — autosnipers and mil-spec dumped 25–35%.
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IEM Atlanta 2026 starts May 11 at Georgia World Congress Center — $1M prize pool, 16 teams, Vitality the unambiguous favorite after Fort Worth. Group stage May 11–14, playoffs through May 17.
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Cache officially returned to CS2 Competitive matchmaking in Valve's April 29 patch — a Source 2 ground-up rebuild, not a port. Active Duty admission expected after IEM Cologne 2026.
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Team Vitality 3:0 swept NAVI in the BLAST Rivals Fort Worth 2026 grand final on May 3, claiming their fifth title of the season and ZywOo's 32nd career MVP.
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Valve introduced the Achroma and Harlequin collections in the January 22, 2026 Premier Season 4 update — 39 skins across two opposite design philosophies. Four months later, the supply has flowed into circulation and prices are settling. Here is what the standout finishes are actually trading at, where the speculation premium has corrected, and which skins look positioned for long-term value.
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The IEM Atlanta 2026 group draw landed: Group A pulls Vitality, FaZe Clan, FUT Esports, NRG, paiN, B8, BC.Game and BetBoom into a "death group" with three top-10 teams. Group B — NAVI, Astralis, Liquid, M80, Legacy, GamerLegion, SINNERS, Passion UA — looks markedly lighter at the top. The opening matches set up a s1mple-vs-ZywOo bracket headliner.
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Falcons confirmed Finn "karrigan" Andersen as their new IGL on April 20 after his FaZe departure following a disastrous Cologne Major qualifying campaign. The signing reunites karrigan with NiKo for the first time since 2018, replaces Damjan "kyxsan" Stoilkovski as in-game leader, and reshapes the European top-tier landscape heading into IEM Atlanta and Cologne.
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Valve shipped a maintenance patch on May 1 focused on the recently reworked Cache map, capped aimpunch at 90 degrees, fixed a hand-popping animation bug when counter-strafing with a grenade equipped, and resolved a "Failed to on-demand compile shader" fatal error affecting older GPUs. Full bullet list and what it means for play.
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IEM Atlanta replaces the traditional Dallas slot this year — 16 teams, $300,000 prize pool, May 11-17 at the Georgia World Congress Center. Vitality, NaVi, FaZe, Liquid, Astralis lead the field; FaZe arrive without coach NEO and IGL karrigan after a roster shake-up. SINNERS and Passion UA earned their slots via qualifier.
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CS2's total skin economy capitalization sits at $7.89B as of early May 2026, up 2.59% week-over-week per CSMarketCap data. The trigger this cycle: Valve moved all rare drop pool cases to discontinued status, ending new supply and pushing several cases up 25-50% in weeks. We break down which cases moved, why now, and what the discontinuation actually means for case investors.
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