CS2 adds a full Favorites system to the Major sticker shop, extends bookmarking into the inspect popup, gives spectators control over flashbang opacity, and updates shaders, map icons, and community content.
Major sticker store gains a persistent Favorites system with new banners, search integration, and bookmark buttons on tiles and search results.
Fullscreen inspect now includes a sticker bookmark control tied into the same Favorites list, with callbacks to refresh the store on close.
Spectators get a new `r_spectator_flashbang_opacity` setting to control flashbang overlay strength, alongside a safer flashbang shader.
Shopping cart and price display logic are cleaned up for more reliable token and real-world pricing in the checkout UI.
Environment and overlay shaders, Ancient’s map thumbnails, and the de_sanctum community addon assets receive visual and tooling-focused updates.
Small CS2 update tightening Major hub & Pick’Em UI stability, polishing the Major store and checkout popups, and refreshing Cologne 2026 sticker localization under a new build version.
Major hub popup and Pick’Em prediction timers were hardened to avoid UI errors and improve stability.
The Major store and shopping cart checkout popups received UI polish, including safer item lookups and better 3D preview behavior.
Localization for Cologne 2026 teams and player autograph stickers was refreshed across multiple variants.
All language resource files and compiled UI scripts for the Major event experience were rebuilt, and the client/server version was bumped to a new build.
CS2’s latest patch wires in the full Cologne 2026 Major backbone: new passes, stickers, sprays, a reworked Major hub and store, and a shift toward credit-based souvenir crafting via a new volatile shop system.
Full Cologne 2026 Major economy added, including pass, journal, credits, keychain, team stickers, and sprays.
Main menu and store UI reworked to showcase Cologne 2026, with new Major tile art and a tournament sticker carousel.
Souvenir system updated for event 26+, shifting toward credit- and sticker-based “craft souvenir” behavior.
New GC message and client wiring for a “volatile shop” that dynamically serves tournament sticker offers.
Sticker shaders, inventory camera setups, and tools updated to better support Major stickers and autographs.
PP-Bizon’s model resource updated, indicating a small visual or animation adjustment without confirmed gameplay changes.
Tournament items and a renovated Major Shop are live for the Cologne Major, plus Souvenir crafting, Pick'Em rewards, and royalty details.
Tournament Items featuring team logos and player autographs are available for purchase.
Major Shop renovated: buy individual stickers with token pricing that changes by demand and receive token refunds if a sticker drops by 25 tokens or more within 24 hours.
Souvenir-O-Matic lets you convert a normal weapon into a Souvenir with gold team, autograph, and map stickers from a completed match.
Activate a Viewer Pass to get a Challenge Coin; upgrading it in Pick'Em awards 300 tokens per upgrade.
50% of Major Shop and Major Pass revenue is shared as royalties with the tournament organizer, teams, and players; rates use VRS seeding before the final and final standings after the Major.
