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Valve registered new trademarks for the Deadlock (they already had ones for the name, but now it's a full logo). I don't think it means that they gonna make it open soon, but preparation for the future promos seems reasonable

One of the Valve animators published a test footage for their face rig systems featuring one of the Deadlock characters on his LinkedIn profile.

valve community's reaction whenever an industry professional accurately animates a female character

New update includes localization for a new Bidding system in Armory. You’ll be able to bid stars to win limited-time items. Each batch closes after a set time, and winning bids are settled afterward. If you miss out, bidding reopens in a few hours. You can place, confirm, or

New HLX strings in the latest CS2 update, mentioning Thumpers to scare antlions

New hit prediction protobufs in the latest CS2 update

Seems like Retake gamemode is coming back to CS2

New hitgroups for vehicles in Source 2 (most likely related to HLX)

New event types (forces NPC to react on it) in Source 2 are mentioning "Food" and "Gravity Force". Probably related to HLX.

Mention for a new cosmetic CS2 item called "Pets". In this case an egg model "egg_pristine" that you can place somewhere

New animations of a CS2 characters holding Chickens in hands (most likely related to the new cosmetic item called "Pets"). Probably for the main menu or during switch between sides in the middle of the match.

New changes in a unreleased map called "Ancient Night". It now features rain effects, probably something similar to the Train. Found by CygaPb_RoadRunner

New debris model references in a smartprop file for an unreleased CS2 map called "de_cache_s2". If I recall correctly, original remake by FMPONE didn't use smartprops, which is further confirmation that Valve is remaking it themselves. Found by CygaPb_RoadRunner

I have no idea why, but CS2 developers added a material for a golden ball on Dust 2...

when there are new half-life 3 leaks, but i still can't prove it

Latest CS2 update actually features a few assets for a future map called "Ancient Night". Based on previous findings, we knew it would feature rain. But there are also new materials with water ripples from raindrops and a moon texture