The brand new Spy Tech and Arabesque collection has finally been released in CS2
Valve has officially launched Premier Season 5 in Counter-Strike 2, bringing one of the biggest updates of 2026. Alongside the start of a new competitive season, players can expect a fresh Active Duty map pool, a CS Rating reset, gameplay adjustments, and brand-new Armory collections.
With the new Season 5 Update for Counter-Strike 2, Cache has officially been added to the Premier Map pool in favour of Overpass. We also got two entirely new skin collections. We now have the “Spy Tech Collection” with 17 community-made skins and the brand new oriental “Arabesque Collection” with another 17 community-made skins in Counter-Strike 2. Alongside the new Armory skin collections, we also got two new sticker collections, Auto Racing Stickers and Fruits and Veggies Stickers.
Let us go over the CS2 Premier Season 5 changes, but first, let us take a look at all of the new skins!
A Call to Arms
Valve talks in their blog post that they “recently” gave an update about what skins Valve wants for future collections, which they wanted people to create skins/stickers for. The CS2 Workshop Update - A Call to Arms-ory was released on December 5th, 2025! Now, more than half a year later, we finally have the items, skins and collections they were looking for!
The Spy Tech Collection
We got a very Tech-savy and covert new “Spy Tech” collection in Counter-Strike 2. This is perfect for people who have a military loadout, but also players with full black inventories got some very good new additions to skins! And we can NOT forget the wonderful brand new red Glock-18 | Ghost Protocol or the pearlescent AK-47 | AUTOEXEC, which looks quite similar in tone and vibe to an AK-47 | Printstream!
Featuring the:
Featuring the:
- AK-47 AUTOEXEC
- Glock-18 Ghost Protocol
- M4A1-S Fatal Glitch
- USP-S Spiral Glitch
- AWP Black Box
- Nova Smart Gun
- CZ75-Auto Hydraulics
- M4A4 Dark Operative
- MP9 Spy Prototype
- AUG Signal Scanner
- R8 Revolver Monarch
- MAC-10 Video Cam
- FAMAS Corp Defense
- Tec-9 Perimeter
- XM1014 Black Site
- MP7 Base-2
- SCAR-20 Arctic Camo Panels
The Arabesque Collection
Moving away from the new and tech-heavy Spy collection, we move into Arabian Nights and the hot Orient. Featuring many skins with gold accents, such as the AWP | Sovereign Flame, but also more colourful and narrative-driven skins such as the AK-47 | Consequence of the Jinn, this new Armory collection has a skin for every player and every Counter-Strike 2 Loadout.
Featuring the:
Featuring the:
- AWP Sovereign Flame
- AK-47 Consequence of the Jinn
- M4A4 Falak
- Desert Eagle Eastern Enigma
- AUG Lapis Lazuli
- P250 Lotus Imprint
- Glock-18 Ifrit Lattice
- Tec-9 Sultan
- MAC-10 Arabesque Mosaic
- FAMAS Snake Song
- Sawed-Off Lunar Wyrm
- Five-SeveN Desert Seal
- Nova Morning Sun
- MP9 Dune Asp
- Dual Berettas Mystic Conjunction
- PP-Bizon Traitor
- SCAR-20 Sirocco Script
Premier Season 5
The start of a new Premier season also means a full CS Rating reset.
Players must complete a new set of placement matches before receiving their Season 5 rating, while regional and global leaderboards have been wiped clean. Eligible players who earned enough Premier wins during Season 4 will also receive the corresponding Premier Medal.
As mentioned in our previous article and this introduction, the Premier Season 5 map pool changed a little, with Overpass being replaced by one of the all-time favourites and classical Counter-Strike maps, Cache!
As mentioned in our previous article and this introduction, the Premier Season 5 map pool changed a little, with Overpass being replaced by one of the all-time favourites and classical Counter-Strike maps, Cache!
Bomb explosions now have a larger blast radius
One of the biggest gameplay tweaks in the update affects the C4 explosion.
Valve has increased the bomb's blast radius from 500 to 650 units, making it much harder to survive if you're caught too close to the detonation.
The change mainly affects players attempting last-second exits or saving weapons after the bomb has been planted. Positions that were previously considered safe may now result in taking significantly more damage, perhaps even death!
Alongside the gameplay impact, Valve also redesigned the explosion's visuals. The new effect features a much larger shockwave and a more dramatic fireball, making bomb detonations feel more powerful than before.
For players looking to save expensive rifles like the AWP, learning the new safe positions on each map will quickly become an important adjustment.
The change mainly affects players attempting last-second exits or saving weapons after the bomb has been planted. Positions that were previously considered safe may now result in taking significantly more damage, perhaps even death!
Alongside the gameplay impact, Valve also redesigned the explosion's visuals. The new effect features a much larger shockwave and a more dramatic fireball, making bomb detonations feel more powerful than before.
For players looking to save expensive rifles like the AWP, learning the new safe positions on each map will quickly become an important adjustment.
New Community-made maps
Counter-Strike 2 and Valve also rolled out moore Community made maps.
Some of which were heavily anticipated by the community (and El Dorado by our writer, hi!) are sure to turn some heads! We can't wait to test them out in Competitive play and in Wingman. Congratulations to all the Mapmakers and valiant model makers to finally be added to the game!
Conclusion
Thank you for reading our article on the two brand new Armoury Collections and all of the Premier Season 5 changes for Counter-Strike 2. It is going to be a cool Premier Season, and we can not wait to test out the new community-made maps with some of the new skins equipped in our loadout!
