New CS2 update adds StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 stickers and Pick’Ems

Valve has released a new CS2 update, adding the stickers and Pick’Ems for the StarLadder Budapest Major 2025. Like the BLAST.tv Austin Major before it, Valve has gone with bordered stickers, keeping things fresh following the release of several bordered stickers in years gone by.

StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 stickers are here, and they’re glorious

32 teams in total, with stickers for every single player and team logo. Valve has stuck tried something new this time around. Papers, Holos, and Golds are back, but Glitters and Foils are out, instead replaced by a brand-new sticker type: Embroidered. As with previous Majors, the new CS2 update adds sticker capsules that you can buy for the StarLadder Budapest Major 2025, which are separated by Stage.

But this time around, the stickers come with one major change: Sticker Slabs. These charms allow you to add every sticker as a charm, which you can later remove and keep as a sticker. No commitment. Playoff Souvenir charms will be back further down the line, too.

As always, the new CS2 update also adds Pick’Ems for the StarLadder Budapest Major 2025, starting right at Stage 1. To do them, you need to purchase the Budapest 2025 Viewer Pass first, after which you can make your picks and compete for that elusive Diamond Coin.

Here are the full patch notes for the new CS2 update:

New CS2 Update Patch Notes: November 12th, 2025

• The StarLadder Budapest Major Hub is now available. Visit the hub to purchase tournament items, play the Pick’Em Challenge and more.
• Purchase a Budapest 2025 Viewer Pass to receive an upgradable Budapest 2025 Coin. With an active pass, you can upgrade your coin and earn extra souvenir packages by playing the Pick’Em Challenge. Additionally, you will show up on the Active Pass Leaderboard where you can compare your Pick’Em Challenge performance to your friends.

• Added new “Sticker Slab” item, a charm that seals any sticker and can be attached to weapons. The sealed sticker can be returned to your inventory at any time by cracking open and discarding the slab.
• Newly purchased Name Tag and StatTrak™ Swap Tool items can no longer be traded or listed on Community Market.

• Increased the maximum effective sv_maxvelocity to 16,384 units per second. The default value of 3500 is unchanged.
• Fixed a case where clients would mispredict jump button presses.
• Fixed a case where clients would mispredict jump apexes.

• Fixed skybox on Inferno that was blocking grenades.

• Increased default bullet decal rendering distance.
• Glove models and animations in the UI/inventory now use Animgraph2, matching first-person in-game gloves.
• Enabled the pulsing light on the C4 view model.
• Updated the color scheme of Counter-Strike items in Steam Community Market and Web Inventory to match item quality colors.
• Performance improvements.