CS2 Austin Major Update of 23.05.2025

The first CS2 Major on US soil and awaited return since the ELEAGUE Major in Boston 2018 comes with plenty of interesting innovations from Valve. Austin Major 2025 presents plenty of Taxes-themed elements in the design, so let’s talk about them in detail.

The List of Changes and Updates

Here is what Valve decided to bring with the 23.05.2025 Austin Major update:

Welcome the Viewer’s Pass

Traditionally, Valve released the Viewer’s Pass, which costs $10 in its basic version and $19 in the upgraded one. They are quite similar in their Pick’Em opportunities, while the latter brings three extra Souvenir Tokens, which can be exchanged for additional packages.

In fact, nothing changed since the previous CS2 majors in this regard, and those buying any Pass can choose their favorite team and use responsive graffiti during the whole event.

Pick’Em and Stick’Em to Support Teams

While temporary but unlimited graffiti shows support for the teams, the real help comes with the Pick’Em challenge. The purchase of the Austin 2025 Pass means you transfer a portion of its cost to the teams, which they receive as an extra profit for the event’s place-linked prizes.

A lot of CS fans actually await majors for this huge guessing game, where the Viewer’s Pass gives an opportunity to predict winners and losers at every stage of the event. Users traditionally have to choose the main losers (with 0–3 record), winners (3–0), and advanced teams (3–1, 3–2). Five right picks give the player an upgrade to their basic Pick’Em coin, which also means an extra token that can be spent to buy a memorable package from any game played during the major.

The same idea lies in the Stick’Em, which is the financial support of the teams and players via buying their stickers. This time, Valve linked designs to Texas, making team and player stickers in the cowboy style reminiscent of belt buckles.

Warhammer Skulls 2025 Capsules and Stickers

In cooperation with Games Workshop, Valve added capsules with stickers that are dedicated to this year’s Warhammer Skulls event in a style of decal sheets. Thus, Warhammer fans received 4 new CS2 capsules:

1. Adeptus Astartes;
2. Traitor Astartes;
3. Imperium;
4. Xenos Sticker.