Gabe Follower, one of the most renowned CS2 data miners and leakers, has hinted at a new CS2 operation lurking in the background. Today marks exactly 1000 days since the last operation, Riptide, was launched, making it a special occasion for an operation-related leak.

The leaker posted several CS2 Workshop maps to X (formerly Twitter) on June 16, saying that he would just "leave them there" without any additional context. The maps include FMPONE's (creator of Cache) Thera, as well as Memento, Assembly, and the Pool Day remake. These four span all of CS2's existing game modes, with Memento and Pool Day focusing on Wingman and the Arms Race, while Thera and Assembly were made with Competitive and Casual in mind. Gabe Follower also linked to Mills in a follow-up tweet, furthering his hint that these maps could appear in an upcoming CS2 Operation.

While Gabe Follower didn't provide any further details or mention an operation per se, players are on to the idea and are hoping that the leaker was indeed suggesting a CS2 event is coming. On Reddit, some fans are already convinced, with a thread from yesterday claiming that a "new operation [is coming]. One user responded with certainty, but also asked for more information: "I have no doubt it's coming. How much longer do we fucking have to wait?"

It’s been nearly three years since Valve last launched an Operation in CS. Operation Riptide went live in 2021 on September 21 and ended on February 21 the following year. It introduced a ton of changes to CS:GO as part of a major update, as well as various maps, co-op missions, modes, skins, and more. Aside from the suggested maps, CS2 players can only guess what Valve has been cooking up in terms of a new Operation over the past few years.