One of the maps from last week’s update has already disappeared, leaving the community wondering what could be behind it…

According to SteamDB on BlueSky, Valve added new community-made maps to Counter-Strike 2, but one of them — Transit — was removed due to potential copyright concerns. One of the entities contained the so-called “gamer word,” and SteamDB shared an image of a distinctive building found in the de_transit skybox. The “gamer word” is a sarcastic reference to a racial slur uttered by PewDiePie during a 2017 PUBG Twitch stream.

On October 1, Valve officially added four new community maps — Transit, Golden, Palacio, and Rooftop — to the game’s rotation. However, on October 3, Valve quietly released an update listing only three changes, one of which was “removing Transit from official matchmaking.” The most likely reason is the entity name of a unique object in de_transit, which is how in-game objects are identified in the script. The map also features an Easter egg with “Have you seen me?” missing person posters showing the cat from Stray (released in 2022).

https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/1nx1dof/new_de_transit_easter_egg/

Transit getting removed because of an entity named a racial slur (with possible copyright infringement) and fucking over 4 other environment artist mapping careers is the biggest CS mapping fumble of all time https://t.co/4Jb4mHhqi8 pic.twitter.com/ovdaPlQ8I5

— AlphaOwl (@AlpherOwl) October 3, 2025

Interacting with all four posters triggers a fifth one to appear, and interacting with the final poster launches a special event where a cat in a bucket ziplines across the map. Unfortunately, the entity name of one poster contains a racial slur. A Discord message from Rikuda, the co-designer responsible for the offensive entity, was later shared. Rikuda admitted it was their mistake, explaining that the entity name started as a joke they forgot to change. They offered no excuses — only an apology.

Speculation also centered on the distinctive building shown in the original SteamDB post. Known in-game as the FPI Bank, the structure is clearly inspired by the Doofenshmirtz Evil Inc. building from Disney’s animated series Phineas and Ferb. Disney, as the rights holder, likely would not appreciate seeing its intellectual property associated with a violent shooter where players act as terrorist bombers.

In the end, Rikuda not only damaged his own career with an immature and tasteless mistake but also tarnished the reputation of the Transit project and jeopardized future collaborations with Valve. What was once a victory — having their work officially included in Counter-Strike — has now turned into a humiliating defeat.

Source: PCGamer, Bsky, Steam, Fandom