Valve has confirmed that Anubis will rejoin the Active Duty map pool, replacing Train once the current Premier season concludes on January 19. The change was announced by the developer and will take effect at the end of the ongoing competitive cycle.
The timing of the swap is likely to prompt tournament organizers to adopt the updated pool for the new season, which the competitive calendar lists as beginning with BLAST Bounty on January 13 and continuing with IEM Kraków starting January 28. So far, the two major organizers have not issued statements on whether they will implement the map change for their events.
Anubis returns after roughly a six-month absence from the Active Duty lineup. The map was removed in mid-July, at the start of the second 2025 season, when it was replaced by Overpass.
The decision to bring Anubis back caught many by surprise. Prior speculation had centered on Cache becoming the next Active Duty map after Valve acquired a remade version of Cache last year from its creator, FMPONE, leading observers to expect that map to be inserted into the pool instead.
Train’s run in the Active Duty selection was relatively short-lived; it had been introduced at the start of 2025 as the replacement for Vertigo and remained in the pool for about a year before this latest change.
With Anubis returning, the new Active Duty map pool will consist of Dust2, Mirage, Inferno, Nuke, Ancient, Overpass and Anubis. Tournament lineups and match preparations will adjust accordingly as teams and organizers respond to the updated rotation.