Counter-Strike 2 News

[ MAPS ]

• Ancient
  
  • Various bug fixes and tweaks
    

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Various bug fixes to molotov/incendiary explosions
  
• Fixed ladders blocking bullet penetration
  

[ MISC ]

• Fixed missing USP-S description in the buy menu
  
• Adjusted low health indication
  
• Various animation bug fixes and tweaks
  
• Various performance improvements
  

[ MAPS ]

• Overpass
  
  • Various bug fixes and tweaks
    

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Added current armor value to the buy menu
  
• Fixed issues with ducking across round transitions
  
• Fixed a case where smoke grenades wouldn't pop
  
• Fixed a case where molotov/incendiary fire area was small in corners
  
• Fixed a case where molotov/incendiary grenades would explode at the throwers feet
  
• Fixed a case where the dropped bomb icon would appear on the radar incorrectly
  
• Continued iterating on dropped weapon pickup
  

[ PREMIER MATCHMAKING ]

• Shortened "Waiting For Players" from 5 minutes to 2 minutes
  
• Fixed voting to surrender and voting for tactical timeouts
  
• Teams can use 3 tactical timeouts during regulation time and 1 during overtime
  
• Various bug fixes and tweaks to UI elements
  

[ SOUND ]

• Fixed a case where hit feedback sounds wouldn't play for spectators
  

[ MISC ]

• Allow changing equipped graffiti mid-match
  
• Improved free roaming and chase camera behavior in CSTV
  
• Fixed a case where the money display was cropped in certain languages
  
• Fixed a case where "Block names and avatars of strangers" would replace names with the wrong color words
  
• Fixed a case where the award message for planting the bomb wouldn't show
  
• Fixed issues with alt-tab window switching in fullscreen mode
  
• Added cvars mp_team_timeout_ot_add_once, mp_team_timeout_ot_add_each, mp_team_timeout_ot_max to control timeouts in overtime
  

[ MAPS ]

• Ancient
  
  • Fixed CT spawn area shape in minimap
    
• Overpass
  
  • Adjusted spawn locations to reduce the likelihood of players spawning stuck together
    
• Inferno
  
  • Various bug fixes and tweaks
    

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Re-enabled Casual matchmaking
  
• Fixed a bug where dropped weapons were behaving like held weapons
  
• Adjusted interpolation parameters
  
• Fixed missing bullet tracers on hits
  
• Made it easier to pick up dropped weapons
  

[ SOUND ]

• Fixed a case where music wouldn't play at the end of deathmatch
  

[ MISC ]

• Various bug fixes and tweaks to Premier UI elements
  
• Adjusted freeze time post-processing effects
  
• Fixed missing player models for the first few seconds after team introductions
  
• Windows community servers can now appear in Steam Server Browser
  

[ MAPS ]

• Inferno
  
  • Various bug fixes and tweaks
    

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Players who survive the last round before overtime no longer carry their items into overtime
  
• Disabled Casual matchmaking temporarily to avoid a bug where servers get stuck in the end-of-match state
  

[ SOUND ]

• Fixes for missing music in Casual mode
  

[ MISC ]

• Various bug fixes and tweaks to Premier UI elements
  
• Various bug fixes and tweaks to weapon finishes
  
• Fixed a crash that occurs when changing audio devices
  
• Fixed an issue where players who abandon during Premier map voting receive multiple cooldowns
  

[ PREMIER ]

• Added Premier mode
  
• Added a visible CS Rating and CS2 Leaderboards. For more information visit the CS2 Leaderboard FAQ
• Added CSTV for spectating Premier matches
  

[ SOUND ]

• Fixed a case where grenade throw sounds would play twice
  
• Added music preview button to music volume sliders
  
• Various adjustments to sound effects
  

[ WORKSHOP TOOLS ]

• Added Paint Kit enhancements to CS2 Item Editor. Paint Kit finishes can now support:
  
  • Enabling custom normal maps and AO for all styles
    
  • Optional pearlescent mask
    
  • Optional standard PBR roughness texture
    
  • Custom Paint-By-Numbers masks (enabling Paint-By-Number masks for Spray-Paint style)
    

[ MAPS ]

• Added Inferno to all available game modes
  
• Various bug fixes and tweaks for all shipped maps
  

[ MISC ]

• Fixed a bug with hostage rescue prediction
  
• Enabled first-person shadow for carried hostages
  
• Fixed water effects showing in the wrong place when a bullet hit the water after penetration
  
• Various fixes for weapon finishes
  
• Replaced "Secondary Fire Hold" setting with "Zoom Button Hold"
  
• Fixed "Disable all voice comms" button in scoreboard
  
• "Temporarily Disable Incoming Chat" now mutes voice chat
  
• Various CS:GO settings will be imported when launching the CS2 Limited Test
  
• Fixed a case of inconsistent crouching with Duck Mode: Toggle enabled
  
• Updated the invulnerability visual effect
  
• Adjusted 'sv_infinite_ammo 2' grenade behavior to match CS:GO
  
• Desert Eagle third-person muzzle flash smoke now dissipates faster
  
• Continued iterating on smoke shape
  
• Adjusted Competitive mode match length to 12-round halves
  

[ CS:GO ]

• Recent ranked matches in "Your Matches" menu will now show Competitive, Wingman, and Premier matches
  

[ GAME AUTHENTICATION CODES ]

• Access to match history granted to third-party websites will now cover Competitive, Wingman, and Premier matches
  
• GetNextMatchSharingCode API used by third-party websites must now supply a match sharing code that is no more than 1 month old to obtain the next match sharing code.