Counter-Strike 2 News

Release Notes for 5/4/2023

[PARIS 2023 CS:GO MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP]
– The “Paris 2023 Viewer Pass” and the “Paris 2023 Viewer Pass + 3 Souvenir Tokens” are now available for purchase. 50% of the proceeds go to the players, teams, and organizations taking part in the BLAST.TV Paris Major.
– With a Viewer Pass, you’ll get:
— An upgradable Paris 2023 Event Coin.
— Access to the Paris Pick’Em Challenge.
— Unlimited team graffiti for the duration of the event.
— Steam.tv team flair.
— Access to Paris 2023 Souvenir Packages.
– Team stickers and Player Autograph stickers are available for purchase. 50% of the proceeds go to the players, teams, and organizations taking part in the BLAST.TV Paris Major.

When is the next Counter-Strike 2 beta access wave?

Wondering when the next Counter-Strike 2 beta access wave will be? Noob friendly CS2, with its new smokes and polished maps, is finally playable, but most players are still waiting for their lucky day. According to Leetify, only 3% of CS players had the Counter-Strike 2 banner appear on their main menu screens early in April.

The announcement posts of players receiving access have also been few and far between, suggesting Valve may have pulled the plug on its FPS game's beta access. Fortunately, a new wave of Counter-Strike 2 beta tests will likely begin soon, handing out the keys to a broader player base.

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CSGO cases set a new record, jumping 27% in one month

CSGO cases just set another new monthly record, with players opening 27% more cases in April than in March, likely motivated by the new Anubis CSGO skins just released by Valve. As the FPS game sees a surge in popularity ahead of the arrival of Counter-Strike 2, CSGO case prices also appear to be stabilising again after a sharp drop in the past two weeks.

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This new Counter-Strike map was created to smuggle the truth about the Ukraine war into Russia

The newspaper Helsingin Sanomat has sometimes been described as a cultural institution in Finland, the country's own paper of record and over the years a campaigning media presence. Ever since Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine, Helsingin Sanomat's coverage has been extensive and extensively critical of the Putin regime, to the extent of setting up a dedicated website (banned in Russia, naturally). Now it's found a new avenue of expression: a Counter-Strike map...
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A secret CS:GO bunker is sharing newspaper reports on the war in Ukraine to dodge Russian censorship

A Counter-Strike: Global Offensive map is being used to sneak information about the ongoing invasion of Ukraine to Russian gamers. Players can download the de_voyna map, which recreates an abandoned Eastern European city that’s not too dissimilar to the war-torn streets you might find in other multiplayer maps. The difference here is a secret underground room that contains information about the invasion: headlines, maps, newspaper clippings, and images of the war.