Counter-Strike 2 News

CSGO is still the King of FPS games, even in 2023

My first memory of Counter-Strike is on the map Inferno, which looked drastically different back in 2006. With a poor connection and no GPU to speak of, my Core 2 Duo could barely handle the FPS game. It should have been irritating, but surprisingly CS 1.6 offered the same competitive experience as the velvety CSGO does today. It's tricky to pinpoint it, but Counter-Strike's popularity is clearly not driven by occasional facelifts. It's a matter of passion, emotion, and matchless competition.

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Release Notes for 2/15/2023

[REVOLUTION CASE]
- The AWP | Doodle Lore has been replaced by the AWP | Duality in the Revolution Case
- Existing AWP | Doodle Lore inventory items have been converted to the AWP | Duality

[MAPS]
Ember
- Seasonal celebrations have ended in Ember land.
- Map lighting, theme, textures, and models have returned to their pre-seasonal state.
- Cave rock textures are now using $seamless_scale for improved texture quality and look.
- Various texture improvements.
- Fixed an areaportal issue.

Release Notes for 2/2/2023

[MAPS]

Boyard
– Clipped boost onto top of arches (Thanks Lazavelli)
– Fixed gap in side of stairs
– Lowered floating railings

Chalice
– Remastered art assets
– Updated lighting
– Updated clipping
– Made the grate bars on A-site less obstructive
– Added place names
– Improved occlusion to be more performant

Anubis
– Fixed optimization regression

CSGO player count record broken yet again as Valve FPS dominates Steam

The CSGO player count seems to know no bounds. Despite being released more than a decade ago, the landmark Valve FPS game previously set a new record for concurrent Steam users on February 11. It seemed unbeatable, but if ten years of CSGO battles have taught us anything, it's that nothing is impossible - you might be up against five people, with the bomb already ticking down, but you can still grab a victory out of the fire. Likewise, CSGO players have once again beaten their own record, with the multiplayer shooter also remaining atop the Steam chart for current users.

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CSGO player count record broken yet again as Valve FPS dominates Steam

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