Counter-Strike 2 News

Release Notes for 8/15/2023

[ GAMEPLAY ]

Competitive and Private Matchmaking are currently disabled in the Limited Test
Minor adjustments to smoke cloud shape

[ MAPS ]

Added Italy to Deathmatch and Casual game modes
Removed Anubis and Ancient

[ ECONOMY ]

Unified StatTrak position on both CS2 M4 models to not occlude stickers
Adjusted sticker sizes on CS2 M4A4 so they no longer overlap

[ MISC ]

Updated hostage models

[ SOUND ]

Audio mix tweaks and adjustments

[ WORKSHOP TOOLS ]

Added support for multiple team introduction variants

Release Notes for 8/7/2023

[ MAPS ]

Anubis
- Removed from Competitive mode
- Various bug fixes and tweaks
Ancient
- Added to Competitive mode
- Various adjustments to lighting
- Added missing collision detection to some debris

[ MISC ]

Various adjustments to C4 animation
Water rendering performance improvements

Mountaintop Studios reveals playtest for CSGO and Valorant rival FPS

There are heaps of shooters to sink hours into these days, many of them often in the conversation for the best FPS games ever made. Stepping up to tackle the likes of Counter-Strike Global Offensive and Valorant, developer Mountaintop Studios announces a fresh PvP tactical shooter that aims to evolve the genre onto fresh ground.

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Release Notes for 8/3/2023

[ MAPS ]

Anubis
- Improved movement clipping map-wide
- Adjustments to collision around pillars
- Plugged holes in world geometry
- Fixed issues with weapon and bomb clipping through world geometry
Ancient
- Improved water clarity at T spawn
- Adjustments to jumpable locations
- Adjustments to collision around corners
- Various adjustments to lighting

[ MISC ]

Fixed an issue with round restart in the middle of weapon reloading
Fixed a case where incendiary grenades fail to detonate in water
Ragdoll limbs splash when they hit water

Counter-Strike 2 update adds beloved map, but removes iconic game mode

Counter-Strike 2 is one of the most exciting FPS games yet to release, and Valve has kept the hype going with its limited playtest. The team behind Steam has been hard at work improving Counter-Strike 2 with regular updates and additions, testing how different game modes and maps work within the most recent build. The developers added some popular reworked maps like Overpass and Vertigo recently, but it looks like the time to test other features has come. CS2 has now removed such maps as well as the 2v2 Wingman game mode, implementing other overhauled areas instead.

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