Counter-Strike 2 News

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is a game with many moving parts. As such, the game is in a constant state of flux, with developers Valve needing to push out updates every couple of weeks to keep the game's weapons and maps balanced.

Valve's approach to updates are to keep them coming little and often, so you'll find the CS:GO patch notes aren't as meaty as some of the other games you play. While it might be disappointing to hear that the latest update isn't full of brand new content, you'll usually find the small fixes made here and there keep the game - and its players - in check.

So if you're looking to grind one of the best competitive FPS games out there and climb the CS:GO ranks, you're going to want to stay on top of the comings and goings of the game. So, here are the last couple of CS:GO patch notes for your perusal.

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Valve has a reputation for being pretty secretive, and while the company has been slightly more open in the past year or so, it's still not in the business of regularly telling Dota 2 or Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players what's coming in future updates. That's by design, as devs behind these games have now explained that their policy is to "let updates do the talking".

"We think CS:GO is better when we get clear, unfiltered customer feedback," CS:GO developer Gautam Babbar explains in a dev-focused talk. "We read and analyze this feedback our customers post on various online communities. But as they know, we rarely participate in those conversations. When we participate, they stop talking to each other and they start talking to us, and the feedback becomes less clear. Occasionally we weigh in if they seem blocked, or we need some more information, but otherwise we just stay out of it."

When CS:GO players have something to say, it's because they're unhappy with the state of the game - thus, Babbar argues, the best way to respond to that feedback is by fixing whatever bug or problem players are upset about.

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I like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, but I loved the original Counter-Strike. While CSGO is the prettier, more polished version of the same set of ideas, so many of the maps, so much of the feel that I loved, isn't present in the latest iteration.

The original Counter-Strike is still available to play, but its final update, 1.6, isn't the version I want either. I want beta 5.2, or thereabouts, from back before Valve bought the game and its rougher edges got sanded away.

That's me. But I'm here to ask you: what live service game would you like to see relaunch and preserve an older version of itself, as World Of Warcraft: Classic has? And what version would you want?

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