Counter-Strike 2 News

Five years on, CS:GO fan completes the popular 'Bloodsport' weapon skin line

'Bloodsport' is a popular line of fan-made Counter-Strike: Global Offensive weapon skins which has been in the works for years. While some weapons, such as the SCAR-20, AK-47, and MP7 have been available in the game for a long while, the creator has now announced that nearly half a decade on, they've finally finished the complete skin line.

"After almost five years I finally finished the Bloodsport design on all the CS:GO weapons," creator Slimeface announces on the FPS game's subreddit. "Let me know what you think." The fan-made skin line features "white logo decals over a red and black hydrographic", as its CS:GO Fandom page details, and is themed on "racing and extreme sports sponsors", as the creator explains. You can check out the full range of weapons given the new makeover - from snipers and handguns to assault rifles and submachine guns - below.

The competed workshop skin line has drawn a very positive response from the multiplayer game's community on Reddit so far, with over 1.2k upvotes as of writing, and tons of replies praising how the style looks across the weapon types. Some have also been expressing their hope that the skins gets implemented into the main game at some point, as some community creations do.

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New fan-made CS:GO training map helps you nail your aim and movement

If you're a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive fan, you'll know the FPS game's got a thriving modding community, with custom maps and skins popping up on its Steam Workshop page daily. A popular new map, currently sitting with a five-star rating from fans, aims to, well, help you improve your aim as well as your movement in-game.

As you can see in the preview clip below, creator Dreazc0v's new DC Aim and Movement training map for CS:GO is based in an indoor, warehouse-like location. It has several different areas and features designed to help players hone some of the skills needed to gain an edge in the live game, such an open-plan arena in which it appears you can spawn bots that'll hunt you down from all directions. Minimal barriers between you and them (just a few crates) mean you'll have to keep your aim sharp to nab them before they nab you.

There are also target firing ranges, which it seems you can move up and down their tracks, giving you practice at various ranges, and with adjustable speeds.

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Vitality's IGL apEX to take a break from CS:GO due to "personal problems"

Team Vitality has revealed that in-game leader Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire is taking a break from competitive Counter-Strike due to a number of factors, including "personal problems".

The 28-year-old, who just yesterday competed in the first match Vitality's BLAST Premier Spring campaign, will now be out of action for the "entire" competition at least, according to a statement from Vitality coach Rémy 'XTQZZZ' Quoniam. This period of absence may also be extended should apEX need more time away from the team.

In his statement XTQZZZ lists a number of factors that have been affecting his players in the past few weeks, which he also says is attributing to Vitality's sluggish start to 2021. "Collective difficulties within the team are currently impacting performance," the coach says. "The early season announcements and unjustified accusations have been difficult to take, in addition to the current health context." The "accusations" appear to be in reference to the $10,000 fine Vitality was forced to pay for having a stream of the game they were playing on near its players.

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Shroud prefers Valorant to CSGO because of a lack of cheaters

As some of you may, or may not, know, Michael 'Shroud' Grzesiek used to play Counter-Strike: Global Offensive to a pretty decent level. That means that now and again someone will hop into his chat and ask the hugely popular streamer if he fancies giving Valve's shooter another go.

It happened again recently, and Shroud took the opportunity to reflect on the state of the game. He was playing Valorant at the time, which is essentially Riot's take on CSGO, so uses that as a point of comparison. "I'd love to play CSGO if it was good," he says. "The beauty of Valorant is its accessibility. You jump in, you play, you're confident, and you play your one or two games, have a good time or have a bad time, but at least you know you're not going to get cheated."

Shroud then explains that most casual games of CSGO he plays reportedly involve someone using aimbot, sprintbot, wall hacks, or generally just teleporting about the place. Even before Valorant came on the scene, Riot was highlighting the competitive game's Vanguard anti-cheat system. CSGO is notably older, to be fair to it, though complaints of cheating have persisted for a long time.

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive update for 9 February 2021

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