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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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Valve resets the rules on pro CS:GO tournaments: 'we've seen professional Counter-Strike drift away' from its ideals




fter years of taking a hands-off approach to the pro CS:GO scene, Valve has very suddenly announced major changes to the rules governing tournament organizers that it says will help ensure that ability, and not money, determine which teams rise to the top of competitive events...
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