[ MAPS ]

• Updated Basalt to the latest version from Steam Workshop (Update Notes)

[ WORKSHOP ]

• Added ability to author and submit patterns for the Missing Link Charm to Counter-Strike 2 Steam Workshop.

[ MAPS ]

• Inferno
  
  
  • Fixed roof geometry at church that was visible from boiler entrance.

[ MISC ]

• Fixed a case where voice chat would break after unloading a Steam Workshop map.
  
• Fixed a case where game client would crash if certain community server plugins were restricting networking of player entities.
  
• Fixed several bugs in applying patches UI.

[ UI ]

• Fixed sizing and scaling of UI elements shared between buy menu and in-game HUD.
  
• Fixed a bug with armor display for CSTV spectators.
  
• Updated alternate AK-47 inspect animation.

[ WORKSHOP ]

• Increased supported upload size for Counter-Strike 2 Steam Workshop Maps to 3 GB.

[ PREMIER ]

• Adjusted the logic that determines when players are too far apart in CS Rating to participate in matchmaking together as a party. In most cases, players who used to play together as a party in Premier Season One will be able to party together in Premier Season Two.

[ UI ]

• Added "Get Service Medal" UI element directly to the main menu profile card.
  
• Fixed a case where main menu profiles were missing display medals.
  
• Updated Dust II radar image to be more accurate.

[ MISC ]

• Fixed a case where inspect or reload button presses could cause prediction errors.

[ MISC ]

• Fixed AUG scope stencil filter bug near water surfaces.
  
• Fixed Premier progress bar not displaying properly in low resolutions.
  
• Fixed certain UI panels not rendering transparently when using CMAA2 and HDR performance settings simultaneously.
  
• Improved dynamic radar scale to snap size when a newly discovered enemy/C4 enters radar view, but still shrink gradually when enemy/C4 disappears and enough time passes.
  
• Fixed radar scale settings UI to support full range of radar scale from 0.25 to 1.0 values.
  
• Fixed sounds from Train inspect scenery not getting cleared when going back to the main menu.
  
• Fixed misprediction error smoothing near walls to avoid clipping through walls.
  
• Fixed cloth simulation bug on loopback=1 local servers.

[ MAPS ]

• Basalt - updated to the latest version from the Community Workshop (Update Notes).

[ MISC ]

• Activated Premier Season Two progress indicator in the play menu.
  
• Fixed regressions with AUG/SG scope graphics.

Welcome to Premier Season Two.

If you haven't heard the news, here's what's new in Season Two. Vertigo is out, Train is in, the M4A4 is more... A4-dable... and we've tweaked the FAMAS.

Season Two runs from now through the Austin Major, at which point players who meet the requirements will be awarded a Premier Season Two Medal. The color will correspond to your highest CS Rating achieved during the season, and the bars will reflect your total wins, with one bar for every 25—up to five bars.

To earn your Premier Season Two Medal, you'll need an account in good standing, 25 Premier match wins, and an active CSR at the end of the season.

Premier matchmaking is now open for business, so hit the queue and start racking up those wins!

[ PREMIER ]

• Premier Season Two is here, and Premier matchmaking has resumed
  
• Every player who earned a CS Rating during Season One will receive a commemorative Premier Season One Medal which includes detailed Season Statistics
  
• Every player will have their CS Rating recalibrated based on their Season One performance, and will need to re-establish their CS Rating by winning 10 matches
  
• Train has been added to the Active Duty map pool
  
• Vertigo has been removed from the Active Duty map pool
  

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• M4A4 price reduced to $2,900
  
• FAMAS accuracy improved and price reduced to $1,950
  
• Reduced crouching accuracy for the MP9, MP5-SD, and MP7
  
• Adjusted scope dot on AUG/SG to be more useable at range
  

[ UI ]

• Added a new radar dynamic zoom option that will grow or shrink the radar to include your team mates, bomb and other detected elements
  
• Adjusted grenade order in spectator UI to match weapon selection order
  
• Increased brightness of carried C4 in UI
  

[ MAPS ]
Train

• Removed a boost angle from Long Dog to Bombsite A
  
• Fixed lighting artifacts on double-sided materials
  

[ MISC ]

• Added fallback logic to allow playing incomplete demo files, either copied from an ongoing live match or recovered after a game server crash
  
• Fixed an exploit where users could use secondary fire on R8 Revolver and then sell it back
  
• Counter-strafe summaries are now available in game server log data distributed via log address in addition to console logs
  

[ PREMIER ]

• Premier Season One is now over, and Premier matchmaking has been temporarily disabled.

Next week we will say "goodbye" to Premier Season One, and "hello" to Season Two. To celebrate, every player who earned a CS Rating during Season One will receive a commemorative Premier Season One Medal. Your medal includes detailed Season Statistics that you can view by clicking on the medal in your inventory. Review your Season One highs and lows with graphs of your CSR and playtime, or view your map-specific stats to find areas of improvement for Season Two.

As we transition to Season Two, there'll be one day of Premier downtime during which your CS Rating will be recalibrated for the new season based on your Season One performance. At the start of the new Season you will need to re-establish your CS Rating by winning 10 matches.


Season Two comes with some changes. Train is in and Vertigo is out, the M4A4 is a bit less expensive, and the FAMAS has some improvements to its standing and crouching accuracy (along with a price cut).

And when Season Two comes to a close after the Austin Major, players who meet the requirements will be awarded a Premier Season Two Medal. The color will correspond to your highest CS Rating achieved during the season, and the bars will reflect your total wins, with one bar for every 25—up to five bars.

To earn your Premier Season Two Medal, you'll need an account in good standing, 25 Premier match wins, and an active CSR at the end of the season.

So clear out your calendar, because Season Two is about to begin!

[ MISC ]

• Minor performance optimization for some CPU-bound cases.
  
• Follow recoil setting during spectating will now obey spectator target's crosshair setting if target's crosshair is shown.
  
• Added support for updating existing map annotations on Steam Workshop. For example use "workshop_annotation_submit 123456" to update your submission ID=123456 found in the workshop URL. Passing an ID that does not belong to you will create a brand new submission. After the first update the ID will get embedded in the annotation file and you can submit more changes without having to provide the ID again.

[ MISC ]

• Updating Steam libraries for Linux game servers to the latest version of Steam Client Beta
  
• Improved Linux game servers ability to reconnect to Steam after a disconnection
  
• Stability improvements

[ SHANGHAI MAJOR ]

• Shanghai 2024 Major sticker capsules are now on sale for 75% off

[ ARMORY ]

• Desert Eagle | Heat Treated is no longer available to claim from The Armory

[ MISC ]

• Fixed finger placement during Huntsman knife in-game inspect animation
  
• Fixed a bug where grenade icons weren't disappearing on the spectator map
  
• Fixed a case when spectator icon could show up at the wrong time on the radar
  
• Fixed a bug related to changing inspect scenery while inspecting knives

[ MAPS ]

• 
  Train
  
  
  
  • Fixed various minor visual bugs and gaps in world
    
  • Added dirt and wetness onto crates and tarps where appropriate
    
  • Widened opening on A site between Hell and Tunnels
    
  • Opened container door on back of the train near Ivy/Tunnels
    
  • Added dumpster by Ivy
    
  • Added barrels in A site cubby
    
  • Pushed back T spawns a little
    
  
  

[ MISC ]

• Fixed a case where ragdolls could get created with extreme initial velocities
  
• Added markup for individual matches in Steam Game Recording timeline
  
• Fixed a regression where deploying weapons weren't allowing immediate inspecting
  
• Fixed fingers crossing into butterfly knife geometry during inspect animation
  
• Fixed weekly care package preview of weapon cases not having a close button
  
• When moving away from annotation nodes, required grenade is no longer removed

[ MAPS ]

• 
  Inferno
  
  
  
  • Adjusted clipping on stairs under balcony
  
  

[ MISC ]

• Fixed offset discrepancy in legacy SSG08 model.
  
• Fixed stickers mask on legacy Dual Elites magazine model.
  
• Fixed Dual Elite pistol holster floating off the local firstperson leg model.
  
• Fixed a regression in grenade interactions with ragdolls.
  
• Fixed a bug where +attack2 and +lookatweapon composite binding could get silenced weapon into an inconsistent silencer state.

[ MAPS ]

• 
  Inferno
  
  
  
  • Adjusted clipping on scaffolding on B site
  
  

[ MISC ]

• Fixed a problem on team select screen for servers with no auto-select time limit.
  
• Fixed a regression with annotation_load command.
  
• Fixed a crash for give item_assaultsuit command.
  
• Adjusted the rarity of the rare AK-47 inspect animation.
  
• Fixed a regression with the rare Desert Eagle inspect animation.

[ SHANGHAI MAJOR ]

• Shanghai 2024 Major Champions Capsule is now available for purchase. The capsule features autographs for each member of the winning team in paper, glitter, holo, and gold. 50% of the proceeds go to the players and organizations.

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Adjusted the threshold at which death notice displays attacker as "flashed".
  
• Explosions will now more reliably throw weapons around even if multiple weapons are dropped on top of each other.
  
• During warmup, weapons will no longer drop on the ground when changing teams.
  
• During warmup, changing teams now has a two second cooldown.
  
• Added server settings controlling which items drop on the ground during warmup period: mp_warmup_items_drop_policy, mp_warmup_items_nocost, mp_warmup_items_nocount_policy. Community servers that run with free non-droppable weapons during warmup can set these settings as follows: mp_warmup_items_drop_policy 0, mp_warmup_items_nocost 1, mp_warmup_items_nocount_policy 251.
  
• Give command will now always drop the held weapon if the given weapon needs an empty primary/secondary weapon slot to be used. For legacy behaviour, which would drop the new weapon on the ground, developers can use "-keep_gear" flag, e.g. give weapon_awp -keep_gear

[ MAPS ]

• 
  Train
  
  
  
  • Improved collision fidelity on various props
    
  • Updated and fixed surface types on several props
    
  • Adjusted wetness levels on some surfaces
    
  • Fixed various gaps in map
  
  

[ MAP GUIDES ]

• Map Guides are now supported in the Steam Workshop for submission and subscription.
  
• Added a selector to pick which map guide gets loaded in practice mode.
  
• Annotations nodes are now visible in the radar.
  
• Added a tool (via console command "workshop_annotation_submit") to submit a map guide to the Steam Workshop.

[ MISC ]

• Added a setting for CPU Cores Usage Preference to control how high performance and power efficiency cores are used by the game on CPUs with variable cores.
  
• Fixed a case where graphics driver could render a corrupt graphics image for weapons in inventory item tiles.
  
• Improvements to weapon inspect animations.
  
• Improvements to display of extra-long custom weapon names in UI.
  
• Stability improvements.
  
• Added all-new 2025 Service Medal which will be available starting January 1st GMT
  
• Workshop Tools - Fixed bug on shadows for low sunlight angles

The Perfect World Shanghai Grand Final was one to remember. Team Spirit and FaZe Clan needed all three maps to determine a champion in front of an excited, sold-out crowd at the SPD Bank Oriental Sports Center.

Down 12:5 on map 3, FaZe Clan battled back with 6 consecutive round wins—and some incredible clutches along the way—to force round 24. With the bomb planted and down to a 1v1, sh1ro's final kill earned Team Spirit their first Major Championship.

Celebrate Team Spirit's win with the Major Champions Capsule, now available for purchase. The capsule features autographs from Team Spirit in paper, glitter, holo, and gold, and 50% of the proceeds go to the players and organizations.


With Shanghai in the books we look forward to the BLAST.tv Major in Austin, Texas. See you in June 2025!

2025 Service Medal

Beginning January 1st, 2025 players can receive the newest Service Medal in-game.

When you reach Global General (Rank 40) you'll have the option to reset your Profile Rank and earn (or upgrade) a 2025 Service Medal.

Good luck and have fun!

After an exciting Playoff Stage, FaZe Clan and Team Spirit are the last two standing and will meet in the Grand Finals of the Perfect World Shanghai Major.

On one side of the Playoff bracket, FaZe Clan defeated Team Vitality 2-1 and G2 Esports 2-0 to reach the Grand Finals for the second consecutive Major.

On the other side, Team Spirit overwhelmed Team Liquid 2-0, then outlasted MOUZ 2-1 on their way to the organization's first Major Grand Finals appearance.

The Grand Finals begin on December 15th at 01:00 PST and the Showmatch takes place two hours prior. Don't miss a moment!

And don't forget, team and player stickers are still available, with 50% of the proceeds going to the players, teams, and organizations participating in the Perfect World Shanghai Major.

Best of luck to both teams!

The Elimination Stage of the 2024 Perfect World Shanghai Major delivered memorable plays, breathtaking clutches, and some of the best 1vX moments in recent memory. And now the final eight teams will battle in front of sold-out crowds at the SPD Bank Oriental Sports Center to become Major Champions.

The MongolZ and Team Vitality finished the Elimination Stage with perfect 3-0 records. G2 Esports, Team Spirit, and Team Liquid went 3-1, and HEROIC, FaZe Clan, and MOUZ advanced at 3-2.

The first Playoff match begins Wednesday, December 11th at 22:00 PST between The MongolZ and MOUZ, and all Playoff picks for the Pick'Em Challenge must be made before the match begins!

As the Major enters its final stage, team and player stickers are still available, with 50% of the proceeds going to the players, teams, and organizations participating in the Perfect World Shanghai Major.

Good luck to the final eight teams!

[ SHANGHAI MAJOR ]

• Updated MIBR player sticker items autographed by Lucaozy with the autographs of brnz4n.
  
• Fixed a UI bug that allowed dropping Pick'Em team logos outside of Major Pick'Em hub using both mouse buttons.
  
• Pick'Em challenge picks can now be placed for the upcoming Elimination Stage of Shanghai Major.
  

[ DAMAGE PREDICTION ]

• Predicted ragdolls without a confirmation or correction from the server within a short time window will now revert.
  

[ MAPS ]

• Train
  
  
  
  • Increased collision fidelity of several models
    
  
  
  
• Overpass
  
  
  
  • Replaced railing inside Heaven with a wall
    
  • Additional visibility improvements in Heaven
    
  
  
  
• Edin
  
  
  
  • Updated to the latest version from the Community Workshop (Update Notes)
    
  
  
  
• Palais
  
  
  
  • Updated to the latest version from the Community Workshop (Update Notes)
    
  
  

[ MISC ]

• Fixed 'boost player contrast' visibility rendering option sometimes revealing parts of players or weapons through thin surfaces.
  
• Added r_allow_low_gpu_memory_mode setting to allow running CS2 Workshop Tools in low memory GPU conditions.
  
• Fixed various bugs in Hammer.
  

The Counter-Strike Major has come to Shanghai.

Over the past month, teams from around the world challenged the best in their region for their spot in the Major. Now the dust has settled and 24 teams remain--perennial favorites, seasoned veterans, and more than a few newcomers.


The Shanghai Major Hub is now open for business, complete with the Pick'Em Challenge, the Shanghai 2024 Viewer Pass, Souvenirs, Graffiti, and Team and Player stickers. 50% of the proceeds from tournament items are shared with players and organizations.


The Pick'Em Challenge is free to play, but if you want to upgrade your Shanghai 2024 Coin (and earn extra Souvenir Packages), make sure to activate your Viewer Pass before the event begins. You can also compare your Pick'Em performance to other friends with active passes on the Active Pass Leaderboard.


It's time to support your favorite teams. Place your picks, set your graffiti, mark your calendar and get ready, because the Shanghai Major is about to begin. May the best team win!

[ SHANGHAI 2024 MAJOR ]

• The Shanghai Major Hub is now available. Visit the hub to purchase tournament items, play the Pick'Em Challenge and more.
  
• Purchase a Shanghai 2024 Viewer Pass to receive an upgradable Shanghai 2024 Coin. With an active pass, you can upgrade your coin and earn extra souvenir packages by playing the Pick'Em Challenge. Additionally, you will show up on the Active Pass Leaderboard where you can compare your Pick'Em Challenge performance to your friends.
  
• All players with Prime status can place Pick'Em picks for free! However, to complete challenges and earn rewards from an event stage, you will have to activate a Viewer Pass before that stage begins.
  

[ MUSIC KITS ]

• A new music kit “Ay Hey” by Perfect World is now available for purchase in-game in standard and StatTrak versions.
  

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Added "sv_quantize_movement_input" setting, enabled by default, to keep players from using analog binds to move at fractional speeds that the game is not designed to handle.
  
• In cases when servers toggle some game rules from competitive to deathmatch and back to competitive mid-match, the weapons will no longer disappear when dropped on the ground, but toggling game rules settings without reloading the map is not a generally supported workflow for community servers.
  

[ ANNOTATIONS ]

• Added support for turning off text background
  
• Added support for grenade types other than Smoke
  
• Increased node limit from 100 to 300
  
• Fixed annotation_delete_previous_node not cleaning up particle effects
  

[ MISC ]

• Added ability to rent weapons from all previous CS:GO weapon cases.
  
• Added policy settings to enforce client delta ticks order, namely sv_deltaticks_enforce and sv_deltaticks_log, which should help diagnosing configurations causing delta ticks out of order disconnects.
  
• Fixed a case where an unlocalized #SLOT prefix could appear in chat.
  
• Added a reference Counter-Strike Broadcast Playcast Webserver implementation: https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Counter-Strike:_Global_Offensive_Broadcast#Reference_Playcast_Webserver_Implementation
  

[ MAPS ]

Basalt

• Updated to latest version from Community Workshop (Update Notes)
  

Train

• Fixed various gaps in map
  
• Collision fidelity upgrades
  
• Blockers added for train in B to avoid unfair angles
  
• Various visual fixes
  

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Fixed a case where a disconnected player could cause a poltergeist CT model to appear in the middle of the map
  
• Player model of a disconnecting player should now immediately suicide when disconnect is detected instead of lingering for 10 additional seconds under certain conditions
  
• Fixed a case where damage prediction was incorrect due to view angle changes mid-spray
  
• Lag compensation now runs when shooting at teammates and mp_teammates_are_enemies is enabled even when mp_friendlyfire is disabled
  

[ UI ]

• Fixed layout inconsistencies for ranks display and player profiles
  

[ MAPS ]

Train

• Updated sounds on main menu background
  
• Improved movement around ladders
  
• Fixed various gaps in map
  
• Fixed z-fighting in various spots
  

Inferno

• Fixed various holes
  
• Adjusted clipping in multiple spots
  
• Fixed various texture bugs
  

Nuke

• Fixed a spot that players could get stuck on
  

Office

• Fixed a case where a T would spawn in the air
  

[ MAPS ]

Train

• Removed unintended boost in B halls
  
• Added grenade collision to out of bounds areas
  
• Fixed gap in world by longdog exit
  
• Added collision to B site broken ceiling
  
• Fixed collision type on oilcar in B site
  

[ MAP GUIDES ]

• Fixed a bug where missing text for a user's language wouldn't fall back to English
  

[ MAPS ]

Train

• Fixed various collision issues including a higher fidelity for the orange train on B site
  
• Minor fixes on textures stretching
  
• Fixed various gaps in map
  
• Disabled player collision on radio
  
• Updated radio sound
  
• Added vphysics clip to platform gap in T spawn for clumsy players
  
• Players can now get on top of cratestack outside of longdog
  

Overpass

• Fixed lighting bug on Bombsite B
  
• Fixed footstep sound bug on mud surfaces
  

Basalt

• Updated to the latest version from the Community Workshop (Update Notes)
  

We're happy to announce the return of the momentarily lost classic, Train.



There's plenty of classic Counter-Strike in every inch of this map—but we also made sure to mix up the gameplay a bit to keep you Train veterans on your toes. We also gave it a full visual overhaul, which means your favorite bleak Eastern European train yard is now 60% cloudier. With a chance of rain? We guarantee it.

So queue up and get ready to master the newest version of one of Counter-Strike's most iconic maps. Train is now available in casual and competitive game modes.

Overpass Updates and New Community Maps

Overpass has received a number of updates based on community feedback, and we're adding four new community maps to the game. Basalt returns to Counter-Strike 2 alongside Edin in casual and competitive game modes, and Palais and Whistle have been added to Wingman.

[ DAMAGE PREDICTION ]

• Added damage prediction settings. Damage prediction allows clients to immediately play the audio/visual effects of inflicting damage without waiting for confirmation from the server. Damage prediction can make shooting feel significantly more responsive, but comes with the risk of occasionally being wrong (e.g. due to aim punch, tagging, or a death that your client isn't yet aware of).
  
• Predicted body shot effects (disabled by default), head shot effects (disabled by default), and kill ragdolls (enabled by default) can each be toggled separately.
  
• Damage prediction is not active when you have high ping.
  

[ ANIMATION ]

• Updated the third-person animation that plays when a player is blinded by a flashbang. The animation now accurately represents the player's visibility level, and the pose will only show the player's arm covering their eyes when they are completely blinded.
  
• Fixed a case where legs weren't animating correctly while taking damage.
  

[ GRAPHICS ]

• Added ambient occlusion for first person legs to better ground them in the environment.
  
• Performance optimizations for molotov and incendiary effects.
  

[ GRENADES ]

• Added axis labels to the grenade line-up reticle tick marks.
  
• The grenade preview camera now shows the result of a jump throw while the jump button is held.
  

[ MAP GUIDES ]

• Added a map guide for Train, which demonstrates four simple Terrorist grenade line-ups. To load a map guide, go to Play→Practice and toggle "Load Map Guides" on.
  
• Added concommands annotation_* which enable the creation, saving, and loading of map guide nodes and files, which are stored in /annotations/.
  

[ MISC ]

• New game settings for radar map blending and background opacity.
  
• Fixed a case where progress from a previously completed Armory Pass would show during activation of a new pass.
  
• Fixed a regression with Chinese input via the Microsoft Input Methods.
  
• CSTV now allows setting tv_delay and tv_delay1 to a value smaller than 6 seconds.
  
• Charm Template number is now available in Charm descriptions.
  

[ MAPS ]

Train

• Added Train to Competitive, Casual, and Deathmatch modes.
  

Community Maps

• Added Basalt and Edin to Competitive, Casual, and Deathmatch modes.
  
• Added Palais and Whistle to Wingman mode.
  
• Removed Thera, Mills, Assembly, and Memento from all game modes.
  

Ancient

• Fixed some lighting errors.
  
• Fixed some collision gaps.
  
• Fixed some bad wall bang spots.
  
• Fixed a stuck spot.
  

Italy

• Fixed some bad boost spots.
  

Mirage

• Fixed a pixel peek.
  

Overpass

• Visual updates to canals area and B-site.
  
• Rework of heaven drop down mechanics.
  
• Performance improvements, particularly in canals area and B-site.
  
• Added a sign that blocks a bad line of sight from long boost to CT spawn.
  
• Removed small fence at the edge of party/picnic that interfered with visibility to train station.
  
• Removed some geometry under wrecked truck that looked like player legs.
  
• Replaced some windows with opaque surfaces in train station to remove bad lines of sight.
  
• Deleted a tree that interfered with a line of sight.
  
• Moved one of the crate lids on A-site to block a bad line of sight.
  
• Removed some lamps that could look like player heads at A-site.
  
• Removed some trees and objects around park and train station that prevented players from backing into certain useful spaces.
  
• Removed a chain link fence in alley that made players hard to see.
  
• Adjustments to fog and decreased the distance at which character models get an increased visibility effect.
  
• Made shelf in heaven look less like a player.
  
• Adjusted props and lights in heaven to reduce noise and make players brighter.
  
• Removed handcart behind barrels at B-site so players can back into the corner.
  
• Adjusted collision around barrels for better player movement.
  
• Added light behind barrels for better player visibility.
  
• Fixed weird collision on barrel that made for inconsistent wall bangs.
  
• Fixed bad graffiti rendering at B-site.
  
• Removed concrete block behind the cement bags at B-site for less awkward player movement.
  
• Set many smaller props to exclude player movement and grenade bounces.
  
• Fixed some pixel peeks.
  
• Small visual updates throughout the map.
  

Shoots

• Performance improvements in some areas.
  

[ NETWORK ]

• Fixed a case mid-spray where lag compensation wasn't aware of the user's "Buffering to smooth over packet loss / jitter" setting.
  
• Improved clock synchronization to better handle downstream jitter bursts.
  

[ TELEMETRY HUD ]

• Changed the method for measuring network quality to measure how much network is negatively impacting gameplay. It now measures how often a tick is missed due to network loss or jitter.
  
• Added detailed network quality display option, which can be used to display the raw packet loss and jitter numbers.
  
• For more details see this article.
  

[ ABOUT THE NETWORK QUALITY READOUT ]
Prior to the Armory Update, the network quality readout in the telemetry HUD considered packets to be "bad" under two circumstances. 1.) If the packet was dropped. 2.) If the packet was delivered out-of-order and was not corrected at a relatively low layer in the network stack. This was not a useful metric for two reasons. First, it counted some misdelivery events as "bad" even though they did not negatively impact gameplay. This was especially a problem for packet reordering. Second, it was not counting as "bad" packets that arrived late due to network jitter and did negatively impact gameplay. After debugging many instances of gameplay hitches with players, we determined that jitter was causing problems for many players, who believed (quite reasonably) that their network was working perfectly, since there was no packet loss.

In an attempt to let these players know that jitter might be the cause of the hitches, we changed the measurement method in the Armory Update on October 2, 2024. Now, we counted a message as "bad" if it was lost, if packets arrived out of order in a way that could not be corrected, or if the packets experienced jitter above a threshold. For players on a network connection with significant jitter, suddenly the network quality indicator became significantly worse. Many players assumed that this meant that something had changed to introduce packet loss.

Unfortunately, this method of measuring quality was also flawed. The Source 2 Engine automatically adds buffering to smooth over jitter. For many players, these automatic adjustments are enough, and the indicator was counting jittered packets as "bad" even when there was not negative impact on gameplay.

Today's update changes the network quality readout to only measure network events that are negatively impacting gameplay. See the FAQ for more details.

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Various adjustments to bullet hit feedback.
  
• Fixed a case mid-spray where lag compensation would rewind target hitboxes further into the past than what was on screen.
  
• Jumping in place on a sloped surface will no longer result in players sliding a short distance.
  
• Fixed a bug where C4 could be defused from any height.
  

[ ANIMATION ]

• Fixes for IK logic to improve third-person feet posing, especially on slopes.
  
• Fixed a case where the feet and legs of players could pop out of position when exiting the bomb-plant animation.
  
• Reduced animation-related network bandwidth usage.
  

[ MATCHMAKING ]

• Added more detailed matchmaking stats for players who try to find a match at off-peak times of day.
  

[ MISC ]

• Activating an Armory Pass no longer grants the first Armory Credit immediately. All 40 Armory Credits can be earned by playing and earning XP.
  

[ MAPS ]

Office

• Fixed geometry in the problematic jumping corner.
  

Ancient

• Reworked collision on the staircase to A-main for better player movement.
  
• Removed a tree that was creating a distracting shadow at A site.
  
• Adjusted collision to better match visible geometry so that players can hug the walls more closely.
  
• Fixed a few lighting bugs.
  
• Reduced shadows to increase perf in some areas.
  
• Fixed some spots in house where you could get stuck.
  
• Fixed collision gap at the bottom of B ramp.
  
• Fixed some disappearing mesh.
  

Nuke

• Fixed some lighting errors on lower graphics settings.
  

Anubis

• Fixed a gap in geometry.
  

[ MISC ]

• Increased jump tolerance for sliding along a surface to fix certain jumps like in the corner outside in cs_office.
  
• Fixed a crash in page file usage when Vulkan initialization fails and the game falls back to DX11.
  

[ MISC ]

• First-person inspect animation in Inventory and Loadout will now match in-game viewmodel settings and FOV.
  
• Fixed a regression with smoke rendering from old demo files.
  
• Fixed damage report to show correctly in Casual and Deathmatch game modes.
  
• Added sv_jump_precision_enable so servers running certain custom game modes (e.g. surf) can opt out of jump precision improvements.
  
• Fixed "I have to go, my planet needs me."
  

[ JUMPING ]

• Improved jump height consistency to be within 0.015625 of a unit regardless of distance from the map origin at coordinate (0,0,0).
  
  • Previously, in both CS:GO and CS2, jump height could vary by up to 0.03125 of a unit depending on the distance from the map origin.
    
• Improved consistency of successfully landing on surfaces very close to the maximum height of a jump.
  
• Jump height is still affected by stamina; when using cl_showpos 2, stamina at takeoff is reported and output is color coded based on possible jump height.
  
• Fixed a bug with cl_showpos display sometimes showing incorrect jump height when jumping from sloped surfaces.
  
• Fixed some cases where the client would be pulled back down during a jump because the server disagreed that the jump had taken place.
  

[ MISC ]

• Adjusted weapon pickup logic while near the C4, prioritizing defusing over accidental weapon pick-up.
  
• Enemies will now consistently play a flinch animation on the closest hit when the bullet goes through two hitboxes of equal priority (e.g. when both right and left legs get hit).
  
• HE grenade explosions within smoke now clear the accumulated smoke screen effect on players inside that smoke within range of the HE grenade explosion.
  
• Stability improvements.
  

[ MAPS ]

• Dust II
  
  
  
  • Fixed a gap in geometry.
    
  
  

[ MISC ]

• Fixed a bug where grenades were generating headshot sounds.
  
• Fixed a bug where grenades were not bouncing off certain dynamic props.
  
• Fixed a bug where Copenhagen 2024 winners were not showing up in the Majors tab in the Watch menu.
  

[ MAPS ]
Vertigo

• Fixed a bad collision interaction between grenades and a prop.
  
• Fixed a wall bang exploit.
  

Mills

• Updated to the latest version from the Community Workshop (Update Notes).
  
• Added localization strings for location callouts.
  

[ MISC ]

• Fixed mouselook inconsistencies when game render dimensions are different from game window dimensions.
  
• Fixed erroneous target aim punch animation during client-side shooting.
  
• Fixed erroneous Zeus shock effect during client-side shooting.
  
• Fixed a bug where Zeus headshots wouldn't emit the death yelp.
  

[ UI ]

• Prior Major results are now available in the Majors tab in the Watch menu.
  

[ GRAPHICS ]

• Fixed mixed resolution rendering from erroneously resetting during map changes.
  
• Fixed a known crash when compiling lighting in Counter-Strike 2 Workshop Tools.
  
• Fixed detail normal UV scaling.
  
• Fixed several biplanar mapping bugs, added support for nonuniform scale in biplanar mapping mode.
  
• Added an option to apply albedo color correction to transmissive foliage textures, and adjusted the foliage shader for more accurate color correction.
  
• Added a startup warning when the game is launched under low available system memory conditions or with a limited pagefile size. These conditions may cause the game to be unstable or crash.
  
• Various stability improvements.
  

[ UI ]

• Fixed UI checkboxes behaving inconsistently when depositing or extracting a large number of items into and from Storage Units.
  
• Fixed a regression with loading animated Steam avatars, the cows are mooooving again.
  

[ MISC ]

• Performance optimizations in hierarchies of unchanged entities.
  
• Various stability improvements.
  

[ MAPS ]

• Mirage
  
  
  
  • Fixed disappearing geometry in apartments.
    
  
  

[ GRAPHICS ]

• Fixed certain particle effects, like tracers, to fall back to mixed resolution for better performance when using low graphics settings with MSAA disabled.
  
• Improved lighting artifacts in various interior places when compiling maps.
  

[ MISC ]

• Teammate colors will now be assigned on official servers as soon as all players press ACCEPT. This will ensure that colors are correct during Pick/Ban phase, and during Warmup.
  
• Improvements in Charms reactivity physics system to better align with weapon animations.
  

[ MISC ]

• Adjusted the score calculation in Casual, Competitive, and Wingman to exclude knife and utility damage
  
• Fixed 3rd person weapon angles to fully incorporate recoil
  
• Fixed missing cascade shadows on some community maps
  
• Fixed the Armory weapon preview having extra models
  
• Network jitter graphs now have a number in the upper right hand corner that gives the scale of the graph
  
• Fixed some cases where shell casings could render as an error model
  
• Various stability fixes

[ MISC ]

• Adjusted first-person sniper scope effect
  
• Fixed some dark spots in Inferno
  
• Fixed a bug where breakable objects weren't behaving as expected
  

Today's update introduces the Armory, all new Weapon Charms, and a whole lot more. Click the image below for more details!

[ THE ARMORY ]

• The Armory is now available in the store (https://store.steampowered.com/sale/armory)
  
• Features 3 new weapon collections, 2 charm collections, 2 sticker collections, the Gallery Case, and the Heat Treated Desert Eagle
  
• Purchase and activate an Armory Pass to start earning Armory Credits
  
• Make progress toward credits whenever you earn XP with an active Armory Pass
  
• Redeem credits for items in the Armory
  

[ CHARMS ]

• Introducing Charms: dynamic items you can apply to your favorite weapons. Currently available exclusively in the Armory
  
• Drag and drop Charms to precisely place them on the weapon of your choice. A weapon can have one charm attached at a time
  
• Use a Charm Detachment to detach the Charm from a weapon. The Charm will return to your inventory and can be reused
  
• Redeeming a Charm from the Armory grants three complimentary Charm Detachments. Additional Charm Detachments are available for purchase
  

[ INVENTORY & ITEMS ]

• All items acquired from the in-game store (including the Armory), Trade Offers, and Steam Community Market are now subject to a 7 day re-trade and re-market restriction
  
• All stickers, patches, and charms available on Steam Community Market, in the Armory, or on friends' Steam Inventory web pages can now be previewed on your own inventory items
  
• Removed ability to delete weapon cases from your inventory
  
• Added sticker scrape level selector when applying new stickers to weapons
  
• Added precise sticker wear level selector when scraping existing stickers on inventory weapons. Any applied stickers can only increase their sticker scrape level
  
• Added a way to immediately remove existing stickers from inventory weapons in addition to sticker scraping
  
• Added nametag module preview on the actual items when applying nametags
  
• Fixed several cases where applying nametags or stickers would unequip the weapon from your loadout
  
• Customizing a base weapon that's currently equipped will now auto-equip the newly customized version
  

[ ANIMATION ]

• Improved character posing when on large slopes
  
• Made feet pin and unpin differently for all use cases to help remove aggressively leaned characters (AKA the MJ lean)
  
• Pin/unpin IK logic now not affected by poor server ping times
  
• Feet IK now repositions to idle pose if the feet have pinned at a largely different pose to that authored
  
• Re-authored run, walk, and crouch content to fix wide/scissor leg posing when traversing
  
• Changed ladder animations and behavior so characters heads are much more representative of where the player camera is, including characters now display crouch correctly when on ladders
  
• Removed popping when crouching or uncrouching while jumped and reduced leaning on jump animations
  
• Fixed character's pose popping when falling off a ledge
  
• Fix for many cases where character's posing would subtly pop when traversing with slow moving weapons
  

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Flashbangs and HE grenades no longer prematurely detonate when they exceed their 'stuck bounce' limit
  

[ GRAPHICS ]

• Added a Display selection dropdown for non-windowed Fullscreen mode to the Video settings screen
  
• Fixed graphics artifacts for fire effect in the Advanced Video tab
  

[ AUDIO ]

• Fixed a bug where UI sounds wouldn't position correctly when in-game
  
• Fixed an issue where step sounds would play for the local player but fail to broadcast to other players and vice-versa
  
• Fixed an issue where ragdoll water splash sounds would erroneously play on alive players
  
• Fixed a case where voice chat didn't work on community servers
  
• Fixed a case where incoming voice chats would sometimes never close
  

[ NETWORKING ]

• Added telemetry option to display graphs of network jitter and misdelivery
  
• Changed how packet misdelivery is measured. Previously, if packets arrived out of order, this could be counted as misdelivery even if it was corrected and did not impact gameplay. Also, jitter was not considered, even though excessive jitter can disrupt smooth gameplay. The new measurement method will only count reordered packets as misdelivered if they impact gameplay. Furthermore, if network jitter exceeds a threshold where gameplay is affected, the packets are counted as misdelivered even if they are not dropped and arrive in order
  

[ MAPS ]

• Ancient
  
  
  
  • Fixed some disappearing geometry
    
  • Fixed some cases where players could detect player movement through water from across the map
    
  • Fixed some pixel peeks
    
  • Fixed a case where player shadows could be seen through geometry
    
  • Adjusted some clipping for better player movement
    
  
  
• Anubis
  
  
  
  • Fixed some missing collision
    
  • Nudged some geometry and clipping that were blocking grenade throws
    
  • Improved clipping on some floors for more predictable grenade throws
    
  • Fixed a pixel peek
    
  • Adjusted clipping in a few areas for better player movement
    
  
  
• Dust2
  
  
  
  • Fixed some clipping at B site
    
  
  
• Italy
  
  
  
  • Added to competitive matchmaking
    
  • Fixed bird animations
    
  
  
• Mirage
  
  
  
  • Fixed some C4 stuck spots
    
  
  
• Nuke
  
  
  
  • Fixed a pixel walk
    
  • Fixed some C4 stuck spots
    
  • Fixed some gaps in geometry where items could get lost
    
  • Fixed some disappearing geometry
    
  
  
• Overpass
  
  
  
  • Adjusted some grenade clipping to prevent bad grenade bounces
    

[ WORKSHOP ]

• Added optional 3rd layer to environment blend shader
  
• Added biplanar mapping as an option for environment shaders
  
• Added optional wetness layer, paintable in Hammer on environment materials with the feature enabled
  
• Added color correction, roughness, and normal adjustments to foliage shader and static overlays
  

[ MISC ]

• Removed support for command line options that were intended for development purposes only
  

[ MISC ]

• Practice matches and matches started with the "map" command will now run in engine loopback mode to match the CS:GO offline default. Engine loopback bypasses most networking code for the host, resulting in one less tick of latency for the local player. Engine loopback can be disabled by appending "loopback=0" to the map command-line (e.g. "map de_dust2 loopback=0").
  

[ MISC ]

• Added counter-strafe input automation detection options for non-Valve servers. See the sv_auto_cstrafe family of convar descriptions for details.
  
• Enabled measurement of network jitter on direct UDP connections to community servers. Previously, jitter measurement was only available for connections relayed over SDR. Jitter data is included in the net_connections_status command output.
  

[ MISC ]

• Fixed a case where some commands, including jump, might be ignored under poor network conditions.
  
• Fixed a bug that could cause inconsistent jump heights.
  
• Fixed a case where client player collision would remain disabled after ragdoll interaction occurred in the previous round. Thanks for the repro steps, @poggu__.
  
• Fixed a case for Linux users where the game would hang when opening the pause menu.
  

[ HUD ]

• Fixed a case where the radar background and radar icons were misaligned
  

[ MAPS ]

Office

• Fixed a case where a player could get stuck between a prop and the ceiling
  

Nuke

• Fixed a pixel walk
  
• Fixed some C4 stuck spots
  

Mirage

• Adjusted collision on van for smoother movement
  
• Fixed wall penetration issues around some arches
  
• Fixed a view jittering issue when jumping on a crate near palace
  
• Fixed some collision that allowed smoke grenades to go inside a wall
  
• Adjustments to grenade clipping
  
• Adjusted collision on some props
  
• Fixed some C4 stuck spots
  

Inferno

• Fixed some C4 stuck spots
  
• Removed a boost spot in pit by A site
  

Italy

• Perf improvements
  
• Clipping adjustments
  

Vertigo

• Adjustments to grenade clipping
  

Ancient

• Fixed a bad clip edge that players were getting stuck on at T spawn
  
• Fixed a pixel peak
  

Anubis

• Adjustments to grenade clipping
  
• Fixed a C4 stuck spot
  
• Fixed some prop collision that could hide C4
  
• Fixed some lighting issues
  

Overpass

• Fixed some minor visual bugs near canal
  
• Some clipping adjustments near park for smoother movement
  
• Added some missing handrail collision
  

[ MUSIC KITS ]

• The MASTERMINDS 2 Music Kit Box is now available for purchase in standard and StatTrak versions
  

[ AUDIO ]

• Fixed a case where audio output was garbled due to running on efficiency CPU cores
  

[ HUD ]

• Minor style adjustments
  

[ MISC ]

• Reduced the amount of performance stutter at end-of-round time
  

[ INPUT ]

• Certain types of movement/shooting input automation such as hardware-assisted counter strafing will now be detected on Valve official servers, resulting in a kick from the match
  
• Input binds that include more than one of the following commands will now be ignored by default. Support can be re-enabled using the cheat-protected convar `cl_allow_multi_input_binds 1`
  
  
  
  • sprint, reload, attack, attack2, turnleft, turnright, turnup, turndown, forward, back, left, right, moveup, movedown, klook, use, jump, duck, strafe, zoom, yaw, pitch, forwardback, rightleft
    
• The jump-throw confirmation grunt sound can now be heard by other players nearby
  

[ VacNet ]

• Initial testing of VacNet 3.0 has begun on a limited set of matches. If you believe your match was incorrectly cancelled, email us the match details at [email protected]
  

Counter-Strike is constantly evolving. From art, to maps, to inventive plays, and even player input, the CS community shapes the game.

Scripting and automating player commands has always been contentious, but over the years some forms of scripting (e.g., jump-throws) have gained acceptance, as they enable plays that wouldn't otherwise be possible. In fact, jump-throws became such an important part of the game that we've done the work to make them reliable without any special scripting or binds (i.e., by jumping and quickly throwing a grenade).

Developing one's coordination and reaction time has always been key to mastering Counter-Strike.

Recently, some hardware features have blurred the line between manual input and automation, so we've decided to draw a clear line on what is or isn't acceptable in Counter-Strike.

We are no longer going to allow automation (via scripting or hardware) that circumvent these core skills and, moving forward, (and initially--exclusively on Valve Official Servers) players suspected of automating multiple player actions from a single game input may be kicked from their match.

To prevent accidental infractions, in-game binds that include more than one movement and/or attack actions will no longer work (e.g., null-binds and jump-throw binds).

If you have a keyboard that includes an input-automation feature (e.g., "Snap Tap Mode"), be sure to disable the feature before you join a match in order to avoid any interruption to your matches.

[ MAPS ]

Mills

• Updated to the latest version from the Community Workshop (Update Notes)
  

Pool Day

• Updated to the latest version from the Community Workshop (Update Notes)
  

[ MISC ]

• Slightly delayed tagging effects to reduce instances of players experiencing teleportation when taking damage. Delaying tagging results in a smoother experience, however players will have slightly more time to move at full speed when receiving damage. The delay can be adjusted on servers using convar sv_predictable_damage_tag_ticks (default 2)
  
• Fixed a case where players could start the bomb plant animation outside of bomb sites
  
• Fixed a case where the revolver barrel would rotate erroneously
  
• Reduced initial loading times for the Settings and Play menus
  

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• In Casual game mode players will earn an additional XP score point for every round in which they dealt damage to enemies.
  
• Added a server setting "sv_vote_to_changelevel_rndmin" to control rounds/time during which voting for a level change is allowed.
  
• Official game servers in Casual game mode now allow voting for a level change only at the end of the match or during the first round of the match.
  
• Official game servers in Deathmatch and Arms Race game modes now allow voting for a level change only at the end of the match or during the first minute of the match.
  
• Restricted upward movement of a player when a teammate is boosted on their head.
  
• Dead players are no longer allowed to pick up ground weapons.
  
• Buy menu will automatically close if the switch team menu opens.
  
• Rescuing a hostage now increments objectives counter in match stats.
  

[ UI ]

• Improved legibility of damage given and taken in post-round damage report.
  
• Made spec target highlighting more pronounced.
  
• Player names are now visible on mini scoreboard whenever the mini scoreboard is expanded.
  

[ MAPS ]

Mills

• Updated to the latest version from the Community Workshop (Update Notes)
  

Assembly

• Updated to the latest version from the Community Workshop (Update Notes)
  

[ MAPS ]

Dust II

• Modified crate stack outside CT spawn towards bombsite A.
  

Nuke

• Clipping adjustments.
  

Assembly

• Updated to the latest version from the Community Workshop (Update Notes).
  

Memento

• Updated to the latest version from the Community Workshop (Update Notes).
  

[ MISC ]

• Added official game servers in London.
  
• Reduced fire effects penetration through thin walls.
  
• Added 2024 Copenhagen Major trophies to player profiles.
  
• Whitelisted cs_minimap_create_output_size setting for Counter-Strike 2 Workshop Tools.
  

Last year we announced the broad strokes of new rules for professional Counter-Strike events, to take effect in 2025. Today, we're filling in the details--click here to see the terms that will be added to Tournament Organizers' license agreements moving forward.

Counter-Strike is at its best when teams compete on a level playing field, and these new rules are part of our commitment to the long-term health of Counter-Strike as a sport. Our goal is to ensure that professional Counter-Strike remains an open sport, where teams are only limited by their ability.

Although we expect that there will be some rough edges as we transition to the new requirements, we're excited to see what the future will bring.

[ MAPS ]

Ancient

• Fixed clipping on crates at bombsite A to allow players to jump on top again.
  

Vertigo

• Fixed clipping on ends of bombsite A catwalk to prevent players from walking off.
  

[ MISC ]

• Fixed occasional first-person camera jolt when throwing grenades.
  

[ MAPS ]

Pool Day

• Updated to the latest version from the Community Workshop found here
  

Dust 2

• Fixed hole in brick stack on bombsite B
  
• Fixed bug preventing custom sounds from being played in community maps
  

[ NETWORK ]

• Fixed a bug leading to excessive stuttering for some players
  

[ HUD ]

• Fixed case of radar background being incorrectly colored.
  

[ MAPS ]

Pool Day

• Updated to the latest version from the Community Workshop (Update Notes)

[ MISC ]

• Added support to load the latest version of community maps from the Workshop when playing on community servers, even if different versions of the same maps are also available as part of official map groups
  
• Fixed G-Sync detection to also work in non-windowed fullscreen mode
  
• Fixed a case where US English keyboard layout could remain loaded for users with non-English keyboards
  
• Fixed an empty radio-command string which plays when planted C4 is within several seconds from detonation

Sharing your favorite CS2 moments just got a whole lot easier. Introducing Game Recording, a new built-in Steam feature that lets you clip your clutch kills and ridiculous spray transfers with the click of a few buttons.

Game Recording saves your gameplay by recording in the background (or by pressing a hotkey), so you can play it back any time you want--even while you're still playing. CS2 recordings will feature a timeline auto-filled with game-defined markers (like kills and deaths), but you can add your own markers at any time.

Want to join the Game Recording beta? Click the link below for more details!

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/gamerecording

Since the launch of CS2, community map mappers have been hard at work creating new experiences and updating some classics. Today, we're excited to add the first community maps to CS2!


For those of you who dream of Italian weddings, or airplane manufacture (or both!), we've got you covered. Memento and Assembly are now available in Wingman.


And if you're in the mood for something a bit more... chaotic, take a dip in the classic Pool Day, which is now available in Arms Race.


Finally, fight your way through the streets of Thera and Mills in Deathmatch and Casual, and put these maps through their paces in Competitive Matchmaking.

Speaking of Competitive Matchmaking, we've given map-based skill groups an overhaul. In addition to redistributing players across the Skill Groups, we've also made it easier to earn those badges in the first place.



There are a bunch of other fixes and adjustments in today's update, including a brand new MVP panel (and animated MVPs in Premier!) and new ways to optimize your video settings.

Jump into a match and check it out!

[ MAPS ]

Community Maps

• Added community maps Thera and Mills to Competitive, Casual, and Deathmatch map groups
  
• Added community maps Memento and Assembly to the Wingman map pool
  
• Added community map Pool Day to the Arms Race map pool

Nuke

• Fixed c4 stuck spots
  

Ancient

• Fixed c4 stuck spots, holes in the world, and non-solids causing problems
  

Vertigo

• Fixed c4 stuck spots and clipping
  

Anubis

• Fixes for grenade collision and clipping

[ UI ]

• Updated the MVP panel in all game modes
  
• Added all-new animated MVP panels to Premier matches
  
• Added several new MVP conditions and adjusted prior MVP rules

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• In Competitive Matchmaking, per-map skill groups are now revealed after you earn two wins on a map.

[ VIDEO SETTINGS ]

• Settings Recommendations
  
  
  • Added a Settings Recommendation popup if your display's refresh rate is set below its maximum at startup. Using your display's highest refresh rate is generally recommended.
    
  • Added a Settings Recommendation popup if NVIDIA G-Sync support is detected but not enabled at startup. Using G-Sync is generally recommended if your system supports it.
    
  • Added a Settings Recommendation popup if NVIDIA G-Sync is enabled but not V-Sync and/or NVIDIA Reflex. It is generally recommended to enable all three settings together when they are available. Note that applying these settings will limit your frame rate to your display's refresh rate or slightly lower, which is usually the smoothest-looking and lowest input latency settings combination. See https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/418E-7A04-B0DA-9032 for technical details.
• Removed "Main Menu Background Scenery" and "Item Inspect Background Scenery" settings from the Video Settings page. These settings are still available on the Main Menu and in the Item Inspect screens respectively.
  
• The "Refresh Rate" setting now shows your display's current refresh rate in Windowed and Fullscreen Windowed modes.
  
• Removed the "Laptop Power Savings" setting which has never actually been configurable in CS2.
  
• Added a "Frame Pacing" section to the Advanced Video settings page.
  
• Added an "NVIDIA G-Sync" row to the Frame Pacing section which tells you whether or not G-Sync is active with your current display settings. This row may be hidden if you're using the Vulkan renderer or if you're not using an NVIDIA graphics card.
  
• Added "Maximum FPS In Game" and "Maximum FPS In Menus" sliders to the Frame Pacing section. These control the fps_max and fps_max_ui convars respectively.
  
• Increased the default "Maximum FPS In Menus" setting from 120 FPS to 200 FPS.
  
• The Advanced Video visual preview now uses the "In Game" maximum FPS instead of the "In Menus" maximum.
  

• Fixed a case where the game would think a key was still pressed after it had been released
  
• More improvements to networking to account for packet loss and jitter
  

• Added a "pips only" option to the "Show Team ID Through Walls" settings (cl_teamid_overhead_mode)
  
• Improved bomb interaction with water in Overpass
  
• Fixed a gap in Nuke on bombsite B
  
• Fixed lighting bugs in Main Menu Scenery maps Warehouse and Nuke
  
• Fixed a case where bots would teleport long distances when approaching ladders
  
• Various localization updates
  

[ ANIMATION ]

• Fixed a case where weapon animations would play incorrectly when inspecting while reloading.
  

[ AUDIO ]

• In game voice chat - Eliminated most hitching caused by in-game voice chat. Some users may still experience a hitch the first time they push-to-talk.
  
• Streamlined Push to Talk - When enabled, this setting will avoid the hitch incurred the first time a player uses push to talk.
  

[ NETWORK ]

• Improve connection quality in the presence of jitter or loss, by automatically adjusting user command pacing so that commands arrive at the server earlier.
  

[ HUD ]

• Improved legibility of teammate health at lower resolutions
  

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Fixed one-way visibility for players inside HE grenade explosions
  

[ HUD ]

• When equipment info is shown for players at the top of the HUD (e.g. when spectating), their health bars expand to show numeric health values
  
• Reduced some hitches caused by HUD elements appearing
  

[ GRAPHICS ]

• Added a separate "Dynamic Shadows" Advanced Video setting with the options: "Sun Only" or "All"
  

[ ANIMATION ]

• Added left hand to Bowie Knife view model
  

[ MISC ]

• Fixed a case where scores weren't incrementing correctly in Deathmatch and Arms Race
  
• Fixed a case where players were able to clip their first-person camera through ceilings
  
• Fixed a case where the C4 could get stuck outside the playable area
  
• Various stability improvements
  

[ INPUT ]

• Fixed a bug where the console toggle key would stop working after a Premier pick/ban phase
  
• The game now continues accepting keyboard input while a scoreboard player card is open
  
• Joystick input is now ignored by default. Joystick input is not an officially supported feature of CS2, but you can restore the old behavior with the -joy launch option
  

[ UI ]

• Fixed player and bot names on the Team Select screen during bot takeover
  

[ WEAPON FINISHES ]

• Fixed a bug where certain graphics configurations resulted in black weapon finishes
  

[ MISC ]

• Fixed an issue where the game client would never reconnect to Counter-Strike Network if launched while there was no connection to Steam Network
  
• Steam accounts that have an active account lock are no longer allowed to play on secure Counter-Strike game servers
  
• Fixed a bug where viewmodels would bob excessively on Linux
  

[ WEAPON FINISHES ]

• Fixed the appearance of Doppler, Gamma Doppler, and Marble Fade finishes
  

[ DEMOS ]

• Minor UI changes
  

[ MAPS ]

Vertigo:

• Clipped the wings of runboosters to B site in Wingman
  
• Blocked grenades through crane base at A site
  

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Height of the 'pillar' of flame for both Molotov and Incendiary grenade now decreases over time
  
• Reduced the terrorist team award when bomb was planted but defused from $800 to $600, to decrease the impact of the first-round on subsequent rounds
  
• Reduced the price of the M4A4 from $3100 to $3000
  
• Minor adjustments to first-person camera movement
  
• Added explicit "switchhandsleft" and "switchhandsright" console commands
  
• Deathmatch bonus weapons are now the same for all players regardless of loadout
  

Incendiary Grenade

• Adjusted the explosion and flame visual treatment
  
• Reduced duration
  
• Reduced area covered by spreading flames
  
• Reduced price from $600 to $500
  

[ RENTALS ]

• When players open a Kilowatt case with a key, they will have the option to rent the entire Kilowatt collection (i.e., every weapon in the case, excluding the rare special item) for a week instead of receiving an item from the collection
  
• Equipped rented weapons will be replaced with the stock version of the weapon when the rental period expires
  
• Rented weapons cannot be modified (e.g., via stickers or name tags), traded, or sold on the Steam Community Market
  

[ HUD ]

• Fixed a bug where the MVP player name displayed incorrectly during bot takeover
  
• Fixed a bug where the Refund All button in the Buy Menu would only refund a single flashbang grenade
  
• Fixed a bug where the ESC menu scoreboard during end-of-match didn't match the TAB scoreboard
  
• Fixed a bug where the Loss Bonus scoreboard tooltip would get stuck on-screen after closing the scoreboard
  
• Blocking stranger Steam avatars will now block other user-generated content such name tags and sticker placements
  

[ CHICKENS ]

• Chickens have a few new animations
  
• Chickens can now walk up hills
  
• Chickens can now turn right while walking
  

[ UI ]

• Various performance improvements to the Warehouse main menu and item inspect background scenery
  

[ DEMOS ]

• The demo playback timeline now show indicators for kill and death events
  
• Demo playback can be toggled into "highlight mode" which will show only kills and deaths for the active player
  
• Various minor demo playback UI changes
  
• Fixed a demo playback crash
  

[ MAPS ]

Vertigo:

• Added catwalk by bombsite A, connecting to back of A
  
• Removed connector between back of A and elevators
  
• Opened up passage between elevators and scaffolding
  
• Slightly tweaked size of bombsite A
  
• Tweaked spawn timings slightly
  
• Changed Wingman layout to feature bombsite A changes
  

Baggage:

• Fixed movement hitch on lower conveyor
  
• Lowered height of central conveyor tray to help open sniper view
  

Office:

• Fixed a case where a player could shoot through multiple walls
  

Mirage:

• Fixed bad collision on certain props
  
• Fixed some sticky collision around windows in palace
  

Today's update includes some love for the CT economy, with price cuts to the M4A4 and Incendiary grenade, and a bit less cash going to the T's when the bomb gets defused.



In addition to the price cut, the incendiary grenade has gotten a bit of a makeover with a new visual treatment for its explosion and flames, and reduced spread and duration.

And in other gameplay news, Vertigo's A-site has gotten some significant changes--it's now the site featured in Wingman matches, so check it out.



Calling all Kilowatt Collection fans! Now, when you open a Kilowatt case with a key, you'll be given the option to rent the whole collection for a week (excluding the rare special item) instead of keeping a single item. You can play with the weapons as much as you like during that week, but they can't be modified by stickers or nametags.

Lots of other changes in today's update, including some quality of life improvements for demo playback, slightly smarter chickens, and a bit of spring cleaning--good news for fans of 'various bug fixes.'

Jump into a match and see what's new!

[ GRAPHICS ]

• Added support for AMD Anti-Lag 2.
  

[ MISC ]

• Reduced the opacity of teammate names near the crosshair.
  
• Made the death experience during bot takeover match the normal death experience.
  
• Fixed several bugs with looping through bot takeover spectator targets.
  
• Fixed several bugs with scoreboard buttons not working as designed.
  
• Fixed a bug where the in-air kill feed icon didn't work with certain weapons (thanks aquaismissing).
  
• Fixed a bug where the HUD would be offset after watching a demo (thanks again aquaismissing).
  

[ MISC ]

• Fixed a visual bug where sniper rifle viewmodels could be visible at the edge of the scope screen overlay.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented HE grenade explosions from breaking the vents in de_nuke.
  
• Fixed an issue where viewmodels would sometimes emit double shell eject effects.
  
• Minor performance improvements
  

[ MISC ]

• Fixed a crash related to the scoreboard
  

[ MISC ]

• Fixed a bug where the game would stop taking keyboard input during the end-of-match map vote.
  
• Fixed a bug where UI characters always had default gloves equipped.
  
• Demo playback will pause at the end of a recording instead of returning to the main menu.
  
• Minor demo playback optimizations.
  

[ WORKSHOP ]

• Added arms race game mode for workshop map submissions
  

[ MISC ]

• Grenade kills no longer display the "in-air" killfeed icon.
  
• Fixed several cases where clicking on the buy menu or scoreboard would cause the game to stop taking keyboard input.
  
• Fixed too many usercommands being processed when skipping forward in demos. This reduces the skip time by as much as 80%.
  
• Added console output that may be helpful for advanced users to diagnose performance problems. When a very long frame occurs, a brief profile of the frame is printed. At the end of a match, a summary is printed.
  

[ MISC ]

• Fixed a bug where grenade throw animations would get stuck when switching hands.
  
• Fixed a bug where the same grenade type couldn't be thrown multiple times without switching to another weapon first.
  
• Fixed a bug that allowed picking up grenades beyond the normal maximum.
  
• Fixed a bug where smoke grenades would sometimes appear lit as if a flashbang detonated inside them.

[ MAPS ]

• Fixed a spot in Dust 2 above mid doors where grenades would fall through the world.
  
• Fixed a spot in Inferno where weapons could fall through the world.
  

Today's update includes a bunch of quality-of-life improvements that touch upon every part of the game, from maps to UI to gameplay. A few highlights are below, but check out the release notes to see what's new!


Lefties rejoice! Players can now redeploy their weapons, swapping between the left and right hand. You can set your preferred handedness in the settings menu and then switch hands temporarily mid-round with a key press (H on US Keyboards by default).


The buy menu has a few new tricks. To help you decide whether to buy or save, the top right of the buy menu now features the minimum amount of money you're guaranteed to have next round (thanks Kadomos). And at the bottom you'll find the new 'Dropped Weapons' panel, where you can see (and directly pick up) any weapons that you or teammates have dropped in the buy zone.


There are several more HUD/UI changes in today's update. For those of you who have memorized a library of grenade line-ups, a line-up reticle will appear shortly after you pull the pin (you can even customize the delay for each grenade type). And if you've had trouble navigating through smoke, set a Radar Map Alternate Zoom and add a Toggle Radar Zoom key binding, which will let you switch between zoom levels during a round.


We've updated the Active Duty map pool (for both Premier and competitions), removing Overpass and bringing back Dust II. And there are changes to many other maps, including significant changes to Inferno.

Jump right into a match and see what's new, or practice with your friends--practice matches and workshop maps can now be launched with members of your party.

[ VIEWMODEL ]

• Adjusted viewmodel bob movement
  
• Added "Preferred Viewmodel Left/Right Handedness" setting
  
• Added "Switch Viewmodel Left/Right Hand" key binding (default: US keyboard letter H) to switch hands temporarily during gameplay
  
• Viewmodel position setting and left/right hand state are now networked and visible to first-person spectators.
  
• Deprecated "Couch" viewmodel position setting
  

[ HUD ]

• Added "Radar Map Alternate Zoom" setting and "Toggle Radar Zoom" key binding to toggle between zoom levels during gameplay
  
• Added a radar icon for the local player when free cam spectating
  
• Added a grenade line-up reticle that appears shortly after pulling the pin. The timing can be configured for each grenade type independently
  
• Changed weapon Swap text (when pointing at a dropped weapon) to always show the gameplay name of the weapon instead of any customized name it might have.
  
• Added a kill feed icon for "in-air" kills
  
• Added the scoreboard to the ESC menu
  
• Added an icon to indicate bots on the scoreboard
  

[ BUY MENU ]

• Added a "Dropped Weapons" panel, which shows (and allows the direct pickup of) weapons that have been dropped by teammates that are standing in the buy zone
  
• Added the minimum amount of money that a player is guaranteed to have in the next round to the buy menu title bar. (thanks, Kadomos)
  

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Increased Zeus movement speed and adjusted the attack cone
  
• Increased Zeus kill reward from $0 to $100 ($50 in Casual)
  
• Increased CZ75-Auto kill reward from $100 to $300 ($150 in Casual)
  
• Reduced XM1014 kill reward from $900 to $600 ($300 in Casual)
  

[ INVENTORY ]

• Lighting adjustments in Inspect background maps
  
• Added Wear Category to the info tooltip in the Inspect screen
  
• Added gameplay name in panels that used to only show customized name. E.g., Inspect screen, inventory tile
  

[ MAPS ]

• Replaced Overpass with Dust 2 in the Active Duty Group, current competition map pool, and Premier matchmaking
  
• Baggage
  
  
  
  • Opened roll-up doors at spawns
    
  • Updated models for some conveyors
    
  • Solidified stairs
    
  • Various bug fixes
    
  
  
• Inferno:
  
  
  
  • Removed overhanging building at top mid
    
  • Removed overhangs at bottom of banana
    
  • Various map tweaks to improve player collision and readability
    
  
  
• Overpass, Nuke, Vertigo, Mirage and Office
  
  
  
  • Bug and exploit fixes
    
  • Collision and line of sight adjustments
    
  • Minor performance improvements
    
  
  

[ WEAPON FINISHES ]

• AK-47 | Inheritance: Texture and mask adjustments
  
• USP-S | Jawbreaker: Corrected ambient occlusion texture
  

[ MISC ]

• Decoupled demo playback camera movement from playback speed. This allows moving the camera even if playback is paused
  
• Added ability to launch practice matches and workshop maps with party members
  
• Added Overwatch system to enable match demo review by trusted partners
  
• Copenhagen 2024 Major sticker capsules are on sale now -75% off
  
• Added ability to adjust brightness in windowed modes
  

[ MISC ]

• Fixed a bug where bomb can sometimes disappear from the radar
  
• Allow scraping or removing stickers by selecting the sticker icons under the weapon
  
• Allow deleting empty storage units that have an assigned label
  
• Fixed Workshop tools from crashing when compiling maps that contain instances
  

[ COPENHAGEN 2024 MAJOR ]

• Congratulations to Natus Vincere for winning the PGL Copenhagen Major!
  
• The Copenhagen 2024 Champions Autograph Capsule is now available for purchase in the Copenhagen 2024 Major Hub

[ MISC ]

• Fixed several cases of sticky collisions when jumping against surfaces
  
• Fixed another threading bug that could lead to a frame rate hitch, especially if all CPUs were busy
  
• Purchased and traded Counter-Strike items will not be visible to other users who view your Steam Inventory for 10 days

Congratulations to Natus Vincere, the first CS2 Major Champions!

Playing in front of a sold-out arena and with over 1.8 million viewers watching around the world, NAVI and FaZe met in the Grand Final of one of the most hotly-contested Counter-Strike Majors of all time. Trading map wins in Ancient and Mirage, the teams moved to Inferno for the decider. There, b1t, jL, Aleksib, iM, and w0nderful put on a dominating performance to earn the trophy and title of Major Champions.

To celebrate their achievement, the Copenhagen 2024 Major Champions Capsule is now available for purchase. The capsule features autographs for each member of the winning team in paper, glitter, holo, and gold. 50% of the proceeds go to the players and organizations.

And with that, the Copenhagen Major has come to a close. See you next time in Shanghai!

The Semifinals of the Copenhagen Major featured four titans of Counter-Strike; FaZe Clan versus Team Vitality and Natus Vincere versus G2 Esports.

And the Semifinalists delivered! Both matchups required all three maps to determine a winner, and when the dust settled FaZe Clan and Natus Vincere were left standing. They will go head-to-head in the Grand Finals of Counter-Strike 2’s first Major Championship.

Championship Sunday begins with the Showmatch, beginning at 18:15 CET. The Grand Finals begin at 20:00 CET.

As the Major comes to a close there’s still time to support your favorite teams and players. Tournament items are available in-game, with 50% of the proceeds going to the players, teams, and organizations participating in the PGL Copenhagen Major.

See you Sunday!

The Elimination Stage of the PGL Copenhagen Major has concluded, leaving eight teams to compete for Counter-Strike 2’s first Major Championship.

Congratulations to Team Spirit and MOUZ who advanced unbeaten, finishing with a perfect 3-0 record. Eternal Fire, Cloud9, and Team Vitality each went 3-1, and Natus Vincere, G2 Esports, and FaZe Clan went the distance, needing all five matches to advance with 3-2 records.

Playoff matches begin Thursday, March 28th from Royal Arena in Copenhagen, Denmark. Predictions for the Pick’Em Challenge are due before the first Playoff match begins, so lock in your picks now!

And don’t forget, team and player stickers are available now, with 50% of the proceeds going to the players, teams, and organizations participating in the PGL Copenhagen Major.

Good luck and have fun!

The opening stage of the PGL Copenhagen Major has come to a close and storylines are rapidly developing. New rosters are rising to the occasion. Seasoned teams are reaching peak form at the perfect time. Asia and the Americas have come roaring back to life. Who will reach the playoffs? Tune in to the Elimination stage and find out!


If you've been looking for a way to show your support for your favorite teams, now is your chance. Team and Player Autograph sticker capsules are now available for purchase in the Copenhagen Major hub. You'll find all of the players and teams at the Major, split into capsules featuring paper, glitter, holo, and gold stickers. 50% of the proceeds go to the players and organizations participating in the Major.

For those of you playing the Pick'Em Challenge, don't forget to set your picks before the first Elimination stage matches!

[ COPENHAGEN 2024 MAJOR ]

• Elimination Stage Pick'Em Challenge is now active with 13 qualified teams (three more teams will qualify tomorrow). Elimination Stage picks can be updated and saved all the way until the first Elimination Stage matches begin
  
• Added a reminder for players who purchased their Copenhagen 2024 Viewer Pass that the pass must be activated in order to become eligible for the Copenhagen 2024 Coin Challenges
  
• Added a checkbox to show final Swiss standings in the Major Hub
  
• Added ability to preview souvenir packages from the Major Hub
  
• Various UI improvements in Copenhagen 2024 Major Hub
  

[ MISC ]

• Fixed a case when C4 could fall through the floor if dropped while planting
  
• Added a popup confirmation before launching Training Day from the Play menu
  

[COPENHAGEN 2024 MAJOR]

• The Copenhagen Major Hub is now available. Visit the hub to purchase tournament items, play the Pick'Em Challenge and more.
  
• Purchase a Copenhagen 2024 Viewer Pass to receive an upgradable Copenhagen 2024 Coin. With an active pass, you can upgrade your coin and earn extra souvenir packages by playing the Pick'Em Challenge. Additionally, you will show up on the Active Pass Leaderboard where you can compare your Pick'Em Challenge performance to your friends.
  
• All players with Prime status can place Pick'Em picks for free! However, to complete challenges and earn rewards from an event stage, you will have to activate a Viewer Pass before that stage begins.
  

[GAMEPLAY]

• Adjusted molotov fire to address a case where a player who could see through fire could not be seen by their opponent.
  

In December, hundreds of teams from around the world began their long journey to the first Counter-Strike 2 Major. Fighting through open, closed, and regional qualifiers--now only 24 remain. Tune in to the PGL Copenhagen Major on March 17th and watch the best Counter-Strike teams in the world battle for the title of Major Champion!


Today we're shipping the all-new Copenhagen Major Hub, where you can find the Pick'Em Challenge, the Copenhagen 2024 Viewer Pass, Souvenirs, and (coming soon) Team and Player stickers. 50% of the proceeds from tournament items are shared with players and organizations.

Playing the Pick'Em Challenge with an active pass will give you a chance to upgrade your Copenhagen 2024 Coin and earn extra Souvenir Packages. You'll also show up on the Active Pass Leaderboard, where you can compare your Pick'Em Challenge performance to your friends.


In the past, you needed an active pass to play the Pick'Em game. No more! Now, everyone with Prime status can place their picks for free. However, to complete challenges and earn rewards from each event stage, you'll have to activate your pass before the stage begins.

So place your picks and get ready to cheer for your favorite teams. The PGL Copenhagen 2024 Major is almost here!

• Fixed a threading bug that could lead to a frame rate hitch, especially if all CPUs were busy.
  

[ MISC ]

• Spawn position is no longer randomly determined when a player reconnects to a server during freeze time. The spawn point sequence is now configured at the beginning of the map and is saved/restored from round backup files
  
  • In official matchmaking servers, players who disconnect and reconnect during freeze time will respawn in the spawn point they were assigned at the beginning of the round
    
  • On community servers, players who disconnect and reconnect during freeze time will be assigned one of the five spawn positions assigned to the team that round
    
  • When restoring from round backup files (which is recommended in tournament settings after disconnects/reconnects), players will spawn in the positions they were originally assigned at the beginning of that round
    
• Fixed a bug where players would see a black screen after disconnecting and reconnecting multiple times during a technical timeout
  
• Fixed a bug where players disconnecting and reconnecting to a competitive match would incorrectly interact with bot spawning algorithm
  
• Fixed some cases where MVP music would not play or would play over round end music
  
• Fixed a bug in Deathmatch where kills during warmup would count towards healthshot reward and Zeus score bonus
  
• Fixed players jumping higher than normal when toggling low framerate
  
• Fixed an instance of weapon switches sometimes being ignored by the server
  
• Fixed smoke shadow rendering issues and improvements to perf
  
• Fixed a bug where the game would crash on Linux while alt-tabbing
  
• Fixed some cases where a frame rate hitch would occur due to compiling shaders
  
• Improved behavior when user input does not arrive on the server in time due to packet loss or client frame rate issues
  
• Adjusted various music kit cues in NIGHTMODE Music Kit box (ISOxo, Knock2, and TWERL and Ekko & Sidetrack)
  
• Fixed a case where some players in North America would always fail to accept a match on a server in Europe due to SDR choosing an invalid route
  
• Players who get kicked from official competitive servers for too many suicides will now be issued a competitive cooldown
  
• Adjusted the logic tracking player idle state to exclude round freezetime and timeout periods
  
• Chickens no longer interact with dropped weapons
  
• Sniper scope overlay no longer appears in tool viewports (such as Hammer)
  

[ MAPS ]

• Adjusted spawn location priorities for Premier and Competitive game modes in Anubis, Inferno, Mirage, Nuke, Overpass, and Vertigo.

Inferno

• Fixed community reported gaps in map and Trike model
  
• Raised plywood at top of Banana to cover head visibility
  
• Smoothed ground movement in Banana and Bombsite A
  
• Raised Arch exit towards Mid (or "Raised arch in Arch")
  
• Removed bench at Arch near Library
  
• Removed construction cone at Underpass
  

[ WORKSHOP ]

• Fix lightmaps being capped at 4k resolution in CS2 Workshop Tools
  
• Updated sticker inspect to support wear in 0.1 increments to match sticker scraping
  
• Added roughness texture to foil stickers in the Item Editor
  
• Updated help system for new sticker features
  

[ MISC ]

• 50% throw-strength grenades are now guaranteed if both attack buttons are held long enough then released within a short time from each other
  
• Fixed in-game bot avatar images not reloading correctly after pause menu was opened
  
• Fixed behaviour of previous round button during demo playback
  
• Fixed inability to clear a button binding in game settings
  
• Improved performance of telemetry display HUD element
  
• Normalized volume of NIGHTMODE music kits
  
• Stability improvements
  

[ ANIMATION ]

• Fix for animations when climbing ladders
  
• Fix for menu agents wielding tasers
  
• Fix for Kukri knife hold animation during team intro sequence
  

[ SPECTATING ]

• spec_lock_to_accountid and spec_lock_to_current_player commands are now available for casters/observers
  
• spec_player and spec_goto now works in CSTV and demo playback
  
• tv_secure_bypass server setting now allows connecting HLAE observers to VAC secure CSTV servers
  

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• In Deathmatch, the Zeus can be bought each life and will rebuy if not in random weapon mode
  
• In Deathmatch, getting a second Zeus kill in the same life will earn double points
  
• mp_modify_timeouts server-side command allows adding/subtracting a tactical timeout from CT/T team if backup file is restored or a team incorrectly took a tactical timeout instead of a technical timeout
  

[ LOGGING ]

• Start of warmup and end of warmup will now produce a log message in the game server log
  
• Reported damage no longer has a rounding error when reported in the game server log
  

[ MISC ]

• Improved viewmodel animation smoothness when client framerates get low or unstable
  
• Fixed issues with implementation of scancode-based key bindings. Bindings are now independent of input locales.
  
• Added performance diagnostic HUD element that can be configured in Game Settings menu ("Telemetry")
  
• Deleted cq_netgraph and cq_netgraph_problem_show_auto. Instead, use cl_hud_telemetry_serverrecvmargin_graph_show.
  
• Fix for sometimes failing to connect to a local practice server without Steam connectivity
  
• Fixed a bug with Skill Group animation at the end of competitive matches
  
• Fixed sniper scope performance hitch and adjusted visual treatment.
  
• Various performance improvements
  

[ MAPS ]

Vertigo:

• Fixed grenade clipping around AC unit at B-site
  
• Fixed clipping of pillar at T-Start that would potentially allow bomb to be thrown into unreachable area
  

Nuke:

• Adjusted clipping around Vents entrance to prevent players' feet clipping through the vent geo
  
• Improved collision of sliding door meshes at Ramp
  

Anubis:

• Added and removed a ladder near boost spot by T spawn
  
• Fixed a couple of spots where bomb could be thrown out of the map
  

Overpass:

• Clipping improvements
  
• Fixed some disappearing mesh
  

[ MISC ]

• Reconnecting to the game server will no longer get a player into a bad state.
  
• Improved VOIP performance when running the game at very high framerates.
  
• Fixed timings for some events in demo files representing start of the round.
  
• Fixed ring artifacts that could appear on smoke particles.
  
• Fixed some lobby teammates standing offscreen when the main menu scenery was set to Warehouse map.
  
• Fixed storage units sometimes having a very small icon in inventory view.
  
• Fixed a regression in items shuffling when matchmaking for Premier, Competitive, or Wingman.
  
• Fixed spectator kill streak effects playing when switching to a player with 5 kills.
  
• Fixed a regression with Butterfly Knife inspect sounds.
  
• Added a catch sound for Kukri knife draw animation.
  
• Fixed Zeus tracer appearing to pass through players.
  

[ MISC ]

• Fixed a bug where some inputs were acting as if they were released prematurely
  

[ ARMS RACE ]

• Fixed a bug where an extra kill with a shotgun before the knife level counted as the winning knife kill
  

[ SMOKE ]

• Adjusted visibility of player silhouettes in smoke
  
• Fixed a bug where enemies were visible on the radar when viewed through a combination of smoke and translucent surfaces such as glass
  

[ ANIMATION ]

• Various bug fixes and tweaks to inspect animations
  

[ MAPS ]

• Fixed a bug where doors spun the wrong way on several maps
  
• Nuke:
  
  
  
  • Fixed vis regressions
    
  
  
• Ancient:
  
  
  
  • Fixed pixel gap looking into bombsite B from T Side
    
  
  
• Anubis:
  
  
  
  • Fixed potential spot where bomb could be thrown into an unreachable area at T Spawn
    
  • Enabled collision on ledge meshes at Sniper's Nest to prevent dropped weapons clipping through them
    
  
  
• Mirage:
  
  
  
  • Fixed collision in Palace where bomb could be thrown into an unreachable area
    

[ MISC ]

• Fixed a bug where certain keys not found on US keyboards (such as the backslash key on UK keyboards) couldn't be bound
  
• Fixed an issue preventing some older demos from playing back
  
• Various crash fixes
  

[ STICKERS ]

• Fixed a bug where AMD graphics users couldn't move stickers
  
• Stickers with custom offsets will now render properly when inspecting other items in-game from Steam Community Market and Steam Inventory
  

[ SMOKE ]

• Various bug fixes and tweaks
  

[ SOUND ]

• Fixed a performance bug with certain microphone setups
  

[ NETWORKING ]

• cl_interp can no longer be changed directly. Some players had scripts that were setting this to a large value, leading to very bad rubber-banding. The interpolation amount can be adjusted through the "Buffering to smooth over packet loss" setting instead
  

[ ANIMATION ]

• Fixed a bug with the Kukri knife inspect animation
  
• Fixed a bug where a player holding an incendiary grenade would sometimes show fire effects at their feet
  

[ UI ]

• Removed XP Overload icon from the kill feed
  
• The swap weapon prompt will now show the weapon/finish name rather than the custom name
  
• Fixed a bug with switching background maps while inspecting gloves
  

[ MAPS ]

• Vertigo:
  
  
  
  • Fixed a gap in world geometry at Crane
    

[ MISC ]

• Fixed a bug with keyboard input from non-English keyboard layouts
  
• Various crash fixes
  

Arms Race has returned! Grab your guns and brace yourself for a chaotic race to the top. Get two kills with each weapon to reach the final stage, or steal your opponents’ progress with your knife (or now with the Zeus)! Work your way up to the knife stage and earn the final kill to secure the win.

There's a lot more shipping today, from custom sticker placement to new content to gameplay updates. Click here to learn more!

[ ARMS RACE ]

• Added Arms Race to available game modes
  
• Added maps "Baggage" and "Shoots"
  

[ WEAPON FINISHES ]

• Introducing the Kilowatt Case, featuring 17 community-designed weapon finishes, and the Kukri Knife with original finishes as a rare special item
  
• Various bug fixes and tweaks
  

[ STICKERS ]

• The Ambush Sticker Capsule is now available for purchase
  
• Added support for flexible sticker placement. Stickers can now be placed at user-specified positions and rotation when applied to weapons
  
• All weapons now support up to five stickers
  
• Added a zoom feature during sticker placement to allow for higher precision sticker application
  
• Various bug fixes and tweaks
  

[ MUSIC KITS ]

• The NIGHTMODE Music Kit Box is now available for purchase in standard and StatTrak versions
  

[ ZEUS ]

• Made Zeus reusable in all game modes, after a 30 second recharge delay
  
• Added support for applying stickers and name tags to the Zeus
  
• Adjusted the Zeus first person model position
  
• Added Zeus kill icon to kill cards and post round damage report
  

[ SMOKE ]

• Smokes now cast shadows
  
• Rendering and animation have been improved
  

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Added a "Refund All" button to the buy menu
  
• Added a setting to disable first person bullet tracers
  
• Silencers can now always be reattached regardless of whether detaching them is enabled or not
  
• Player pings are no longer blocked by invisible geometry
  
• Various adjustments to sub-tick shooting
  
• Fixed several cases where players could silently drop down vertical surfaces
  
• Improved smoothness of sliding along surfaces
  
• Fixed an issue where collisions between players were jittery
  
• To ensure loadouts are correct at the beginning of matches, loadout changes are no longer allowed while searching for Premier, Competitive, or Wingman
  

[ SOUND ]

• Added the option to select an audio input device for VOIP from the audio settings menu
  
• Added the option to change your microphone threshold (the minimum loudness before we start transmitting audio) from the audio options menu, as well as metering for your current mic loudness
  
• Added the option to listen to your own microphone from the audio settings menu to hear how you sound
  
• Replaced the M249 fire sound effect
  
• Replaced the Zeus charging, charge not available and charge ready states sound effects
  
• Further reduced occlusion effects
  
• Minor mix adjustments
  
• Fixed an issue where some player-centric sounds were being perceived as originating from slightly behind the player
  

[ NETWORKING ]

• Reduced peeker's advantage in many cases
  
• The amount of peeker's advantage in the steady state is reduced by 16ms
  
• Also reduced the frequency of situations that lead to very large peeker's advantage due to excessive command queue depth
  
• Added cl_ticktiming console command that prints a report breaking down the various sources of latency
  
• Added an option to buffer server updates and user commands by one or more packets. This can be used to smooth over stuttering due to packet loss, at the expense of increased latency
  

[ UI ]

• Added support for separate main menu and item inspect background map settings
  
• Added "Baggage" and "Warehouse" as options for the main menu and item inspect background maps
  
• In-game team-only chat will now be prefixed with the team (e.g., "[T]" or "[CT]")
  
• Added 'XP Overload' status which is awarded to players who have earned all of their normal XP during the week (11,166 XP) and reached reduced XP gain. XP Overload status is attached to players' names in scoreboard, main menu, death notices, etc. XP Overload status is awarded for a minimum of one week. Additional tiers of XP Overload status can be unlocked by earning all of the normal XP over multiple consecutive weeks
  
• Agents with unique end-of-match cheer animations now have unique defeat animations as well. You can disable playing defeat animations for the local player in settings
  
• Added more accolades to end-of-match
  

[ MISC ]

• Adjusted the range of CS Ratings allowed to party together in Premier matchmaking
  
• Fixed a case where high-DPI mice would result in jittery mouse movement
  
• Minor improvements to animations during demo playback
  
• Disabled rich presence update when running Steam Client in tournament mode
  

[ MAPS ]

Inferno:

• Fixed various gaps and adjusted grenade collision to make grenade bounces more predictable
  
• Adjusted texture blending to improve player visibility
  

Ancient:

• Adjusted grenade collision on bombsite B ground to make grenade bounces more predictable
  

Anubis:

• Fixed holes in world at Lower Tunnel
  
• Fixed collision on all pillars so players can no longer pixel boost
  
• Fixed collision so utility does not fall out of world on top of structure at T Start
  
• Fixed missing collision on steps at Street which would allow dropped weapons to fall out of world
  
• Improved vis at CT spawn
  
• Fixed invisible boost ledge at Bombsite B
  
• Fixed various gaps in the world
  
• Fixed missing collision on stair geo at CT spawn that allowed weapons/bomb to fall out of world
  
• Fixed missing collision at Fountain that allowed weapons/bomb to fall out of world
  
• Fixed some doors not generating bullet decals
  
• Fixed vis issue at Street
  

Overpass:

• Fixed some collision that was causing unpredictable player movement
  

Mirage:

• Added collision to prevent bomb becoming unreachable
  
• Adjusted some collision to prevent a ledge/pixel walk
  
• Fixed player getting stuck when strafing on Middle Ramp by simplifying geo of floor and wall
  
• Removed a clip brush from Apartments to improve flash lineups
  

Nuke:

• Built some collision to prevent bomb from getting stuck behind barrels
  
• Fixed some disappearing mesh.
  
• Fixed dynamic shadow clipping on characters at Vending
  
• Improved clipping in vents
  
• Fixed bombsite water to have better reflections on low settings
  
• Fixed vis issue at t-spawn
  
• Fixed collision on ramp in Bombsite B
  
• Fixed holes in world
  

Vertigo:

• Fixed holes in world and other minor geometry bugs
  

Italy:

• Adjusted some collision to prevent players getting stuck in apartment
  

Office:

• Fixed a case where players could jump on a wall, fixed a case where players could get stuck if they crouched
  

[ MAPS ]
Vertigo:

• Fixed a gap in geometry
  

[ UI ]

• Fixed cases where there was a visible delay loading map images in the Play menu
  
• Fixed a bug where items that can't be equipped were visible in the Loadout menu
  
• Fixed a bug where loadout items couldn't be unequipped
  
• Fixed a bug where loadout changes weren't saved if the game was quit shortly after making changes
  
• Fixed a bug where loadout changes on the main menu character were delayed
  

[ MISC ]

• Fixed some visual issues with demo playback
  
• Fixed an issue where animations would not play back correctly in a CSTV broadcast
  
• Adjusted wear values of some community stickers to better match CS:GO
  

[ MAPS ]
Ancient:

• Added simplified grenade collisions to corner trims and central pillar on B site
  

Anubis:

• Adjusted clipping at A site steps between Walkway and Heaven
  

[ MISC ]

• Fixed a case where players could refund a grenade for a brief period after it was thrown
  

[ MISC ]

• Fixed cases where weapons and C4 could fall through the ground
  
• Various bugfixes for stickers, weapon finishes, and gloves
  

[ WORKSHOP ]

• Fixed inconsistent behavior with triggers when crouching in workshop maps
  

[ MAPS ]

• Italy, Nuke, Mirage, Inferno
  
  
  
  • Changed some player collision surface types
    
  
  
• Inferno
  
  
  
  • Fixed various gaps
    
  
  

Celebrate your time in CS2 with the all-new 2024 Service Medal, available starting January 1st!

To get your service medal, earn XP by playing in official game modes and rank up your CS2 Profile. When you reach Global General (Rank 40), you'll have the option to reset your Profile Rank and earn (or upgrade) a 2024 Service Medal. The medal is an inspectable display item you can show off wherever your avatar is shown.

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Added shell eject effects for shotguns
  
• Dropped weapons caused by buy menu purchasing are now dropped below the buyer
  

[ MISC ]

• Added all-new 2024 Service Medal which will be available starting January 1st
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented some older demos from playing back
  
• Fixed multiple exploits that allowed adding non-text data into UI labels
  
• Added the ability to add a Friend by using their friend code
  
• Added a lister for multiple lobby invites
  
• Adjusted wear values of some community stickers to better match CS:GO
  

[ MAPS ]

Overpass

• Adjusted clipping to remove exploitable ledges and improve player movement
  
• Fixed metal railing props that were generating incorrect footstep sounds
  
• Adjusted positions of props and ledges to more accurately match falling damage from CS:GO
  
• Fixed some places where players could get stuck
  
• Adjusted some props and materials to improve character readability
  
• Fixed some cases where weapons could be accidently dropped out of reach
  
• Made some adjustments to props that were creating exploitable lines of sight
  
• Various lighting and material adjustments
  

Ancient

• Adjusted grenade clipping volume at cave entrance
  

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Fixed a bug where explicit weapon switches right after grenade throws were delayed slightly
  

[ MAPS ]

Inferno:

• Fixed a bug where you could plant C4 in planter
  

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Fixed an issue where the player's shadow would sometimes show the incorrect animation state
  
• Weapon switching after releasing the fire button(s) will no longer cancel grenade throws (but round restart will)
  
• Various animation system optimizations
  
• Various minor bug fixes to demo playback
  

[ UI ]

• Fixed a bug where starting pistols weren't showing in the Pistols tab of the Equipment view
  
• Fixed an issue where silencers would not be shown on weapons when held by characters in the UI
  

[ MAPS ]
Mirage:

• Fixed a gap under the door at Middle
  

Anubis:

• Added a grenade clip to the wall at Bridge
  

Vertigo:

• Changed the collision properties on railings to emit the correct footstep sounds
  

Nuke:

• Fix for the sun material not blooming and adjusted the size of the material
  
• Cleaned up redundant skins on metal_door models to prevent workshop mappers hitting fatal errors for missing assets
  
• Fixed a visibility bug at Garage when looking towards Hell
  
• Changed the collision properties on railings to emit the correct footstep sounds
  

Inferno:

• Changed the collision properties on railings to emit the correct footstep sounds
  
• Fixed an issue where some chimney models would disappear in the skybox
  

Dust2:

• Changed the collision properties on railings to emit the correct footstep sounds
  

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Fixed a bug where grenade throw strength adjustments were sometimes delayed
  
• Fixed a bug where attempting to switch to a grenade immediately after throwing it would cancel the throw
  
• You can now get an intermediate strength grenade throw without a delay by pressing primary and secondary attack simultaneously
  
• Fixed several cases of players sticking while sliding against geometry
  
• Player pings will now be displayed in the player's color
  

[ MISC ]

• Fixed "Ace Round MVP" calculation bug when teams had a different number of players
  
• Fixed shorthanded bonus logic sometimes incorrectly accounting for kicked players
  

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Sub-tick timing improvements to various systems including grenade throw animations and revolver firing
  
• Added a missing fire effect to molotovs that are held by players
  

[ ANIMATION ]

• Reduced the amount that player characters will rotate their torso away from leg orientation
  
• Improved hit reactions
  
• Made jump animations directional
  
• Improved character posing when aiming up and down
  
• Improved foot placement and posing when running
  
• Reduced animation posing when deploying
  
• The timing of a players flashbanged posing now more accurately represents the player's ability to see
  

[ SOUND ]

• Fixed issue with Shadow Daggers playing catch sound during looping inspect animation
  
• Further refined falloff distance curves and volume of grenade bounces
  
• Lowered volume of deathmatch bonus period ending
  
• Lowered volume of lobby chat notification sound
  
• Fixed missing water drip console errors in Office
  
• Increased audible distance of breaking glass window sounds
  
• Fixed an issue where sometimes a Sabre agent would say hostage related lines when cheering
  

[ MISC ]

• Adjusted wear values of most tournament stickers and many other stickers to better match CS:GO
  
• Changed handling of non-default console key bindings to match CS:GO behavior
  

[ MAPS ]

Nuke:

• Fixed cubemap issue at Lobby
  
• Fixed hole at B-site
  
• Fixed some holes at Ramp Room
  
• Fixed glass floor material at B-Site not having impact effects
  
• Fixed up footstep sounds on hazard stripes
  
• Attempt to fix light leaking through base of doors at B-site
  
• Brightened red interior walls to help with agent vis
  
• Fixed pixel boost on chainlink fence outside
  
• Fix shadows leaking through double doors at B-site
  
• Made cubemap transitions smoother in some places at b-site
  

Mirage:

• Fixed clipping on van at Truck
  
• Clipped fridge in Apartments to prevent player becoming stuck
  
• Adjusted bombsite A size and added visual boundaries
  
• Fixed collision on Scaffolding to provide smooth movement
  
• Fixed geometry and clipping outside Sniper's Nest to prevent pixel walking
  

Office:

• Improved clipping around desks at t-spawn
  
• Improved clipping on crates at Back Courtyard
  
• Re-added collision to handrails
  

Vertigo:

• Extended staircase and added grenade clip to stairs at near t-spawn to prevent grenades becoming wedged in gap
  
• Fixed clipping on crate at mid
  
• Fixed clipping on scaffold at back of A
  
• Fixed clipping on scaffold at T-start
  
• Fixed vis bug at A-ramp looking toward Bridge
  
• Fixed grenade clip on support beam at A-ramp
  
• Plugged Holes in insulation foam roll model
  

Anubis:

• Fixed hole under pillar at A-site
  
• Fixed clipping above walkway stairs in Palace
  
• Closed up multiple microgaps throughout the map
  
• Fixed some clipping on pillar at A-site
  
• Fixed clipping on doorway at b-site
  
• Plugged some micro holes
  
• Fixed gap between two clip brushes that allowed bomb to be thrown on top of building
  
• Fixed slight wall gap that allowed sniping into bombsite A
  
• Fixed clipping on doorway at b-site
  

Ancient:

• Fixed various gaps in the world
  
• Fixed various texture seams
  
• Closed gap that looks into Jaguar area
  
• Adjusted clipping along fence near A-site
  
• Adjusted clipping around tree base on A-site boost
  
• Adjusted position of stone near B-site that player could crouch in
  
• Added clipping to the top of the map to help minimize player exploits
  

[ MISC ]

• Fixed silencer attach and detach animations
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented refunding the Bizon
  
• Fixed a bug where players could respawn into a bad state during reconnect
  
• Fixed a bug where ramps were not correctly reducing fall damage
  
• Fixed a case where sub-tick movement timestamps were temporarily incorrect after changing host_timescale
  
• Various fixes and improvements to de_ancient
  

• Fixed a few minor sub-tick input bugs
  
• Fixed a bug with first person animation in bot takeover
  
• Fixed a bug where dropped/thrown weapons had too much velocity
  
• Fixed a case where players could push their view through low ceilings
  
• Fixed an exploit that would allow players to teleport
  
• de_overpass: Various tweaks and bug fixes
  
• de_anubis: Fixed potential pixel gap exploit at A-site and plugged hole near t-spawn where bomb could be thrown out of world
  

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• More sub-tick visual and audio feedback improvements
  
• Reduced sniper scope bob animation magnitude and frequency
  
• Fixed a bug causing duck to be slower when the Duck Mode was set to Toggle
  
• Fixed a case where grenade throws weren't registering on the server
  
• Thrown grenades no longer prematurely detonate if thrown while intersecting a teammate
  
• Players can no longer mitigate fall damage by defusing the bomb
  
• Adjusted weapon drop trajectories to make throwing weapons more consistent, especially when throwing weapons downward
  
• When a network interruption is detected by official game servers, the affected match will be cancelled
  
• Added unique sounds for running and jumping on metal railings and poles
  

[ ANIMATION ]

• Fixed a bug that occurred when interrupting the CZ75a deploy with inspect
  
• Fixed the inspect and other animations for the Shadow Daggers
  
• Fixed a 'broken wrist' animation with the Survival Knife
  
• Adjusted the Mac10 first person animation to include strap and bolt movement
  
• Fixed AWP and SSG firing animation/inspect behavior while zoomed in
  
• Fixed a case where the Deagle slide would fail to reset on round restart
  
• The Revolver barrel now incrementally rotates for each shot
  
• Fixed some animation issues with weapons placed in community maps
  
• Fixed cases where the C4 light would not blink when held or holstered by players
  
• Fixed some cases where the player's shadow would show an incorrect pose
  

[ MISC ]

• Fixed a bug where bot_knives_only didn't work for T's
  
• Fixed some visual issues with demo playback
  
• Improved performance of screen particle effects
  
• Fixed the Mute Enemy Team and Mute All But Friends settings failing to mute voice
  
• Text from blocked players will no longer be visible in the premier pregame chat
  
• Players frozen by half-time gamerules are now immune to certain damage types
  
• Decals now evict the lowermost decal if enough decals overlap in a single location
  
• Player visibility fog adjustment no longer applies to dead ragdolls
  
• Smoke particles no longer stick to dead ragdolls
  
• Fixed self/team burn damage getting recorded as enemy damage
  

[ UI ]

• Revised some common chat strings
  
• Added convar cl_deathnotices_show_numbers for observers to have quick access to player's spectate index
  
• Added a warning message for AMD and Nvidia graphics users with out-of-date drivers
  
• "Kevlar & Helmet" entry in the Buy Menu will now present itself as simply "Helmet" when contextually correct
  
• Added time to weekly rollover to the reduced XP message in the player profile tooltip
  
• Fixed kill feed and death panel not displaying correct information if the killer died earlier or disconnected
  
• Fixed round-delayed stats not updating at match end
  
• Changed deathmatch scoreboard stats from K/D/A/Score to K/HS%/DMG/Score
  
• Fixed case where text during defuse would get cut off
  
• Added direction indicators to players in the square radar
  
• Fixed case where kill icon would not display in the post-round damage info panel
  
• Fixed bad string in the commend dialog panel
  
• Fixed case where round stats in the Watch Menu would be assigned to the wrong side
  

[ WORKSHOP ]

• Fixed custom sound events files in workshop maps
  
• Added some material settings for water refraction/caustics
  
• Workshop maps can now be tagged as supporting Wingman mode
  
• Linux clients can now run workshop maps without requiring -insecure
  
• Added trigger_hostage_reset trigger and logic_eventlistener entities
  
• Added convars sv_walkable_normal and sv_standable_normal to allow community servers to tweak player movement on angled surfaces
  
• Fixed health getting clipped when it exceeds 3 digits
  

[ MAPS ]

Overpass:

• Fixed various cases where level mesh was disappearing occasionally
  
• Various visual updates and fixes to models and materials
  
• Straightened out some collision that was pushing players off of walls or corners
  
• Turned off the collision of some light fixtures that were pushing players off of walls
  
• Added a metal plate to swat van to hide player feet, adjusted clipping around van
  
• Fixed some small holes in the world
  
• Fixed some texture mapping seams
  
• Added player clipping on some floor grates to smooth player movement
  
• Fixed some issues with the collision and surface property of fire extinguishers
  
• Added and adjusted some grenade clipping
  
• Adjusted some clipping on boxes and cable stacks in connector
  

Ancient:

• More player and grenade clips adjustments
  
• Closed various holes and cracks in the world
  

Mirage:

• Fixed clipping around scaffolding at bombsite b to prevent one-way peeking through geo
  

Office:

• Fixed player getting stuck on large crate in garage
  
• General grenade clip polish
  
• Vending machine break sequence now only happens once to avoid strobing lights
  
• Removed collision from pipes and cctv cameras at ct spawn garage
  
• Added grenade clips to doors at stairwell
  
• Fixed hole in door frame at t-spawn
  
• Fixed texture errors on ceiling at conference room
  
• Fixed some lighting errors on low settings
  
• Fixed weapons getting stuck behind crates at back way
  
• Fixed lighting artifacts in front courtyard
  
• Fixed bad boost onto electrical boxes in garage
  

Anubis:

• Fixed z-fighting on stairs in connector
  
• Improved ground at bombsite A so that it has more accurate footstep sounds
  
• Fixed gap in world around b-site planting area
  
• Fixed z-fighting a backdrop temple near t-spawn
  
• Fixed missing collision at connector that would allow grenades to fall through world
  
• Fixed hole in world at street that allowed players to see through to canal
  
• Fixed vis issue on street looking back to t-spawn
  
• Fixed UV stretching in connector
  
• Sealed up holes in building rooftops for entire level to prevent grenades getting stuck in void
  
• Fixed holes in lower tunnel
  
• Fixed hole in canal
  

Inferno:

• Moved bucket on scaffolding on bombsite B that could be mistaken for player during combat
  
• Closed hole to prevent grenades from falling through the map on bombsite A
  
• More player clip adjustments
  
• Fixed various micro gaps
  

Nuke:

• Minor clipping fixes on rooftops and hut
  
• Better caustics in pool at B site
  
• Fixed vis issue in garage looking towards hell
  

Vertigo:

• Fixed some light fixtures showing backfaces
  
• Fixed some light fixtures being misaligned
  
• Fixed missing vent pieces in Tunnels
  
• Attempt to fix players clipping through wood boards by stairwell at bombsite b
  
• Fixed bad clip above door at elevator
  
• Fixed flashbang inconsistency with metal gratings at scaffolding
  
• Fixed missing collision on horizontal tower beams at b-site
  
• Added grenade clips around bombsite b to prevent smokes getting caught in bad spaces
  
• Cleaned up geo and did a grenade clip pass around scaffold to make grenades work better
  
• Added grenade clip to b platform
  
• Fixed disconnected girders at mid
  
• Moved stack of drywall at back door>b for better movement/cover
  
• Improved clipping at side
  
• Jobsite injury signs are more responsive
  

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Fixed a bug where collision between players was sometimes causing players to step up
  
• Fixed a bug where players could slide up walls in Mirage mid
  
• Fixed a movement systems bug where players could get stuck on geometry
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented "Zoom Button Hold: Repeat Disabled" from working correctly
  
• Fixed a case where switching weapons immediately after shooting would result in the shot not registering on the server
  
• Fixed a case where players could shoot during freeze time at the ends of warmup, halves, and matches
  

[ MISC ]

• Added support for accepting game invites and party invites from Steam Chat and Steam Overlay.
  
• Added an execution delay for certain commands that can be specified on command line to be deferred until main menu fully loads (e.g. econ action preview commands, match download commands, playdemo, and similar).
  
• Fixed a bug that caused game events to not appear in CSTV demos recorded in tv_record_immediate mode.
  
• CSTV auto record now requires either an active CSTV server or tv_record_immediate to be enabled.
  
• Performance optimizations in game server demo recording code.
  

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• The visual and audio feedback from sub-tick input—such as movement acceleration and muzzle flashes—will now always render on the next frame
  
• Random numbers used for shooting spread are now synchronized between clients and servers by default. This makes tracers and decals match their server-authoritative trajectories more closely. Note: Spread has been synchronized on Valve official servers since 10/14
  
• Fixed a bug where pressing a movement key immediately after jumping resulted in an inconsistent jump height
  

[ MATCHMAKING ]

• Parties of four are now able to queue for Premier mode
  
• Added vote-kick immunity for solo players who get matched on the same team with a party of four players
  
• Adjusted the algorithm for re-establishing CS Rating after a period of inactivity in Premier mode
  

[ AUDIO ]

• Reduced the maximum audible distance of grenade bounce sounds
  
• Improved occlusion filter quality
  
• Addressed issue where sometimes headshot dink sounds playing as feedback for the attacker could be mistaken for incoming damage
  
• Lowered volume of sound for headshot damage with no armor from a victims perspective to bring it inline with volume of other headshot sounds
  
• Changed jump land sounds to have the same maximum audible distance as footstep sounds
  
• Changed volume falloff curve of jump landing sounds to better convey distance
  
• Improved molotov extinguish effects to sound better when multiple are playing at once
  
• Brought back spark sound feedback when bomb defuse is cut short due to player spinning
  
• Fixed issue where at very close proximity, a victims death groan could be mistaken as coming from the attacker
  
• Fixed a case where unsilenced m4a1-s did not have any distant gunfire sounds
  

[ MAPS ]

Mirage

• Fixed clipping on bench in palace
  
• Lowered the height of box on A site to match CS:GO
  

[ EFFECTS ]

• Improved performance of blood effects at close range
  
• Improved bomb light visibility from back of bomb
  
• Reduced muzzle flash during quickswitch from scoped rifles
  
• Reduced the strength of the kill streak HUD effect after five kills
  

[ CSTV ]

• Added setting "tv_record_immediate" to control when CSTV demo file will start recording content. If the setting is enabled then content will start at the moment when tv_record is executed on the server. If the setting is disabled then content will start recording from tv_delay earlier
  
• CSTV demos can now be recorded without delayed CSTV spectating enabled. Requires setting "tv_record_immediate 1" and executing "tv_record" at the moment when recording should start
  

[ MISC ]

• Adjusted wear values of some stickers to better match CS:GO
  
• Fixed a bug with workshop tools that would prevent light_environment from baking static shadows in some circumstances
  
• Improved quality of 'Performance' HDR rendering mode
  
• Enabling the upload of workshop maps for Wingman mode
  

• Updated Redemption UI to show remaining time before weekly rollover
  
• Competitive Rating will now be updated after returning to main menu from a win
  
• Added notice to end of match for when CS Rating had been adjusted midmatch (e.g. due to the outcome of a match that the player was kicked from or abandoned, or recovering lost points from playing against a cheater)
  
• Various bug fixes and tweaks
  

The Maps workshop is now open for business.

Community map makers can start uploading their maps to the workshop, and community servers can host those maps. If you'd like to try some workshop maps offline, subscribe to them on the workshop and head to the Play menu.

There are a bunch of other workshop tool updates today, along with a host of other fixes and adjustments to CS2. Check out the notes, play some matches, and keep that feedback coming!

[ WORKSHOP ]

• Enabled uploading CS2 maps to the workshop
  
• Community Servers can host workshop maps
  
• Added paint metalness and roughness by color features to Solid Color, Hydrographic, and Spray-Paint finishes in the Item Editor
  
• Added option to toggle "Automatic PBR Color Correction" to all sticker types in Item Editor
  
• Various Item Editor help system updates including "mat_fullbright 10" to test PBR
  
• Various updates to workshop tools

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Fixed a case where user commands would be ignored in poor network conditions
  
• Fixed a case where weapons would fire faster than intended
  
• Fixed a case where clients would show multiple gunshots for one actual shot
  
• Fixed a case where players would fail to keep their weapons between rounds of overtime
  
• Fixed some instances of dropped weapons falling out of the gameplay space
  
• In firstperson, dead players will now see their own ragdoll at the server-authoritative lag-compensated position of their demise
  
• Decoy grenades interact aesthetically with smoke clouds
  
• Smoke grenades now have a minimum fuse duration to prevent smokes from prematurely detonating if stuck in crevices
  
• Players now ignore individual damage events dealing less than one point of damage
  
• Knife attacks will now prioritize enemies and will only hit teammates if there are no enemies in range
  
• Knife attacks no longer predict damage effects or sounds on the client
  
• Knife attack immediately after switching to a knife will always deal full damage amount
  
• For a given map location, eye height is now consistent regardless of how the player arrived
  

[ MAPS ]

• INFERNO
  
  
  
  • Fixed clipping in various areas
    
  • Fixed various microgaps
    
  • Fixed disappearing meshes in skybox
    
  • Removed birds that got mistaken for grenades
    

[ SERVERS ]

• Added sv_maxuptimelimit setting to request server shutdown after certain number of uptime hours.
  
• Support -sv_maxuptimelimit command line parameter to randomly select uptime limit per instance within a range, e.g. "-sv_maxuptimelimit 48-72" command line parameter will request game server instance to self-shutdown somewhere between 48 and 72 hours by issuing "sv_shutdown" command on the game server.
  
• Added game server startup timing log records.
  
• Game servers will now print global chat messages when players acknowledge newly acquired items while connected to the game server.
  
• Fixed a bug showing 100% packet loss immediately after connection
  
• Fixed a bug where scoreboard ping could get stuck at a value lower than the real ping
  

[ MISC ]

• Improved rendering of stickers
  
• Added wins and wins-needed to Competitive Play Menu map tiles
  
• Fixed various minor HUD bugs
  
• Fixed various skins and sticker bugs
  
• Fixed various bugs with item inspection UI
  
• Fixed a skinning issue with Trapper Aggressor agent's legs
  
• Improved performance of player animations on client and server
  
• Smoke grenade canister changed to chrome material
  
• "Boost Player Contrast" no longer applies to dead players
  
• Adjusted microphone voice threshold value

[ MAPS ]
Various bug fixes and tweaks:

• Inferno
  
  
  
  • Improved bomb visibility when planted in fountain on bombsite B
    
  • Improved grenade bounce behavior on roof and stone models to make it more predictable
    
  • Removed part of railing on balcony
    
  • Adjusted garage door on bombsite A to improve player readability and clipping
    
  • Fixed lighting bug on Inferno workshop map
    
  • Fixed various micro-gaps
    
  • Overall clipping / movement polish
    
  
  
• Overpass
  
  
  
  • Removed or tweaked models and textures to improve player readability
    
  • Adjusted lighting in certain areas to improve player readability
    
  • Adjusted grenade clipping in various areas
    
  
  
• Nuke
  
  
  
  • Fixed clipping on ramp room doorway tread plates to prevent erroneous grenade bounces
    
  • Fixed collision on doorways from ramp to bombsite B to be more accurate
    
  • Improved player readability against container on bombsite B
    
  • Fixed some cases where players clipped through garage door at lobby
    
  • Removed dynamic light at squeaky to prevent shadows giving away player position through doorway
    
  • Fixed various holes in world
    
  • Overall clipping / movement polish
    
  
  
• Dust2
  
  
  
  • Fixed micro-cracks in crate models
    
  
  
• Anubis
  
  
  
  • Adjusted grenade clipping in and around bombsite B to prevent grenades getting stuck in tight spots
    
  • Fixed multiple cases where dropped weapons clipped through world geometry
    
  • Fixed multiple holes and cracks in world.
    
  • Fixed missing collision on geometry where c4 could be thrown out of the map
    
  • Clipped multiple areas where players could stack, providing an unfair vantage point
    
  • Fixed lightmap issues around CT spawn water
    
  • Improved player readability in mid
    
  • Improved CT team intro position
    
  • Overall clipping / movement polish
    
  
  
• Office
  
  
  
  • Improved player readability at CT spawn around swat van
    
  • Fixed gaps in some cubemaps which were causing lighting issues
    
  • Fixed some lighting artifacts on crates at low settings
    
  • Disabled motion on vending machine
    
  • Overall clipping / movement polish
    
  
  
• Vertigo
  
  
  
  • Fixed ladder collision blocking bullets and grenades
    
  • Fixed steel beams having incorrect surface property
    
  • Overall clipping / movement polish
    
  
  
• Mirage
  
  
  
  • Fixed various bullet penetration issues
    
  • Overall clipping / movement polish
    
  
  
• Ancient
  
  
  
  • Made fog adjustments to improve player readability
    
  • Fixed micro-cracks in crate models
    
  • Fixed multiple holes and cracks in the world
    
  • Made visibility adjustments to donut area
    
  • Fixed bullet penetration issues through wood panels near bombsite B
    
  • Fixed material properties on some tarp models
    
  • Overall clipping / movement polish
    
  
  

[ MISC ]

• Fixed some cases where weapons could fall out of the world
  
• Fixed a bug where Molotov self damage could be incorrectly penalized as team damage
  
• Improved performance for muzzle flashes and HE grenade effects
  
• Various bug fixes and tweaks to weapon finishes and stickers
  
• Added code to correct packets that arrive out of order in quick succession. These packets were showing up as loss in the net graph.
  
• Fixed a bug where SDR routing could sometimes choose the second-best route when immediately connecting, and then stick to that route for too long.
  

• Added more client information to the screen timestamp label to help investigate reported issues.
  
• Fixed rendering issue related to GPU UltraWide+ feature.
  
• Stability improvements.
  

• Added a startup check for incompatible AMD graphics drivers. We will now begin reversing VAC bans for affected players
  
• Fixed a bug in Windows 11 Auto HDR that led to smokes intermittently disappearing
  
• Miscellaneous bug fixes
  

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Command aliases now leverage subtick accuracy
  

[ SOUND ]

• New sound for final 10 seconds of bomb beeping
  
• Added missing KSK agent voice
  
• Reduced falloff distance of knife impact and swish sounds
  
• Various tweaks and bug fixes around occlusion filters and footstep clarity
  

[ MISC ]

• Fixed missing gamestate integration data regarding flashbangs and damage stats
  
• Fixed a bug where a defused bomb would block the player from swapping to a gun dropped close by
  
• Fixed some cases where players could peek through ceilings
  
• Convar cl_draw_only_deathnotices now blocks match status alerts such as LAST ROUND OF FIRST HALF.
  
• Added a game server command sv_load_forced_client_names_file. Running tournament servers with +sv_load_forced_client_names_file namesfile.txt allows loading a key-values file where client names are enforced to be the tournament registered player names.
  
• Added an additional fallback path for game clients to download network configuration.
  
• Added a game setting cq_netgraph_problem_show_auto that allows players to enable automatic display of network connection issues in top right corner of game HUD.
  

[ MISC ]

• Various bug fixes and tweaks to agents, gloves, and stickers
  
• The Accept Match popup will now show server information if latency is notably high
  
• Fixed a bug where ping calculations were incorrect in Sydney which resulted in players connecting to distant data centers
  
• Added a list of nearest official datacenters under the "Max Acceptable Matchmaking Ping" setting
  
• Fixed a bug where the Perfect World region selection popup wouldn't save the last selection state
  
• Fixed the defuser not showing up on the scoreboard
  

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• When a server disagrees about a player's loadout, such as when a match starts during a patch, the buy menu will now reflect the server-authoritative loadout
  
• Fixed a case where players could clip through ceilings
  
• Made adjustments to character shaders to improve player visibility
  

[ ANIMATION ]

• Fixed the "Smooth Criminal" foot pinning bug
  
• Adjusted team select and team intro knife animations to work with Shadow Daggers
  

[ MAPS ]

• Various bug fixes and tweaks to Inferno, Mirage, Nuke, Overpass, and Vertigo
  

[ MISC ]

• Added "Player Color" option to "HUD Color" setting that will make the HUD match your or your spectator target's player color in competitive modes
  
• Changed "Use Player Colors on Team ID" default to "Yes"
  
• Added "Large Player Count" setting to replace player avatars with team player count in the mini-scoreboard during the active portion of rounds
  
• Fixed a bug where graffiti changes mid-match were delayed
  
• Various bug fixes and tweaks to weapon finishes and stickers
  

[ WORKSHOP TOOLS ]

• New Screenshot button - captures a screenshot of the game window and saves a .png file to disk. Using "Inspect" with the gray or green backgrounds saves the .png with the UI elements hidden and a transparent background
  
• Added Inferno and Ancient preview maps (workshop_preview_inferno and workshop_preview_ancient)
  
• Workshop Item Editor - Integrated help system contains detailed guides when you see (More Help: Shift+F1) in the tool tip. These detailed guides contain important information about PBR color ranges, wear/durability masking alpha values, and much more
  

[ MATCHMAKING ]

• Matches will now be made with smaller rating differences between the teams at the expense of longer queue times.
  

[ Premier ]

• Relegation and Promotion matches will only occur at color boundaries, i.e. every 5000 CS Rating points.
  
• Increased possible CS Rating win/loss amounts to move players faster after calibration.
  

[ GRAPHICS ]

• Fixed a case where feet would appear black when looking down at them through a scope
  
• Fixed a memory leak due to particles
  

[ ANIMATION ]

• Fixed several hitbox alignment bugs
  
• Fixed knife spinning not feeling as fast as in CS:GO
  
• Fixed the bolt not moving during the M4A4 and M4A1-S deployment animations
  
• Fixed a bug where weapon inspect could interrupt the silencer toggle animation
  

[ MAPS ]

• Various bug fixes and tweaks to Mirage, Vertigo, and Nuke
  

[ MISC ]

• Fixed several bugs with "Looking to Play"
  
• Various bug fixes and tweaks to weapon finishes and stickers
  
• Fixed a bug where loadout changes weren't saved if the game was closed shortly after making changes
  
• Fixed a bug where Steam Friends' match status was delayed or missing
  
• CPU performance improvements for weapon tracers
  
• Added an official matchmaking datacenter in Chengdu, China
  

[ GRAPHICS ]

• Fixed a case where water would appear black in screenshots and video capture
  
• For AMD GPU users, shader compilation hitches can now be fixed with a driver update: https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-rad-win-23-20-11-7
  

[ ANIMATION ]

• Fixed a case where the grenade throw animation would be canceled by holding the inspect key
  
• Adjusted M4A4 and M4A1-S draw animation to start from out-of-frame
  
• Minor animation system performance optimizations
  

[ MAPS ]

• Various bug fixes and tweaks to Nuke, Vertigo, Anubis, and Overpass
  

[ MISC ]

• All surrender votes now require a majority to pass
  
• Fixed an exploit where players could spam chat during the Premier draft phase
  
• Fixed a bug where kicked players were receiving the maximum CS Rating penalty. Kicked players will now receive CS Rating based on the final outcome of the match instead
  
• Fixed a bug where the first character at the beginning of the terrorist team intro wouldn't render
  
• Configured SDL to prefer X11 over Wayland on Linux
  
• Paris 2023 items are no longer for sale
  

[ GRAPHICS ]

• Removed Model / Texture Detail: Very High setting since it was identical to High. They used to differ by Texture Filtering Mode, but that's a separate setting now
  

[ ANIMATION ]

• Repositioned finger on AWP so it doesn't look as long
  

[ MAPS ]

• Various bug fixes and tweaks to Inferno, Anubis, Vertigo, Ancient, and Mirage
  

[ MISC ]

• Various bug fixes and tweaks to stickers
  
• Adjusted crosshair outline rendering for fractional values
  
• Fixed a bug where disconnecting from and reconnecting to a match would result in less XP
  
• Fixed the "buy " command to work with the new flexible loadout system. The command will now find the named item in your loadout instead of assuming a default slot. If the named item isn't in your loadout, the command will fail. To buy by slot, use "buy secondary0", "buy midtier1", "buy rifle2", etc. instead
  
• Various tweaks to automatic sniper rifle muzzle flashes
  
• Various tweaks to glass impact effects
  
• Added sort options to secondary inventory select panel for actions like applying stickers
  
• Fixed a bug where users in Germany were incorrectly identified as users in China
  

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Removed movement penalty on mud surfaces
  

[ GRAPHICS ]

• Fixed a bug with shader compilation when connecting to a server that was causing hitches after connecting. Note that these hitches may still exist on AMD GPUs; we are working with AMD to address this
  

[ ANIMATION ]

• Fixed a bug where knife slashing couldn't be interrupted with an inspect
  

[ MISC ]

• Various bug fixes and tweaks to weapon finishes and gloves
  
• Fixed a case where molotov/incendiary grenades would create a fire ring in the air
  
• Improved performance of molotov/incendiary fire extinguishing
  
• Various improvements to weapon dropping and throwing
  
• Various crash fixes
  

[ SOUND ]

• Fixed a case where grenade sounds were missing when exploding in-air
  
• Added separate sounds for grenades landing in vs out of the playable area
  

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Fixed a case where both terrorists in a Wingman match would appear to have the bomb
  

[ MISC ]

• Various bug fixes for the Vulkan renderer
  
• Updated Phoenix Soldier icon to reflect recent balaclava color change
  
• Fixed a rendering issue in the nametag inspect panel
  
• Disallowed binding toggleconsole to mouse1 since it was preventing normal menu interactions
  
• Various bug fixes and tweaks to weapon finishes and stickers
  
• Fixed a case where surrender votes would incorrectly fail
  

[ ANIMATION ]

• Fixed a case where foot pinning wasn't active
  

[ MAPS ]

• Various bug fixes and tweaks to Ancient
  

[ PERFECT WORLD ]

• Players who launch the game in China and have previously accepted the Steam China Subscriber Agreement will now get a prompt at launch which allows selecting "-perfectworld" or "-worldwide" mode
  
• Launch prompt can be activated with "-promptperfectworld" command line flag or completely bypassed if "-perfectworld" or "-worldwide" command line flag is used
  

[ COMMUNITY DEDICATED SERVERS ]

• To launch a community dedicated server, you can use this reference command line:
  
  
  
  • cs2 -dedicated +map de_dust2
    
• To enable logging, add to your server commandline:
  
  
  
  • +sv_logfile 1 -serverlogging
    
• Or add to a config file:
  
  
  
  • sv_logfile 1
    
  • log on
    
• To enable HTTP logaddress forwarding, ensure logging is enabled as above and use:
  
  
  
  • logaddress_add_http ":"
    
• Dispatched logs can be handled the same way as CS:GO
  

[ SOUND ]

• Fixed missing win/loss/MVP music in Casual
  

[ GRAPHICS ]

• Put range clamps on r_fullscreen_gamma, r_texture_stream_max_resolution, and r_character_decal_resolution
  
• Fixed smokes not rendering correctly on AMD GPUs on Linux
  

[ ANIMATION ]

• Adjusted grenade throw animations to reduce view obstruction
  
• Fixed a case where players would float a few inches off the ground after spawning
  

[ MAPS ]

• Various bug fixes and tweaks to Mirage and Overpass
  

[ COSMETICS ]

• Various bug fixes and tweaks to weapon finishes and stickers
  
• Updated Phoenix Soldier balaclava from green to original red color
  
• Fixed missing pouches on certain SWAT agents
  

[ MISC ]

• Fixed a bug where loadout shuffle would never happen
  
• Increased clickable area of sellback buttons in buy menu
  
• Fixed a case where the death panel would stay on-screen after respawning quickly
  
• Disabled CSTV and demo recording temporarily to increase server availability so more people can play
  

[ SOUND ]

• Weapon sounds will no longer sound like they come from the spot you are zoomed into
  

[ WATER ]

• Updated water in Nuke to fix an issue with smoke
  
• Reduced maximum amount of water refraction since it was looking too noisy/distracting
  

[ MISC ]

• Fixed a case where the death panel wouldn't show
  
• Fixed a case where the preview crosshair wouldn't show in game settings
  
• Fixed a case where debug text would appear on the crosshair
  

Counter-Strike 2 is here.

Come take a look around. Counter-Strike 2 is the largest technical leap forward in Counter-Strike's history, supporting new features today and updates for years to come.

If you're a returning player you'll find your favorite maps and matchmaking modes right where you left them, along with a revamped Premier mode where you can establish your all-new CS Rating. Rise through the ranks and see where you stand on global and regional leaderboards.

For new players, learn the basics with some offline training and jump into Casual and Deathmatch to hone your skills. Once you've unlocked Competitive matchmaking you'll be off to the races.

Grab your friends, and come join millions of players around the world. Welcome to Counter-Strike 2.

[ COUNTER-STRIKE 2 ]

• Counter-Strike 2 is now available and free to play
  
• Season One of Premier has begun
  

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Enabled Competitive matchmaking
  
• Enabled Wingman matchmaking
  
• Enabled Private Matchmaking
  
• Added Training Day, a brief introductory experience for brand new players
  
• Improved player-against-player movement collision
  
• Improved consistency of bullet penetration
  
• Player reflections in water are now occluded by smoke
  
• Molotov fire now floats above the water
  
• Fixed character ambient occlusion being visible through walls
  
• C4 bomb lights don't reflect through walls
  
• Fixed some rare cases of viewmodel lighting corruption
  
• Adjusted smoke behavior to cover cases where smoke would stop less than a player's height above the ground
  
• Fix various bugs with switching teams in the middle of offline Deathmatch
  
• Fixed Famas reloading too early
  
• Chickens can finally fall off Vertigo
  

[ SOUND ]

• Added the new CS2 default music kit
  
• Added new audio customization settings
  
• Various mix tweaks and adjustments
  
• Various bug fixes related to music kits
  
• Updated the game startup sound
  
• Added background ambience to main menu scenes
  
• Restored the clutch_mode_toggle function
  
• Fixed a bug where sometimes c4 defuse and planting sounds could not be heard in certain locations
  
• Fixed some surfaces being incorrectly tagged causing incorrect footstep sounds in certain locations
  
• Fixed a bug where attackers could not hear headshot feedback through wallbangs or smokes
  
• Body damage feedback for attackers will now play within the same distance as it does for onlookers through smokes and wallbangs
  
• Fixed a bug where scoping in affected directional sound
  
• First person damage sounds are now more impactful
  
• Removed several legacy audio convars that existed in CS:GO but never had an effect in CS2
  

[ ANIMATION ]

• Adjusted character additive lean animation
  
• Adjusted jump animation, particularly when repeatedly jumping
  
• Adjusted jiggle-peeking animation
  
• Adjusted animated character head position relative to camera position
  
• Added bullet belt to negev
  
• Reduced foot sliding when carrying slower weapons
  
• Fixed character momentarily standing during crouch-planting animation
  
• Fixed incorrect viewmodel deploy speeds
  
• Fixed pops in some weapon inspect animations
  
• Inspecting weapons may now interrupt deploy animation
  

[ MATCHMAKING ]

• When one or more party members get convicted of cheating and permanently banned, all their associates will be penalized with loss of Profile Rank and CS Rating
  
• In Premier, players with a very high established CS Rating are not allowed to party with accounts that do not have an established CS Rating
  

[ MAPS ]

• Various bug fixes and tweaks for all shipped maps
  
• Adjusted vertical audio occlusion boundaries in Nuke and Vertigo
  
• Added an extra bell in Inferno
  
• Casual and Deathmatch maps are now separated into multiple map groups
  

[ MISC ]

• CS:GO Players who started playing more than a week ago will receive a commemorative CS:GO coin and CS:GO Music Kit
  
• Added Store tab to main menu
  
• Enabled all interactions with inventory items
  
• Replaced weekly drops with a weekly Care Package. Choose from weapon cases, weapon finishes, and graffiti
  
• Added demo playback support
  
• Added the ability to favorite and shuffle loadout items
  
• Added new item icons
  
• Office and Vertigo are available as main menu scenery
  
• Various updates for weapon finishes, including fixing overly strong wear on several Custom Paint Job finishes
  
• Reworked Phoenix Street Soldier balaclava texture to resolve visibility issues
  
• Enabled animated eyes on agent character models
  

[ WORKSHOP TOOLS ]

• Game clients running in workshop tools mode are not allowed to connect to VAC secure game servers
  
• Added an all-new help system featuring contextually relevant guides and information. Guides include gray scale value ranges for alpha channel masking, paint-by-number mask color assignments based on current finish type, and much more!
  
• Removed dynamic props from solid color inspect backgrounds
  

[ MAPS ]
Office

• Adjusted the weight of the vending machine
  
• Various fixes
  

Ancient

• Various clipping adjustments
  

[ SOUND ]

• Tuned the vertical audio occlusion of grenade sounds in Nuke and Vertigo
  
• Adjusted ambient sounds in Office
  
• Adjusted silenced weapon falloff
  

[MISC]

• Fixed a case where an AK47 headshot would not deal lethal damage
  
• Adjusted nametag location for Shadow Daggers
  

[ MAPS ]

• Anubis
  
  
  
  • Various clipping adjustments
    

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Rebalanced lag compensation to favor lower-latency players
  
• Fixed a bug where dropped grenades were invisible
  
• Fixed a bug where dropped bombs and weapons would appear in the wrong location
  

[ MISC ]

• Various bug fixes and tweaks to weapon finishes
  

[ MAPS ]

• Various bug fixes and tweaks for all shipped maps
  

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Various fixes for molotov/incendiary grenades
  
• Various fixes for smoke grenades
  
• Fixed damage indicators for fire damage
  
• Adjusted first-person sniper contrails to reflect shot accuracy
  
• Various adjustments to lag compensation
  
• Replaced player elevation indicators on the radar with look directions
  

[ PREMIER MATCHMAKING ]

• Various bug fixes and tweaks to UI elements
  

[ SOUND ]

• Audio mix changes and tweaks
  
• Lowered occlusion and distance effects for gunfire, footsteps and reloads
  
• Slight increase to stereo spread
  
• Fixed a bug where incorrect footstep and jump land sounds would play on elevated edges
  
• Fixed a bug where music would stop playing at the end of deathmatch
  

[ MISC ]

• Changed armor number in buy menu from amount you currently have to amount you can buy
  
• Various fixes for weapon finishes, gloves, and stickers
  
• Water rendering performance improvements
  
• Added nametag positions for all knife models
  
• Allow adjusting individual player voice volumes
  
• Various HUD bug fixes and tweaks
  
• Added option to disallow animated avatars
  
• Removed several legacy networking convars that existed in CS:GO but never had an effect in CS2
  

[ MAPS ]
Mirage

• Fixed a pixel boost on pillars in B bomb site
  

Nuke

• Fixed C4 falling out of the world in B bomb site
  
• Updated props

Italy

• Fixes to prevent players boosting out of playable space
  

[ MISC ]

• Added a C4 loadout slot for users who have C4 items with a name tag applied
  
• Audio mix tweaks and adjustments
  
• Fixed a case where roasted chickens fell through the floor
  
• hud_scaling is no longer imported from CS:GO. Note that players' hud_scaling will be reset to the default (1.0)
  

[ MAPS ]

• Ancient
  
  
  
  • Various bug fixes and tweaks
    

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Various bug fixes to molotov/incendiary explosions
  
• Fixed ladders blocking bullet penetration
  

[ MISC ]

• Fixed missing USP-S description in the buy menu
  
• Adjusted low health indication
  
• Various animation bug fixes and tweaks
  
• Various performance improvements
  

[ MAPS ]

• Overpass
  
  
  
  • Various bug fixes and tweaks
    

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Added current armor value to the buy menu
  
• Fixed issues with ducking across round transitions
  
• Fixed a case where smoke grenades wouldn't pop
  
• Fixed a case where molotov/incendiary fire area was small in corners
  
• Fixed a case where molotov/incendiary grenades would explode at the throwers feet
  
• Fixed a case where the dropped bomb icon would appear on the radar incorrectly
  
• Continued iterating on dropped weapon pickup
  

[ PREMIER MATCHMAKING ]

• Shortened "Waiting For Players" from 5 minutes to 2 minutes
  
• Fixed voting to surrender and voting for tactical timeouts
  
• Teams can use 3 tactical timeouts during regulation time and 1 during overtime
  
• Various bug fixes and tweaks to UI elements
  

[ SOUND ]

• Fixed a case where hit feedback sounds wouldn't play for spectators
  

[ MISC ]

• Allow changing equipped graffiti mid-match
  
• Improved free roaming and chase camera behavior in CSTV
  
• Fixed a case where the money display was cropped in certain languages
  
• Fixed a case where "Block names and avatars of strangers" would replace names with the wrong color words
  
• Fixed a case where the award message for planting the bomb wouldn't show
  
• Fixed issues with alt-tab window switching in fullscreen mode
  
• Added cvars mp_team_timeout_ot_add_once, mp_team_timeout_ot_add_each, mp_team_timeout_ot_max to control timeouts in overtime
  

[ MAPS ]

• Ancient
  
  
  
  • Fixed CT spawn area shape in minimap
    
  
  
• Overpass
  
  
  
  • Adjusted spawn locations to reduce the likelihood of players spawning stuck together
    
  
  
• Inferno
  
  
  
  • Various bug fixes and tweaks
    

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Re-enabled Casual matchmaking
  
• Fixed a bug where dropped weapons were behaving like held weapons
  
• Adjusted interpolation parameters
  
• Fixed missing bullet tracers on hits
  
• Made it easier to pick up dropped weapons
  

[ SOUND ]

• Fixed a case where music wouldn't play at the end of deathmatch
  

[ MISC ]

• Various bug fixes and tweaks to Premier UI elements
  
• Adjusted freeze time post-processing effects
  
• Fixed missing player models for the first few seconds after team introductions
  
• Windows community servers can now appear in Steam Server Browser
  

[ MAPS ]

• Inferno
  
  
  
  • Various bug fixes and tweaks
    

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Players who survive the last round before overtime no longer carry their items into overtime
  
• Disabled Casual matchmaking temporarily to avoid a bug where servers get stuck in the end-of-match state
  

[ SOUND ]

• Fixes for missing music in Casual mode
  

[ MISC ]

• Various bug fixes and tweaks to Premier UI elements
  
• Various bug fixes and tweaks to weapon finishes
  
• Fixed a crash that occurs when changing audio devices
  
• Fixed an issue where players who abandon during Premier map voting receive multiple cooldowns
  

[ PREMIER ]

• Added Premier mode
  
• Added a visible CS Rating and CS2 Leaderboards. For more information visit the CS2 Leaderboard FAQ
  
• Added CSTV for spectating Premier matches
  

[ SOUND ]

• Fixed a case where grenade throw sounds would play twice
  
• Added music preview button to music volume sliders
  
• Various adjustments to sound effects
  

[ WORKSHOP TOOLS ]

• Added Paint Kit enhancements to CS2 Item Editor. Paint Kit finishes can now support:
  
  
  
  • Enabling custom normal maps and AO for all styles
    
  • Optional pearlescent mask
    
  • Optional standard PBR roughness texture
    
  • Custom Paint-By-Numbers masks (enabling Paint-By-Number masks for Spray-Paint style)
    

[ MAPS ]

• Added Inferno to all available game modes
  
• Various bug fixes and tweaks for all shipped maps
  

[ MISC ]

• Fixed a bug with hostage rescue prediction
  
• Enabled first-person shadow for carried hostages
  
• Fixed water effects showing in the wrong place when a bullet hit the water after penetration
  
• Various fixes for weapon finishes
  
• Replaced "Secondary Fire Hold" setting with "Zoom Button Hold"
  
• Fixed "Disable all voice comms" button in scoreboard
  
• "Temporarily Disable Incoming Chat" now mutes voice chat
  
• Various CS:GO settings will be imported when launching the CS2 Limited Test
  
• Fixed a case of inconsistent crouching with Duck Mode: Toggle enabled
  
• Updated the invulnerability visual effect
  
• Adjusted 'sv_infinite_ammo 2' grenade behavior to match CS:GO
  
• Desert Eagle third-person muzzle flash smoke now dissipates faster
  
• Continued iterating on smoke shape
  
• Adjusted Competitive mode match length to 12-round halves
  

[ CS:GO ]

• Recent ranked matches in "Your Matches" menu will now show Competitive, Wingman, and Premier matches
  

[ GAME AUTHENTICATION CODES ]

• Access to match history granted to third-party websites will now cover Competitive, Wingman, and Premier matches
  
• GetNextMatchSharingCode API used by third-party websites must now supply a match sharing code that is no more than 1 month old to obtain the next match sharing code.
  

Today we’re updating the CS2 Limited Test with a new map (Inferno!) and the all new CS Rating.

Your CS Rating is a visible measurement of your Counter-Strike performance, and it will determine where you stand on global and regional leaderboards. To get your CS Rating, play matches in the updated Premier mode (our Active Duty Pick-Ban competitive mode) either on your own or with your friends.

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Additionally, today we’re starting the process of inviting as many eligible players as possible to the Limited Test. To be eligible for a CS2 Limited Test invite players must have CS:GO Prime status, an active official competitive matchmaking Skill Group, and play majority of their official matchmaking games in one of the regions where the Limited Test is available.

Saving Time

Over the past decade, we’ve shipped updates to the economy and weapon balance to trim the fat and reduce the number of uncontested rounds in a match of CS.

Because of these changes, exciting competitive matches can be resolved with fewer rounds. And shorter matches mean players can play more, and more often. So with CS2, we’re moving to a maximum of 24 rounds in regulation time (with a 6 round overtime in case of a tie) for Premier, Competitive, and the Majors.

We expect the structure and flow of matches to evolve over time as the community adapts. And we’re excited to see where they go next.

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Fixed bullet penetration through players
  

[ SOUND ]

• Audio mix tweaks and adjustments
  

[ MAPS ]

• All maps previously shipped in the Limited Test are available in casual and deathmatch matchmaking
  
• All maps and game modes previously shipped in the Limited Test are available for offline play
  

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Dropped bombs no longer sink in water
  
• Reworked the bullet penetration system
  
• Enabled bot takeover where applicable
  

[ MAPS ]

• Italy
  
  
  
  • Various bug fixes and tweaks
    

[ MISC ]

• Added more hostage variants
  

[ 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
  

[ 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
  

[ 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 is at its best when teams compete on a level playing field and when ability is the only limit to their success.

Over the past few years, we’ve seen professional Counter-Strike drift away from that ideal. The ecosystem has become gradually less open, with access to the highest levels of competition increasingly gated by business relationships.

We think that Counter-Strike should be an open sport. So we’re going to add new requirements to running large-scale competitive events. The finer details are still in progress, but here are the broad strokes:

• Tournament organizers will no longer have unique business relationships or other conflicts of interest with teams that participate in their events.
  
  
• Invitations to all tournaments will use our ranking system (detailed here), or otherwise be determined by open qualifiers.
  
  
• Any compensation for participating teams—prize pool or otherwise—will be made public and will be driven by objective criteria that can be inspected by the community.
  

Since tournament organizers have existing long term commitments, these requirements will take effect as of 2025. There will be some rough edges to the transition, but we’re committed to the long-term health of Counter-Strike as a sport and are looking forward to its bright and open future.

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Disabled Wingman
  

[ MAPS ]

• Added Anubis to Deathmatch, Casual, and Competitive game modes
  
• Added Ancient to Deathmatch and Casual game modes
  
• Removed Overpass and Vertigo
  

[ MISC ]

• Taught chickens how to swim
  
• Weapons splash when dropped in water
  
• Adjusted grenade/water interaction sounds
  

[ ANIMATION ]

• Improved head animation when crouching while running
  
• Improved foot animation when quickly alternating between standing still and moving
  

[ MAPS ]

• Overpass
  
  
  
  • Adjustments to jumpable locations
    
  • Collision adjustments
    
  • Various bug fixes and tweaks
    

[ MOVEMENT ]

• Fixed some instances of pixelwalks across all maps
  

[ MISC ]

• Slight adjustments to some Holo stickers
  
• Fixed a case where some match stats would be reported incorrectly at the end of the game
  

[ MAPS ]

• Overpass
  
  
  
  • Updated some signage
    
  • Adjustments to jumpable locations
    
  • Adjustments for improved player movement
    
  • Adjustments to wall-bangable locations
    
  • Various bug fixes
    

[MAPS]

• Various fixes to Vertigo and Overpass
  

[ MISC ]

• Fixed a case where parties of two or more were unable to enter matchmaking
  
• Adjusted door interactions with dropped weapons and ragdolls
  
• Fixed a case where door interactions with players affected hit registration
  
• Fixed a case where four grenade icons would scale incorrectly in the team hud
  

[ ANIMATION ]

• M249 now has bullet belt animation
  

[ MAPS ]

• Vertigo
  
  
  
  • Various adjustments to lighting
    
  • Added sounds to potty doors
    
  • Fixed vacancy signs on potties
    
• Overpass
  
  
  
  • Various fixes
    
  
  

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Added Wingman game mode
  

[ MAPS ]

• Added Overpass to Deathmatch, Casual, Wingman, and Competitive game modes
  
• Added Vertigo to Deathmatch and Casual game modes
  
• Removed Nuke and Office
  

[ WORKSHOP TOOLS ]

• Enabled undo/redo buttons
  
• Various bug fixes
  

[ MISC ]

• Added the "Secondary Fire Hold" option to the input settings menu
  
• The halftime countdown timer is now visible
  
• Fixed a case where the camera would not interpolate correctly when switching between chase and roaming spectator modes.
  
• Fixed a case where the viewmodel weapon would disappear for one frame when switching in-eye spectator targets.
  
• Added leading zeroes on StatTrak module
  
• Glove patterns and wear now more closely align with CS:GO versions
  
• Various improvements to foil stickers
  
• Various adjustments to the size of stickers applied to weapons
  

[ AUDIO ]

• Fixed a bug that caused small pops and stutters due to some sounds ending early and not fully fading out
  

[ MOVEMENT ]

• Bunnyhopping once again has a speedlimit. If you want to disable it, set sv_enablebunnyhopping 1
  
• Fixed a rare issue that would cause camera height to be incorrect after respawn
  

[ MAPS ]

Nuke



• Fixed flickering shadows at vending
  

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Added Casual game mode.
  

[ SHOOTING ]

• Fixed rare cases where bullets would not follow spray pattern.
  

[ MAPS ]

• Added Nuke to Deathmatch, Casual, and Competitive game modes.
  
• Added Office to Deathmatch and Casual game modes.
  
• Removed Mirage.
  

[ AUDIO ]

• Added distance effects to all positional sound sources.
  
• Improvements to 3d sound processing.
  
• General mix tweaks and improvements.
  
• Fixed bug where sometimes sounds would not respect the occlusion values of surrounding geometry resulting in sources appearing closer than what they were.
  
• Fixed missing low frequencies at certain distances away from sound sources such as grenades and weapon fire.
  
• Fixed a bug where some sounds would be slightly louder or quieter depending on the listeners orientation.
  
• Added music cues to Match Accept and Loading screens.
  
• Added unique audio occlusion layer to help with vertical sound positioning in Nuke.
  

[ ANIMATION ]

• Grenades can now be inspected.
  
• Improved healthshot animations
  
• Improved inspect behavior for various weapons
  

[ MOVEMENT ]

• Fixed cases of unintended slow crouch/uncrouch.
  
• Bunny hopping feel should now closely match CS:GO running at 128 tick.
  
• Added convar sv_jump_spam_penalty_time to allow fine tuning of bunny hop feel.
  
• The readout for cl_showpos has been enhanced to show the maximum speed of the last 3 seconds; this number is in parenthesis on the 'vel' line
  
• Players can no longer jump at the end of warmup time
  

[ NETWORKING ]

• Sending game delta frames is now asynchronous, reducing dedicated server main thread CPU usage, thus reducing probability of dropped ticks.
  

[ MISC ]

• Fixed a case where a holstered weapon would be rendered on a dead player
  
• Added a team-agnostic equip icon for inventory/loadout item tiles
  
• When possible, switching to spectator mode will default to in-eye spectating
  
• Adjusted the transition between spectator chase cam and roaming cam
  
• Centered game mode text in the loading screen
  
• Removed "Best out of X rounds" from the loading screen