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Counter-Strike 2 is finally available on Steam, after spending months in limited testing. Billed as the ‘largest technical leap' in the perennial shooter's history, CS2 replaces the original CS:GO and is ready for download on the platform. Running on the Source 2 Engine, which powered the acclaimed Half-Life: Alyx, the successor now gets a graphical facelift with redesigns to certain maps, alongside some technical upgrades that strengthen the overall gunplay. Interestingly, while Valve never openly announced a release…

Maximizing your performance in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is a great way to improve how competitive you are. Frames win games, as Nvidia loves to say, and though it’s not quite that linear, you can certainly reduce your input lag by improving the game’s frame rate. That might give you that split-second reaction time advantage that you need to pull off the win. But which settings should you tweak, and what kind of performance hit do the prettiest of settings give you? That’s what we’re looking at here, in our…

On Saturday, May 6, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive broke its all-time concurrent player peak record on PC, 11 years after its release on Steam.The free-to-play FPS reached a whopping 1.8 million concurrent users according to SteamDB, surpassing its previous record of 1.5 million concurrents (which it recently set in March 2023). CS: GO now has the second-highest all-time concurrent player peak (according to SteamDB), trailing only PUBG: Battlegrounds, which surpassed a staggering 3.25 million concurrent…

Counter-Strike 2 news gets the squad pumped Valve’s tactical shooter Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has smashed its own concurrent player record for the third time in just two months — This past weekend saw CS:GO pull in over 1.5 million players on Steam, beating a record set just a fortnight ago by almost 50,000 players. According to the figures on Steamdb, 1,519,457 squaddies leapt into action on March 25, beating the peak player count of 1,470,183 recorded on Saturday, March 11, and further surpassing the previous…

Valve has confirmed that although Counter-Strike 2 will overhaul almost everything from Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO), players’ cosmetics will carry over. Yesterday (March 23), Valve revealed that Counter-Strike 2 will be a free upgrade for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players. While Valve described the update as “the largest technical leap forward in Counter-Strike‘s history,” it won’t be leaving everything behind in CS:GO. As detailed in this blog, Valve confirmed that players will be able to bring their…

Recently-announced shooter Counter-Strike 2 will bring a fresh look for a number of the series’ most iconic maps, including the likes of Nuke and Dust 2. Announced yesterday (March 22), Counter-Strike 2 is a free upgrade for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive that makes a number of significant changes to the series. Ahead of its summer launch, Valve has revealed that while some Counter-Strike maps have been entirely rebuilt in its Source 2 engine, others have been given smaller upgrades or visual makeovers. Valve revealed…

Counter-Strike 2 is officially a thing, and it is slated for release this summer (American). Running on the Source 2 engine, which also served as a foundation for the acclaimed Half-Life: Alyx, the game will be available as a free upgrade to the existing CS:GO. Limited testing for CS2 is now live and will present itself to select players as a special notification on CS:GO's main menu. Serving as the “largest technical leap forward in Counter-Strike's history,” the game includes several visual and technical upgrades, with…

Valve has officially announced Counter-Strike 2 and detailed many of the new systems that will be a part of this free Source 2 upgrade to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Those eager to play will either have to get a Limited Test invite from Valve or wait until it launches this summer.  Following several leaks throughout March, Valve announced Counter-Strike 2 today and released three videos highlighting some of the new features that build upon the gameplay that still looks very much like…

The rumors were true: Valve has just taken the wraps off of Counter-Strike 2, announcing a limited beta that is available to select members of the game’s community. The studio says the sequel will overhaul every system, piece of content and part of the Counter-Strike experience. As expected, Valve is moving the game to the latest version of its in-house Source 2 engine, leading to a noticeable leap in graphical fidelity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExZtISgOxEQ The game will feature sharper textures, more life-like…

After a few weeks of leaks and rumors, Valve has finally announced that Counter-Strike 2 will be launching this summer as a free update to CS:GO. Valve is describing Counter-Strike 2 as an  “overhaul to every system, every piece of content, and every part of the C-S experience” and “the largest technical leap forward in Counter-Strike’s history,” promising years of support for the game. If getting announcing an update to one of the most classic first-person shooters of all time wasn’t enough, Valve also…