Counter-Strike 2 Updates

[UPDATE] 03 May 2021 Current version of the game: 1.37.8.9 (1270) [ OPERATION BROKEN FANG ] ● Operation Broken Fang has come to an end. Players who have unredeemed operation stars will have until May 15th to claim their operation rewards. ● Introducing CS:GO 360 Stats ● A subscription service for players that want to continue collecting official Competitive and Wingman stats. ● Premier Competitive remains available for all players featuring pick/ban process across the entire Active Duty Group map pool. ● Retakes remains available and has been moved into Wargames. [ SNAKEBITE CASE ] ● Introducing the Snakebite Case, featuring 17 community-designed weapon finishes, and the Broken Fang Case set of gloves as rare special items. [ MISC ] ● Chicken models have received a visual upgrade. ● Fixed community maps whose textures would appear black as a result of previous security fixes. ● The \ key can again be bound to commands. If you were using this key before, you will need to bind it again. ● Additional security and stability improvements. ● Added an option for large community maps to fade the Boost Player Contrast feature beyond the far ● Z fog plane by setting fadeplayervisibilityfarz to 'true' in info_map_parameters. [ MAPS ] ● Ancient has been added into the current competition map pool Active Duty Group and Train has been removed from Active Duty Group. ● Grind and Mocha have been added to official matchmaking in Scrimmage, Casual, and Deathmatch game modes, replacing Apollo, Engage, and Anubis. ● Calavera and Pitstop have been added to official matchmaking in Wingman game mode, replacing Elysion and Guard. ● Ancient: — New route from CT spawn to A site — Widened T entrance to left side of mid — Opened up skylight in T tunnel to A site — Extended plantable bomb zone in B site — Opened up ledge in A site — Various minor bugfixes ● Nuke: — Fixed a clipping issue on window in T lobby — Centered a lamp that was bugging me ● Frostbite: — Overhauled interior lighting — Fixed delivery drones being stuck in the bottom right corner of the map — Added drone clips to improve delivery drone navigation — Fixed rare cases of loot spawning in inaccessible areas/inside terrain — Made a window frame in Alpha non solid (thanks Musti) — Clipped wood railings in the frozen lake area — Improved the look of the ice texture when Shader Detail is set to Medium or lower — Fixed a missing face on a wooden beam in Town — Added a sound effect in server room ___ The changelog is taken automatically from the official site!

[BLOG] - The End of Broken Fang Today Operation Broken Fang comes to an end, but some of its more popular features will live on. Note that if you have unspent stars, you will have until May 15th to spend them, after which they will expire. Premier Competitive and Retakes were popular and are sticking around. Premier Competitive is still an option in the Competitive tab and Retakes has a new home among the Wargames. For those of you that want to continue collecting your official Competitive and Wingman stats (or those of you that didn't participate in Operation Broken Fang but want to try out the stats feature), you can now subscribe to CS:GO 360 Stats for $0.99 per month. It includes access to the CS:GO 360 Stats page as well as your team's Round Win Chance report in Competitive and Premier game modes. Additional information can be found in our CS:GO 360 Stats help article. Map Pool Changes As part of today's update we are making changes to the Active Duty Map Pool. Train is leaving the station, and Ancient is taking its place with a revamped A Site and minor changes to B site. We're also updating the community maps available in the game. Mocha and Grind are now available to play in Competitive Scrimmage, as well as in Defusal Group Sigma in other game modes. Additionally, Calavera and Pitstop are now available to play in Wingman. New Weapon Cassssse The Snakebite Weapon Case features 17 community-designed weapon finishes, and includes the Broken Fang set of gloves as rare special items! https://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/2021/05/33898/

[MAP] - OFFICIAL CS:GO MAP UPDATES DETECTED - Apollo http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198082857351/myworkshopfiles/

[MAP] - OFFICIAL CS:GO MAP UPDATES DETECTED - Apollo http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198082857351/myworkshopfiles/

[MAP] - OFFICIAL CS:GO MAP UPDATES DETECTED - Engage http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198082857351/myworkshopfiles/

[MAP] - OFFICIAL CS:GO MAP UPDATES DETECTED - Elysion, Guard, Nuke http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198082857351/myworkshopfiles/

[MAP] - OFFICIAL CS:GO MAP UPDATES DETECTED - Anubis, Ancient http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198082857351/myworkshopfiles/

[UPDATE] 28 April 2021 Current version of the game: 1.37.8.8 (1265) There is no official changelog yet! Message will be updated if changelog pops-up.

[UPDATE] 28 April 2021 Current version of the game: 1.37.8.8 (1264) There is no official changelog yet! Message will be updated if changelog pops-up.

[UPDATE] 28 April 2021 Current version of the game: 1.37.8.8 (1263) [ Misc ] ● Numerous security and stability improvements. ___ The changelog is taken automatically from the official site!

[BETA UPDATE] 27 April 2021 A new build (“1.37.8.8-rc1”) is now available in the CS:GO beta depot. This build is compatible with public matchmaking. For instructions on how to opt into a CS:GO beta depot build, visit the following page: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9847 ● WHXC-7326 [ Misc ] ● Numerous security and stability improvements. ___ The changelog is taken automatically from the official site!

[UPDATE] 19 April 2021 Current version of the game: 1.37.8.7 (1260) There is no official changelog yet! Message will be updated if changelog pops-up.

[UPDATE] 16 April 2021 Current version of the game: 1.37.8.7 (1259) [STORE] ● Items purchased from the in-game store will not be tradable/marketable for one week. ● Operation Cases redeemed as an operation reward will not be tradable/marketable for one week. ● Items received from market-restricted containers will continue to be sellable immediately on the Steam Community Market. [MISC] ● Fixed a rare visual bug with equipped item indicators when equipping a default item into a loadout slot. ● Various stability improvements. ___ The changelog is taken automatically from the official site!

[BLOG] - New RMR Eligibility Guidelines As we enter the 2021 RMR season, we've decided to revisit some of our event guidelines. Up until today, players were ineligible to participate in Valve-sponsored events if they had ever received a VAC-ban in CS:GO. These guidelines had not seen an update since the game was new and all CS:GO VAC bans were relatively recent. But VAC bans can now be more than 8 years old. So we've decided to update them. Moving forward, a VAC ban will only disqualify a player from an event if it was either received less than 5 years prior, or if it was received at any time after their first participation in a Valve-sponsored event (e.g., after participating in a qualifier for an RMR event). Note that VAC bans stay in place with all of their other effects; the only change is how they influence your eligibility to play in Valve-sponsored events. There are other reasons a player may not be eligible to participate in Valve-sponsored events. These remain unchanged. We hope you're as excited as we are for the upcoming 2021 RMR events. Stay tuned for more information as we head toward the Stockholm Major this Fall! https://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/2021/04/33750/

[UPDATE] 13 April 2021 Current version of the game: 1.37.8.6 (1256) There is no official changelog yet! Message will be updated if changelog pops-up.

[BLOG] - The Road to Stockholm 2021 We're gearing up for the road to Stockholm 2021, starting with the first series of RMR events! Over the next several days we'll announce events for each region, so stay tuned. If you'd like to learn more about the RMR events, visit our FAQ. And with the 2021 RMR events fast approaching, it's time to move on from last year's results. All 2020 RMR sticker capsules are now on sale ● if you've been waiting, now is a great time to take another look! https://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/2021/04/33688/

[UPDATE] 06 April 2021 Current version of the game: 1.37.8.6 (1255) There is no official changelog yet! Message will be updated if changelog pops-up.

[UPDATE] 29 March 2021 Current version of the game: 1.37.8.6 (1253) [ OPERATION BROKEN FANG ] ● For a limited time, Broken Fang Premier is available for everyone. ● Operation Broken Fang Passholders will play in Prime Account Status queue when matchmaking for Broken Fang Premier. [ MISC ] ● Fixed Steam networking sockets implementation to dynamically load “wlanapi.dll” system library and to work on Windows Server systems which don't have Wireless LAN Service enabled. ● Adjusted Zeus texture to read Zeus X-27. For the record, this counts as a Zeus skin. ___ The changelog is taken automatically from the official site!

[BLOG] - Premier for All Today we are opening up Broken Fang Premier to everyone. Broken Fang Premier, which introduces a pick/ban phase to the start of a competitive match, allows players to test their mettle across the entire Active Duty map pool. Pick and ban maps, choose your starting side, and work together to win 16 rounds. Operation Broken Fang ends April 30th, so now's the perfect time to queue for Broken Fang Premier with friends. And if you're an Operation Pass holder, you have one month to complete missions, collect stars, and redeem rewards from the Operation Shop. https://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/2021/03/33564/

[UPDATE] 24 March 2021 Current version of the game: 1.37.8.5 (1252) There is no official changelog yet! Message will be updated if changelog pops-up.