Counter-Strike 2 is Now Available - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 October 2023 / 3,174 Views
Valve has officially released Counter-Strike 2 for PC via Steam. It is available as a free upgrade to CS:GO.
Read details on the game below:
For over two decades, Counter-Strike has offered an elite competitive experience, one shaped by millions of players from across the globe. And now the next chapter in the CS story is about to begin. This is Counter-Strike 2.
A free upgrade to CS:GO, Counter-Strike 2 marks the largest technical leap in Counter-Strike’s history. Built on the Source 2 engine, Counter-Strike 2 is modernized with realistic physically-based rendering, state of the art networking, and upgraded Community Workshop tools.
In addition to the classic objective-focused gameplay that Counter-Strike pioneered in 1999, Counter-Strike 2 features:
- All-new CS Ratings with the updated Premier mode
- Global and Regional leaderboards
- Upgraded and overhauled maps
- Game-changing dynamic smoke grenades
- Tick-rate-independent gameplay
- Redesigned visual effects and audio
- All items from CS:GO moving forward to CS2
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
More Articles
Pretty underwhelming consider they slapped a 2 on the title. I would have thought a counterstrike 2 would have some evolutionary or revolutionary features. Doesn’t look like a sequel. Then again I remember Borederlands 2 being a big deal and that game did nothing new outside its story.
This looks awesome. Have to redownload CS
They should have just called it Counterstrike 3. Then there could have been two camps of users:
1) See Valve can count to three!
2) See Valve still can't count to three!!
Calling it Counterstrike 2 is already a bit much. It barely looks any different than previous iterations.
Fuck me Valve knows how its done. They only release something when they have something big to add to the game. They are like the Nintendo of PC gaming.
