Cluj-Napoca: Group Stage Elimination
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CS2 Updates & Patch Notes
Every Counter-Strike 2 update Valve has published, in full. Release notes, map changes, Armory and case drops, Major announcements — each one dated, categorised, and linked back to the original post.
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Cluj-Napoca: The Group Stage
The group stage at Cluj-Napoca takes place over the next three days, with each day’s broadcast starting at 10:20 GMT+2. Don’t forget to update your Fantasy roster before the beginning of…
Cluj-Napoca: Linking with Twitch
DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca begins in just a few days!
Cluj-Napoca 2015 Tournament Stickers
Ready to support your favorite teams and players at DreamHack Cluj-Napoca 2015?
Fnatic Win!
Congratulations to Fnatic, who are now three-time CS:GO Majors Champions!
Cologne 2015: Linking with Twitch
We’re just days away from the start of ESL One Cologne 2015. Throughout the event, all viewers will have a chance to receive souvenir packages to commemorate the event.
North American Qualifier
The Asian and European qualifiers have come and gone, and we’ve found six of our eight Challengers for ESL One Cologne 2015. Congratulations to Titan, Team eBettle, Kinguin, and Flipsid3…
European Qualifier | CEVO/MLG Finals
Last weekend’s Asian Offline Qualifier produced our first two Challengers for ESL One Cologne. Congratulations to Renegades, and Team Immunity!
Katowice 2015 Pick’Em Challenge
Now that the groups have been set, it’s time to make some tough decisions. Who will make it to the Playoffs? Who will win it all? You can start making your predictions right now with the…
Smoke screen
Charging through a smoke? You’ll notice some changes in today’s update, along with several tournament spectating adjustments ahead of ESL One Katowice!
DreamHack 2014: Winners
Congratulations to Team LDLC on winning the The 2014 DreamHack CS:GO Championship! They take home $100,000 of the $250,000 community funded prize pool. Team LDLC won the best of three…
DreamHack 2014: The Final Day
Months of preparation come down to this final day. We’re down to our last teams, but only one can emerge the champion of The 2014 DreamHack CS:GO Championship!
DreamHack 2014 CS:GO Championship
Sixteen teams have completed the long journey to DreamHack Winter 2014, where they’ll battle for a share of a $250,000 prize pool. Get ready for the first day of action, showcasing all…
Happy Birthday, CS:GO!
CS:GO is another year older! This year the CS:GO community has been incredibly busy, producing everything from custom maps to weapon designs, and generating the largest tournament prize…
The Cologne 2014 Pick’Em Challenge!
Ready to support your favorite teams in the ESL One Cologne 2014 CS:GO Championship? You can start today – ESL One Cologne 2014 Legends and Challengers sticker capsules are available for a…
The Road to Cologne: Qualifier News
Some more big news as we march toward the $250,000 ESL One Cologne 2014 CS:GO Championship.
EMS One 2014: Winners
Congratulations to Virtus.pro who won the 2014 EMS ONE KATOWICE CS:GO CHAMPIONSHIP and take home $100,000 of the $250,000 community funded prize pool. Over 10,000 fans in Spodek Arena…
EMS One Katowice 2014: Semi-Finals
We are down to the final days at EMS One Katowice 2014 which features a $250,000 community funded prize pool.
EMS One Katowice 2014
Returning legends and new challengers will face off against each other to claim the $250,000 community funded prize pool at EMS One Katowice 2014. The action will get under way today at…
Katowice: Linking with Twitch
We’re just moments away from one of the largest CS:GO tournaments in history: the 2014 EMS One Katowice CS:GO Championship!
CS2 update questions
How often does Counter-Strike 2 get an update?
Valve ships small updates most weeks — usually community map refreshes, gameplay fixes and map-scripting additions — with a larger release every few months that brings a new Premier season, Armory collections or an operation. Every one of them is listed here, newest first.
Where do these patch notes come from?
Straight from Valve. This archive reads Counter-Strike's official Steam announcement feed, so each entry is the release note Valve published, with a link to the original post. Nothing is rewritten or summarised away.
How quickly do new updates appear here?
Within about 15 minutes of Valve posting. The feed is re-read on a short interval, so a build that ships in the evening shows up here the same evening.
Do CS2 updates move skin prices?
Frequently. Case and collection changes, Armory rotations, operation launches and Major shop releases all change what is available and what people are buying. When an update touches items, open the skin or case page to see what actually happened to the price around that date.
What do the section names on each update mean?
They are Valve's own headings. "Gameplay" covers mechanics and weapon behaviour, "Maps" lists per-map fixes and Workshop refreshes, "Map scripting" is the scripting API for custom maps, "Armory" and "Misc" cover items and everything else. Each update card lists the sections that build touched.