EMS One Katowice final qualifier
The $250,000 crowd-funded tournament EMS One Katowice is drawing closer, but there are still six participants left to be determined.
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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DreamHack- Final Day
The Playoffs have already produced some incredible moments, and we’re fast approaching the Grand Final. Four teams remain, but only one can be crowned the winner of the biggest tournament…
Out with the old, in with the new
As of today, we’ve swapped out all of the original weapon drops – out with old and in with 90 new decorated weapons, across six new collections. All you have to do to find them is launch…
Preparing for DreamHack
Today’s updateincludes a series of features that will activate during next week’s 2013 DreamHack SteelSeries CS:GO Championship.
What’s in the box?
Today’s update includes gameplay adjustments and spectator features, along with map changes driven by pro feedback.
Linking with Twitch
Today’s update includes several changes to gameplay, along with map improvements, UI additions, and more. Click here for the full details.
ESWC 2013
Electronic Sports World Cup 2013 will take place this week at its usual setting in Paris, France with $25,000 up for the taking for the Men’s Tournament and $10,000 for the Women’s…
SLTV StarSeries VII
A $15,000 event is taking place in Kiev, Ukraine this weekend with four of some of the world’s best teams – Astana Dragons, fnatic, VeryGames and NiP.
2013 DreamHack SteelSeries CS:GO Championship
Counter-Strike Community Helps Build $250,000 DreamHack Prize Pool
Are you ready?
As we enter the final third of 2013, many top teams will be testing out their new lineups for the first time on LAN. The all new Astana Dragons, the new fnatic squad, revamped Na`Vi…
The Final Day of DreamHack’s CS:GO Tournament
Today marks the final day of DreamHack Winter’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Tournament.
CS:GO at DreamHack Winter
We’re coming to you live today from Jönköping, Sweden for DreamHack Winter 2012. This year, DreamHack has brought on Counter-Strike: Global Offensive as an official tournament and we are…
Where there’s smoke, there’s no fire
Today’s update introduces a few changes to molotovs and incendiary grenade fire. These changes were made because of consistent feedback from pro teams and the community. In addition to some…
Upcoming Pro Tips and New Content!
Now that the ESWC has wrapped up, we’re back and busy sorting through all of the footage from the CS:GO Tournament action.
Tournament Actual
Today in Paris, the ESWC 2012 finals begin. With our updated in-game spectator client – GOTV, players can easily view the games right inside of CS:GO.
CS:GO Community Event @ PAX
Are you going to PAX Prime this weekend? We’ve partnered up with Intel’s LANFest to throw a Counter Strike: Global Offensive release event with the community on Saturday 9/1 in the FreePC…
Go! Go! Go!
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive launches today.
Tournaments
Tournament season is in full swing. There’s been some great action from recent ESEA and ESL CS:GO tournaments, and there are more events coming soon. Some of these tournaments have been…
Copenhagen Games
A few weeks ago the Counter-Strike community’s eyes were on the Copenhagen Games. Not only were there some great CS1.6 and CSS tournaments, there was a new game on the pro scene –…
Intel Extreme Masters
The action starts today in Hanover Germany at CeBit for one of Counter-Strike 1.6’s biggest tournaments of the year – Intel Extreme Master’s 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.