StarLadder Berlin Major Champions
Congratulations to Astralis, who won a record-breaking third straight Major Championship and their fourth overall.
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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Watch the Berlin Major Championship
The final eight teams are ready for the Champions stage of the StarLadder Berlin Major at the Mercedes-Benz Arena!
Berlin 2019 – Champions Stage
The final eight are ready for the Champions stage of the StarLadder Berlin Major at the Mercedes-Benz Arena!
Berlin 2019 – Legends Stage
Congratulations to mousesports, North, G2 Esports, NRG, CR4ZY, Vitality, Avangar, and DreamEaters, who all advanced from the Challengers Stage. They’ll face off against the Legends this…
The StarLadder Berlin 2019 Major Begins
Tune in August 23rd at 12:00 PM CEST for the opening matches of the StarLadder Berlin Major’s Challenger Stage.
Attending the Berlin Major
Tickets for the Starladder Berlin Major are now on sale! The final eight teams will compete at the Mercedes-Benz Arena from September 5th – September 8th to become Major Champions.
ASTRALIS – IEM Katowice 2019 Major Champions
Congratulations to Astralis, Champions of IEM’s 2019 CS:GO Major in Katowice!
IEM Champions Stage
After two stages, 8 teams remain in pursuit of a Major Championship in Katowice.
The Second CS:GO Major of 2019
While the Katowice Major marches on, today we’re announcing the second CS:GO Major of 2019 will be hosted by Starladder and take place in Berlin, Germany.
The IEM Katowice 2019 Major Begins
Tune in February 13th at 1:00 PM CET (4:00 AM Pacific Time) for the opening matches of the IEM Katowice Major Challenger Stage.
IEM Katowice 2019 Minor Championships
The final chance for teams to qualify for the IEM Katowice 2019 Major begins on January 16th when the CIS and EU Minors begin. The top two teams from the European, CIS, Americas, and Asian…
FACEIT 2018 – MAJOR CHAMPIONS
Congratulations to Astralis, winners of the FACEIT London 2018 CS:GO Major Championship!
FACEIT 2018 – Grand Finals
Congratulations to NaVi and Astralis who will face off in Sunday’s FACEIT Major Grand Final!
FACEIT 2018 – Champions Stage
On September 5th, 24 teams began their pursuit of a CS:GO Major Championship. The Challengers Stage reduced the field from 24 to 16 and the Legends Stage determined the eight teams that…
FACEIT 2018 – Enter the Legends
Watch this week as these 16 teams battle for a spot in the Champions Stage!
FACEIT 2018 – Ways to Watch
The Major is about to begin and there are more ways to watch than ever! For a chance to receive collectible Souvenir Packages, view matches in-game through GOTV, on Steam.tv, or on Twitch…
Winning is Everything
In just over a week the next CS:GO Major Championship will get under way! At the opening Challengers Stage (September 5-9), we’ll watch the top two teams from each region (Americas, Asia…
2019 IEM Katowice Major
The FACEIT London Minors are underway, but it’s never too early to prepare for the future. Today we’re announcing that the first CS:GO Major Championship of 2019 will take place in Katowice!
Minors and the Road to London
CS:GO teams aspire to claim the title of Major Champion, but before hoisting the trophy they must qualify.
Smoke Mid Every Day
Today we’re updating the Active Duty map pool; Cobblestone is out and CS:GO’s most iconic map, Dust II, is back in!
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.