Cologne 2016 – Finals
Two teams remain. Team Liquid have fought their way through to make it to the Finals for the first time. They will take on SK Gaming whose players are looking to repeat their win at the…
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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Series 1 – Unpinned
At recent CS:GO Major Championships, attendees had a limited opportunity to pick up collectible pins – physical pins that come with a in-game item displayable on your CS:GO profile.
Regional Minor Championship: Americas
We’re down to the final Regional Minor Championship, where eight teams from the Americas region are battling for their share of a $50,000 prize pool and their chance to qualify for the…
Regional Minor Championship: Europe
Dreamhack is hosting Europe’s Regional Minor in Tours, France this weekend. Eight European teams advanced through two online qualifiers for the chance to win their share of the $50,000…
Art Contest & Regional Minor: Asia
We are happy to announce the first CS:GO contest with the Polycount video game art community! Contestants will create new finishes for various weapons that our art team will judge. Winners…
Nuclear Option
Today, we’re reintroducing Nuke to the Active Duty map group, and moving Inferno to the reserves.
ESL One Cologne 2016
Today we’re excited to announce that the next CS:GO Major Championship will take place in July at ESL One Cologne, with playoff matches held in the LANXESS Arena.
MLG Columbus: Finals
After a week of upsets and surprises two teams remain. Watch on Twitch or on MLG’s stream as they compete for their share of the $1,000,000 prize pool and the title of CS:GO Major Champion…
Major Growth
When we announced the first CS:GO Major Championship in 2013, we hoped the Majors would be rallying points for the community, tent-pole events that could draw new audiences and amplify the…
Regional Minor Championships
The CS:GO Regional Minor Championships have reached their final act. The last two events will take place this weekend in Europe and Asia.
Regional Minor Championship: CIS
This weekend, the CS:GO Regional Minor Championships travel to the CIS Region.
Regional Minor Championship: Americas
The CS:GO Regional Minor Championships are about to begin, with our first event taking place this weekend!
CS:GO’s Winter Update
Welcome to the CS:GO Winter Update, filled with holiday cheer. There’s something for everyone, including a brand new pistol, a new weapon case, gameplay adjustments, the all-new Killer…
Damage Control
On Tuesday we shipped some major gameplay changes in CS:GO including the R8 Revolver, and players have been voicing legitimate concerns over the balance of the weapon as shipped.
CS:GO Regional Minor Championships
CS:GO attracts the most highly-skilled professional gamers across the globe, and new competitors are emerging every day.
MLG Columbus 2016
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major at MLG Columbus 2016
EnVyUs – CS:GO Major Champions
Congratulations to Team EnVyUs, who defeated Na`Vi in two games to become the newest CS:GO Major Champions at DreamHack Cluj-Napoca 2015.
Cluj-Napoca: Semi and Grand Finals
Good luck to the teams competing in Sunday’s finals. Don’t forget to update your Fantasy roster and Team Pick’Em bracket before the beginning of the first match at 12:00 GMT+2.
DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship at DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca
Milestones
ESL One Cologne 2015 shattered every record, with over 1.2 million viewers tuning in on Twitch and GOTV for the Grand Final. Congrats again to Fnatic on their third CS:GO Major 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.