Championship Sunday in Copenhagen
The Semifinals of the Copenhagen Major featured four titans of Counter-Strike; FaZe Clan versus Team Vitality and Natus Vincere versus G2 Esports.
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.
270Updates archived
208Release notes
2,542Individual changes
August 24, 2026Latest update
Showing 201–220 of 270 updates
Copenhagen Playoffs and Pick’Ems
The Elimination Stage of the PGL Copenhagen Major has concluded, leaving eight teams to compete for Counter-Strike 2’s first Major Championship.
PGL Copenhagen 2024: Stickers!
The opening stage of the PGL Copenhagen Major has come to a close and storylines are rapidly developing. New rosters are rising to the occasion. Seasoned teams are reaching peak form at the…
Release Notes for 3/19/2024
Copenhagen 2024 major, Misc
Release Notes for 3/13/2024
Copenhagen 2024 major, Gameplay
PGL Copenhagen 2024
In December, hundreds of teams from around the world began their long journey to the first Counter-Strike 2 Major. Fighting through open, closed, and regional qualifiers--now only 24…
Release Note for 3/8/2024
Fixed a threading bug that could lead to a frame rate hitch, especially if all CPUs were busy.
Release Notes for 2/28/2024
Misc, Maps, Workshop
Release Notes for 2/16/2024
Misc
Release Notes for 2/15/2024
Animation, Spectating, Gameplay, Logging, Misc, Maps
Release Notes for 2/12/2024
Misc
Release Notes for 2/8/2024 Night
Misc
Release Notes for 2/8/2024
Arms race, Smoke, Animation, Maps, Misc
Release Notes for 2/7/2024
Stickers, Smoke, Sound, Networking, Animation, Ui, Maps, Misc
Release Notes for 2/6/2024
Arms race, Weapon finishes, Stickers, Music kits, Zeus, Smoke, Gameplay, Sound
A Call to Arms
Arms Race has returned! Grab your guns and brace yourself for a chaotic race to the top. Get two kills with each weapon to reach the final stage, or steal your opponents’ progress with your…
Release Notes for 1/18/2024
Maps
Release Notes for 1/4/2024
Ui, Misc, Maps
Release Note for 12/21/2023
Misc
Release Notes for 12/18/23
Misc, Workshop, Maps
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.