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Release Notes for 3/19/2024
[ COPENHAGEN 2024 MAJOR ] Elimination Stage Pick'Em Challenge is now active with 13 qualified teams (three more teams will qualify tomorrow). Elimination Stage picks can be updated and saved all the way until the first…
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Release Notes for 3/13/2024
[COPENHAGEN 2024 MAJOR] The Copenhagen Major Hub is now available. Visit the hub to purchase tournament items, play the Pick'Em Challenge and more. Purchase a Copenhagen 2024 Viewer Pass to receive an upgradable Copenha…
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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 remain. Tune in to the PGL Copenhage…
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Release Note for 3/8/2024
Fixed a threading bug that could lead to a frame rate hitch, especially if all CPUs were busy.
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Release Notes for 2/28/2024
[ MISC ] Spawn position is no longer randomly determined when a player reconnects to a server during freeze time. The spawn point sequence is now configured at the beginning of the map and is saved/restored from round b…
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Release Notes for 2/16/2024
[ MISC ] 50% throw-strength grenades are now guaranteed if both attack buttons are held long enough then released within a short time from each other Fixed in-game bot avatar images not reloading correctly after pause m…
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Release Notes for 2/15/2024
[ ANIMATION ] Fix for animations when climbing ladders Fix for menu agents wielding tasers Fix for Kukri knife hold animation during team intro sequence [ SPECTATING ] spec_lock_to_accountid and spec_lock_to_current_pla…
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Release Notes for 2/12/2024
[ MISC ] Reconnecting to the game server will no longer get a player into a bad state. Improved VOIP performance when running the game at very high framerates. Fixed timings for some events in demo files representing st…
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Release Notes for 2/8/2024 Night
[ MISC ] Fixed a bug where some inputs were acting as if they were released prematurely
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Release Notes for 2/8/2024
[ ARMS RACE ] Fixed a bug where an extra kill with a shotgun before the knife level counted as the winning knife kill [ SMOKE ] Adjusted visibility of player silhouettes in smoke Fixed a bug where enemies were visible o…
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Release Notes for 2/7/2024
[ STICKERS ] Fixed a bug where AMD graphics users couldn't move stickers Stickers with custom offsets will now render properly when inspecting other items in-game from Steam Community Market and Steam Inventory [ SMOKE…
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Release Notes for 2/6/2024
[ ARMS RACE ] Added Arms Race to available game modes Added maps "Baggage" and "Shoots" [ WEAPON FINISHES ] Introducing the Kilowatt Case, featuring 17 community-designed weapon finishes, and the Kukri Knife with origin…
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A Call to Arms
Steam post image 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 knife (or no…
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Release Notes for 1/18/2024
[ MAPS ] Vertigo: Fixed a gap in geometry
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Release Notes for 1/4/2024
[ UI ] Fixed cases where there was a visible delay loading map images in the Play menu Fixed a bug where items that can't be equipped were visible in the Loadout menu Fixed a bug where loadout items couldn't be unequipp…
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Release Note for 12/21/2023
[ MISC ] Fixed a case where players could refund a grenade for a brief period after it was thrown
