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Counter-Strike 2 Update
DEAD HAND COLLECTION The Dead Hand Collection is now available, featuring 17 finishes from community contributors, and including 22 all-new gloves as rare special items. Access items in the Dead Hand Collection via the…
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The Dead Hand
Today we're introducing the Dead Hand Collection, featuring 17 finishes from community contributors and 22 all-new gloves as rare special items. [carousel] [/carousel] Mutually Assured Distraction The Dead Hand collecti…
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Counter-Strike 2 Update
MISC Starting today, items listed for sale on Steam Community Market will remain in your inventory for use while they are listed (e.g., your weapon can be equipped in your loadout while it is listed). While listed, item…
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Counter-Strike 2 Update
MAP SCRIPTING Added Instance.SetSaveData Added Instance.GetSaveData Workshop maps can write up to 1MB of save data. Workshop saves leverage Steam Cloud and persist across installs. Save data size limit can be configured…
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Counter-Strike 2 Update
MISC Mitigated a performance issue that primarily affected Windows 10 users with recent Intel CPUs. Fixed a case where the Delete Item inventory option wasn't working. Fixed a case of visual corruption using iron sights…
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Counter-Strike 2 Update
MISC Localization code and text changes.
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Counter-Strike 2 Update
MISC Fixed a case where switching firstperson spectator targets would cause viewmodel animations to reset. Fixed a case where physics calculations far from the origin were causing performance issues. MAPS Anubis Adjuste…
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Counter-Strike 2 Update
GAMEPLAY Damage from HE grenades that explode mid-air near the ground will no longer be calculated as if they exploded on the ground. SOUND Various knife sound adjustments. MISC Performance optimizations for exploding c…
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Counter-Strike 2 Update
GAMEPLAY Molotov/incendiary grenades that bounce off an enemy player have a one-time fuse extension added to prevent them from air-bursting when their has-never-hit-the-world timer elapses. SOUND Fixed a performance iss…
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Counter-Strike 2 Update
GAMEPLAY Landing vertical velocity now affects landing speed penalties similar to sv_legacy_jump stamina. MISC Fixed an issue that led to a small number of users to erroneously receive a VAC ban. Those bans have been re…
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The Fourth Season
Premier Season Four is here, and it brings a host of community content, in-game items, gameplay tweaks, and bug fixes along with it! Anubis is back after a short vacation, and has several gameplay adjustments to show fo…
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Counter-Strike 2 Update
PREMIER Premier Season Four has begun Added Anubis to the Active Duty Map Pool Removed Train from the Active Duty Map Pool COMPETITIVE Adjusted underlying per-map competitive matchmaking rank values. Existing per-map co…
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2026 Service Medal
Starting January 1, 2026, the newest Service Medal will be available in-game. Reach Global General (Rank 40) to reset your Profile Rank and earn (or upgrade) your 2026 Service Medal. Good luck and have fun!
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The Year of the Bees
The StarLadder Budapest Major capped off an incredible 2025 for Team Vitality, who won their second consecutive Major Championship and the organization's third overall. Coming into the Grand Finals against FaZe Clan, Te…
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Counter-Strike 2 Update
MAJOR Champions Autographs Capsule is now available for purchase, congratulations to Team Vitality! Highlight Souvenir Packages can now be acquired for the Playoff matches.
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Best of Five in Budapest
Only two teams remain in the StarLadder Budapest Major! Team Vitality has yet to drop a map in the Playoffs, defeating The MongolZ in the Quarterfinals and Team Spirit in the Semifinals 2-0. On the other side of the bra…
