Probably one of the most anticipated game titles this year is Counter-Strike 2. Valve, the studio behind the famous competitive shooter, announced the update of the current Counter-Strike: Global Offensive in March this year, but has limited beta testing to select high-ranking players, streamers, and content creators.
Counter-Strike 2 doesn’t feel like an update, but a completely different game. While most of the mechanics we love Counter-Strike for are present, CS2 is an improvement in many ways and addresses a number of issues that the community has been complaining about for years.
Most of the improvements are thanks to Valve’s Source 2 engine. It’s been the foundation of Dota 2 for years, so Valve took its sweet time with Counter-Strike.
The new engine enables volumetric smokes with more advanced behavior based on environment changes, new graphics, updated maps, new sub-tick speed for more precise tracking of player actions, and many other gameplay improvements.
And as promised, today Valve makes the Counter-Strike 2 title available to everyone and downloadable from Steam. The game remains free to play, and in case you have a large inventory of skins, you’ll be happy to know that Valve is porting every single skin from CSGO to CS2.
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