Big update for Counter Strike 2! What has changed?

Ana sayfa / News

A new update has been released for Counter-Strike 2 (CS2). This update, which players have been eagerly awaiting, brings many important changes to the game. Here are all the innovations…

Release Notes for 5/23/2024

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Height of the ‘pillar’ of flame for both Molotov and Incendiary grenade now decreases over time
• Reduced the terrorist team award when bomb was planted but defused from $800 to $600, to decrease the impact of the first-round on subsequent rounds
• Reduced the price of the M4A4 from $3100 to $3000
• Minor adjustments to first-person camera movement
• Added explicit “switchhandsleft” and “switchhandsright” console commands
• Deathmatch bonus weapons are now the same for all players regardless of loadout

Incendiary Grenade

• Adjusted the explosion and flame visual treatment
• Reduced duration
• Reduced area covered by spreading flames
• Reduced price from $600 to $500

[ RENTALS ]

• When players open a Kilowatt case with a key, they will have the option to rent the entire Kilowatt collection (i.e., every weapon in the case, excluding the rare special item) for a week instead of receiving an item from the collection
• Equipped rented weapons will be replaced with the stock version of the weapon when the rental period expires
• Rented weapons cannot be modified (e.g., via stickers or name tags), traded, or sold on the Steam Community Market

[ HUD ]

• Fixed a bug where the MVP player name displayed incorrectly during bot takeover
• Fixed a bug where the Refund All button in the Buy Menu would only refund a single flashbang grenade
• Fixed a bug where the ESC menu scoreboard during end-of-match didn’t match the TAB scoreboard
• Fixed a bug where the Loss Bonus scoreboard tooltip would get stuck on-screen after closing the scoreboard
• Blocking stranger Steam avatars will now block other user-generated content such name tags and sticker placements

[ CHICKENS ]

• Chickens have a few new animations
• Chickens can now walk up hills
• Chickens can now turn right while walking

[ UI ]

• Various performance improvements to the Warehouse main menu and item inspect background scenery

[ DEMOS ]

• The demo playback timeline now show indicators for kill and death events
• Demo playback can be toggled into “highlight mode” which will show only kills and deaths for the active player
• Various minor demo playback UI changes
• Fixed a demo playback crash

[ MAPS ]

Vertigo:

• Added catwalk by bombsite A, connecting to back of A
• Removed connector between back of A and elevators
• Opened up passage between elevators and scaffolding
• Slightly tweaked size of bombsite A
• Tweaked spawn timings slightly
• Changed Wingman layout to feature bombsite A changes

Baggage:

• Fixed movement hitch on lower conveyor
• Lowered height of central conveyor tray to help open sniper view

Office:

• Fixed a case where a player could shoot through multiple walls

Mirage:

• Fixed bad collision on certain props
• Fixed some sticky collision around windows in palace