Counter-Strike 2

Valve is reportedly working on Counter-Strike 2 based on the Source 2 engine. Here's everything we know about the game so far.

Eventually, the old game will be merged with the new one based on the Source 2 engine, which is something Valve did with DOTA 2. Moreover, the report suggests that Valve might not launch Counter-Strike 2 as a new game and it will simply be called CS: GO Source 2. The caster also suggests Counter-Strike 2 is one of the main reasons why Valve hasn’t been paying much attention to its most played games of all time – Counter-Strike Global Offensive (CS GO).

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive originally launched in 2012, and it has seen many upgrades since then. Even so, that's still quite a long time for Valve to ...

Making it a completely separate game would allow them much more freedom to do what they want. If Valve wants to add or change the core mechanics, they would be taking a risk of not being received positively and driving the fans away. Quoting: LinasCounter-Strike holds strong because it is a time-tested formula that has been refined to perfection. The new version is almost certainly set to be released under the working title Counter-Strike 2 and the tentative release date for the beta is in this month of March with April 1st at the outside. Seems like March and April are shaping up to be very interesting months. There's been a whole lot of rumours appearing lately that seem quite credible, with Counter-Strike 2 apparently due soon.

Get set, Counter-Strike fans – it looks like a new version of CS:GO – possibly called Counter-Strike 2 &nda…

And your skins are fine, they will be available in a new version," gabefollower added (thanks, "I've got fairly reliable information that Valve has been testing CS:GO on Source 2 with the help of third-party QA companies in the US and EU since at least early December," gabefollower added. Why project is called Counter-Strike 2 and what are you cooking— Gabe Follower 2 (@gabefollower) Latest NVIDIA drivers introduced support for unknown app executables called "csgos2.exe" and "cs2.exe". As there's been no formal word from Valve, Steam, or anyone else for that matter, all we can do right now is chalk this up to either a mistake, a hoax, or a hilarious misunderstanding. [Richard Lewis](https://richardlewis.substack.com/p/sources-yes-counter-strike-2-is-real) has also stepped up to confirm that "a new version of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive [is] on its way" and reckons it is "almost certainly set to be released under the working title of Counter-Strike 2".

Rumor has it, there's a new Counter-Strike: Global Offensive game on the way. Whilst whispers and speculation have been swimming around for several months ...

Known for its productions such as Half-Life, Portal, Counter Strike and Dota, Valve may make a very important announcement soon.

All this shows that the project is largely ready. According to Lewis, Valve will offer a more enjoyable gameplay by including 128 tick servers in the new CS game. It is also stated that he carried out the tests.

Counter-Strike 2, an updated version of the iconic shooter on the Source 2 engine, is apparently real and due to launch into beta later this month according ...

Now with the entire pro scene firmly on one game, there is a chance that the shift to a new game is smoother and mandated by Valve, or it may again be left to the community and we could again see a split pro scene for some time. Official Counter-Strike social accounts have been more active than usual, including the addition of a new Tik Tok account, and listings for Counter-Strike 2 have been spotted in NVIDIA driver updates, which started increased speculation. Lewis also states that Counter-Strike 2 will feature 128 tick servers, something the CS:GO community has wanted for years, and an updated matchmaking system that will be closer to what external services such as FACEIT currently offer.

After years of hope caused by multiple community leaks, the Source 2 engine is reportedly being implemented in Counter-Strike.

[asked about their plans for the future](https://dotesports.com/counter-strike/news/esl-reveals-future-of-csgo-tournaments-following-counter-strike-2-reports). Journalist Richard Lewis reported on his Substack that Valve will launch a beta product called Counter-Strike 2 [at the end of March 2023](https://dotesports.com/counter-strike/news/when-is-csgo-2-release-date), which could redefine the future of the game’s esports scene. It’s unlikely that Valve will force teams to play Counter-Strike 2 instead of CS:GO during the BLAST Paris Major because of the lack of time to learn the game.

Counter-Strike has the most egregious lootboxes and a still-thriving gambling scene, and the next game needs to take better steps to address it.

Adding new cases gives gambling sites more tools to squeeze money out of young and naive people, but even without knowledge of third-party sites, attaching a dollar value to skins explicitly makes these cases gambling more than any other lootbox in the medium. But Valve is a huge megacorp with a stranglehold on the PC market, it doesn’t need a gambling ring to keep itself afloat. Countless stories still surface about people plunging themselves into debt or emptying their parent’s credit cards because of a predatory system that preys on vulnerable people with a roulette game that appears as though it could make you wealthy. I easily found a YouTuber opening cases on a gambling website to his audience of 77,000, continuing to spend money in the hopes of getting a good cosmetic. Valve will inevitably lose a lot of money if it changes the system. That alone is an incentive for people to buy, buy, buy, and spin, spin, spin. [Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s](https://www.thegamer.com/tag/counter-strike-global-offensive/) gambling fiasco hit its boiling point in 2016 when two YouTubers were unearthed to have been behind one of the biggest sites, advertising it on their channels to millions of impressionable young gamers, all without disclosing their involvement. Valve decided to take action against their site and the countless copycats popping up, announcing plans to tackle gambling operations using their game and its market—but seven years later, not much has changed, as one Google search will present a wall of lucrative betting and roulette games. It’s still a problem, and Valve’s crackdown is one big game of whack-a-mole, but the blame lies at its door. Valve has claimed it is trying to combat gambling for years now, ever since that tipping point in 2016, and while there are fewer sites (most of which are built around betting on esports games with cases and skins), CS:GO isn’t helping things by continuing to release new cases. But it’s backed itself into a corner, since upending that entire system would crash a marketplace it’s carefully cultivated and fueled for years. It’s not subtle, and it’s no wonder that an entire gambling network has formed around it.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is one of the most popular games on Steam, but that hasn't stopped rumors that the game will soon get a massive update that ...

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is usually the [most-played game](https://steamcharts.com/) on Steam, with an all-time peak of 1.3 million players. It's also likely that the move to Source 2 will require higher minimum specs to run well. It will feature an improved match-making system and 128-tick servers, intended to compete with its major rival in the competitive shooter space, Valorant.

Despite being released way back in 2012 (and still suffering from numerous bugs that have yet to be fixed), Counter-Strike: Global Offensive remains Steam's ...

When Valve remade DOTA 2 in Source 2 (DOTA 2 Reborn), the company initially ran the two games side by side, but eventually “merged” the two titles so that DOTA 2 Reborn became just DOTA 2. [support of Overwatch](https://www.denofgeek.com/games/overwatch-2-release-time-date-regions-pre-load-size/) to make room for Overwatch 2). According to Lewis’ sources, “Counter-Strike 2” (which is supposed to be both the working and final release title) has been in development for a while and will release in beta sometime in March or possibly as late as April 1st (make your own April Fool’s Day joke if you want). The retail release of Counter-Strike 2 will reportedly boast improvements such as a better matchmaking system, improved servers, and the use of the Source 2 engine. In response to those discovered, unnamed sources purportedly contacted esports journalist [Richard Lewis](https://richardlewis.substack.com/p/sources-yes-counter-strike-2-is-real) (arguably the most reliable source for all things Counter-Strike aide from Valve) to tell him that the game is, in his own words, “very real” and “right around the corner.” Twitter user Aquarius corroborated [this discovery](https://twitter.com/aquaismissing/status/1631002399111348246) when they discovered that profile in their NVIDIA Control Panel.