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Valve has today announced Counter-Strike 2, which will be arriving in Summer 2023 and they've released some details on what's changed. 

This will be a big free Source 2 upgrade for Global Offensive, with some of the features being announced now including responsive smoke, sub-tick updates for more responsive gameplay, overhauled maps, Source 2 tooling for the community, your whole inventory carries over from CS:GO, higher resolution models for basically everything, improved visual effects, an upgraded UI and much much more.

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They're doing a Limited Test too, which is based upon invitations. Seems like they have more to announce, as the limited test and the features being revealed are "a subset of Counter-Strike 2's features, so that major issues can be resolved before the summer" and they will reveal more in "a few months".

As for how to get into the limited test? They will be selecting people based on recent playtime, trust factor, Steam account standing and so on. If you are chosen, you get a notification inside CS:GO, so you'll need to keep checking back with more players being added over time.

The limited test is Windows-only but SteamDB shows it all clearly set up for Linux and macOS too. It's likely just to get the main technical testing done they're keeping the platforms smaller to get it finished.

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WORM Mar 22
This was a good opportunity for CS to turn things around for Linux gamers. CS:GO's deck compatibility is still only "playable." Which is sad considering it's Valve's own title and it continues to be one of their most popular. In late 2021, Valve demonstrated that they don't test their Linux builds. In 2020, they rolled out a new gamemode that to this day only consistently works on Windows. That's right, this issue has had two birthdays!

Excluding Linux players hurts. It suggests that nothing has changed internally. It also means that I won't be able to join my friends when they all get invites. But it is just early testing, so perhaps things could still be different.

Quoting: mr-victoryProton? Or Steam inside wine? Anyone?
I'll certainly try Proton. If/when I get enrolled I can report my findings.
Arehandoro Mar 22
I don't understand why is it called CS 2 when in reality it is just the same game but with a modern engine/physics/graphics...
Lofty Mar 22
Quoting: ArehandoroI don't understand why is it called CS 2 when in reality it is just the same game but with a modern engine/physics/graphics...

probably something along the lines of it sounds jazzy and is good for marketing.
Lofty Mar 22
Quoting: WORMIt suggests that nothing has changed internally.

It does. And that the bottom line is still the most important thing, there are more Windows users. Sad.
I'm very happy about this. I've got about 3000 hours in CSGO and I stopped playing it a few months ago because it was so outdated, forgotten and, in general, left behind (especially compared to Dota).
Such a refresh is nice to see. I don't even mind the beta being Windows-only because we'll eventually get first class support. This is something we can't say about Valorant and other games.
Just please don't use DXVK-native, the whole game should be Vulkan-only in the most native way.
Mrowl Mar 22
I don't know why, but CS GO Deathmatch with Bots (with trackpad and gyro aiming) is one of my favourite things to play on Steam Deck, specifically while "watching" a TV show, while lounging on the couch. I'm not very good at Counter-Strike (or any KB/M centric FPS) nowadays (I used to be quite good, back in the 1.5 days), so I don't play CS on desktop anymore.
Source 2 & VR Vulkan here I come! Amazing. (And VR later I'm sure in at the very least a mod.)


Last edited by ElectricPrism on 22 March 2023 at 9:41 pm UTC
So does this make it Counter-Counter-Strike or Counter-Strike-Strike???
dpanter Mar 22
Quoting: StoneColdSpiderSo does this make it Counter-Counter-Strike or Counter-Strike-Strike???
Alien -> Aliens. So logically,
Counter-Strike -> The Scramfabulous Adventures of Striking Counters 2: The Revengening of Electric Boogaloos Part 1
Quoting: ArehandoroI don't understand why is it called CS 2 when in reality it is just the same game but with a modern engine/physics/graphics...
coughOverwatchcough
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