Valve on Wednesday introduced Counter-Strike 2, the evolution of one of the storied first-person shooters. Based on the sport’s web site, CS2 is an enormous replace to Counter-Strike: International Offensive, the crown jewel of the tactical shooter style for many years. Maps had been rebuilt from the bottom up with new instruments and options. The brand new sport will probably be out there on Home windows as a free improve to CS:GO (which is already free-to-play) someday this summer time.
CS:GO, the fourth primary sequence entry within the Counter-Strike franchise, was launched in 2012 by Valve (makers of the Steam Deck) and lengthy dominated the tactical shooter style, which rewards precision goal and coordinated ways to realize goals like planting or defusing bombs. Its dominance was examined in 2020 when Riot Video games launched Valorant, which featured extra modern graphics and brokers with distinctive talents like smokes and partitions. The announcement of Counter-Strike 2 provides the sequence a contemporary improve and an opportunity to draw newer gamers who weren’t thinking about a decade-old sport.
The announcement boasts quite a lot of upgrades to the sport expertise. CS2 options dynamic, volumetric smokes that react to gunfire. The sport has cleaner and brighter visuals together with high-resolutions updates to CS:GO weapons and finishes, and up to date environmental results. It additionally makes use of sub-tick updates for transferring and taking pictures. That is notably essential for the aggressive side of the sport, the place gamers’ reflexes are regularly examined, and the tiniest increments of time make a big distinction within the end result of a sport.
Need to get into the restricted check? Based on Valve’s FAQ, present CS:GO gamers are chosen “based mostly on a variety of elements deemed essential by the Counter-Strike 2 improvement crew, together with (however not restricted to) current playtime on Valve official servers, belief issue, and Steam account standing.” In the event you’re invited into the check, you will see a notification on CS:GO’s primary menu. Gamers will probably be invited over time till the sport launches. We’ll proceed to report as extra data turns into out there and because the sport will get nearer to launch.
