A pair weeks in the past, knowledge mined from an Nvidia driver intensified hypothesis that Valve is near releasing a brand new model of Counter-Strike: World Offensive on its Supply 2 engine. Now Valve is mucking round with the CS:GO knowledge on the Steam backend, and if this rumored Supply 2 model is not really imminent, then Gabe is simply messing with us on goal.
Knowledge excavator Aquarius, who beforehand appeared in that Nvidia driver story, said today (opens in new tab) that Valve added Supply 2 information to the CS:GO “developer pre-release department.” The SteamDB changelog (opens in new tab) in query is only a bunch of numbers to me, however the pleasure is defined by Aquarius’ analysis of a change (opens in new tab) from earlier within the month, which compares CS:GO’s information to Dota 2’s.
For non-CS:GO knowledge watchers, it is a bit of simpler to know the Steam backend change that got here subsequent (opens in new tab), which provides a “Restricted Check Construct” to CS:GO’s Steam database with the executable “cs2.exe,” which is presumed to both be shorthand for “the Supply 2 model of CS:GO,” or indication that Valve plans to only name the brand new model “Counter-Strike 2.” It is not like anybody’s actually connected to the “World Offensive” title, so I might see that taking place.
Valve has made no public indication of what it is as much as, and this Supply 2 replace has been rumored for some time, however it will be similar to Valve to drop the information with none preamble. It might go into beta tomorrow, even.
If we’re speaking a couple of straight Supply 2 port of CS:GO, the common Counter-Strike participant could not discover an enormous distinction—in concept, the Supply 2 model will play similar to the Supply model. The engine improve can have long-term results on the sport and its continued improvement, although, and there might be extra to “cs2.exe.” Valve could actually be treating this like a sequel, and never simply an engine improve.
For now, we watch SteamDB and wait.
SOURCE 2 HAS BEEN ADDED TO DEVELOPER PRE-RELEASE BRANCH!https://t.co/Fv33DwsGvP pic.twitter.com/6mLteY2FoUMarch 14, 2023
