For greater than twenty years, Valve’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has supplied its international neighborhood a singular aggressive expertise. Millions of players around the globe have performed this legendary recreation, and a few individuals think about the most effective pure multiplayer shooter ever.

Fans have waited patiently for a brand new chapter for a number of years, and now the beta section for Counter-Strike 2 is over. You can now officially download and play it without spending a dime on Steam.

Massive Counter-Strike facelift

Counter-Strike 2 just isn’t a very new recreation, however a large replace for the the unique CSGO. It upgrades the sport to the up to date Source Engine 2 and brings reworked and redesigned maps, improved grenades, community features, reworked sound, upgraded neighborhood workshop instruments, and extra — together with overhauled, physics-responsive smoke grenades that may be pierced by bullets and explosives. That’s positive to shake up the meta.

Gameplay-wise, a couple of issues have additionally modified and improved. There’s an up to date Prime mode (for a charge) with a brand new CS ranking, a world and regional rating listing, and — most significantly — gameplay runs impartial of the tick price. You can switch your earned objects from CS:GO to CS2 as nicely, so all these costly skins you paid up for will look even higher now. You can see extra about Prime Mode in Valve’s video:

Release for Windows, SteamOS and Linux

You can obtain and play the sport on Valve’s gaming platform Steam proper now. The dimension of the replace is round 27 GB. In addition to the model for Windows 10 and 11, Counter-Strike 2 can also be out there for SteamOS and Linux (from Ubuntu 20.04).

This article was translated from German to English and initially appeared on pcwelt.de.