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Counter-Strike 2

Update for August 14, 2025

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Nighttime versions are added for Ancient and Shoots, and The Armory adds the limited time M4A1-S | Solitude. The Deluge Music Kit Box is available for purchase in standard and StatTrak versions. Deploy animations are updated for knives and multiple firearms, and the deploy inspect delay is removed for most weapons.

[ MAPS ]

Ancient and Shoots

  • Added nighttime versions.
  • Refreshed all ancient materials to use latest CS2 shaders.
  • Added new blending options for ancient materials including wetness and moss.
  • Added "ancient_zoo.vmap" with all assets and blending examples for mapmakers.

[ ITEMS ]

  • Deluge Music Kit Box is now available for purchase in standard and StatTrak versions.
  • New Limited Time Item, the M4A1-S | Solitude, is now available in The Armory.

[ ANIMATION ]

  • Sawed-off shotgun deploy modified and fixed shell penetration on reload.
  • Improved deploy +quick inspect animations for all knives.
  • Improved deploy +quick inspect animations for the AK, Galil, AUG, PP-Bizon.
  • Improved deploy animations for the AWP, M4A4, M4A1-S.
  • Improved animations for legacy SSG08 models.
  • Removed the deploy inspect delay for most weapons.
  • Fixed XM1014 blocking crosshair during reload.

[ MISC ]

  • Rendering performance improvements across most maps.
  • Rendering resolution and aspect ratio can now be changed in fullscreen windowed mode.
  • fps_max can no longer be changed while connected to a server.
  • Fixed a case where certain weapons could be fired sooner after a re-deploy.
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