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Valve · Valve
Aug 26, 2025 · 11mo ago

Counter-Strike 2 Update

AI summary2mo

A quality-of-life update focusing on knife animation fixes, map clipping on Ancient, and various engine-level bug fixes.

Buffs2

  • General
    • Fixed a performance regression when creating bullet impact effects, potentially improving FPS during combat.
    • Molotov:Fixed a bug where overlapping smoke clouds would prematurely extinguish Molotov fire, ensuring fire lasts its intended duration.

Bug fixes6

  • Ancient
    • Restored some grenade lineup visuals to ensure consistency for players using utility lineups.
    • Miscellaneous clipping fixes to prevent players from getting stuck or seeing through geometry.
    • Fixed a bug where matchmaking avoided servers running the nighttime version of Ancient.
  • Knives
    • Inspect:Fixed inspect animations for the Classic knife and improved responsiveness for the Talon knife.
    • Deploy:Fixed deployment animations for Stiletto and Butterfly knives.
  • GeneralFixed an issue where looping weapon inspects were not visible to spectators.

Other changes1

  • GeneralView angle velocity now affects spectator target viewmodels consistently with the local player.

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Patch history

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  1. Counter-Strike 2 UpdateJul 20, 2026 · 6d

    Gameplay updates to bomb interactions and updates for several community workshop maps.

    +3
  2. Call II Arms-oryJul 16, 2026 · 1w

    Valve has announced new community submission calls for the 'Fairy Tales' weapon collection and 'Cryptids' and 'Pop Art' sticker collections.

  3. Counter-Strike 2 UpdateJul 15, 2026 · 1w

    Updated several community workshop maps and implemented general stability and security fixes.

  4. Counter-Strike 2 UpdateJul 9, 2026 · 2w

    Gameplay adjustments to C4 explosion damage and physics, alongside various visual and stability fixes.

    1
  5. Counter-Strike 2 UpdateJul 8, 2026 · 2w

    Premier Season Five begins with a map pool rotation, a significant rework to C4 explosion damage physics, and the introduction of new Armory collections.

    +31
  6. Counter-Strike 2 UpdateJun 10, 2026 · 1mo

    Updates to the Cologne 2026 Major Shop UI and general quality-of-life improvements to inventory management.

    +1
  7. Counter-Strike 2 UpdateMay 29, 2026 · 1mo

    Minor update featuring Cologne 2026 shop improvements, spectator flashbang settings, and map clipping adjustments.

    +3
  8. Counter-Strike 2 UpdateMay 22, 2026 · 2mo

    This update introduces the IEM Cologne 2026 Major Hub and implements several UI fixes and a significant change to Trade Up Contracts regarding Souvenir items.

    +1

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