23 articles — 21 patch notes, 2 news
A modest patch focused on map stability and developer tools. Cache receives geometry fixes and a boost spot removal, while the scripting API gains 20 new functions for grenade and bomb state tracking.
The Cologne 2026 Major sticker shop opens today with revenue sharing for players and teams, while three community-created maps receive their latest Workshop versions.
Counter-Strike 2 gets a gameplay refresh with bomb audio cues and environmental interactions, plus three community workshop maps updated.
Four community workshop maps get refreshed, and Valve plugs some stability holes in the latest Counter-Strike 2 update.
Cache enters the Active Duty rotation as Premier Season Five kicks off. The bigger story: C4 damage is now baked into map geometry, changing how explosives work across every defusal map.
A small update lands for CS2 today, focusing on the Cologne 2026 Major Shop and inventory quality-of-life improvements.
A small but tidy CS2 update lands today, tidying up the Cologne 2026 Shop, spectator flashbang rendering, and a couple of map fixes.
The IEM Cologne 2026 Major Hub is live, and souvenirs can now enter Trade Up Contracts for the first time.
A small but focused CS2 update lands today, tidying up Cache and Ancient with collision tweaks and a footstep audio fix.
CS2's latest update tidies up spectator bugs and brings a notable change for anyone being boosted by multiple teammates.
Cache gets some long-overdue geometry fixes, and NIGHTMODE II music kit owners have a new MVP anthem to look forward to.
Valve's May 7th CS2 update tidies up Cache and fixes a viewmodel FOV bug that's been quietly misrepresenting your setup to other players.
Cache is back in the competitive pool, Dust II gets a newly uncovered jump spot, and a handful of animation and sound fixes round out the latest CS2 update.
Valve has pushed a CS2 update focused on Animgraph 2 animation fixes and a handful of miscellaneous bug patches, including a crash that was hitting players on startup.
A small but focused CS2 update lands, tidying up ledge movement, viewmodel animations, and trade offer limits.
Valve has pushed a small but meaningful CS2 update, bringing recoil camera behaviour closer to CS:GO while fixing several Animgraph 2 animation issues.
Valve has pushed another Animgraph 2 beta update for Counter-Strike 2, tightening up movement animations and fixing a HE grenade throwback.
Valve pushes another round of Animgraph 2 beta fixes, tidying up animation glitches that have been bothering players in third-person and during weapon switches.
Valve has pushed a new update to the CS2 Animgraph 2 beta branch, bringing reduced network bandwidth usage and a heads-up about a known connection error.
Valve has pushed a beta build for CS2 that migrates the game's animation system to Animgraph 2, promising reduced CPU and networking costs alongside fully re-authored third-person animations.
CS2's latest update drops the Dead Hand Collection, brings 22 new gloves as rare special items, and finally patches a pixel gap on Dust II.
A class-action lawsuit filed in Washington state doesn't just argue that Steam loot boxes are gambling, it argues Valve engineered them to work like slot machines, down to the spinning animations and near-miss effects.
New York's attorney general has launched a lawsuit against Valve, alleging its loot boxes are illegal gambling that endangers young gamers.