To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Steam, Valve is giving special digital badges to its oldest users and the community reflects on the early days of the platform, where Counter-Strike played a major role in its popularity and growth.
Counter-Strike 2's highly-anticipated release has disappointed some CS:GO veterans who feel that the game is worse than its predecessor and lacks essential features.
Counter-Strike 2 has received positive reviews on Steam, but the majority of those reviews are actually for its predecessor, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, causing confusion and potentially misleading players.
Valve's launch of Counter-Strike 2 is perplexing due to its misnomer, lack of new content, and the removal of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, leaving fans discontent and feeling deceived.
Former CS:GO pro and Twitch star Shroud believes that Counter-Strike will "die" with the release of Counter-Strike 2, expressing his concern during a live stream.
The latest patch for Counter-Strike 2 is now live, addressing gameplay, graphics, and animation issues with improvements to movement on mud surfaces, bug fixes in graphics and animations, and various other improvements and fixes.
Valve has announced that there will be no macOS version of Counter-Strike 2, citing the discontinuation of support for older hardware and operating systems, as well as the lack of native support for the Vulkan API on Apple devices.
Valve's recent Counter-Strike 2 update removes Mac support, stating that Mac players make up less than 1 percent of active CS:GO players.
Valve has announced that it is discontinuing support for MacOS, DirectX 9, and 32-bit operating systems for Counter-Strike 2, and instead offering a special legacy version of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive for players with non-supported hardware.
Valve has discontinued support for Counter-Strike 2 on Mac, leaving Mac players unable to play the game after an update from Counter-Strike: Global Offensive broke compatibility, and Valve has stated that there are no plans for a Mac version of Counter-Strike 2.
Counter-Strike 2, the highly anticipated sequel to CSGO, is receiving a lower rating than any other Valve game due to missing game modes, cheaters, and the removal of Counter-Strike Global Offensive, despite efforts to address hitbox and detection issues with a recent update.
The recent update for Counter-Strike 2 has potentially caused inconsistencies in jumps, impacting the game's movement and potentially affecting gameplay at the highest level of competition.
Counter-Strike 2's launch was plagued with bugs and missing features, but Valve promises to quickly fix the issues and improve the game.
