Counter-Strike fans have expressed disappointment with Valve's decision to continue using 64 tick servers in CS2, despite the community's desire for 128 tick servers for smoother gameplay.
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.
Valve's highly anticipated Counter-Strike 2 has officially been released, featuring improved graphics and gameplay, and existing CS:GO players will receive a free upgrade with progress assets and cosmetics transferred.
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.
Counter-Strike 2 players are demanding immediate fixes to the game's "broken" servers, which have caused frustration and hindered gameplay.
A Counter-Strike 2 player was shocked when their knife caught fire during a round on Overpass, highlighting the bugs and issues in the game since its release.
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 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.
