Arguably probably the most anticipated sport titles this yr is Counter-Strike 2. Valve, the studio behind the well-known aggressive shooter, introduced the replace to the present Counter-Strike: International Offensive in March this yr, however restricted the beta testing to pick high-ranking gamers, streamers and content material creators.
Counter-Strike 2 does not really feel like an improve, however like a completely totally different sport. Whereas many of the mechanics for which we love Counter-Strike are in place, CS2 is an enchancment in lots of features and fixes a slew of points, for which the group was complaining about for years.
A lot of the enhancements are due to Valve’s Supply 2 engine. That is been serving as a basis of Dota 2 for years, so Valve took its candy time with Counter-Strike.
The brand new engine permits for volumetric smokes with extra superior conduct to the altering atmosphere, new graphics, refreshed maps, new sub-tick fee for extra exact monitoring of gamers’ actions and loads of different gameplay enhancements.
And as promised, right this moment Valve makes the Counter-Strike 2 title out there for everybody and could be downloaded from Steam. It stays free to play and in case you will have a giant stock with skins, you can be delighted to know that Valve is porting each single pores and skin from CSGO to CS2.