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Game Counter-Strike 2 (CS2)
Web Site Counter-strike.net
Version Steam   [download from Steam]   [21/08/2012]


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IEM Katowice 2024
This year's Intel Extreme Masters event in Katowice, Poland, is in full swing. The group stages started over the weekend and continue during the week. The finals at the Spodek Arena take place next weekend, concluding with the grand final on Sunday 11th February.

Catch the action over on the ESLCS Twitch stream and follow the fixture list on HLTV.org


CS2 Updates
There have been a couple of sizeable CS2 updates this week - read the release notes over on Steam


IEM Sydney CS2
The first major to run on Counter-Strike 2 is currently underway down under. The Intel Extreme Masters event in Sydney says goodbye to CS:GO and hello to CS2, and so far things are looking good. Not sure what they are running on in terms of dedicated server - guessing they have access to one that the general public don't yet. You can follow the matches live on Twitch right now.


Counter-Strike 2 Is Here
Counter-Strike Global Offensive has been one of the longest serving multiplayer games there has ever been, having been originally released back in 2012. It has been a mainstay of BobLANs, and more recently Friday Night Gaming courtesy of Pup's cloud servers. However its time is up, and overnight it was replaced in Steam by Counter-Strike 2, based on a modern engine and featuring many new graphical and gameplay improvements.

All that said, it is expected that the majority of the gameplay will still feel familiar to CSGO players and the transition should be seamless provided your PC has the clout to maintain a high frame rate in the more demanding game.

If you want to see some comparisons between CSGO and CS2, then I recommend watching the videos on 3kliksphilip, who provides some great analysis of how maps and gameplay have changed throughout the CS2 beta programme.

Will we still be playing CS2 in 13 years time? Who knows, and maybe then it will be the next next generation taking us pensioners to the cleaners every Friday night :D


IEM Cologne 2023
Reminder that the Intel Extreme Masters event in Cologne starts on Wednesday 26th July. Follow it in the usual places: Twitter and Twitch (note the new channel names - ESLCS rather than ESL_CSGO)


IEM Dallas 2023
The playoffs for the Intel Extreme Masters CS:GO event in Dallas start later today. The ESL Twitter account will provide full coverage and you can watch live on Twitch.


CS2 Fun Facts
Here are a couple of videos from 3kliksphilip highlighting some of the interesting additions in CS2 and comparing features to CS:GO. Some are fairly benign but others will impact gameplay substantially.

Here are the links to the first and second videos in this series so far.


CS2 for 2024 Majors
The Counter-Strike community has announced that the major tournaments will switch from CS:GO to CS2 from March 2024. Exciting times! See CS2 on the Twitter


IEM Katowice 2023
The finals of IEM Katowice start today at the quarter final stage, continuing through to Sunday's grand final. Follow the results on the Twitter and watch live on Twitch.


IEM Masters 2023
For those who follow pro CS:GO, here are the planned majors for 2023:
  • Katowice: Feb 10th - 12th
  • Brazil: Apr Apr 17th - 23rd
  • Dallas: Jun 2nd - 4th
  • Cologne: Aug 4th - 6th
  • TBC: Oct 16th - 22nd
The best way to follow these events in on the IEM Twitter, and of course we'll provide updates here.