What changed in Counter-Strike 2 in 2021

Celebrate NAVI's victory with player autograph capsules featuring s1mple, electronic, Boombl4, b1t, and Perfecto.

Autograph capsules for other finalists from the PGL Stockholm 2021 Major are now available.

New music kit featuring Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbert available for purchase.

For the first time, Team Patch Packs are available for purchase, including regular and gold patches.

Autograph Sticker Capsules for finalists and champions will be available for purchase after the Major.

Team Sticker Capsules featuring various sticker types are now available for purchase.

Purchase the Viewer Pass for exclusive rewards including a Stockholm 2021 Event Coin and Souvenir Packages.

Fixed bomb stuck spot near spawn.

Visual upgrades to bombsite B and Red Barn.

Improved camera motion when using ExoJump.

Available in regular and StatTrak™ variants.

Easier visibility from inside if the glass is broken.

Fixed various collision issues and stuck spots.

Blocked unintended wallbang.

Respawning players can no longer select prohibited respawn locations.

Ravine and Extraction added to official matchmaking in Wingman game mode.

Reduced max rounds to 10, eliminated half-time team swap, and adjusted round time and weapon progression.

Reduced price of Dual Elites to $300.

Further optimizations made to Ancient map.

Increased body damage for the M4A1-S.

Players can now drop grenades just like weapons.

Added 1v1 arenas to Ancient map.

Slight visibility tweak from T spawn through mid and improved visibility into B back site from upper tunnels.

Reduced vision after death from 3.0s to 2.0s.

Added Ballistic Shield heavy weapon to the buy menu for CTs in Casual Hostage map groups.

Implemented minor bug fixes on Inferno map.

New feature to create private Premier matches on Valve servers.

Added Classic Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, and Free-for-all Deathmatch options.

County has been added to official matchmaking in Danger Zone game mode.

Grind, Mocha, Pitstop, Calavera, and Frostbite are no longer available in official matchmaking.

Made gate at top of banana solid and revised 1v1 layout.

Added preference for match duration in competitive matchmaking: Short (MR 16), Long (MR 30), or No Preference.

Adjusted weapon progression and added health-shot after three kills.

Basalt and Insertion II added to official matchmaking in Competitive, Casual, and Deathmatch game modes.

Fixed bullet penetration on plywood surfaces in Ancient.

Increased size of plantable area in both bombsites on Ancient.

Reduced body damage for the Deagle.

Introducing Operation Riptide with new maps, missions, and rewards.

Features 21 unique stickers from various Community Workshop artists.

Added designation of bombsite A and B to game events during bomb planting.

Featuring 6 new music kits from various artists including Austin Wintory and Chipzel.

Bullet penetration check will ignore the firing player model entirely.

Fixed bot difficulty selector to correctly apply for offline with bots War Games matches.

Added a link to CS:GO Fair Play Guidelines when playing on official game servers.

Added competitive matchmaking presets and ability to save/load favorite map selections.

Premier matchmaking can now be selected together with other competitive maps.

Scrimmage has been removed from Competitive matchmaking, replaced by Unranked matchmaking.

Added 'DebugDrawBoxAngles' and 'GetBoundingMinsOriented'/'GetBoundingMaxsOriented' functions for entity bounding boxes.

Introducing Unranked matches for Competitive, Wingman, and Danger Zone game modes, where Skill Groups are not affected.

Non-Prime accounts are restricted to Unranked, whereas Prime accounts may choose between Ranked and Unranked.

Added Import button to Workshop Workbench that takes a .tga file and generates a .vtf file.

Non-Prime status accounts will no longer earn XP, Ranks, Skill Groups, item drops, or Prime status through play time.

Recolored plywood throughout the map for better contrast.

Straightened out broken-wall passage to bombsite B and tweaked spawnpoint placement for both teams.

Added option ‘2’ to sv_damage_print_enable, which will only print damage output after round has ended.

Armor value now remains fixed during card selection in Retakes.

Reduced lurk positions in mid for more fluid rotations.

Fixed the ability to extend invulnerability by repeatedly issuing the 'open_buymenu' command in Deathmatch.

Added additional bombsite markers.

Lowered cover on A Short to allow boosting over smokes.

Fixed random missing micro-polygons in bomb B totem/sculpture.

Coach positions are now saved in round backup files.

Art-revision on bombsite B and surrounding area with higher contrast base textures for better player reads.

Allowed self-boost to planter by T main

Prevented guns from fully submerging

Removed cheap shoulder angle towards site

Updated heatmap images for calavera, grind, mocha, and pitstop

Operation Broken Fang comes to an end, but some features will remain.

Players can subscribe to CS:GO 360 Stats for $0.99 per month for access to stats features.

Mocha and Grind are now available in Competitive Scrimmage and Defusal Group Sigma.

Premier Competitive and Retakes modes will continue to be available in the game.

Calavera and Pitstop are now available to play in Wingman mode.

The Snakebite Weapon Case features 17 community-designed weapon finishes and includes special gloves.

Train is removed from the map pool, replaced by Ancient with site changes.

Players with VAC bans older than 5 years are now eligible for participation in Valve-sponsored events.

Items purchased from the in-game store will not be tradable/marketable for one week.

Operation Cases redeemed as an operation reward will not be tradable/marketable for one week.

Items received from market-restricted containers will continue to be sellable immediately on the Steam Community Market.

Fixed a rare visual bug with equipped item indicators when equipping a default item into a loadout slot.

Fixed implementation to dynamically load 'wlanapi.dll' system library for Windows Server systems without Wireless LAN Service enabled.

Operation Broken Fang Passholders will play in Prime Account Status queue when matchmaking for Broken Fang Premier.

Broken Fang Premier introduces a pick/ban phase to competitive matches, allowing players to test their skills across the Active Duty map pool.

Adjusted Zeus texture to read Zeus X-27, now counts as a Zeus skin.

A new sticker capsule featuring hand-crafted stickers is now available for purchase in-game.

New music kits include Hades Music Kit, The Lowlife Pack by Neck Deep, and CHAIN$AW.LXADXUT by Scarlxrd.

All 16 Operation Broken Fang mission cards have been released, including the final Strike mission.

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Fixed a bug that allowed enemy players to spawn outside of their spawn location.

Fixed some cases where dropped weapons exited the play area.

Fixed a case where players would see a second bomb in retakes mode.

Fixed visual shuffle in map vote at end of match.

Updated Bot NAV on the Engage map.

Adjusted border clipping on the Frostbite map.

Fixed spawn boost exploit on the Apollo map.

Fixed the wallbang through the trim on the mid building between double door and the CT house.

Removed window glass from buildings on the Frostbite map to improve gameplay.

Adjusted prop fade distance in the bunker on the Frostbite map.

Fixed multiple exploits, clipping faults and boosts on the Apollo map.

Fixed stuck spots on the Frostbite map.

Reskinned the signs and information boards on Anubis.

Fixed certain visual errors on the Frostbite map.

Fixed floating exploding barrel/turret spawns on the Frostbite map.

Fixed exploit in Town on the Frostbite map.

Pings no longer highlight players, eliminating instances of revealing hidden enemies.

Added drone clips to buildings at Tourist and Radio on the Frostbite map.

Fixed several visual issues on the Engage map.

Added some grenade clips to prevent weird grenade bouncing on A heaven.

Fixed short-handed bonus being given in Guardian mode.

Blocked guns going out of CT spawn with a big sign on the Apollo map.

Fixed a bug which caused incorrect footstep sounds to be played on some surfaces.

Removed boost spots on the Engage map.

Teams incur a penalty when substituting out a player, but none when bringing that player back.

Only players are allowed in the room and on the server during online matches; coaches and staff are prohibited.

Coaches exploiting the camera bug face ineligibility for future Valve-sponsored events based on ESIC demerits.

RMR points reset for 2021; Legends start with 600, Challengers with 300, and Contenders with 100 points.

Teams can now specify a substitute player separate from their coach.

Capsules representing teams that would have received invitations to the 2020 Fall Major.

Entrances of the hut are now wider for better player traffic flow.

When a player disconnects or is kicked in classic competitive and wingman modes, they will no longer be replaced by a bot.

Fixed Cargo containers not having their proper colors.

Smokes and flashes can now be used on A-site.

Accounts that completed government identity verification have been upgraded to CS:GO Prime Account Status.

Additional optimizations made to the Ancient map.

SWAT sleeves have been resized to match all existing models.

Eliminated some angles.

Fixed a crash when the 'version' command is issued.

Further towards pit.

Fixed bomb explosions being visible above the A site.

Pings will no longer move when walked over by characters and will not highlight weapons in competitive matches.

Makes the entire bombsite more readable.

Fixed a pixel-gap in the Cargo containers in T-Spawn.