Counter-Strike 2 Update: patch history
• The Ranked Series stickers are now available for purchase. 50% of royalties are shared with players, teams, and the tournament organizer.
Counter-Strike 2 Update
• The Ranked Series stickers are now available for purchase. 50% of royalties are shared with players, teams, and the tournament organizer.
• Items in the the Cologne 2026 Shop will be available for purchase until September 29th.
• Fixed a bug where scripts would fail to load in tools mode until a manual recompile.
• Fixed a bug that allowed malicious players to avoid being processed by VACnet.
Counter-Strike 2 Update
• The bomb damage health preview is now revealed when the bomb becomes audible.
• The bomb explosion now interacts with smoke grenade clouds and molotov/incendiary fire.
• Added a shortcut to Community Servers list to Play menu for Counter-Strike in Steam China.
Call II Arms-ory
Last week we released new weapon and sticker collections from our previous Call to Arms-ory. Congratulations to the artists who had their items included!
Now that these items are available, we're looking for new items for one new weapon collection:
- Fairy Tales And two new sticker collections:
- Pop Art To submit weapon finishes and stickers to this Call to Arms, select the appropriate option using the Counter-Strike 2 Workshop Tool:
In order to have your items included in these new collections, you must agree to Counter-Strike 2's Supplemental terms.
Counter-Strike 2 Update
• Updated to the latest version from the Community Workshop (Update Notes).
• Various stability and security fixes.
Counter-Strike 2 Update
• Removed map-wide minimum one point of damage from new C4 explosions.
• Fixed a case where new C4 damage was calculated incorrectly near boundaries to other map areas.
• Fixed a case where the scoreboard wouldn't update while open.
• Various stability improvements.
Counter-Strike 2 Update
• Added Cache to the Active Duty Map Pool
• Re-designed effective range and extent of C4 explosion damage on all official defusal-mode maps.
• Explosion shockwave damage now rapidly expands from the center of the explosion instead of being applied instantly.
• Added two new weapon collections based on the recent Call to Arms community announcement: Spy Tech + Arabesque
• Updated engine code to the latest version of Source 2
• Added community maps Boulder, Fachwerk, and Shelter to Competitive, Casual, and Deathmatch modes
Counter-Strike 2 Update
• Champions Autograph Stickers are now available for purchase in the Major Shop, congratulations to the Falcons!
• Highlight Souvenir Charms are now available for purchase in the Major Shop, featuring 10 highlights for each of the six stages of the Cologne 2026 Major, and the Falcons' trophy-lifting moment.