Valve has officially released Counter-Strike 2

Valve has officially released Counter-Strike 2. The game is the successor to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, allowing players to carry over inventory from the old game.

The game is the successor to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

The free-to-play game, which the company calls «the biggest technical breakthrough in Counter-Strike» history, has been available to some Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players since March as part of limited technical testing.

The game, which the company calls «the biggest technical breakthrough in Counter-Strike» history, has been available to some Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players since March.

Announcing the game earlier this year, Valve said it would be cleaner, brighter, and better looking. Maps in Counter-Strike 2 will be updated and redesigned using new Source 2 tools and rendering capabilities. It is also claimed that frame rate will no longer matter for moving, shooting, or throwing.

Frame rate will no longer matter.

Valve says smoke grenades are now dynamic volumetric objects that interact with the environment and react to lighting, gunfire and explosions. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive reached a record number of concurrent players — 1,818,773 — in April, a month after Counter-Strike 2 was announced.

The game has been playing since its launch.