Today, Van announced an explosive news without warning - "Counter-Strike 2" officially announced that it will be developed using the Origin 2 engine, which Van called it "the next era of Counter-Strike." This summer, CSGO will make a smooth transition and upgrade to Counter-Strike 2 for free.

V Club official blog:

Counter-Strike 2 shows the biggest technological leap in Counter-Strike's history, and new features and updates will be guaranteed in the next few years.

When the game is officially announced this summer, all new features of the game will be revealed one by one. The road to "Counter-Strike 2" begins with today's "Counter-Strike 2" limited test. During this test, we will evaluate the new features of Counter-Strike 2 and hope to optimize the features before it is released globally.

This summer, CS:GO will make a smooth transition and upgrade to Counter-Strike 2 for free. So rub the gun and prepare the bullets, hone your skills, and prepare for game updates.

Learn more about the features of Counter-strike 2 limited tests here https://counter-strike.net/cs2.

The official FAQ of the limited-edition test of "Counter-Strike 2": https://steamcommunity.com/faqs/steam-help/view/5ED2-ED8E-81F4-0C18

Breaking the pattern

Smoke bombs are now three-dimensional dynamic objects that interact with the environment and react to light, gunfire and explosions.

Game Play

Smoke can now interact with other game behaviors and events to create new opportunities. Bullets and high-explosion grenades can push smoke, briefly clear out the sight or augment the sound cage effect.

Extend and fill space naturally

Now, smoke will penetrate from everywhere, including open doorways, broken windows, up and down stairs. And it will also spread to the promenade and combine with other smoke.

Light Response

In Counter-Strike 2, smoke particles interact with an integrated lighting system to achieve more realistic light and color effects.

What you see is what you get

No longer subject to refresh frequency when moving, shooting or throwingObstacle.

Update of sub-refresh frequency is the core of Counter-Strike 2. In the past, servers only evaluated the world (called ticks) in discrete time intervals. Thanks to the Counter-Strike 2's sub-refresh frequency update architecture, the server can know the exact moment when the movement begins, shoots, or throws objects.

The result is that no matter the refresh frequency, your movement and shooting will react the same way, and your throw will always land in the same way.

Clearer, brighter, better

From upgrading to comprehensive innovation, the map is clearer, brighter and better.

Comprehensively renovated map

The fully renovated maps are rebuilt from scratch, taking advantage of all new Origins 2 tools and rendering capabilities.

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Upgrade Map

The maps use a brand new Origin 2 lighting, including a physical rendering-based system that produces realistic materials, lighting and reflections.

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Touchstone Map

Classic maps with a solid foundation that players can use to evaluate gameplay changes from CS:GO to Counter-Strike 2. The map has improved in terms of lighting and character understanding, but nothing else has changed.

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Origin 2 Tools

Origin 2 tools and rendering capabilities will be available to community map makers for easy production, experimentation, and iterating maps. Please stay tuned for the Creative Workshop Origins 2 project, which will be available in a limited number of tests later.

Your items will have a brand new display effect

The entire inventory of your CS:GO will be brought into Counter-Strike 2. Not only will you keep every item you have collected over the years, but these items will benefit from the light and material effects of Origin 2.

Apart from supporting legacy models and weapon skins, all weapons in the stock have been completely renovated with high definition models, and some weapons skins benefit from these new models.

High image quality visual effects

From the interface to the gameplay, all visual effects are redefined.

All visual effects in Counter-Strike 2 have been updated. Accompanied by the light and particle system of Origin 2, water, explosion, fire, smoke, muzzle flame, tracer bullet, impact effect, etc. have a new appearance and performance.

Game gameplay visualization

In Counter-Strike 2, the most critical game visuals have been redesigned with readability in mind. The impact of bullets can be easily seen in the distance, and as you move through the map, the directed blood effect (dissipates over time) will give you more information.

Environmental Effect

Experience the completely reworked explosion, fire, C4 lighting, etc. Using Origin 2 engine and advanced hardware, the visual fidelity and coherence of Counter-Strike 2 environmental effects are improved.

User Interface Optimization

The user interface in Counter-Strike 2 has been completely renovated, including a brand new visual effect. Not only do these improvements look good, they also convey important game status.

Precise sound effects

Rework and rebalance, rebalance

The sound effects in Counter-Strike 2 have been remade to better reflect the physical environment, make it more unique and deliver more game state. At the same time, the sound effects are rebalanced for a more comfortable auditory experience.

More content is coming

This limited edition test will only evaluate some of the new features of Counter-Strike 2 so that the main issues can be solved by this summer. But there is more to do. In the next few months, we will gradually reveal all the details of Counter-Strike 2, which we can't wait to be withYou share.