A Counter-Strike 2 beta could be out as early as "this month"
Rumor has it, there's a new Counter-Strike: Global Offensive game on the way.
Whilst whispers and speculation have been swimming around for several months now, this is possibly the most concrete hint yet that a CS:GO Source 2 is just around the corner.
Along with noted CS leaker @gabefollower revealing that a couple of curious files have popped up in NVIDIA's latest drive update - one called cs2.exe and the other csgo2.exe; make of that what you will - we also have journalist Richard Lewis (opens in new tab) similarly reporting that "a new version of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive [is] on its way"... and it is "almost certainly set to be released under the working title of Counter-Strike 2" (thanks, Win.gg (opens in new tab)).
Something weird just happened. Latest NVIDIA drivers introduced support for unknown app executables called "csgos2.exe" and "cs2.exe". Why project is called Counter-Strike 2 and what are you cooking @csgo? https://t.co/U9YKlAjwgy pic.twitter.com/PU8Op9uGLqMarch 1, 2023
As to when this may happen? Well, Lewis believes Lewis "the tentative release date for the beta is in this month of March with April 1 at the outside".
Gabefollower is keen that we temper our expectations, though.
"It won't be [a] new game, it won't be Counter-Strike 2, it won't be even a rebrand, just CS:GO Source 2. And your skins are fine, they will be available in a new version," gabefollower said.
"I've got fairly reliable information that Valve has been testing CS:GO on Source 2 with the help of third-party QA companies in the US and EU since at least early December," gabefollower added. "I can't confirm this 100 per cent, but it's decent enough to share."
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