Counter-Strike 2 Carries Over Skins and Bans from CS:GO
Valve shared more information about the upcoming Counter-Strike 2, including the fact that skins and bans will carry over from CS:GO to the new version of Valve’s competitive multiplayer first-person shooter. Counter-Strike players will therefore keep some of the progress they made on Valve’s FPS over the past decade.
Valve unveiled Counter-Strike 2 in a surprise announcement earlier today. This revamped version of Valve’s FPS series keeps the core elements that made Counter-Strike popular while bringing various gameplay and graphical improvements. Counter-Strike 2 will run on Source 2, the game engine used to create Half-Life: Alyx and the Steam Deck tech demo Aperture Desk Job. In a series of videos, Valve highlighted some of the key changes coming to Counter-Strike 2, including the new responsive smoke grenades, the tick rates improvement to make matches less laggy, as well as the redesign of popular maps such as Dust 2, Nuke, and Inferno. Counter-Strike 2 is expected to release in the summer of 2023, with a Limited Test version already available for a selection of players.
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In the FAQ section of Counter-Strike 2’s Steam page, Valve stated that all the weapon finishes, stickers, and other CS:GO inventory items will be available in Counter-Strike 2. While this is good news for those who unlocked cosmetics elements on Valve’s FPS, players who got caught cheating won’t get a second chance as accounts with VAC or game bans in CS:GO won’t be able to play Counter-Strike 2 on servers secured with Valve anti-cheat system.
On top of revealing that skins and bans carry over from CS:GO to Counter-Strike 2, this FAQ section unveils additional
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