CSGO Source 2 conspiracy theory makes a bizarre kind of sense

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Valve has made a lot of changes to Steam this week, which point to either CSGO Source 2, or a full-blown Counter-Strike 2 release date. While it seems clear that something is going on with the seminal multiplayer FPS game – owing to new files and executables appearing online named ‘CS2’ – we still don’t know precisely what the Counter-Strike team has up its special forces sleeves. A new conspiracy theory however, based on Steam sales, the upcoming Game Developers Conference (GDC), and, um, The Office, makes a startling kind of sense.

So we’ve already seen Valve add new files to the CSGO backend that signal the arrival of at least something new, be it a conversion of Global Offensive to Source 2, or a complete Counter-Strike 2. There is also the possibility that CSGO Source 2 will simply be rebranded to CS2.

One theory however seems adamant that whatever Valve is cooking up, it will be released or revealed on either March 23 or 24. Posting via its official Twitter account, Counter-Strike skins site CSMoney observes a few interesting – or at least, very entertaining – patterns.

First of all, the CSGO Twitter account has recently replied to three tweets from either fans or Counter-Strike streamers who have referenced Source 2. In each of these replies, the CSGO account simply <a href=«https://twitter.com/CSGO/with_replies?ref_src=» https: target="_blank" rel=«noopener noreferrer»>shares

a GIF from the American version of The Office.

Seems harmless enough, right? Well, a quick look on Wikipedia suggests that the very first episode of The Office was broadcast on March 24, 2005. Have you got your tin-foil hat on nice and secure? Good, then we’ll continue.

CSMoney then observes that the original launch date for the famous CSGO