Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has been on the market for over 8 years, and during that time it has accrued a truly impressive variety of custom maps, including a number of levels adapted from earlier iterations of the series. But modders are still contributing fresh arenas to the game, including an impressive recent rendering of one of The Witcher 3 's most famous Loca

A number of other changes were made through the January 7, 2021 patch. For example, SWAT sleeves have been downsized on „all existing models,“ the Ancient map has been optimized, and Steam China users can now receive CS:GO Prime Account Status if they have a government identity verification. There are also a number of bug fixes and minor adjustments one might expect from an online game update, as seen in a recent Monster Hunter World: Iceborne pat

There are nine punishments inflicted on the would-be CS:GO cheaters , which are activated largely at random so cheaters can't try and correct for them. They include: Burning Man, which throws grenades straight down and unbinds the movement controls for a few seconds; Butter Fingers, which drops the cheater's weapon every time they try to shoot; and Blood Brothers, which automatically fires a weapon when the cheater's aim is over an a

The map creator, ZelezoBeton, notes that the map is not a perfect, 1:1 replica, but a specific transformation made with CS:GO in mind. The map requires the Trouble in Terrorist Town plugin to run, which is an alternate game mode where terrorist forces have secret traitors seeded in their ranks. Despite this requirement, the map supports the standard, classic multiplayer modes as well as other custom modes. The map will likely never be featured in official statement competitive play, but it seems to stack up solidly against CS:GO 's official roster of ma

Another contentious change in the latest patch is the removal of the ability to highlight weapons during competitive matches using „pings.“ Twitter user unhappy_an suggests this alleviates a concern in which players could use discarded weapons to track when opponents are in a given locale, but at the same time it removes functionality for online matchmaking teams that want to tell allies where they can pick up suppl

While many CS:GO players were frustrated to hear that Valve has seemingly halted work on the Source 2 engine, the long-standing tenure of the original Source engine has allowed modders to grow comfortable with the game's framework, and produce a staggering breadth of content. However, if the Source 2 is implemented into CS:GO after all , custom maps like Kaer Morhen will likely need to be redone after the upgr

One of the game's newest additions allows terrorist and counter-terrorist operatives to vacation at Kaer Morhen, the home base of Geralt of Rivia. The map is an impressively detailed recreation of The Witcher 3 's fortress and the witcher training ground, which functions as a surprisingly good playground for firefights. While the map may not represent a radical gameplay shift, like CS:GO 's Mad Max custom map , the blind corners, ramparts, and courtyards of the keep provide an interesting mix of cover and vantage poi

This has been a big year for high-profile bans. Dozens of high profile accounts have been hit with temporary and permanent bans in 2020 for inappropriate behavior including the use of sexist, homophobic, and racist slurs. For example, the extremely popular German Twitch Partner and YouTuber MontanaBlack88 was banned for posting videos of himself harassing women last mo

While Valve and others have tried to take action against cheaters , using software to detect and ban them (Valve Anti-Cheat in the case of CS:GO ), they can still run rampant in many games. Gamers who recognize ScriptKid's name may remember him from a previous video where he trolled PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) cheaters in a similar fashion. Causing them to be ejected from their cars once they were traveling over 85 km/h, to shoot their teammates when trying to revive them, and to be prevented from throwing cooked grena

The recent announcement of Counter-Strike 2 , set to release during Summer 2023, revived the interest for players in CS:GO skins. Valve stated that all the cosmetics from CS:GO would carry over to Counter-Strike 2 , increasing the value of all cosmetics and loot boxes listed in the community market as players try to get the rarest weapon skins available in the g

Skin gambling has been a regular activity for CS:GO fans , allowing them to bet on their cosmetics in hopes of winning better ones. Various platforms offer these services, with players placing bets on professional matches or joining lotteries using their in-game cosmetics as currency. Valve previously launched legal action against gambling sites that demanded access to the Steam API, automatically loading the users’ inventory to ease the betting process. However, since all CS:GO skin gambling websites don’t use this Steam API, players could still bet on their cosmetics if they wanted