# Counter-Strike 2 Counter-Strike 2 Update

- Product: Counter-Strike 2 (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/counter-strike-2)
- Vendor: Valve
- Date: 2026-07-08
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/730/view/701021228894259245
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/counter-strike-2/releases/2026-07-08-counter-strike-2-update

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- **added** — Premier Season Five has begun
- **added** — Added Cache to the Active Duty Map Pool
- **removed** — Removed Overpass from the Active Duty Map Pool
- **changed** — Re-designed effective range and extent of C4 explosion damage on all official defusal-mode maps with precomputed simulation values baked into compiled maps
- **changed** — Explosion shockwave damage now rapidly expands from the center of the explosion instead of being applied instantly
- **fixed** — Fixed case where picking up dropped weapons through the Buy Menu would fail to complete
- **added** — Added two new weapon collections Spy Tech and Arabesque based on the recent Call to Arms community announcement
- **added** — Added two new sticker collections Fruits & Vegetables and Auto Racing based on the recent Call to Arms community announcement
- **removed** — Train 2025 and Sport & Field weapon collections are no longer available in the Armory
- **removed** — Sugarface 2 and Elemental Craft sticker collections are no longer available in the Armory
- **changed** — Updated Custom Paint Job Extended with option to include a dedicated overlay mask texture
- **added** — Added option to set unique overlay UV randomization separate from albedo UV randomization
- **changed** — Reduced the performance cost of showing the scoreboard
- **fixed** — Fixed a case where material blending effects would disappear when you got too close
- **changed** — Increased sticker rotation precision to allow half-degree increments on application screen
- **added** — Added Instance.QueueAfterThinks, Instance.OnWeaponDrop, and CSWeaponBase.GetOriginalOwner to map scripting
- **fixed** — Fixed a crash when the name passed to Instance.RegisterCheatCommand collided with an existing command
- **changed** — Added file name and line number to errors caught during the CompileModule step of script loading
- **removed** — Removed support for deprecated vts assets
- **changed** — Updated engine code to the latest version of Source 2
- **removed** — Removed community maps Warden, Stronghold, Alpine, and Sanctum from all game modes
- **added** — Added community maps Boulder, Fachwerk, and Shelter to Competitive, Casual, and Deathmatch modes
- **added** — Added community maps Debris and El Dorado to Wingman mode

[ PREMIER ]

- Premier Season Five has begun

- Added Cache to the Active Duty Map Pool

- Removed Overpass from the Active Duty Map Pool

[ GAMEPLAY ]

- Re-designed effective range and extent of C4 explosion damage on all official defusal-mode maps.

- Damage is now applied according to precomputed simulation values, baked into the compiled map.

- Explosion shockwave damage now rapidly expands from the center of the explosion instead of being applied instantly.

- Fixed case where picking up dropped weapons through the Buy Menu would fail to complete.

[ ARMORY ]

- Added two new weapon collections based on the recent Call to Arms community announcement: Spy Tech + Arabesque

- Added two new sticker collections based on the recent Call to Arms community announcement: Fruits & Vegetables + Auto Racing

- Train 2025 and Sport & Field weapon collections are no longer available in the Armory

- Sugarface 2 and Elemental Craft sticker collections are no longer available in the Armory

[ WORKSHOP ]

- Updated "Custom Paint Job Extended"

- Added option to include a dedicated overlay mask texture

- Added option to set unique overlay UV randomization separate from albedo UV randomization

[ MISC ]

- Reduced the performance cost of showing the scoreboard.

- Fixed a case where material blending effects would disappear when you got too close (e.g. the dirt on the barrels in Inferno Banana).

- Increased sticker rotation precision to allow half-degree increments on application screen.

[ MAP SCRIPTING ]

- Added Instance.QueueAfterThinks

- Added Instance.OnWeaponDrop

- Added CSWeaponBase.GetOriginalOwner

- Fixed a crash when the name passed to Instance.RegisterCheatCommand collided with an existing command.

- Added file name and line number to errors caught during the CompileModule step of script loading.

- Removed support for deprecated vts assets.

[ ENGINE ]

- Updated engine code to the latest version of Source 2

[ MAPS ]

- Removed community maps: Warden, Stronghold, Alpine, and Sanctum from all game modes

- Added community maps Boulder, Fachwerk, and Shelter to Competitive, Casual, and Deathmatch modes

- Added community maps Debris and El Dorado to Wingman mode

Cache

- Various clipping adjustments

Dust II

- Fixed pixel gap Outside Tunnel

- Clipping adjustment Outside Tunnel

Inferno

- Clipping fix to prevent pixel boost at Top of Mid