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<\/p>\nCounter-Strike: Global Offensive is getting a new game, rumor has it.<\/p>\n
There have been whispers and speculation for several months now, but this is probably the most concrete sign that CS:GO Source 2 is coming.<\/p>\n
Along with noted CS leaker @gabefollower revealing that a couple of curious files have popped up in NVIDIA’s latest drive update – cs2.exe and csgo2.exe; make of that whatever you will – we also have journalist Richard Lewis reporting that “a new version of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is on its way”… “it’s almost certainly going to be called Counter-Strike 2).<\/p>\n
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Can you tell me when this might happen? Well, Lewis thinks the beta will come out in March, with an April 1 release date as a rough estimate.<\/p>\n
Gabefollower advises tempering expectations, though.<\/p>\n
“It won’t be Counter-Strike 2, it won’t even be a rebrand, just CS:GO Source 2. And your skins are fine, they’ll be included with the new version,” gabefollower said.<\/p>\n
It’s pretty reliable that Valve’s been testing CS:GO on Source 2 with third-party QA companies in the US and EU since early December, gabefollower said. I can’t confirm this 100 percent, but it seems decent enough to share.”<\/p>\n
Although Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is more than a decade old, it’s still one of Steam’s most popular games.<\/p>\n
Even though CS:GO was released over 11 years ago, it seems to have never been more popular; the shooter broke its own concurrent user record last month – the number of people playing at the same time – and then again two weeks later.<\/p>\n
Unsurprisingly, then, the record just got broken again. According to SteamDB, CS:GO had 1,378,447 concurrent players earlier today – the most ever.<\/p>\n
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Steam records are often broken during holiday periods or on weekends, when we’re off work or stuck at home. It’s also possible that the exciting news of a new CS:GO iteration has got people playing again.<\/p>\n
Our guide to new games 2023 will keep you up to date on all the best games coming out this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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