Valve officially released Counter-Strike 2, its sequel/free upgrade to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, on Wednesday. The game was previously only available to players of CS:GO as part of a limited ...

The Counter-Strike franchise has sat rather quiet for just over a decade, and for good reason—2012’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive was a revolutionary first-person shooter. Valve opted for an “if ...

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has broken another player record after reaching more than 1.5 million concurrent players earlier today following the hype around the Counter-Strike 2 Limited Test. At ...

Valve is finally ready to sunset "CS:GO," but before that happens, the studio has announced its successor. Say hello to "Counter-Strike 2," which is available to a handful of lucky souls starting ...

Adam Benjamin has helped people navigate complex problems for the past decade. The former digital services editor for Reviews.com, Adam now leads CNET's services and software team and contributes to ...

At the end of March 2023, Valve launched closed beta testing of Counter-Strike 2, a new version of the competitive shooter CS:GO. The game is not very different from the original, but still created a ...

Since its birth as a mod forHalf-Life in *checks notes* the late 1700s,Counter-Strike has undergone many a facelift, engine migration, and mechanical revamp. But the proposition has always been the ...