CS2 Updates

Browse all Counter-Strike 2 updates and their associated content.

February 10, 2023

Case, Capsule, Kit, Oh My!

Today we're excited to ship the Revolution Case, featuring 17 weapon finishes from community artists and the gloves from the Clutch Case as rare special items.


July 4, 2022

A New Cassssssse

Today we are excited to ship the Recoil Case, featuring 17 weapon finishes from community artists and including the Broken Fang Case Gloves as rare special items!


July 21, 2021

Announcing the CS:GO Dreams & Nightmares Workshop contest

On July 22nd the CS:GO team is launching the $1 Million Dreams & Nightmares Workshop Contest.


June 20, 2019

20th Anniversary Workshop Event

To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Counter-Strike, we would like to invite workshop contributors to create content for a themed Weapon Case and Sticker Capsule. The theme will be “Counter-Strike” itself, including all things CS-related, from the original Counter-Strike mod to Counter-Strike: Gl...


December 7, 2018

Welcome to the Danger Zone

Introducing Danger Zone — a fast-paced battle royale game mode built on CS:GO’s tactical gameplay where players use their wits, skill, and resources to fight to the finish. Play solo, or work together as a squad of two or three! CS:GO is now FREE TO PLAY So there’s never been a better time to bri...


July 24, 2015

New Paint Style: Gunsmith

Have you wanted to give the AK-47 or the Sawed-Off an engraved or patinated look, but also replace the wooden stock? You asked for it but until now the weapon finish system hasn’t supported it. In response to workshop contributor feedback, we have added the Gunsmith paint style. This style combin...


July 24, 2015

New Paint Style: Gunsmith

Have you wanted to give the AK-47 or the Sawed-Off an engraved or patinated look, but also replace the wooden stock? You asked for it but until now the weapon finish system hasn’t supported it. In response to workshop contributor feedback, we have added the Gunsmith paint style. This style combin...


August 29, 2014

Making Better Designs

The CS:GO workshop community constantly amazes us with weapon finishes and stickers of increasingly high quality. We have currently shipped over 70 weapon submissions made by the community and all together, CS:GO weapon finish creators have earned over $3 million, with each finish earning over $4...


August 29, 2014

Making Better Designs

The CS:GO workshop community constantly amazes us with weapon finishes and stickers of increasingly high quality. We have currently shipped over 70 weapon submissions made by the community and all together, CS:GO weapon finish creators have earned over $3 million, with each finish earning over $4...


May 14, 2014

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Update Released

Release Notes for 5/14/2014 - The Trade Up Contract no longer restricts items to a single collection. In exchange for 10 items of identical quality, the Trade Up Contract provides one item of the next highest quality, from a collection of one of the items provided. - Agency -- Updated with bugfix...