Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Dev Tracker

Back in July we announced the Dreams & Nightmares Workshop Contest, a $1 mil art event offering the ten winning entries $100,000 each for their dream or nightmare themed weapon finish for CS:GO.

By the time the deadline for submissions hit in October, we had received over 15,000 entries.

The CS:GO team reviewed the amazing work from artists and teams from all parts of the globe, and decided that ten winners wouldn’t be enough. So, an additio...

[ STORE ]
– Added the Battlefield 2042 Sticker Capsule, now available for purchase in-game.

Today we are releasing the Battlefield 2042 Sticker Capsule, featuring 12 unique stickers from EA’s incoming shooter, Battlefield 2042, releasing November 19th on Steam!

So get your Wingsuit and be Ready for Battle; the stickers are now available in-game!

After nearly two years, CS:GO has finally crowned a new Major Champion. In front of a roaring Stockholm arena and with record breaking viewership, NAVI took the grand final from G2 in dramatic double-overtime fashion and closed out the series 2-0.

Today we’re releasing player autograph capsules to celebrate the champions and other finalists from the PGL Stockholm 2021 Major. You’ll find s1mple, electronic, Boombl4, b1t, and Perfecto in the Champions Autographs capsule, with autographs in paper, holo, and gold.

All of the other finalists can be found in the ...

[STOCKHOLM 2021]
– Stockholm 2021 Autograph Capsules for Champions and Finalists are now available for purchase. 50% of the proceeds go to the players and organizations.

[MUSIC]
– A new music kit “Flashbang Dance” by The Verkkars & n0thing is now available for purchase in-game.

[MISC]
– Smoke grenades will ignore players when detonating over burning fires and tracing to ground.
– Stability fixes.

[MAPS]
Insertion II
– Tweaked hostage rescue zone making it smaller around the back side
– Fixed issue behind pizza where weapons fell through the ground
– Added one extra cubicle and desk in orange office
– Fixed so you can fit inside the top of the slide in playground
– Removed glass from the salad bar prop in Pizza that was unbreakable
– Various graphical, clipping and collision issues fixed

Extraction
– Upgrades to middle, visually and to the gameplay
– Fixed loud door sound
– Added a power...

We started with 24 of the world’s best teams, and now we’re down to the final eight as we enter the Champions Stage of the 2021 Stockholm Major.

G2 and NaVi went undefeated in the Legends Stage–comfortably earning their playoff spot–while FURIA, Heroic, and Gambit recovered from day 1 losses with two straight wins. The remaining finalists were decided in dramatic fashion on the fifth day, with Vitality, Virtus.Pro and Ninjas in Pyjamas each going to the third map in their best-of-three series to earn their trip to the Champions Stage.

Watch live coverage beginning 4 November on Steam.tv, in GOTV, or on one of several other streaming platfor...

We started with 24 of the world’s best teams, and now we’re down to the final eight as we enter the Champions Stage of the 2021 Stockholm Major.

G2 and NaVi went undefeated in the Legends Stage–comfortably earning their playoff spot–while FURIA, Heroic, and Gambit recovered from day 1 losses with two straight wins. The remaining finalists were decided in dramatic fashion on the fifth day, with Vitality, Virtus.Pro and Ninjas in Pyjamas each going to the third map in their best-of-three series to earn their trip to the Champions Stage.

Watch live coverage beginning 4 November on Steam.tv, in GOTV, or on one of several other streaming platfor...

After two long years, the Major has finally returned. Join us for the next two weeks as 24 teams battle for their share of a $2,000,000 prize pool and the chance to be crowned CS:GO’s next Major Champion!

There’s still time to support your favorite teams at the Major by picking up a Viewer Pass or some team stickers and patches. And don’t forget to make your picks in the Pick’Em challenge before the first matches begin!

It’s been a while, so here’s a quick recap on how the Majors work:

First, teams are sorted through Regional Major Ranking events, and the number of teams invited from each region depends on how well that region performe...

The 2021 Stockholm Major is almost here and you can start supporting your favorite teams now!

The 2021 Viewer Pass, Team Sticker Capsules, and Team Patch Packs are now available for purchase. 50% of the proceeds go to the teams and organizations taking part in the 2021 Stockholm Major.

Viewer Pass

With a Viewer Pass, you’ll get a Stockholm 2021 Event Coin, Pick’em challenges to complete, all-you-can-spray team graffiti, Steam.tv flair, and exclusive access to Stockholm 2021 Souvenir Packages.

Every time you upgrade your coin, you can redeem a Souvenir Package of the match of your choice. Souvenirs will feature gold sticker...

[STOCKHOLM 2021 CS:GO MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP]
– The “Stockholm 2021 Viewer Pass” and the “Stockholm 2021 Viewer Pass + 3 Souvenir Tokens” are now available for purchase. 50% of the proceeds go to the teams and organizations taking part in the PGL Stockholm 2021 CS:GO Major Championship.
– With a Viewer Pass, you’ll get:
— An upgradable Stockholm 2021 Event Coin.
— Access to the Stockholm Pick’Em Challenge.
— Unlimited team graffiti for the duration of the event.
— Steam.tv team flair.
— Access to Stockholm 2021 Souvenir Packages.
– Team stickers and patches are available for purchase.

[MISC]
– Enabled grenade donation purchases from the buy wheel.
– Fixed a bug where spectators sometimes wouldn’t correctly see donated weapons.
– Fixed a bug where disconnected and reconnected players could exceed grenade purchase limits.

[AI – BEHAVIOR TREES]
– Added the following nodes: decorator_game_event, action_drop_active_wea...

[ MISC ]
– Fixed a bug where water footstep sounds would emit from spectating players’ death locations. (thanks /u/birkir and others on reddit)
– Bots will be able to open more Danger Zone doors.
– Stability improvements.

[ MAPS ]
Ancient
– Fixed pixel gap through scaffolding near B

Basalt
– Fixed many clipping issues (thanks Luar)
– Fixed missing nav mesh in lower A
– Updated radar
– Made map playable again by changing the license plates
– Various visual tweaks

[MUSIC KITS]
– Added the bbno$ – u mad! Music Kit, available in regular and StatTrak versions

[GAMEPLAY]
– Danger Zone
— Respawning players are no longer able to select respawn locations that should have been prohibited by the spawnmask map
— Smoothed camera motion when using ExoJump

[MISC]
– Added new VO for Trapper and Trapper Aggressor agents
– Adjusted ragdoll physics

[MAPS]
– Dust 2
— Re-tired visblocker from T spawn to mid
— Blocked unintended wallbang

– Insertion 2
— New glass texture for windows in office, to make it easier to see from inside if the glass is broken or not
— Other minor tweaks

– Ravine
— Fixed bomb stuck spot near spawn
— Clipping fixes
— Updated radar

– Basalt
— Added a reception desk to B Connector
— Added an additional window to Red Barn
—...

Today we are shipping a new Music Kit from bbno$ featuring the song “u mad!” from his new album “eat ya veggies”—out tomorrow!

So eat ya veggies and pick up the new bbno$ Music Kit in standard or StatTrak versions, available now!

[MISC]
– Fixed crash that would sometimes occur when users would play Danger Zone multiple times in a row.
– The giant X on the ground at the bombsite for Week 1 Guardian Mission It’s Raining Sharks will no longer disappear.
– Removed cl_forcepreload and the client launch option preload; these options were copy/pasted from configs on the internet but would cause crashes, slow loading times, and stuttering.
– T side will no longer be able to buy-via-donate the Riot Shield.
– The maximum cooldown penalty for griefing has been increased from 1 day to 14 days.
– Fixed bug in accept popup localized string.

[MISC]
– Fixed a rare incorrect game settings error when trying to play some game modes.
– Fixed grenades ammo problem on servers with sv_infinite_ammo 1 setting.
– Fixed a wave file fatal error when force precache launch setting was used.
– Fixed a scrolling regression in workshop maps list.
– Fixed material seams on several Guerrilla Warfare agents.
– Fixed voice mismatch for Gendarmerie agents.
– Fixed the name and voice of Elite Crew distinguished tier agent “Jungle Rebel | Elite Crew”.
– Added several missing knife finish textures.

[SDK]
– Updated lights.rad file with the latest lighting information for map creators.

[MAPS]
Ancient
– Updated radar image to match the latest map changes.

County
– Replaced env_sprites with clientside version
– Removed point_spotlights
– Replaced some of the physical props with non-networked versions
– Updated radar image
– Optimalisation

[OPERATION RIPTIDE]
– Introducing Operation Riptide, featuring new maps, new missions, and new ways to play your favorite game modes! Activate an Operation Riptide Pass and complete your missions to earn rewards including all new agents, weapon collections, stickers, and patches.

[GAME MODES]
Private Matchmaking Queues
— Generate a Queue Code and share it with your friends to create a private Premier match on Valve servers
— Or, select one of your Steam Groups and play a match exclusively with other members of that group

Short Competitive
— Added the option to select a preference for match duration in competitive Matchmaking: Short (MR 16), Long (MR 30), or No Preference.

Deathmatch
— Added the option to select Classic Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch (first team to 100 kills wins), and Free-for-all Deathmatch (all players are enemies).

Demolition
— Reduced max rounds to 10 and eliminated half-time team swap.
— Reduce...

Introducing Operation Riptide, featuring new maps, an overhauled mission system, new ways to play your favorite game modes–from Private Queues to shorter Competitive matches–and more! Complete your weekly missions and choose from a variety of rewards including new agents, weapon collections, stickers, and patches.

Dive into Operation Riptide!

[ STORE ]
– Added the 2021 Community Sticker Capsule featuring a variety of stickers from Community Workshop artists.

Today we are shipping the 2021 Community Sticker Capsule, featuring 21 unique stickers from various Community Workshop artists.

Whether you are trying to make it look “EZ” or telling your teammates “This Is Fine”, there’s a sticker for everyone.

[ UI ]
– Added 2-letter region codes to Looking to Play, Invites, and Watch Events panels.
– Added 2-letter language codes to Watch Stream panel.