Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Dev Tracker

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.

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Today we’re shipping the Tacticians Music Kit box, featuring six new Music Kits from Austin Wintory, Chipzel, Jesse Harlin, Laura Shigihara, Leonard Paul (Freaky DNA) and Sarah Schachner.

There’s no better tactic than sharing your new MVP anthem with the rest of the server!

Release Notes for 8/12/2021 can be found below:

[MUSIC KITS]
– Added the “Tacticians” Music Kit Box, available in regular and StatTrak™ variants, featuring 6 new music kits:
— Austin Wintory, Mocha Petal
— Chipzel, ~Yellow Magic~
— Freaky DNA, Vici
— Jesse Harlin, Astro Bellum
— Laura Shigihara: Work Hard, Play Hard
— Sarah Schachner, KOLIBRI

[MISC]
– Added a designation of bombsite A and B to game events generated when player begins to plant the bomb and finishes planting the bomb.

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/730/announcements/detail/5213466194001662556]here[/url].

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

We are looking for 10 original dream or nightmare-themed weapon finishes for CS:GO. Each of the 10 winning entries will earn $100,000. Beyond submitting your original weapon finish to the CS:GO Workshop, all you need to enter is a non-limited Steam account. And yes, teams of more than one person can also enter.

To help content creators get a better feel for what we’re looking for we’ve launched a dedicated web site for the contest. Here you will find more info on the types of finishes we’re looking for, examples of the Dreams & Nightmares theme, info on how to enter, detai... Read more

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/730/announcements/detail/2999944978192983061]here[/url].

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– Premier matchmaking can now be selected together with other competitive maps.
– Added competitive matchmaking presets and ability to save/load favorite map selections.
– Added a link to CS:GO Fair Play Guidelines when playing on official game servers.

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– Bullet penetration check will ignore the firing player model entirely.
– Fixed bot difficulty selector to correctly apply for offline with bots War Games matches.
– Stability improvements.

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/730/announcements/detail/2998816540628177442]here[/url].

CS:GO went free to play over two years ago and is still going strong. We see new players entering CS:GO all the time, and it’s as important as ever that anyone in the world can pick up and play the game for free.

Along with all the gameplay that we made available for free, new players had access to drops, Ranks, Skill Groups, and a free path to Prime matchmaking. Unfortunately, over time, those benefits have become an incentive for bad actors to hurt the experience of both new and existing players. So today we’re revising the offering for new players.

New players can still play every game mode, play on community servers, and play workshop maps. However, they will no longer receive XP, Ranks, drops, or Skill Groups; those features are now exclusively available to Prime Status players.

New players can still upgrade to Prime... Read more

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/730/announcements/detail/3059613232566173083]here[/url].

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– Added option ‘2’ to sv_damage_print_enable, which, when set, will only print damage output after round has ended.
– Coach positions are now saved in round backup files.
– In Deathmatch, fixed the ability to extend invulnerability by repeatedly issuing the “open_buymenu” command.
– In Retakes, armor value now remains fixed during card selection.

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– Fixed bounding box issue for rotated entities.

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– Ancient
— Art-revision on bombsite B and surrounding area
— Higher contrast base textures at B for better player reads
— Fixed random missing micro-polygons in bomb B totem/sculpture
— Recolored plywood throughout the map for better contrast
— Straightened out broken-wall passage to bombsite B
— Tweaked spawnpoint placement for both teams

– Grind
— Reduced lurk positions in mid for more fluid rotations.
— Lowered cover on A Short to allow boosting over smokes.
— Removed unintended boost locations.
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: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/730/announcements/detail/3035968700875072656]here[/url].

[CSGO 360 STATS]
– Adjusted the calculation for the weapon performance category score.

[MISC]
– Fixed a case where players would receive duplicate warnings about launching in untrusted mode.

[MAPS]
Ancient
-Implemented Cubby 2.0 in mid connector to A, to remove cheap shoulder angle towards site
-Slimmed down the fancy rock, also in mid connector to A
-Sparsed foliage and improved clipping on boost planter near A main
-Quieted down soundscape birds
-Removed clipping from top of bombsite sign in A site, allowing you to self-boost to planter by T main
-Added vphysics clip to T spawn water so guns don’t fully submerge
-So many clip brush tweaks
-Blocked grenades from entering inaccessible building by T entrance to mid
-Blocked pixelgaps through scaffolding near B site
-Blocked pixelgaps through doorway trim in new CT path to A site
-Simplified grenade collision on rooftops
-General optimizations

Grind
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: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/730/announcements/detail/4584079902900351844]here[/url].

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– Updated heatmap images for calavera, grind, mocha, and pitstop

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– Removed option to look for nearby players for Guardian Missions
– Security and stability improvements

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Ancient
– Updated minimap image

Pitstop
– Latest version from workshop

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/730/announcements/detail/3096765393274307213]here[/url].

Today Operation Broken Fang comes to an end, but some of its more popular features will live on. Note that if you have unspent stars, you will have until May 15th to spend them, after which they will expire.
Premier Competitive and Retakes were popular and are sticking around. Premier Competitive is still an option in the Competitive tab and Retakes has a new home among the Wargames.

For those of you that want to continue collecting your official Competitive and Wingman stats (or those of you that didn’t participate in Operation Broken Fang but want to try out the stats feature), you can now subscribe to CS:GO 360 Stats for $0.99 per month. It includes access to the CS:GO 360 Stats page as well as your team’s Round Win Chance report in Competitive and Premier game modes. Additional information can be found in our ... Read more

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/730/announcements/detail/3076498560627585336]here[/url].

– Numerous security and stability improvements.

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/730/announcements/detail/3076498560611413128]here[/url].