Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Dev Tracker

[MAPS]

Anubis
– Fixed some spots where guns would fall through the world near canal
– Fixed grenades falling through floor on A site fountain
– Fixed surface properties on models to prevent bullet penetration
– Adjusted grenade clips throughout map
– Adjusted player clipping throughout map
– Reduced size of trim at mid
– Added collision to signs
– Closed various pixel gaps
– Minor optimizations

Ancient
– Increased bomb radius to 650 from 500
– Flattened out cubbies in red house top of mid
– Pushed back CT spawn 256 units, delaying CTs ~1 sec
– Compressed blocky things on B site, to create longer sightlines and more space to move around

Boyard
– Fixed various clipping issues.
– Fixed non-solid walls by T entrance.
– Removed traffic cone on site.
– Added bucket to heaven to block sight line.
– May Contain Nuts.

Chalice
– Included missing nav
– Clipped exploit...

All ranked-up and ready to go? The all-new 2023 Service Medal will be available starting January 1st!

Earn XP by playing in official game modes and rank up your CS:GO Profile. When you reach the Global General (Rank 40), you’ll have the option to reset your Profile Rank and earn (or upgrade) a 2023 Service Medal. The medal is an inspectable display item you can show off wherever your avatar is shown.

Today’s update also includes two new community wingman maps: Boyard and Chalice. Each offers a different spin on Wingman gameplay, with quick engagements on Boyard and long-distance duels on Chalice.

Jump into a wingman match to check them out, and earn some more XP!

[ RIO 2022 ]
– Sticker capsules are now 75% off.

[ MISC ]
– Added 2023 Service Medal to be awarded for outstanding service and achievement starting from January 1, 2023 GMT.
– Fixed Molotov and Incendiary grenades not detonating in midair when flying over skybox areas.
– Fixed a case where some loading screen keybindings were not getting resolved correctly.

[ MAPS ]
– Boyard and Chalice are now available for official matchmaking in Wingman game mode.
– Blagai, Cascade, and Breach have been removed from official matchmaking.

Ember
– Autumn holidays are now over in Ember land.

[ MAPS ]
– Anubis has been added to Active Duty.
– Dust II has been removed from Active Duty.

[ GAMEPLAY ]
– AWP magazine size reduced from 10 bullets to 5.
– Reduced the M4A1-S range modifier from 0.99 to 0.94.

Today’s update includes an adjustment to the Active Duty map pool as well as some weapon adjustments.

For starters, we’re making changes to the Active Duty map pool, which will determine which maps get played at the 2023 Paris Major.

Anubis is being added to Active Duty and Dust II is being removed. But both maps are still available in Casual, Deathmatch, and Competitive modes.

We’re also making some adjustments to weapons. The AWP has had its magazine size reduced to five bullets (so make them count!), and the M4A1-S now does less damage at long ranges.

Try the changes out and let us know what you think!

And thanks for the blog post title, Ryan (@Schaffurr)!

Over the past two weeks Rio de Janeiro has been the center of Counter-Strike, where 24 of the best teams in the world fought to become IEM Rio Major champions. In the end, only one team was left standing as Outsiders bested Heroic on Mirage and Overpass to secure their first Major championship!

To celebrate our new champions, today we’re releasing the champions autograph capsule, featuring autographs from FL1T, fame, Jame, n0rb3r7, and Qikert in paper, glitter, holo, and gold.

A New Path to the Majors

Starting with the 2023 Paris Major, we’re going to change the way we invite teams to the RMRs.

Previously teams entered the RMRs by direct invitation, or through a series of open qualifiers. For Paris, some teams who aren’t directly invited will get to skip the open qualifiers–teams that consistently perform well in Valve and third-pa...