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[ANTWERP 2022]
– Antwerp 2022 Champions Autograph Capsules are now available for purchase. 50% of the proceeds go to the participating players and organizations.

[ MISC ]
– Various Steam Input improvements.
– FlickStick tweaks – turning is dampened when joystick is returning to the deadzone.
– Fixes for silencer equip/unequip.
– Added Acceleration and Precision options for Gyro.
– Gyro Camera is now set up to use 1:1 world rotation to in game rotation as a foundation, as opposed to arbitrary units. This is calibrated around the assumption that the “Gyro Camera” binding in the Steam Input Configurator is set to maximum sensitivity (600) (New Official bindings have been updated to use this).
– Removed “Quick Buy” radials from default controller bindings.
– Fixed Steam Input “Health Shot” command.
– Added short fade-in for Radial Menus. This does not change/delay any underlying behavior.

The Legends stage was a brutal test, but eight teams survived and earned their place on the main stage. Congratulations to Team Spirit, ENCE, Copenhagen Flames, FaZe, FURIA, Heroic, Natus Vincere, and Ninjas in Pyjamas. They’ll play out the rest of this event in front of the roaring crowds in Antwerp. Best of luck to all!

Matches start Thursday, so you still have a few hours to make your picks in the Pick’Em Challenge. Earn souvenir tokens (or purchase some more), and support for your favorite teams with team and player autograph stickers. 50% of the proceeds go to the players, teams, and organizations participating in the 2022 Antwerp Major.

[MISC]
– Updated Team Spirit sticker and logo to more closely match their workshop submission.
– Adjusted the ‘Glitter’ sticker effect to appear more sparkly in the player’s viewmodel.

Mark your calendar and clear your schedule, the PGL Antwerp Major begins May 9th!

Ready to support your favorite teams? Team stickers, player autographs, and the Antwerp 2022 Viewer Pass are all available for purchase now! 50% of the proceeds go to the players, teams, and organizations taking part in the 2022 Antwerp Major.

And for those of you who want to cheer in person, tickets are available for the main event!

Viewer Pass

Get the full CS:GO Major experience with the Antwerp 2022 Viewer Pass. With your Viewer Pass, you’ll get an upgradable Ant...

[ANTWERP 2022 CS:GO MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP]
– The “Antwerp 2022 Viewer Pass” and the “Antwerp 2022 Viewer Pass + 3 Souvenir Tokens” are now available for purchase. 50% of the proceeds go to the players, teams, and organizations taking part in the PGL Antwerp 2022 CS:GO Major Championship.
– With a Viewer Pass, you’ll get:
— An upgradable Antwerp 2022 Event Coin.
— Access to the Antwerp Pick’Em Challenge.
— Unlimited team graffiti for the duration of the event.
— Steam.tv team flair.
— Access to Antwerp 2022 Souvenir Packages.
– Team stickers and Player Autograph stickers are available for purchase.

[MAPS]
Climb
– Fixed reduced buyzone in T spawn

Ember
– Geyser at Construction now pushes the player upwards with less force
– Fixed bug with crates and geysers giving the player insanely high velocity (sorry lacyyy and mantra)
– Fixed finishing warmup inside the elevator stopping the player from jumping
– Fix...

[MISC]
-Miscellaneous improvements to better support Steam Input (Glyph Fixes).
-Buy Menu can be more easily navigated with Controller. Uses a two-stage radial system. Initial deflection selects category. Sweeping motion selects item in category. Deadzone to exit category. Release the Buy Menu button to buy hovered item, or Right Trigger to buy without leaving the menu. Left trigger to donate. LB for Rebuy, RB for Autobuy.*
-Mouse movement will not turn glyph mode back to PC/Mouse mode.
-Fixed Radio Radial: Mouse Wheel no longer triggers in-game binds (i.e. no more switching weapon when trying to switch comms page).

*Please re-apply default SteamInput bindings via the configurator to get this functionality.

[MAPS]

Climb
– Remade all climbing wall models for graphical and performance improvements (Thanks Andi!)
– Added ropes near climbing walls
– Lowered extinguishers and railings in the blue section stairs
– Various minor ...

[MAPS]

Ember:
– Removed old clips on stairs at Rock Pool B
– Replaced stairs at Rock Pool B with new metal stairs
– Fixed loads of minor bugs (thanks Joaokaka1998)
– Geyser west of ruins now pushes the player upwards with less force
– Added more spawn drops around Lighthouse area
– The extraction fans on Apartments can now be stood on
– Fixed visual bug in tunnels below Hospital
– Fixed non solid door at Hospital

Vineyard:
-Added new map location names (Barn, Broken Bridge, Castle, Chapel, Farm, Field, Fort, Mill, Ruins, Sewers, Temple, Villa, Vineyard, Winery)
-Added collision to balconies in Fort
-Adjusted stair clipping
-Added drone clips around Docks
-Fixed stuck spots
-Fixed miscellaneous bugs
-Special thanks to nx, fearless, iNilo, lacyyy, Sandwich, Joaokaka1998 and Diddle

[OPERATION RIPTIDE]
– Operation Riptide has come to an end. Players who have unredeemed operation stars will have until March 27th to claim their operation rewards.
– All game modes introduced during Operation Riptide remain available.

[MAPS]
– Basalt, Insertion II, Ravine, Extraction, and County have been removed from their respective map pools
– Iris and Climb have been added to official matchmaking in Casual, Competitive, and Deathmatch game modes.
– Crete and Hive have been added to official matchmaking in Wingman game mode.
– Vineyard and Ember have been added to official matchmaking in Danger Zone game mode.

The first Major Championship of 2022 will be hosted by PGL in Antwerp, Belgium, and will be held in the massive Antwerps Sportpaleis arena!

Viewers at home can tune in to the 4k broadcast of the Major from May 9-22, while those attending in person can pick up tickets for the playoffs, which will be held May 19-22.

More information about the main event, tickets, and the RMR qualifying events will be available soon.

Major Rulebook

All tournaments rely on a rulebook. For the Majors, the rulebook is written by the tournament organizer, with additional ‘supplementary’ rules provided directly by Valve. Those supplemental rules have evolved over time, and have not always been easy for fans or tournament organizers to find.

To reduce confusion over those supplemental rules, we have compiled our requirements into a public document that can be...

Ring in the new year with the 2022 Service Medal, available starting January 1st.

When you reach Global General (Rank 40), you’ll have the option to reset your Profile Rank and earn (or upgrade) a 2022 Service Medal. The 2022 Service Medal is an inspectable display item that will be visible wherever your avatar is shown.

Any time playing CS:GO is time well spent, so jump into a match and earn some XP!

[MISC]
– Fixed input delay after closing radial menu.

[LINUX]
– Added experimental Vulkan support. Add -vulkan to your command line to enable Vulkan.

[MISC]
– Integrated latest Steamworks SDK.
– Adjusted Flashbang Dance Music Kit MVP anthem.
– Fixed an exploit related to muting opponents.
– Various adjustments to controller support.

[MAPS]
County
– Fixed issue where players would spawn outside of playable area on warmup
– Fixed floating barrel
– Added clip brushes to prevent players from getting stuck while jumping

Basalt
– Simplified the path from T spawn to Green House
– Fixed some clipping issues (thanks Fnugz and BARS)
– Removed hurt trigger from the out of bounds area to allow for a relaxing swim
– Fixed missing sides on wood beams on A site
– Updated guest book
– Fixed some of the Icelandic texts (thanks mckakali)

[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...

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...

[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

[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!