{"id":410334,"date":"2023-09-27T16:09:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T21:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/?p=410334"},"modified":"2023-09-27T16:15:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T21:15:05","slug":"counter-strike-2-is-available-now-on-steam-and-is-free-to-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/counter-strike-2-is-available-now-on-steam-and-is-free-to-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Counter-Strike 2 is available now on Steam and is free to play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They probably don&#8217;t teach this in PR and marketing classes. In typical Valve fashion, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/730\/CounterStrike_2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Counter-Strike 2<\/a><\/em> is officially released as of 4:40 p.m. ET on a Wednesday. The highly anticipated FPS sequel completely replaces <em>Counter-Strike: Global Offensive<\/em> and brings graphical updates and new features to the competitive shooter. <\/p>    <p><em>CS:GO<\/em> is officially no more, as it will automatically change to <em>Counter-Strike 2<\/em> in your Steam Library. <em>CS2<\/em> is completely free-to-play, though players can purchase an optional $14.99 Prime Status upgrade. It appears Prime Status will feature its own special matchmaking and enable Prime Status players to obtain exclusive item drops and weapon cases.<\/p>    <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/CounterStrike2_RoundEnd_092723.jpg?w=640&#038;resize=640%2C360\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-410343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/CounterStrike2_RoundEnd_092723.jpg?w=1200 1200w, https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/CounterStrike2_RoundEnd_092723.jpg?w=300 300w, https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/CounterStrike2_RoundEnd_092723.jpg?w=768 768w, https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/CounterStrike2_RoundEnd_092723.jpg?w=1024 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image via Valve<\/figcaption><\/figure>    <h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-decade-of-cs-go-comes-to-an-end\">A decade of <em>CS:GO<\/em> comes to an end<\/h2>    <p>This is the first new <em>Counter-Strike<\/em> title in over a decade as <em>CS:GO<\/em> was released in August of 2012. Cosmetics players have earned in <em>CS:GO<\/em> will automatically update to their new <em>Counter-Strike 2<\/em> version, making it a seamless upgrade for all players. However, new players can download right away and jump in and start playing as well.<\/p>    <p>Also, according to the new <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/730\/CounterStrike_2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam Page<\/a>, <em>CS2<\/em> is built in the Source 2 engine. This allows Valve to utilize realistic physics-based rendering, state-of-the-art networking, and upgraded Community Workshop tools.<\/p>    <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/CounterStrike2_Window_092723.jpg?w=640&#038;resize=640%2C360\" alt=\"Counter-Strike is available now\" class=\"wp-image-410339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/CounterStrike2_Window_092723.jpg?w=1200 1200w, https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/CounterStrike2_Window_092723.jpg?w=300 300w, https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/CounterStrike2_Window_092723.jpg?w=768 768w, https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/CounterStrike2_Window_092723.jpg?w=1024 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image via Valve<\/figcaption><\/figure>    <h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-graphical-upgrades-alongside-new-features\">Graphical upgrades alongside new features<\/h2>    <p>Even though <em>Counter-Strike 2<\/em> is technically an upgrade of the framework in <em>CS:GO<\/em>, there are some pretty big new features in it as well:<\/p>    <ul> <li>All-new <em>CS <\/em>Ratings with the updated Premier mode<\/li>    <li>Global and Regional leaderboards<\/li>    <li>Upgraded and overhauled maps<\/li>    <li>Game-changing dynamic smoke grenades<\/li>    <li>Tick-rate-independent gameplay<\/li>    <li>Redesigned visual effects and audio<\/li>    <li>All items from <em>CS:GO<\/em> moving forward to <em>CS2<\/em><\/li>    <li><\/li> <\/ul>    <h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-bumpy-start\">A bumpy start<\/h2>    <p>While many are surely excited to jump into <em>CS2<\/em>, it appears some players are having trouble getting in. Though the new version of the shooter is technically live, some are not seeing the updated change in their Steam Library. I had this issue as well and restarting Steam worked for me. Before I restarted Steam it still showed as <em>Counter-Strike: Global Offensive<\/em> for me. But, after restarting Steam, it automatically updated to <em>Counter-Strike 2<\/em> and started downloading the update.<\/p>    <p>Also, understandable the servers are probably seeing a lot of traffic right now. Hopefully as the day continues things will settle down a bit and everyone can get in and play.<\/p>    <p><em>Counter-Strike 2<\/em> is <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/730\/CounterStrike_2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">available now on PC via Steam<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Counter-Strike 2 has released at 4:40 p.m. on a Wednesday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":859,"featured_media":410341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"article_type":"","gamurs_wordpress_blocks_hide_tags":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"[]","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[22411],"internal-label":[22872],"invoiceable_action":[23730],"article_type":[23116],"coauthors":[{"id":859,"display_name":"Steven Mills","user_login":"Steven Mills","user_nicename":"steven-mills"}],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Counter-Strike 2 is available now on Steam and is free to play &#8211; Destructoid<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Out of nowhere, Valve has released Counter-Strike 2. 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