Weapons
34 weapons had balance changes since you left.
Choose the month you stopped playing. Start with the major changes from CS:GO to Counter-Strike 2, then check your weapons and maps. Valve release notes through 2026-11-05.
June 2021
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You last played in June 2021. The most recent update in the notes is from Nov 2026. The game you played was CS:GO. Counter-Strike 2 replaced it, so the notes here run on from CS:GO into CS2. What plays differently in CS2
34 weapons had balance changes since you left.
20 maps were changed, 10 new, 0 reworked.
No headline patches since June 2021. Slide the date back, or show smaller patches.
You can reload silently, and crosshair settings were rebuilt.
Bomb damage now follows precomputed values baked into each map.
Reloading now discards the rounds left in the magazine, and built-in map guides arrived.
Movement was reworked and the pool rotated.
Casual and Deathmatch map groups were reorganised.
Premier matchmaking was paused between seasons and the pool rotated.
A new way to get limited items.
Lots of quality-of-life changes plus a map pool swap.
CS2 went live for everyone on 27 September 2023: Source 2, sub-tick servers, 3D smokes that a grenade can blow open, a new buy menu, and Premier with a visible rating.
Premier gained a visible rating and leaderboards.
A broad Limited Test update touching movement, buying and smoke grenades.
Access to the Counter-Strike 2 Limited Test opened.
Map pool and a pair of weapon changes.
Another Operation; Basalt joined the community map rotation.
The scrimmage mode was replaced by Unranked matches within Competitive.
A new Operation with Premier and Retakes modes and the Ancient map.
Equippable agents arrived, plus rifle price changes.
Economy and pricing were reshaped.
CS:GO went free to play and gained a battle royale mode.
Players could try the new menu interface.
The 2v2 Wingman mode appeared, alongside weekly events and community maps.
A new Operation and the return of Nuke to the pool.
A new pistol and changes to how Competitive rounds are timed.
Train came back into the rotation.
Matchmaking maps were split into groups, which is how the map pool works from here on.
Two new maps joined the competitive rotation.
The first big weapon update added the Famas, Galil, P250 and Dual Berettas.
