Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) is a first-person shooter video game developed by Valve Corporation which is a part of the Counter-Strike series. It was announced to the public on March 22, 2023 with a tentative full release for Summer 2023 and a limited test beginning the same day. It was officially released on September 27, 2023.
This is the first game of the Counter-Strike series which utilizes Valve’s Source 2 game engine and features major technological advancements since Global Offensive such as “sub-tick” net-code technology, new voxel based volumetric smokes, and a new toolset for developing maps.