Counter-Strike 2 Released on Steam for Free Starting Today
Valve sprung a pleasant surprise today, as Counter-Strike 2 is now available on Steam for free starting today! Yes, the sequel to one of the most influential and most popular shooters of all-time has just been stealth dropped this September 27!
There’s a new trailer to mark the occasion, which you can watch below.
A free upgrade to CS:GO, Counter-Strike 2 marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter and the largest technical leap in Counter-Strike’s history. Built on the Source 2 engine, Counter-Strike 2 is modernized with realistic physically-based rendering, state of the art networking, upgraded Community Workshop tools, and more.
Counter-Strike 2 Steam Download
Counter-Strike 2 is a free upgraqde to CS:GO and is built on the Source 2 engine. Check out some of Counter-Strike 2’s features:
- All-new CS Ratings with the updated Premier mode
- Global and Regional leaderboards
- Upgraded and overhauled maps
- Game-changing dynamic smoke grenades
- Tick-rate-independent gameplay
- Redesigned visual effects and audio
- All items from CS:GO moving forward to CS2
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
- OS: Windows® 10
- Processor: 4 hardware CPU threads – Intel® Core™ i5 750 or higher
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Video card must be 1 GB or more and should be a DirectX 11-compatible with support for Shader Model 5.0
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 85 GB available space
No word on whether we’ll be seeing the game appear on other platforms, though that seems rather unlikely at this point.
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