Valve might soon launch Counter-Strike 2, but it may not be what you wished for

Something weird just happened. Latest NVIDIA drivers introduced support for unknown app executables called “csgos2.exe” and “cs2.exe”. Why project is called Counter-Strike 2 and what are you cooking @csgo? https://t.co/U9YKlAjwgy pic.twitter.com/PU8Op9uGLq

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The caster also suggests Counter-Strike 2 is one of the main reasons why Valve hasn’t been paying much attention to its most played games of all time – Counter-Strike Global Offensive (CS GO). The updated version also seems to be using the much newer Source 2 engine, which will bring a significant improvement to the graphics, textures and overall smoothness of the game.

Valve might also step up its game and finally make the transition to 128-tick servers, which modern games like Valorant and PUBG have been using for quite some time now. For the uninitiated, the tick rate of a server gives us an idea of how fast it can process information. So the higher the tick rate, the smoother the gameplay will be. Counter-Strike 2 might also update the matchmaking algorithm, a major issue the community has been complaining about for years now.

Moreover, the report suggests that Valve might not launch Counter-Strike 2 as a new game and it will simply be called CS: GO Source 2. Eventually, the old game will be merged with the new one based on the Source 2 engine, which is something Valve did with DOTA 2. Since nothing is official at the moment, we expect you to take this information with a grain of salt.