CS: GO
The latest update news, reviews and useful guides for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. An overview of the game’s innovations and discussion of the latest updates.
Global Offensive » Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy
13 Dec 2016 – Today we’re visually upgrading the SAS Counter-Terrorist player model. The adjustments are centered around a few core principles, including preserving character legibility and improving overall visual fidelity. Also in today’s update – some tweaked sounds to support HRTF (listen for a new bomb beep), and adjustments to the algorithm that determines...
CS:GO update from 12/13/2016
[Visuals] – Visually upgraded the SAS Counter-Terrorist player model [Sound] – New C4 beep sound for increased sound positioning with HRTF. – Fixed issue where some sounds were muffled as a result of upsampling for HRTF compliance. – Added option to audio settings to enable/disable HRTF on OSX. – Reduced latency of HRTF. [Public Lobbies]...
Global Offensive » Holiday Season never sounded so good.
7 Dec 2016 – Today we’re introducing a new audio feature designed to substantially improve positional audio in CS:GO. The game now uses HRTF (head-related transfer function) algorithms to enhance 360-degree vertical and horizontal sound positioning while using headphones. The default Speaker Configuration in your Audio Settings has been set to “Headphones with HRTF,” but...
CS:GO update from 12/7/2016
[Holidays] – Deployed Holiday Cheer for your festive fragging season. – You can spread the Holiday Cheer! Gifts are now available for a limited time. [Sound] – Added new audio option that enables Head-Related Transfer Function (HRTF) processing on in-game sounds. The goal is to vastly improve 360 degree vertical and horizontal sound positioning. –...
CS:GO update from 11/29/2016
[MISC] – Fixed a problem equipping music kits, sprays and flair items. – Fixed friends list not scrolling correctly when only one page of friends is visible. – Fixed a crash encountered while minimizing the game while in full screen mode. – Fixed an issue where some UI sounds would play very quietly when the...
Global Offensive » Brothers In Arms
28 Nov 2016 – Today’s update includes Steam Group Lobbies — a new way to find people to play with — as well as brand new gloves, music, and more. Read on for details! The Glove Case Introducing the Glove Case, featuring 17 community-designed weapon finishes. Unlike previous cases, the possible Special Items in the...
CS:GO update from 11/28/2016
[CSGO] – Introducing the Glove Case, featuring 17 community-designed weapon finishes. Unlike previous cases, the possible Special Items in the Glove Case are 24 all-new gloves. For more details click here. – Introducing the Radicals Music Box, featuring 7 new StatTrak™ music kits from “Radicals” artists. [Steam Group Lobbies] – Players can now join lobbies...
CS:GO update from 11/1/2016
[MISC] – Halloween has come to a close. – Dropped weapons and other grenades no longer prevent flashbangs from blinding players. – Fixed a bug where Killer Replay sounds would sometimes continue playing after the Killer Replay had finished. – Players will now measure regular UDP pings to matchmaking regions where SDR is not yet...
Release Notes for 11/1/2016
[MISC] – Halloween has come to a close. – Dropped weapons and other grenades no longer prevent flashbangs from blinding players. – Fixed a bug where Killer Replay sounds would sometimes continue playing after the Killer Replay had finished. – Players will now measure regular UDP pings to matchmaking regions where SDR is not yet...
