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24 Jun 2016 – ESL Cologne 2016 is fast approaching, and it’s time to support your favorite teams and players! Team stickers and stickers autographed by professional CS:GO players are now available for purchase in-game, or from the Steam Community Market, with 50% of the proceeds going to players and organizations. Stickers can be placed...
[SOUND] – Lowered volume level of first-person nearly empty clip sound to match its volume level falloff in the environment. – Fixed a regression in Nova and Sawed Off reloading sounds. [Mac] – Added video option (default on) for frame rate smoothing. Frame rate smoothing significantly reduces hitching and stuttering, but at the expense of...
15 Jun 2016 – Today’s update includes some new sounds, the Gamma Case (featuring community designs and knives with the all-new Gamma finishes), and adjustments to the Prime Account Matchmaking beta. In addition, we’re extending Operation Wildfire for one month so you’ve still got time to finish up your missions and upgrade your Challenge Coin!...
[CS:GO] – Added new Gamma weapon case featuring 17 community-created weapon finishes and all-new knife finishes. – Operation Wildfire Access Pass is no longer available for purchase. [XP] – New CS:GO players will get a significant earned XP boost multiplier in Recruit and Private Ranks. – Competitive matchmaking for new CS:GO players is now unlocked...
[MISC] – Replaced the penalty for the suicide or disconnection of a player. Instead of the elimination of round-end income, a living enemy player now receives compensation equal to the missed kill reward opportunity. – On Valve official servers, the current map will be excluded from the vote options at the end of a match....
9 Jun 2016 – [MISC]– Replaced the penalty for the suicide or disconnection of a player. Instead of the elimination of round-end income, a living enemy player now receives compensation equal to the missed kill reward opportunity.– On Valve official servers, the current map will be excluded from the vote options at the end of...
7 Jun 2016 – The Polycount CS:GO Weapon Finish Contest wrapped up last week. While the contest was active the Polycount community submitted more than 500 entries to the CS:GO workshop! Since there were so many high-quality submissions, we decided to select three winners whose work will be featured in an upcoming weapon case. Here...
31 May 2016 – At recent CS:GO Major Championships, attendees had a limited opportunity to pick up collectible pins – physical pins that come with a in-game item displayable on your CS:GO profile. If you’ve wanted to pick up a pin but never had the chance to make it to a Major, as of June...
