[COLOGNE 2016] – Added team stickers, player autographs, Pick’Em and Fantasy Games for Cologne 2016 CS:GO Major Championship. — http://www.counter-strike.net/pickem/cologne2016 – Added support for Cologne 2016 game authentication codes to allow third-party websites and applications to manage your Cologne 2016 Pick’Em and Fantasy Games without running the actual game client. — For more information on...
[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...
[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....
Image from CS:GO Austin Dreamhack site. It’s an interesting balance this weekend, as Blizzard’s biggest esports ramp up for some high-level competition while Valve’s largest games both have qualifiers for huge tournaments in May. Hearthstone and Starcraft II have international tournaments held in Europe in the form of the second Truesilver Championship and the Gold Series...
