One of the most famous games in the history of Valve, Counter-Strike may have a sequel announced during the month of March. Whoever says this is journalist Richard Lewis, who is famous for exclusively exposing many stories related to the game world in the past.
According to him, reliable sources claim that “A new version of Counter-Strike is on the way and has been in the works for quite some timeWhile nothing has been confirmed yet, NVIDIA drivers started appearing a few days ago Data about the “CS: GO 2” profile in GeForce Experiencewhich fueled many rumors.
Lewis claims so The new title in the series is being developed as Counter-Strike 2 And it should start its tests soon. “The initial beta release date is March 1 and April abroadsaid the journalist. At the same time, he claims that the game is practically ready and it won’t take long to get a release date.
The sequence has been affected by CS:GO updates
Writing in Substack, the journalist also stated that “Creating the game was a priority for the teams at ValveAnd the involvement of professionals who worked on previous installments of the franchise. Therefore, It ended up forcing the company to put aside the release of updates for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive at recent days.
“The biggest priority is to get this out of the way and then polish it, fix any bugs and bring it up to the level people expect from CSsaid a source Lewis consulted. The new version of the game will run on the Source 2 engine And its servers will be updated to operate with the same 128-mark system adopted by Valorant.
“The game will also feature a much improved matching system with features that are expected to make the use of third party plugins unnecessary.“, the journalist explained. He also claims so It’s still not clear how Counter-Strike 2 will affect the CS:GO eSports sceneand that only Valve knew how to answer whether the new game would completely replace the current version as the “standard” for the series going forward.
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source: Richard Lewis / Substack
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