Today’s update includes an experimental warmup mode, a way to view (and copy) players’ crosshairs while spectating, a new set of Music Kits, and more!

The Masterminds Music Kits

Introducing the The Masterminds Music Kit Box, featuring music kits from seven composers. Standard and StatTrak music kit boxes are now available for purchase.

Warming Up

Get a few reps in before the match begins with an experimental 1v1 warmup mode! The experimental warmup is currently limited to Wingman matches on Train and Vertigo, and may be added to other maps and Competitive Matchmaking in the future.

Share Your View

Wondering how your teammates see the world? As a spectator you can now view other players’ crosshairs.

By default you will see crosshairs of your friends and party members, but you can change your settings to view everyone (or just your own). See one you like? Click a player on the scoreboard to copy their crosshair.

There’s more in today’s update, view the release notes ...

[ GAMEPLAY ]
– Added one-on-one warmup arenas when playing Wingman mode on Vertigo and Train
– Added a new weapon parameter “inaccuracy jump apex”, set to 331.55 for the Deagle

[ UI ]
– Added ability to see crosshairs of observed players
– Added ability to copy crosshairs of other players (through the scoreboard).
– Added ability to listen to music kit MVP anthem when inspecting music kits.

[ MUSIC ]
– Added the Masterminds Music Kit Box, available in regular and StatTrak variants, featuring 7 new music kits:
— Austin Wintory, Bachram
— Daniel Sadowski, Eye of the Dragon
— Dren, Gunman Taco Truck
— Matt Levine, Drifter
— Sam Marshall, Bodacious
— Tim Huling, Neo Noir
— Tree Adams and Ben Bromfield, M.U.D.D. FORCE

[ MISC ]
– Fixed agents sometimes not holding weapons on the end of match screens
– Fixed agents in Perfect World version sometimes vocalizing English radio commands
– The Events tab of the Watch menu will now also present online competitions

[ MAPS ]
– Anubis
— Fixed the prop...

[ WEAPONS ]
– SG553 – Reduced rate of fire and accuracy to bring the weapon’s value to be more in line with other rifles.
– AUG – Improved standing accuracy while unscoped. Slightly reduced scoped accuracy.
– M4A1-S – Price reduced to $2900.
– Deagle – Improved accuracy while jumping, lowering the time to recover accuracy after the player lands.
– Tec-9 – Reduced firing inaccuracy.
– Bizon – Increased armor penetration.

[ MISC ]
– Compressed several textures for less memory consumption.
– Silenced auto-vocalizations by bots during warmup.
– Removed ‘Guardian’ from “Looking to Play’ tab.
– Added a launch option -noubershader. Users on very old Intel hardware can set this launch option to improve their framerate. This option is not recommended otherwise as it is likely to cause stuttering on the overwhelming majority of GPUs.

[ MAPS ]
– Anubis:
— Moved from Scrimmage to Competitive mode.
— Fixed water reflection issues.
— Fixed all reports regarding clipping and unintended boost spots.
—...

A new build (“old_intel_perf_fix”) is now available in the CS:GO beta depot.

For instructions on how to opt into a CS:GO beta depot build, visit the following page: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9847-WHXC-7326

[MISC]
– Added a launch option -noubershader. Users on very old Intel hardware can set this launch option to improve their framerate. This option is not recommended otherwise as it is likely to cause stuttering on the overwhelming majority of GPUs.

Update 4/17/2020: Regional Major Ranking has been updated, visit this page for up to date information: Regional Major Ranking.

Update 4/8/2020: The invites have been updated to reflect C0ntact’s return to the EU.

The Rio Major will take place in November and, as the only Major of 2020, the prize pool will be $2,000,000.

It will have been more than a year since the last Major. To ensure that the Rio Major features the top teams in the world, we will require that current Legends and Challengers demonstrate that they are still in top form. Due to the difficulty in travel for the foreseeable future, we’re going to do that regionally.

Regional Major Rankings

All teams participating in the November Rio Major will earn their invites through regional rankings, which will be updated based on their performance in upcoming Regional Major Ranking competitions.

Teams competing in an RMR series will receive Major Ranking points based on their placement. We will have more details on the point di...

Operation Shattered Web wraps up today. Thanks to all of the CS:GO players who participated–over the span of the operation, they completed over 136 million missions!

The operation may be over, but there’s more to see in today’s update.

New Maps

Today we are adding two community created maps to our official matchmaking pool in Scrimmage and Casual game modes. Check out Anubis and Chlorine, two of the top finalists in Mapcore’s 2019 Exotic Places map contest.

Prisma 2 Collection

Today we’re also introducing the Prisma 2 Collection! Lightly based on Anime/Manga themes, the collection features 17 community created weapon finishes, as well as the chance to receive one of the Horizon knives in Chroma finishes.

[ MAPS ]
– Breach and Studio are no longer available on official matchmaking servers.
– Anubis and Chlorine have been added to official Casual, Deathmatch, and Scrimmage game modes.

[ OPERATION SHATTERED WEB ]
– Operation Shattered Web is now over. Players who have an Operation Shattered Web coin in their inventory at this time will receive commemorative inscriptions on their coin with the number of completed operation missions and number of stars attained.

[ PRISMA 2 CASE ]
– Introducing the Prisma 2 Case, featuring 17 community-designed weapon finishes, and the Horizon Knives in Chroma finishes as rare special items.

[ MISC ]
– Players who are eligible for cross-promotional content from The Master Chief Collection and Half-Life: Alyx will be able to receive the cross-promotional CS:GO items even if they are VAC banned in CS:GO.
– Fixed game state integration data output for clients in team coach slot.
– Fixed misalignment of agent poses on main menu.
– Added missing voice lines for M...

[ MISC ]
-Refactored low level shaders to fix stuttering on NVIDIA hardware when first rendering previously unseen content.
-Speculative fix for rare crash at the end of matches.

A build with a fix for some stuttering affecting NVIDIA users is now available in the CS:GO beta depot.

For instructions on how to opt into a CS:GO Beta Depot, visit the following page: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9847-WHXC-7326

We continue to investigate other stuttering sources.

[ MISC ]
-Fix for stuttering impacting NVIDIA users when first rendering previously unseen content.
-Speculative fix for rare crash at the end of matches.

[ HALF-LIFE: ALYX ]
– Added a complimentary exclusive Music Kit and a complimentary Genuine Alyx Pin for pre-purchasers of Valve Index hardware.
– Half-Life: Alyx Collectible Pins Capsule, Sticker Capsule, and Patch Pack are now available in the CS:GO in-game store to celebrate release of Half-Life: Alyx.

[ MISC ]
– Improved performance of bots when loading AI behaviour trees.
– Fixed “Go Go Go” voice line for Doctor Romanov.

Half-Life: Alyx launches March 23rd, and we’re celebrating the release in CS:GO! Half-Life themed Stickers, Collectible Pins, and Patches are now available for purchase in-game.

Valve Index

If you purchased Valve Index hardware prior to Alyx’s release, you’ll receive a Genuine version of the Alyx Pin from the new collection, as well as an exclusive Half-Life: Alyx Music Kit!

[ MISC ]
– Updated Diamond Operation Coin materials.
– Fixed several respawn-related bugs in the Co-op Strike mission.
– Fixed a bug in exploding barrels sometimes awarding multiple points towards mission progress.
– Fixed a UI error showing negative number of missions for Diamond Operation Coin owners.
– Fixed a UI error in workshop maps.
– Updated Mac-10 texture UVs for Inferno 2019 Collection.

[ MISC ]
– Updated Diamond Operation Coin materials.
– Fixed several respawn-related bugs in the Co-op Strike mission.
– Fixed a bug in exploding barrels sometimes awarding multiple points towards mission progress.
– Fixed a UI error showing negative number of missions for Diamond Operation Coin owners.
– Fixed a UI error in workshop maps.
– Updated Mac-10 texture UVs for Inferno 2019 Collection.

We’re in the final weeks of Operation Shattered Web, and players have until March 30th to play missions, earn progress, and redeem Operation rewards.

Today the final mission card goes live which means we’ll start issuing Diamond Operation Coins to users who have completed 100 missions. This week’s card, “Time To Take Out The Trash”, includes a second co-op Strike mission tasking players with finding and eliminating Franz Kriegeld. Don’t let him escape!

We’re in the final weeks of Operation Shattered Web, and players have until March 30th to play missions, earn progress, and redeem Operation rewards.

Today the final mission card goes live which means we’ll start issuing Diamond Operation Coins to users who have completed 100 missions. This week’s card, “Time To Take Out The Trash”, includes a second co-op Strike mission tasking players with finding and eliminating Franz Kriegeld. Don’t let him escape!

[ OPERATION SHATTERED WEB ]
– Added all operation missions for Week 16.

[ MISC ]
– Materials now store an internal parameter precache to reduce the need for disk access during gameplay.
– Fixed a regression with player models in Danger Zone.

[ MAPS ]
Vertigo
– Fixed server lag exploit
– Fixed minor graphical bugs

[ OPERATION SHATTERED WEB ]
– Added all operation missions for Week 16.

[ MISC ]
– Materials now store an internal parameter precache to reduce the need for disk access during gameplay.
– Fixed a regression with player models in Danger Zone.

[ MAPS ]
Vertigo
– Fixed server lag exploit
– Fixed minor graphical bugs

[ UI ]
– Added a game setting to control buy menu starting mouse position.
– Added a game setting to allow ignoring number keys in buy menu.
– Fixed a regression with Mac-10 model preview in buy menu.
– Optimized amount of models loaded for agent scenes in UI.

[ DANGER ZONE ]
– Paradrop crates now have a chance to contain a giant money bonus instead of a rifle.
– Enabled visual item pick up effect for some non-weapon items.

[ ANTI-CHEAT ]
– Users can now report players from their own recently played matches provided the demo is viewed from the Watch Tab.
– Matchmaking has been adjusted to increase the weight of Trust Factor. Users with High Trust who experience cheating in their matches going forward should report those experiences to [email protected] with the subject “Cheating in High Trust Matches.” Please include a link to your steam community profile, approximate time of your match and which game mode you were playing.
– Overwatch users should experience significa...

[ AGENTS ]
– Introducing patches – new customization items which can be applied to any agents you own. Once applied, patches can be removed but not recovered.
– Added support for shuffling equipped agents in their loadout slots.

[ UI ]
– Added equipped agent to buy menu.
– Moved display of item purchasability to the buy wheel.
– Bringing up the buy menu will now center the mouse pointer to the middle of the buy wheel.
– Added localization support for position of the currency symbol for in-game prices.
– Added support for editing and previewing crosshair in the game options.
– Added support for sharing and importing crosshair sharing codes.

[ MAPS ]
– Breach:
— Fixed a bomb stuck spot in mid
— Fixed long A Wingman clip not working
— Added additional clipping to mid staircase
— Minor visual fixes
— Prevented guns from clipping through the door near A site window.
— Clipped the sign on A-long, preventing players (and the bomb) from reaching the top of it.
— Improved clipping in several ar...

Today’s update includes a revamped buy menu, a simple way to customize (and share) your crosshair, and an all new way to personalize your favorite agents! 

Introducing Patches

Looking for a way to personalize your agent? Patches featuring a variety of classic designs can now be applied to specific locations on each character model, and you can apply more than one for each agent. You can find patches in the CS:GO Patch Pack, available now.

Choose Your Own Crosshair

Customizing your crosshair has never been easier. Head over to the settings menu, where you’ll find a variety of crosshair settings that can be tuned to your personal taste. You can share your crosshair code with others or import a code to try someone else’s.

Full Buy

Today’s update also includes a visual rework of the buy menu, featuring an interactive preview of your character holding weapons and equipment. Along with some slight rearranging, now you can preview the equipment you can afford with illuminated icons in the...