The 2021 Stockholm Major is almost here and you can start supporting your favorite teams now!

The 2021 Viewer Pass, Team Sticker Capsules, and Team Patch Packs are now available for purchase. 50% of the proceeds go to the teams and organizations taking part in the 2021 Stockholm Major.

Viewer Pass
With a Viewer Pass, you’ll get a Stockholm 2021 Event Coin, Pick’em challenges to complete, all-you-can-spray team graffiti, Steam.tv flair, and exclusive access to Stockholm 2021 Souvenir Packages.

Every time you upgrade your coin, you can redeem a Souvenir Package of the match of your choice. Souvenirs will feature gold stickers of the teams and map of the match, so watch the Major and make your choice!

Want more? Purchase the ‘Viewer Pass +3’ to start off with three Souvenir Tokens, or purchase as many Souvenir Tokens as you’d like once you’ve activated your Pass.

Team Stickers and Patches
Team Sticker Capsules and–for the first time ever–Team Patch Packs are now available for purchase. Team Stic... Read more

Today we are shipping a new Music Kit from bbno$ featuring the song “u mad!” from his new album “eat ya veggies”—out tomorrow!

So eat ya veggies and pick up the new bbno$ Music Kit in standard or StatTrak versions, available now!

Release Notes from today are below:

[MUSIC KITS]
- Added the bbno$ - u mad! Music Kit, available in regular and StatTrak™ variants.

[GAMEPLAY]
- Danger Zone
— Respawning players are no longer able to select respawn locations that should have been prohibited by the spawnmask map.
— Smoothed camera motion when using ExoJump.

[MISC]
- Added new VO for Trapper and Trapper Agressor Agents.
- Adjusted ragdoll physics.

[MAPS]
- Dust 2
— Re-tired visblocker from T spawn to mid
— Blocked unintended wallbang

- Insertion 2
— New glass texture for windows in office, to make it easier to see from inside if the glass is broken or not.
— other minor tweaks

- Ravine
— Fixed bomb stuck spot near spawn
— Clipping fixes
— Updated radar

- Basalt
— Added a reception desk to B Connector
— Added an addition... Read more

Dive into Operation Riptide, available now!

New challenges await, with new maps, new game mode options, and the all-new Private Queues! The Operation mission system has gotten an overhaul--complete your weekly missions and choose from a variety of rewards including new agents, weapon collections, stickers, and patches.

Visit the Operation Riptide website to learn all about the Operation, and check out two new short videos below:

CS:GO - Operation Riptide, "Tomb Stone"
CS:GO - Operation Riptide, "Fowl Play"

Release Notes for the Operation Riptide update can be found below:

OPERATION RIPTIDE
Introducing Operation Riptide, featuring new maps, new missions, and new ways to play your favorite game modes! Activate an Operation Riptide Pass and complete your missions to earn rewards including all new agents, weapon collections, stickers, and patches.

GAME MODES
Added:
Private Matchmaking Queues
- Generate a Queue Code and share it with your friends to create a private Premier match on Valve servers
- Or... Read more

Today we are shipping the 2021 Community Sticker Capsule, featuring 21 unique stickers from various Community Workshop artists.

Whether you are trying to make it look “EZ” or telling your teammates “This Is Fine”, there’s a sticker for everyone.

Today we’re shipping the Tacticians Music Kit box, featuring six new Music Kits from Austin Wintory, Chipzel, Jesse Harlin, Laura Shigihara, Leonard Paul (Freaky DNA) and Sarah Schachner.

There’s no better tactic than sharing your new MVP anthem with the rest of the server!

Release Notes for 8/12/2021 can be found below:

[MUSIC KITS]
– Added the “Tacticians” Music Kit Box, available in regular and StatTrak™ variants, featuring 6 new music kits:
— Austin Wintory, Mocha Petal
— Chipzel, ~Yellow Magic~
— Freaky DNA, Vici
— Jesse Harlin, Astro Bellum
— Laura Shigihara: Work Hard, Play Hard
— Sarah Schachner, KOLIBRI

[MISC]
– Added a designation of bombsite A and B to game events generated when player begins to plant the bomb and finishes planting the bomb. Read more

On July 22nd the CS:GO team is launching the $1 Million Dreams & Nightmares Workshop Contest.

We are looking for 10 original dream or nightmare-themed weapon finishes for CS:GO. Each of the 10 winning entries will earn $100,000. Beyond submitting your original weapon finish to the CS:GO Workshop, all you need to enter is a non-limited Steam account. And yes, teams of more than one person can also enter.

To help content creators get a better feel for what we’re looking for we’ve launched a dedicated web site for the contest. Here you will find more info on the types of finishes we’re looking for, examples of the Dreams & Nightmares theme, info on how to enter, details of the contest, and more. We've also created a sub forum in CS:GO's Discussions for artists, technical artists, and others to collaborate on contest-themed submissions and ideas.

We launched the Workshop on Steam almost 10 years ago in the hopes of creating a centralized hub for community created content. Since then, over ... Read more

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– Premier matchmaking can now be selected together with other competitive maps.
– Added competitive matchmaking presets and ability to save/load favorite map selections.
– Added a link to CS:GO Fair Play Guidelines when playing on official game servers.[]
– Bullet penetration check will ignore the firing player model entirely.
– Fixed bot difficulty selector to correctly apply for offline with bots War Games matches.
– Stability improvements.

CS:GO went free to play over two years ago and is still going strong. We see new players entering CS:GO all the time, and it’s as important as ever that anyone in the world can pick up and play the game for free.Along with all the gameplay that we made available for free, new players had access to drops, Ranks, Skill Groups, and a free path to Prime matchmaking. Unfortunately, over time, those benefits have become an incentive for bad actors to hurt the experience of both new and existing players. So today we’re revising the offering for new players.New players can still play every game mode, play on community servers, and play workshop maps. However, they will no longer receive XP, Ranks, drops, or Skill Groups; those features are now exclusively available to Prime Status players.New players can still upgrade to Prime by purchasing the Prime Status Upgrade from the Steam store, however there is no longer a free path to Prime. And if you purchase the upgrade in the next two weeks, your... Read more

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– Added option ‘2’ to sv_damage_print_enable, which, when set, will only print damage output after round has ended.
– Coach positions are now saved in round backup files.
– In Deathmatch, fixed the ability to extend invulnerability by repeatedly issuing the “open_buymenu” command.
– In Retakes, armor value now remains fixed during card selection.[]
– Fixed bounding box issue for rotated entities.[]
– Ancient
— Art-revision on bombsite B and surrounding area
— Higher contrast base textures at B for better player reads
— Fixed random missing micro-polygons in bomb B totem/sculpture
— Recolored plywood throughout the map for better contrast
— Straightened out broken-wall passage to bombsite B
— Tweaked spawnpoint placement for both teams– Grind
— Reduced lurk positions in mid for more fluid rotations.
— Lowered cover on A Short to allow boosting over smokes.
— Removed unintended boost locations.
— Fixed multiple bomb stuck spots.
— Minor quality of life and art updates.– Mocha
— Clipping improvements.
— ... Read more

[CSGO 360 STATS]
– Adjusted the calculation for the weapon performance category score.[MISC]
– Fixed a case where players would receive duplicate warnings about launching in untrusted mode. [MAPS]
Ancient
-Implemented Cubby 2.0 in mid connector to A, to remove cheap shoulder angle towards site
-Slimmed down the fancy rock, also in mid connector to A
-Sparsed foliage and improved clipping on boost planter near A main
-Quieted down soundscape birds
-Removed clipping from top of bombsite sign in A site, allowing you to self-boost to planter by T main
-Added vphysics clip to T spawn water so guns don’t fully submerge
-So many clip brush tweaks
-Blocked grenades from entering inaccessible building by T entrance to mid
-Blocked pixelgaps through scaffolding near B site
-Blocked pixelgaps through doorway trim in new CT path to A site
-Simplified grenade collision on rooftops
-General optimizationsGrind
– Made wall on A long surfable
– Fixed invisible wall near B site
– Fixed out of map boost near A site
– Fixe... Read more

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– Updated heatmap images for calavera, grind, mocha, and pitstop[]
– Removed option to look for nearby players for Guardian Missions
– Security and stability improvements[]
Ancient
– Updated minimap imagePitstop
– Latest version from workshop

Today Operation Broken Fang comes to an end, but some of its more popular features will live on. Note that if you have unspent stars, you will have until May 15th to spend them, after which they will expire.
Premier Competitive and Retakes were popular and are sticking around. Premier Competitive is still an option in the Competitive tab and Retakes has a new home among the Wargames.For those of you that want to continue collecting your official Competitive and Wingman stats (or those of you that didn’t participate in Operation Broken Fang but want to try out the stats feature), you can now subscribe to CS:GO 360 Stats for $0.99 per month. It includes access to the CS:GO 360 Stats page as well as your team’s Round Win Chance report in Competitive and Premier game modes. Additional information can be found in our CS:GO 360 Stats help article.Map Pool Changes
As part of today’s update we are making changes to the Active Duty Map Pool. Train is leaving the station, and Ancient is taking its... Read more

– Numerous security and stability improvements.

As we enter the 2021 RMR season, we’ve decided to revisit some of our event guidelines.Up until today, players were ineligible to participate in Valve-sponsored events if they had ever received a VAC-ban in CS:GO. These guidelines had not seen an update since the game was new and all CS:GO VAC bans were relatively recent. But VAC bans can now be more than 8 years old. So we’ve decided to update them.Moving forward, a VAC ban will only disqualify a player from an event if it was either received less than 5 years prior, or if it was received at any time after their first participation in a Valve-sponsored event (e.g., after participating in a qualifier for an RMR event). Note that VAC bans stay in place with all of their other effects; the only change is how they influence your eligibility to play in Valve-sponsored events.There are other reasons a player may not be eligible to participate in Valve-sponsored events. These remain unchanged.We hope you’re as excited as we are for the upcom... Read more

[STORE]
– Items purchased from the in-game store will not be tradable/marketable for one week.
– Operation Cases redeemed as an operation reward will not be tradable/marketable for one week.
– Items received from market-restricted containers will continue to be sellable immediately on the Steam Community Market.[MISC]
– Fixed a rare visual bug with equipped item indicators when equipping a default item into a loadout slot.
– Various stability improvements.

We’re gearing up for the road to Stockholm 2021, starting with the first series of RMR events! Over the next several days we’ll announce events for each region, so stay tuned.If you’d like to learn more about the RMR events, visit our FAQ.And with the 2021 RMR events fast approaching, it’s time to move on from last year’s results. All 2020 RMR sticker capsules are now on sale–if you’ve been waiting, now is a great time to take another look! Read more

Today we are opening up Broken Fang Premier to everyone.Broken Fang Premier, which introduces a pick/ban phase to the start of a competitive match, allows players to test their mettle across the entire Active Duty map pool. Pick and ban maps, choose your starting side, and work together to win 16 rounds.Operation Broken Fang ends April 30th, so now’s the perfect time to queue for Broken Fang Premier with friends. And if you’re an Operation Pass holder, you have one month to complete missions, collect stars, and redeem rewards from the Operation Shop.Finally, Release Notes for today are below:[ OPERATION BROKEN FANG ]
- For a limited time, Broken Fang Premier is available for everyone.
- Operation Broken Fang Passholders will play in Prime Account Status queue when matchmaking for Broken Fang Premier.[ MISC ]
- Fixed Steam networking sockets implementation to dynamically load "wlanapi.dll" system library and to work on Windows Server systems which don't have Wireless LAN Service enabled.
- ... Read more

Strike Now!
All 16 Operation Broken Fang mission cards have been released, including the final Strike mission! But don’t worry if you can’t get everything done this week, you still have until April 30th to earn your stars. Music Kits
Today we’re shipping three new Music Kits:

• Hades - Hades Music Kit
  
• Neck Deep - The Lowlife Pack
  
• Scarlxrd - CHAIN$AW.LXADXUT.

If you’re a fan of Supergiant Games’ Hades, you may already own the Music Kit. If you own the game on Steam and have more than 5 hours of play time you’ll find the Hades Music Kit in your CS:GO Inventory. Poorly Drawn Stickers
Hand-crafted by HH110011HH and Hoxton with a bit more love than skill, the Poorly Drawn Sticker Capsule is now available for purchase in-game. We are also including release notes below. Release Notes for 3/18/2021
[ STORE ]
– As a cross-promotion with Supergiant Games, owners of Hades on Steam, after they accrue sufficient playtime in the game, will receive The Hades Music Kit in CS:GO.
– Two new music kits – “The L... Read more

[ MISC ]
– Fixed “env_fade” entities for “only triggering player” configuration.
– Added vscript function ScriptTraceLinePlayersIncluded.[ MAPS ]
- Guard
-- Updated Guard to the most recent workshop
-- Fixed boost spot on arches (Thanks @FilyandraXBL)
-- Fixed nodraw behind CT Spawn (Thanks Mii Fanboy)
-- Fixed various spots where players could get stuck on walls (Thanks @FilyandraXBL, Mii Fanboy, Kerluck, @goodchicken45)

[ MISC ]
– Fixed a bug that allowed enemy players to spawn outside of their spawn location.
– Fixed a case where players would see a second bomb in retakes mode.
– Fixed some cases where dropped weapons exited the play area.