Is Counter Strike 2 the best possible version of the game it can be right now? Hell no. Is Counter Strike 2 still a great and fun game to play? Hell yeah! Could it be significantly better during rest of the year? Hell yeah! It's still my favourite game, and it ain't close!

Up next from the Top 10 of our Big Adventures mapping contest: Grail 🐙 Set in a fantasy mini-golf park with a very big octopus head, Grail was made by Lizard, Radu Tanasie and Flo. This video was made by Meddson: youtu.be/XwxIihfLG8w

We are live with our 3rd tournament on the finalist maps of the Big Adventures mapping contest, casted by Trevor ! Join us and watch at twitch.tv/TrevorVictrus 🍿

Congratulations to Team FraudstersCS for winning our tournament in EU today, and thanks to Trevor for casting! 🫶 We'll be back with another one in NA in 2 weeks, and will be back with more after a short break 👀

Our map pool has gotten another refresh! This will be the last time these maps will be in our pool before the final contest deadline. Join up, give some last feedback before judging begins, and maybe even sign up to our NA tournament 👀

Today we're presenting Flick, another map in the Top 10 of the Big Adventures Contest. 🎞️ Set in a Film Studio, Flick is made by a big team which includes Jay from Chicago, Chimonahehe, bman and Froddoyo. This video was made by BlAcky: youtube.com/watch?v=FsYBmH…

de_dharma cs2 -- work in progress

Canopy. Hope you all enjoy the map, grateful to be part of the top 10 in the contest, and wishing the best to the rest of the contestants! steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…

Our judges have finished scoring, and we’re looking forward to announcing the results at 18:30 CEST / 12:30 EDT. Join us by watching the following premiere: youtu.be/SPpdcRUOsx4

The winners of our Big Adventures CS2 Mapping contest have been announced! On behalf of Mapcore and FACEIT Congratulations to the Grand Finalist winner: Grail! Congrats also to the runner-ups: Alpine, Palacio and Stronghold! youtube.com/watch?v=SPpdcR…

Super excited to share that STRONGHOLD🇬🇮 came in 4th place on the Mapcore FACEIT contest! This was only possible due to the hard work from Haaselh0ff, kale and Quinton Swenski over the last year! I couldn't be happier right now, and I am super proud of the entire team!!

The winners of our Big Adventures Mapping Contest have been crowned! 👑 This Saturday we are hosting 5v5 tournaments in both EU and NA on these maps, 15 000 FACEIT points in each prize pool 🏆 You can prepare for the tournaments in our FACEIT club, and sign up at the links below

My top 3 in voting was 1. cs_alpine 2. de_golden 3. de_warden This is Golden; a very interesting layout that takes a little getting used to, hence me dying a lot at the start of this playtest but it gets better. This is the map I want to play the most due to the layout. This

It's small, but having a small lil feature in CS2's new Agency still gives fuzzy warm feelings :D

grail knows whats good

The amount of pessimism in the CS2 community is exhausting. Nothing is ever enough.

The CS2 team have done so much over the years to evolve CS into what it is now, and all people do is complain still to this day. Yes they could do more with more staff, but so could anyone in any business. The vocal minority need to appreciate updates when they arrive

Starting next month, monthly challenges are returning with the same structure you know: one month to create, two weeks to vote via reactions. One change moving forward is that the next challenge will be provided, rather than the previous winner deciding.

We're doing Mapcore challenges again! If you're ever feeling a bit creative, try out a challenge😉

We have refreshed our map pool again! For a few weeks you can now play Akiba, Biome, Breach, Iris and Mutiny - until our first CS2 season starts 👀 Stay tuned!