10-year anniversary update for CS:GO adds Tuscan to matchmaking

17-8-2022 02:36

The new update celebrates the game's decennial with more than just hats on chickens.

Valve celebrated the tenth anniversary of CS:GO's release with an update to the competitive map pool and a brand-new sticker capsule being added to the game.

The much-anticipated remake of Tuscan has been added to official matchmaking following its release earlier in August. It's important to note that it has not been made a part of the Active Duty pool, leaving it out of the competitive rotation for professional play.

Tuscan is finally a part of official matchmaking

Tuscan's remake has been in the works for a couple of years with the aim of bringing one of the most popular maps from Counter-Strike 1.6 up to modern visual standards.

Joining the map inspired by the Southern Italian coast are Anubis and Breach with both being available for Competitive, Casual, and Deathmatch modes while Climb, Crete, Hive, and Iris have all been removed from matchmaking. Other maps added include Primetime and Blagai, refreshing the pool for Wingman players.

Alongside the changes to the map pool, the update includes the 10 Year Birthday Sticker Capsule which contains over 60 stickers for players to decorate their guns with. Users who level up before their rank before the end of the birthday event will also receive the 10 Year Birthday Coin.

The complete patch notes can be found below:

[10 Year Birthday]

CS:GO is celebrating its 10th birthday with:

-The 10 Year Birthday Sticker Capsule

-Maps (see below)

-The 10 Year Birthday Coin

-Get your Birthday Coin by earning enough XP for your first in-game drop of the week.

[MISC]

-Added an “Inspect Items” option to browse contents of containers.

[MAPS]

-Anubis, Breach, and Tuscan have been added to official matchmaking in Competitive, Casual, and Deathmatch game modes.

-Primetime and Blagai have been added to official matchmaking in Wingman game mode.

-Climb, Crete, Hive, and Iris have been removed from official matchmaking.

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2022-08-17 02:36

Cool B)

2022-08-17 02:36

3 replies

Not even an operation?

2022-08-17 02:39

2 replies

operations always drop in september to october ever since broken fang.

2022-08-17 07:08

Source 2 is lost

2022-08-17 07:55

2022-08-17 02:36

is tuscan good?

2022-08-17 02:37

17 replies

Not in csgo, reminder 1.6 and source had no Molotovs

2022-08-17 02:38

9 replies

bro you have no idea xD stop being so confident about random bullshit

2022-08-17 05:17

4 replies

dude i played more games on tuscan than total games youve played in all versions of cs combined + the 3 idiots who posted alongside you while i like the map its super boring to watch, also the entire balance revolves around whether they kept skybox closed or opened it saying its a good map just because of nostalgia cmon ;D

2022-08-17 12:33

3 replies

in csgo? how have you played 2500+ matches of tuscan on the csgo version when it was released like a month ago, how can you just make the assumption that it plays poorly with molotovs. (or any other assumption at all)

2022-08-23 21:31

2 replies

no because i know how trash current meta is, molotovs will only make it worse we will see :) my bet is it wont even be added to tournaments pool, because it will require a lot of changes, and then it wont even be tuscan anymore

2022-08-23 21:52

1 reply

I think it will be like ancient where they make minor changes based of mm data and then put it straight in

2022-09-03 17:27

0/8

2022-08-17 07:06

all maps in comp map pool are from older versions of the game and using your logic are trash now cus of molotovs

2022-08-17 08:53

such a dumb comment

2022-08-17 09:15

True it didn't have molly but the new Tuscan has some changes that make it good for csgo..

2022-08-17 16:39

just have a look at the Blast Spring Final Lisbon Show Match: hltv.org/matches/2356913/portugal-vs-bla.. I was in the arena and it was actually better than the grand final that followed it.

2022-08-17 03:14

i've played it recently on dm, it's pretty fun close quarters with a few stretches of long open space, also extremely poggers for awp quickscoping

2022-08-17 06:27

Its a reason why it was so popular and the creators have made a really good update of the map, but its hard to say how much it has aged as a map. Definitely worth a try

2022-08-17 07:09

Dropped on it yesterday, felt like a valorant map. AWP OP

2022-08-17 09:15

3 replies

That's because the open areas are too wide.

2022-08-17 13:01

gimma valorant?

2022-08-22 17:14

1 reply

come

2022-08-22 17:14

Are faceit players stupid enough to play these maps?

2022-08-17 02:37

2 replies

Just curious - what makes that stupid?

2022-08-17 07:16

1 reply

dont talk to him. he is better person than you

2022-08-17 07:32

LMAO

2022-08-17 02:37

Very nice

2022-08-17 02:37

-ancient +tuscan my map pool problems would be fixed

2022-08-17 02:38

19 replies

-vertigo or -mirage

2022-08-17 03:14

14 replies

vertigo is actually good

2022-08-17 03:23

13 replies

sorry but vertigo sucks

2022-08-17 03:25

11 replies

ofc when people dont know to play a map they think that the map sucks the map is not perfect, everyone has to agree but in my opinion its much better than boring ancient for example

2022-08-17 03:30

10 replies

ofc when people dont know to play a map they think that the map sucks the map is not perfect, everyone has to agree but in my opinion its much better than boring vertigo for example

2022-08-17 03:34

8 replies

man ive about 100matches on ancient already, i dont see anything special about this map, it just hasnt the core feeling of a csgo map, like overpass, train, inferno, etc. its jut a fkng jungle with few corridors basic executes, this map has nothing to offer in terms of gameplay, the only interesting thing you can do is runboost into catwalk on mid but even this is useless if Ts are rushing mid insta..

2022-08-17 03:38

7 replies

I hate both maps, I agree with u about ancient and don't tell me that vertigo is a good map. vertigo's meta is A ramp since his creation

2022-08-17 03:55

2 replies

+1 both bad maps, bring back good maps: cobble pre halloween & train

2022-08-17 04:15

You dont have to follow meta… vertigo is very interesting in the way rotations and sounds work. When I play with my team usually there is like a 1 minute mind game before we choose a site to execute

2022-08-17 11:04

"only interesting thing you can do is runboost into catwalk on mid but even this is useless if Ts are rushing mid insta.." Low rank detected, opinion rejected.

2022-08-17 09:37

3 replies

im not pro, but i think 3,1k elo is enough to be able to talk

2022-08-17 15:40

2 replies

Biggest lie of today

2022-08-17 17:08

Bro doesn't know CT and T timings on a CSGO map that in the game for years

2022-08-17 17:45

I used to like 2019 vertigo, it got reworked so many times since 2015 that it doesn't even feel like the same map anymore

2022-08-17 05:55

2022-08-17 08:19

-dust2 -vertigo +tuscan, old cache and old cobble

2022-08-17 03:20

-ancient +GOATED anubis

2022-08-17 06:04

2022-08-17 06:32

- Mirage, worst map. Both EU, NA and rysski.

2022-08-17 07:06

nice

2022-08-17 02:38

sad...

2022-08-17 02:38

DUB

2022-08-17 02:38

anubis bestest map

2022-08-17 02:38

Expected a bit more but still nice update

2022-08-17 02:39

-vertigo +tuscan -dust2 +anubis -mirage +cache

2022-08-17 02:39

9 replies

Imagine thinking cache is better than mirage

2022-08-17 03:00

8 replies

it was a pity pick i would take train over cache and mirage any day

2022-08-17 03:06

3 replies

Man mirage is the best game in the pool, why do people hate it?

2022-08-17 03:22

2 replies

When ur team only play mirage you will get bored very fast

2022-08-17 04:06

1 reply

it may need a face lift, but gameplay wise its solid as fuck

2022-08-17 04:30

if you're under the age of 15 you prolly think mirage is good lol ... mirage is fuckin terrible and needs to be removed asap

2022-08-17 06:43

3 replies

I am more than twice that age, been around the scene for nearly 20 years, yet I think mirage is pretty decent. I also liked the old version from 1.6, mirage, and cpl_strike and used to play them a lot, go figure... I have however never been a fan for dd2. I am glad to see tuscan finally out there for CS:GO players as well. I used to play both tuscan and cpl_mill a lot back when :)

2022-08-17 13:49

2 replies

tuscan, forge, mirage, all were great in 1.6. Remember them? I loved those maps. De_lite from esea aswell. And same for me too.. not a fan of dust2 at all

2022-08-17 18:27

1 reply

I do remember those maps. I was never that big a fan of de_forge, and my old teams didn't really play it that much, but.. it is a better map than 1.6 cbble. I don't really think de_lite really made it to competitive scene in Norway, maybe to some degree, but I don't recall ever playing it in a match.

2022-08-18 14:41

10 yrs to get this update on mm where silvers play, gg volvo

2022-08-17 02:40

Don't forget guys it's not the 21st yet so this update could just be a teaser to what's coming. Maybe source 2 on the actual birthday date? HOPIUM

2022-08-17 02:41

9 replies

I fear you need COPIUM. But eeeeey, been waiting 8 years for tuscan, so it's something! Source2 in 2026 maybe?

2022-08-17 03:26

5 replies

Source 2 in 2222

2022-08-18 03:06

4 replies

Source 2 might never come because then people will ask for Source 3 and you know Gabens policy around the number 3.

2022-08-18 16:31

3 replies

Wym Team Fortress 3 its a reality xdddd

2022-08-18 21:12

2 replies

I agree but have you ever heard people ask for tf3 that live? Anyway - what does source 2 even mean? I dont think theyll change graphics since this game is supposed to be dry, its competitive only. Its not like they will add some crazy graphical effects.

2022-08-18 21:42

1 reply

I think source 2 will be not just a new engine as people talk but used as a whole new game. CSGO seems to be losing its power and even people been right about market, I think Valve will do it. Of course not that soon as people expect but 2023/24 has chances to have a new thing.

2022-08-18 22:38

Not happening. Too many skins to teansfer and thats not problem why would people wanna source 2 and when asked why they say better graphics physics etx and these things are not needed in competitive games ud kose ; framrate and visualization. I play on 360hz why would i give a fuck how it looks.stupid take go play other games like call of duty good graphics and noonr gives fuck bout . Valorant even newer and worse graphics. Keep coping children Edit just go update maps or delete old and putnew ones and like new game

2022-08-17 10:58

2 replies

I dont think anyone gives 2 fucks about the graphics, on source 2 csgo will be better optimized and smoother, thats why we want it, or atleast should be why

2022-08-17 14:01

This is such stupid comment. Dota2 is also highly competitive game with plenty of expensive skins and items and it got source 2 in 2015 freaking 7 YEARS AGO and performance didn’t drop that much, but it improved the game a lot. When CSGO came out CS 1.6 was 11 years old and looked like crap compared to other games including CSGO. Same is happening now csgo is now 10 years old and graphics basically didn’t change, sure you could say why would I care about graphics etc, but hardcore 1.6 players said exactly same shit when CSGO came out. You have to keep your game up to date in order to keep your player base and attract new younger players so game keeps growing, new CS game isn’t possible because of skins etc therefore Source 2 is the only way to facelift the game without upseting community and splitting it like CS:S and 1.6 did. By your logic we would still be playing tetris looking like 1.6 in 2022 because “wHy wOuLd i gIvE a fUcK hOw iT lOoKs”

2022-08-17 14:33

WHATTTTTTTT THANK YOU VALVE!!!!!!!

2022-08-17 02:42

1 reply

SO HAPPY. NICE

2022-08-18 02:35

Add Tuscan to competitive map pool when?

2022-08-17 02:42

2 replies

Def not before rio major tthats for sure

2022-08-17 06:46

1 reply

ofc before major just like Ancient

2022-08-17 07:36

But is door stuck?

2022-08-17 02:48

YEEEEES

2022-08-17 02:48

10years to add tuscan? nice, must be only 50 years left for source 2

2022-08-17 02:49

1 reply

yayy stickers!

2022-08-17 04:16

#TUSCANFAAAAAAM

2022-08-17 02:52

POGGERZ -D2 FINALLY

2022-08-17 02:56

tuscan is fun

2022-08-17 02:59

Trash update

2022-08-17 03:01

L + no source 2

2022-08-17 03:02

nice tuscan is back

2022-08-17 03:13

Tuscan lagging as hell

2022-08-17 03:21

1 reply

How can a map lag? U men u have potato p and get fps low

2022-08-17 11:00

What’s the map like? Used to be one of the best 1.6 maps but wondering whether it works in GO? Also wondering how B site looks. In 1.6 I think the ideal B site would have been something between Tuscan and cpl_mill.

2022-08-17 03:24

Brute and catfood deserve a mention in article. Two mapping goats

2022-08-17 03:31

How do I get that coin?

2022-08-17 03:34

3 replies

Level up with drop this week

2022-08-17 03:42

2 replies

thanks!

2022-08-17 04:00

I havent launched the game in a trillion years, how many hours will that take me? (level up)

2022-08-18 16:33

Tuscan is awesome but it really needs optimizations lol :D

2022-08-17 03:40

-Ancient +Tuscan -Vertigo +Anubis -Dust2 +Cobblestone

2022-08-17 03:50

1 reply

-mirage +any and good

2022-08-17 11:02

Nice!

2022-08-17 03:52

Source 2 looking good guys lol

2022-08-17 04:05

Pathetic game, no real anticheater, no 128, no source 2, cringe.

2022-08-17 04:17

6 replies

Since the 16th of the month was the birthday of cs...

2022-08-17 04:54

1 reply

2022-08-17 07:13

then good riddance

2022-08-17 11:02

Faceit has128 and ac. And whats the point of source 2? Or are u a bot

2022-08-17 11:03

look guys, an actual monkey trying to communicate, how cute!

2022-08-17 16:45

Stupid community, then go buy some stickers to support lazy company, nothing new in this game since 2015. And if the idiot thinks that having to go look for third-party services to be able to play on server 128 is correct, I don't need to say more , the worst blind is the one who doesn't want to see, good luck to the fan boys.

2022-08-17 21:20

7/10 map tbh

2022-08-17 04:23

Poggers

2022-08-17 04:33

Like it but it's a bit messy

2022-08-17 04:33

Who tf wanted Anubis back? Why not Cobble

2022-08-17 04:34

5 replies

valve logic

2022-08-17 04:37

I did, I know others did too. I think launders liked it.

2022-08-17 04:45

2 replies

people asked why delete anubis and add ancient to competitive map pool, since no one fucking liked ancient. valve just trolling as usual

2022-08-17 09:06

Yeah Anubis is pog

2022-08-17 15:24

New cobble is insanely bad no thanks Valve wouldn't put back in the old one

2022-08-17 04:55

where is source 3

2022-08-17 04:36

1 reply

angery gaben closing in at inrcedilbe speed!

2022-08-18 16:35

TUSCAN POGGERINOS edit: can't believe valverant didnt add cobble...

2022-08-17 04:51

That's it?

2022-08-17 05:06

FINALLY!!!

2022-08-17 05:11

Source 2 when?

2022-08-17 05:54

1 reply

21st

2022-08-17 06:40

They didn't even add the bday case, so my guess it's that the working on an operation as well, source 2 will just fix so little that imo it doesn't even matter when we get it

2022-08-17 05:59

6 replies

it can fix anticheat and 128 tick implementation for every user but its never gonna come, literally and objectively never. valve are lazy and only care abt money, fo real. they released these stickers and are gonna make another million in the next week.

2022-08-17 06:05

5 replies

128 tick is cope and imo valves anticheat is one of the best because it's to the very least not stealing your personal info since it doesn't run while your pc is on but while you open a server

2022-08-17 06:12

2 replies

ok but it sucks ass lmao id rather have them steal my data than play against sketchy as fuck new accounts every single game where you cant call cheats because "you just bad" "better players exist" yeah ok but its so easy to cheat and make it look legit on valorant at least even tho the gameplay is trash there are close to no cheaters, especially for a new player experience its the smoothest ive ever experienced. sure, i still didnt like the game but i have to say, no sketchy ass bots running around. that was the thing that sold me to actually try it out in the first place.

2022-08-17 06:21

"128 tick is cope" says MGE player in matchmaker. oke

2022-08-17 09:07

U can play faceit and get that what a atupid take. Valve dont wanna add 64 tick cause u need better pc sando less players on potato lc costs more for upkeep of servers why would they do that when there is 3rd parties to do that. Keep coping or Ask santa for christmas

2022-08-17 11:07

1 reply

maybe speak english thank you

2022-08-17 14:33

Anubis is awesome

2022-08-17 06:01

boring update

2022-08-17 06:08

Cool map

2022-08-17 06:11

Finally

2022-08-17 06:13

lame

2022-08-17 06:15

10 years and then only a sticker capsule and some maps? Come on…

2022-08-17 06:28

Wow so this is their 10 year anniversary update that everyone was waiting for??

2022-08-17 06:31

2 replies

yes

2022-08-17 09:08

pathetic if you ask me, but it's valve, what did we expect?

2022-08-17 10:05

Waiting for source 2 on 20th anniversery

2022-08-17 06:33

New stickers are fire

2022-08-17 06:36

2 replies

That's the least important thing :)

2022-08-17 15:35

1 reply

bro really got the Japanese battle flag

2022-08-20 05:25

Serious Lee? Noooo. Seriouselay? Noooooo...

2022-08-17 06:39

very nice looking forward to source 2 on the 21st

2022-08-17 06:41

-mirage -vertigo +Tuscan +Cbble

2022-08-17 07:05

Why source 2 when you can shit out skins and stickers

2022-08-17 07:07

5 replies

Why need soirce 2 in first place? Or u just like going lile sheep with the trend

2022-08-17 11:09

4 replies

Because im tired of stuttering in csgo. And i want 128 tick for mm and maybe an updated anticheat system? Nah im just a sheep going with a trend

2022-08-17 14:54

2 replies

Thrre is no stuttering on csgo both 64 tick or 128tick just the hits reg feels smother on 128 tick. U either have skmething wrong going on ikm settings or u have outdated pc or shit monitor oandr playon wifi instead of ethernet n blame valve for that. I have 360hz monitor I7-9700k 1660ti and never have no stuterring fps_max 0 fps from 200-380 but is stable 240-360. And same dor both 64 tick and 128 even tho i prefer 128 there is not stuttering in 64 its problem with u bro cause i also i play with 1920x1080 res matter of fscr if u have old pcor slow internet then 64 tick is way more playable

2022-08-17 15:04

1 reply

I got eye cancer trying to decipher what your autistic mind tried to write here

2022-08-17 18:51

Because the game is boring and something new is very overdue?

2022-08-17 18:21

Please rialto back in wingman

2022-08-17 07:21

listen kids no source 2 on 21st thanks bb

2022-08-17 07:38

Remove mirage bots noobs

2022-08-17 07:57

4 replies

why remove the most played map?

2022-08-17 08:18

3 replies

cuz he cant shoot heads

2022-08-17 09:09

2 replies

I can play nuke, overpass the best. Not kid noob map

2022-08-17 15:36

1 reply

overpass is getting removed nuke tactical map you cant shoot heads confirmed

2022-08-17 15:39

zzzz

2022-08-17 08:17

Valve sleeping on Source 2

2022-08-17 08:30

nice dud, i used to love tuscan in 1.6

2022-08-17 08:36

i'm crying

2022-08-17 08:47

I expected so much more for 10 year, lmao valve's lazy as

2022-08-17 08:47

1 reply

Sad but true

2022-08-17 15:25

OLOF STICKER OLOF STICKER

2022-08-17 08:49

MILL. PogChamp!

2022-08-17 08:55

oh my what a nice Day <3

2022-08-17 08:59

cool, hope I'll find time to grind the coin

2022-08-17 09:27

Disappointment as always from valve.

2022-08-17 10:07

tuscan W map i like it

2022-08-17 10:11

LETS GOOO ANUBIS!!!

2022-08-17 10:21

Really hope Anubis and Tuscan join the official maprotation soon. Maybe after the Rio major? Besides those two additions... this update sucks. But we are 5 days before the actual birthday.. so there must be coming more, right?

2022-08-17 10:53

3 replies

Anubis? Why?

2022-08-17 11:05

2 replies

Really good map, have you played it? I personally really like it at least.

2022-08-17 11:07

1 reply

I played it for the first time last night. Didnt really like it all that much

2022-08-17 11:18

10 years and still no anticheat...

2022-08-17 11:28

Is it just me or do i have a different understanding of celebration?

2022-08-17 11:38

3 replies

I know what you mean, like my expectations were low, but valve always finds new ways to disappoint. Some coin (some dev used over 9000h in paint), useless virtual junk you can waste your money and adding some maps other people has made does not feel like 20 year anniversary level celebrations. Its beyond me, why would they run a cash cow into the ground. I feel like the real celebrations start when modders make a new cs mod for source2, but now community should keep valves greedy hands off it, actually does not even have to be valves game engine.

2022-08-17 12:23

2 replies

Oh yeah this was for csgo only, feels more like a funeral than a party

2022-08-17 12:29

Valve doesnt give a f about counter strike, like seen in the last 10years.. The game getting really booring when you played since beginning and all we get is maps like ancient and vertigo ?? :D

2022-08-17 15:44

source 2 they said HAHAHAHHAH

2022-08-17 12:49

Insane how much this game has done for Valve with such low effort put into it.

2022-08-17 13:04

So basically we get -Some cosmetics -Chickens with hats on -A map that should have been in the game years ago Volvo doing volvo things again. Really sad they couldn't muster up anything else for a celebration as huge as this

2022-08-17 13:50

EZ best part of update: the return of Anubis. Didn't see that coming, let's go!

2022-08-17 13:52

1 reply

The only good part for me xD

2022-08-17 15:26

Why remove Iris FFs

2022-08-17 14:00

The update we needed

2022-08-17 15:38

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA WHERE ARE THE VOLVO FANBOYS ON HEAVY COPIUM THINKING THERE'D BE SOURCE 2 FOR 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY? LMAO Better luck in 2032, boys. You will get skins and cases shoved down your throat and you will love it. 0 content game, lmao.

2022-08-17 18:20