CS2 update adds new community maps

The update also introduced a slew of stickers and charms for purchase in the Armory.

Valve has released a new update for Counter-Strike 2, introducing four new community maps to the game, alongside a batch of cosmetics and miscellaneous changes.

Two of the four new maps, Palacio and Golden, have been added to the Competitive, Casual, and Deathmatch modes. The other two fresh faces, Rooftop and Transit, have been added to the Wingman pool.

Making room for these new maps are Jura, Grail, Dogtown, and Brewery, which have been removed from matchmaking.

The update also included a breadth of new cosmetics, with 45 charms and 38 stickers being added to the Armory. Meanwhile, the Gallery Case, Graphic Collection, and Character Craft stickers have departed the Armory.

Finally, the update made a number of tweaks to other portions of the game, including a small change to sniper reticles which offers "inaccuracy representation," updates for the new map scripting feature, and other fixes.

You can read the full release notes here.

[ ARMORY ]

• Added Missing Link Community Charms collection featuring 23 new charms created by Counter-Strike Workshop community artists.

• Added Dr. Boom Charms collection featuring 22 new charms.

• Added 2025 Community Stickers collection featuring 29 new stickers created by Counter-Strike Workshop community artists.

• Added Sugarface 2 Stickers collection featuring 9 new stickers with the Sugarface theme.

• Removed Gallery Case, Graphic Collection, and Character Craft stickers from The Armory.

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Death count in scoreboard will now increment when players die to C4 bomb detonation.

• Limited Zeus-x27 kill streak bonus in deathmatch.

• Fixed incorrect pixel offset for greater than one pixel width sniper scope.

• Added inaccuracy representation in sniper scopes.

• Keychains will now slightly jolt when a player makes an audible footstep sound.

[ SPECTATING ]

• Added support on select maps for new spectator camera transitions that follow the shortest path through the level to the next spectator target player.

• In-game loadout of spectated player will auto-close at the end of the match.

• In-game loadout of spectated player will now show wear and pattern of gloves.

[ MAPS ]

• Removed community maps Jura, Grail, Dogtown, and Brewery from all game modes.

• Added community maps Palacio and Golden to Competitive, Casual, and Deathmatch modes.

• Added community maps Rooftop and Transit to Wingman mode.

• Ancient / Shoots

  • Various player clipping fixes.

[ MISC ]

• Minor adjustments to MAC-10 and R8 Revolver skinning.

• Fixed a crash for missing bullet impact effects.

• Added deformers (lattice deformer and simple bend deformer) to Workshop Tools - Hammer.

• Re-enabled example content in train_zoo using lattice and bend deformers.

[ MAP SCRIPTING ]