Neowin News Feed for: Csgo

Secret room in CS:GO map informing Russians about the Ukraine war

Ishtiaqe Hanif — Thu, 04 May 2023 03:34:01 +0000

Finish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat leaking the Ukraine war atrocities to Russians through a secret room. It created a map for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive with a hidden underground room. Read more...

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive reaches a new online player record due to Counter-Strike 2

John Callaham — Sun, 26 Mar 2023 17:34:05 +0000

The tactical shooter from Valve reached a new peak of 1,519,457 players online at once this weekend, a few days after Valve officially announced plans to update the game with Counter-Strike 2. Read more...

Report: Valve is about to announce a new Counter-Strike entry

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 09:34:01 +0000

Valve is reportedly working on a new Counter-Strike entry, and an announcement may be just around the corner. The game is reportedly being developed using the Source 2 engine much like Half-Life Alyx. Read more...

Intel's new Arc driver is Fornite Chapter 4 ready, huge gains in CS GO, LoL, NFS Unbound

Sayan Sen — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 05:16:01 +0000

Intel's latest WHQL-certified driver for Arc is jam-packed with game optimizations and performance improvements. There is more than double the performance in NFS Unbound, and close to double in CS:GO. Read more...

Intel beta driver 30.0.101.3109 fixes CS:GO issue, optimizes Resident Evil, and more

Sayan Sen — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 18:08:01 +0000

Intel released its new 30.0.101.3109 beta driver earlier on today. The new release fixes a CS:GO visual corruption bug and comes optimized for several Resident Evil titles, and more. Read more...

CS: GO could be getting a performance boost very soon on Linux using OpenGL

Sayan Sen — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 15:10:01 +0000

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive could soon be getting a healthy rise in performance on Linux running OpenGL as GL threading has been enabled via a patch on the next Mesa RadeonSI driver update. Read more...

Valve adds Halo-themed cosmetics and a music kit for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 09:06:01 +0000

Valve and 343 Industries have announced a cross-promotion that involves adding Halo-themed cosmetic stickers and a music kit with iconic themes over to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Read more...

CS:GO update adds new battle royale map and Apex Legends inspired features

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 01 May 2019 15:26:02 +0000

Valve has updated Counter-Strike: Global Offensive's Danger Zone battle royale mode with a brand new map. New systems for respawning and location pinging has also been implemented. Read more...

Valve's Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is now free-to-play, adds battle royale mode

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 07 Dec 2018 01:40:01 +0000

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is now completely free-to-play on Steam, letting anyone jump into the multiplayer modes. The game has also received a battle royale mode with 10-minute rounds. Read more...

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive receives its Panorama UI overhaul in beta

Vishal Laul — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 12:45:25 +0000

Valve today pushed out the new Panorama UI update for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive in beta, describing it as the "most substantial update" for the game since it launched in 2012. Read more...