after much anticipation valve has announced the counterstrike 2 built on the new source 2 engine currently only available as a limited test cs 2 is slated to arrive later this yearvalve says the upcoming sequel completely revamps all aspects of the counterstrike experience including every system content piece and componentalthough the features have yet to be revealed the sequels launch will bring various enhancements such as revamped maps innovative dynamic smoke grenades tickrateindependent gameplay redesigned visual effects and audio and the transfer of all cs go items to cs2 and it will be available as a free upgrade to cs go and free to play for allvalves source 2 engine brings gameplay improvement to counterstrikesome specific maps have been reconstructed entirely for counterstrike 2 while others remain the same but use advanced features of the new engine for example maps like mirage are transferred to the new engine without modifications whereas maps like nuke showcase new lighting effects additionally community members can use new tools to entirely rework beloved maps such as overpass as shown by valvethen there is a big change to how smoke grenades work in the sequel the games physics has been changed so grenades are now dynamic and smoke interacts with the environment also bullets can create holes in wallscs 2 limited test starts today and players will be selected to join it based on factors like recent playtime on valve official servers trust factor and steam account standing if selected players will receive a notification in the main menu letting them in the limited test is available only for windows in the current test releases players can access the dust ii map in deathmatch and unranked competitive matchmaking players are allowed to post the videos and even stream the cs 2