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Weekly Missions and Map Pool Rotation

Official: Counter-Strike 2 Update

Update May 7, 2025 View original on Steam
Weekly Missions and Map Pool Rotation
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The update focuses on gameplay, map rotations, and audio settings. These changes do not impact the supply, demand, or mechanics of any in-game items.

[ MISSIONS ]

  • Added Weekly Missions, which can be entered though the main menu or play menu.
  • Players receive one mission each week.
  • The weekly mission expires after 7 days and rewards XP for completion.

[ MAPS ]

  • Removed community maps Basalt, Edin, Palais, and Whistle from all game modes.
  • Added community maps Jura, Grail, and Agency to Competitive, Casual, and Deathmatch modes.
  • Added community maps Dogtown and Brewery to Wingman mode.
  • Re-organized Casual and Deathmatch map groups.

    • Defusal Group Alpha: Dust 2, Mirage, Inferno, Vertigo.
    • Defusal Group Delta: Train, Anubis, Ancient, Overpass, Nuke.
    • Community Map Group: Jura, Grail, Agency.
    • Hostage Group: Office, Italy.

[ AUDIO ]

  • Added "Main Menu Ambience Volume" setting.
  • Fixed some cases where shooting visible enemies over the top of smoke would not play an attacker feedback sound.
  • Fixed some cases where gameplay sounds were inaudible or would skip.
  • Removed snd_setmixer, snd_setmixlayer, snd_soundmixer_setmixlayer_amount, and snd_soundmixer_set_trigger_factor console commands.

[ MISC ]

  • Fixed a bug where input bindings to scancode56 (US English key "/") wouldn't persist across app launches.
  • Lobby invites from players marked with "Block All Communication" in Steam will now be ignored in-game.


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