Counter-Strike News

Between 1.6, Source, CSGO, and Counter-Strike 2, the PC's favorite multiplayer shooter has been through innumerate changes in the last 25 years. Originally a mod for Valve's Half-Life, Counter-Strike has grown into the most popular game on Steam. But despite its myriad evolutions, there has been one constant: from its earliest days to its modern mega stardom, in CS, the most controversial weapon has always been the AWP. A bolt-action sniper rifle that deals serious damage, the AWP is Counter-Strike's high-risk, high-reward gambit gun. To some, it's a ballistic instrument that takes mastery and skill. To others, it's an overpowered menace used only by the lowliest players. Now, Counter-Strike's co-creator weighs in.

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• Fixes for joining games through invites and Steam friends list.
  
• Miscellaneous UI fixes for Dedicated Servers.
  
• Fixed an occasional crash when opening the scoreboard.
  
• Fixed camera movement after death in multiplayer.
  
• Fixed crash when creating a server if the server creator's Steam name was entirely non-ASCII characters.
  

• Fixed crash when modifying certain video settings in a multiplayer match.
  
• Fixed server browser issues after modifying video settings.
  
• Fixed local player not showing up in player count on a listen server using Steam Networking.
  
• Fixed rare corrupted lighting rendering bug in some maps.
  
• Fixed miscellaneous fog rendering bugs.
  
• Fixed pushable entity physics in Counter-Strike and Counter-Strike: Condition Zero.