After years of development behind closed doors, Counter-Strike 2 is live and released for all players on Sept. 27, 2023. Months of limited beta testing were done in the game’s lead-up to the launch, but many awoke in late September to a new era of Counter-Strike.
The launch of Counter-Strike 2 has been exciting, but it comes with the disappointing caveat that, rather than succeeding CS:GO, it has completely replaced it. Well, almost completely: It’s actually still possible to launch CS:GO, and will be indefinitely, although you get a very limited version that may break in the future.
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Follow these Steps
If you recoil from such modern Source 2 engine contrivances as dynamic volumetric smoke grenade smoke, here’s how to return to the warm embrace of regular smoke grenade smoke:
- Install Counter-Strike 2 on Steam
- Right-click on Counter-Strike 2 in your Steam library and open its Properties
- In the Betas tab, select “csgo_legacy: Legacy Version of CS:GO” in the dropdown menu
After you do that, Counter-Strike 2 will update itself, and the tag “[csgo_legacy]” will be added to its name in your library. You can still play CS2 even if you’ve opted in to the CS:GO legacy beta branch: When you launch it, you’ll be asked which version you want to run.
When you run CS:GO, you’ll see a warning that support for CS:GO will end on January 1, but that doesn’t mean you won’t be able to launch it in the new year. According to a Valve FAQ, the end of CS:GO support means that “the game will still be available, but certain functionality that relies on compatibility with the Game Coordinator (eg, access to inventory) may degrade and/or fail.”
Source: https://dotesports.com/counter-strike/news/when-is-counter-strike-2-coming-out