A few days ago, the existence of a second installment of the mythical game Counter Strike was discovered in some NVIDIA drivers. This news generated quite an impact, because it is something quite unexpected. Well now it’s your turn Valvethrough his program insiderswhich would reveal the the existence of CS:GO 2.
If you are a fan of video games, it is mandatory that you have played Counter Strike on some occasion. It is a historical game that was born as a game mod, also historical, Half-Life. It is currently enjoyed by more than a million players every day around the world, because it is completely free (well, more or less).
Valve reportedly developing CS:GO 2 underway
The surprise comes last week, when someone discovers references to a second installment of Counter Strike: Global Offensive. More precisely, it was in the code of the latest NVIDIA drivers, which left no one indifferent. Obviously, neither Valve nor NVIDIA itself has said anything about this, hoping people will “forget”.
Even if you talk about CS:GO 2, No must be a new game, at least, developed from scratch. Many specify that it will not be a new opus, but that the game will be transferred to the Source 2 graphics engine. Indeed, the “csgos2.exe” reference existed in the NVIDIA driver files. The “s2” would refer to the Source 2 graphics engineso more than one is spoken big update that of a new game.
We add to this the information given by Richard Lewis, host of the podcast The Esports Gospel. He says that several experts with first-hand in formation who Valve
This all adds up to the fact that the latest “extensions” released for CS:GO have been pretty mixed. The game would have continued to receive season passes to maintain appearances, primarily.
What will happen if a new game comes out?
You’re probably wondering what will happen if Valve finally releases this new game and it’s not just an update to the current game. This isn’t the first time this has happened, as CS:GO has come to replace the “original” Counter-Strike so to speak.
What Valve did at this time is that the two games share space for a long time. As is logical, the original game was losing its importance in favor of the new opus.
There is another approach, clearly seen with Dota 2. The developers ported the game to the Source 2 graphics engine. For a time, users could run both versions simultaneously as they wished. In the end, it was permanently upgraded to the new version.
Either of the two options is possible, moreover, the most normal thing would be a macro update, rather than a new game. We must keep in mind that CS:GO is not only the game, we have a huge “black market” of boxes and skins for weapons and characters. This means that if a new game is developed, all of these things stop working.
You may be able to import your inventory into the new game, but that seems unlikely. The graphics update seems the most reasonable, improving the graphics of all maps and adding new maps. But hey, we’ll see what happens.
