CS:GO 2 may get new 128 tick servers. (Image: Valve)
According to esports journalist Richard Lewis, Valve is finally moving the CS: GO engine to the Source 2 and could launch the beta as early as this month.
Speculation and rumors about the next iteration of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive have been building for years, but there hasn’t been an update until now. According to esports journalist Richard LewisValve is finally moving to the Source 2 engine and may migrate games to it as early as this month.
Despite still having a significant following, it’s hard to believe that CS:GO is now over a decade old and has passed its peak, making a new update necessary.
Lewis reports that his sources, under the condition of anonymity, revealed that “there was actually a new version of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on its way and had been in the works for some time.” And, the new version of the game is “almost certainly set to be released under the working title Counter-Strike 2 and the tentative release date for the beta is outside this month of March, April 1st.”
Furthermore, Lewis claims that an unnamed group of professional players was secretly flown to Valve’s headquarters in Seattle to get a quick look at the game. And, moving the game to the Source 2 engine should improve the game’s optimization and graphical fidelity.
Lewis’ sources also confirmed that the game will get new 128 tick servers – up from the 64 tick type – to improve latency and the matchmaking experience.
It remains uncertain whether any potential changes to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive will be an entirely new working title for the game, such as Counter-Strike 2, or whether it will follow a similar approach to Dota 2, only rebranding. By doing
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