Counter-Strike 2 Adds Workshop Map Controls and Localized Pet Photobook Text

The update also adjusts VK shader cache extension flags.

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A tactical soldier stands beside map previews and an open photobook showing a dog and a cat.

Counter-Strike 2 adds Play menu buttons for managing downloaded Workshop maps, and pet photobook pages now display localized text art. Valve also adjusted VK shader cache extension flags in the Steam update notes.

Counter-Strike 2 Update Patch Notes

[ MISC ]

Pet photobook pages now have localized text art.
Added play menu buttons to manage downloaded Workshop maps.
Adjusted VK shader cache extension flags.

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Counter-Strike 2 is a free-to-play multiplayer tactical first-person shooter developed and published by Valve. Released in September 2023, it is the fifth main entry in the Counter-Strike series and serves as a direct replacement for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on Steam. Two teams, Terrorists and Counter-Terrorists, compete in objective-based rounds across modes such as bomb defusal and hostage rescue. Built on the Source 2 engine, the game introduced volumetric smoke physics, revised weapon handling, and a new sub-tick server architecture. It inherited all cosmetic items from its predecessor and features both a map-specific Competitive mode and a numerically ranked Premier mode.