Counter-Strike 2 Update Lets Custom Servers Disable Clan Tags

The patch also fixes stealth reload audio, adjusts Rush map clipping, and gives background lobby players a place to rest their eggs.

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A tactical operator interacts with a holographic interface beside a bomb device in a sunlit Counter-Strike 2-style map.

Counter-Strike 2 now gives custom server operators a way to disable clan tags. Valve also fixed cases where loud reload sounds continued during stealth reloads, with the full changes documented in the Steam announcement.

Rush receives another round of gap and clipping adjustments. The gameplay fix follows the September 24 update that tightened Rush team-damage rules and addressed other silent reload problems in the previous patch.

A smaller change affects main menu lobbies. Eggs belonging to background players now rest in nests, which is a very specific problem to solve but at least those eggs can finally stop rolling around unsupervised.

Counter-Strike 2 Patch Notes

The update focuses on a new clan tag setting for custom servers, reload audio behavior, Rush map cleanup, and a minor main menu lobby adjustment.

[ RUSH ]

Various gap fixes and clipping adjustments.

[ GAMEPLAY ]

Fixed some cases where loud reloads would persist while trying to stealth reload.

[ MISC ]

Added sv_clantags_enabled option so custom servers can disable clan tags.
The eggs of background players in main menu lobbies now rest in nests.

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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.