Counter-Strike 2’s August 19 Update Covers Two Maps and a Wall-Movement Fix

Boulder and Poseidon will move to their newest Community Workshop versions, while a movement bug that increased player speed against walls has been fixed.

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A tactical shooter operator with a rifle stands between a rocky outdoor map and a blue-lit temple-like map.

Valve published a new Counter-Strike 2 update on August 19, with changes aimed at two Community Workshop maps and one movement issue. The full notes appear in the game’s Steam announcement.

Boulder and Poseidon have each been updated to their latest available Community Workshop versions. Players can review the individual changes through the Boulder Update Notes and Poseidon Update Notes.

The gameplay fix addresses a case where players could move too quickly while pushing against walls. It is a small correction, but movement bugs can have an outsized effect in a tactical shooter where positioning and timing decide rounds.

Counter-Strike 2 Patch Notes

This update refreshes two Workshop maps and corrects the wall-movement speed issue.

[ MAPS ]

Boulder

Updated to the latest version from the Community Workshop (Update Notes)

Poseidon

Updated to the latest version from the Community Workshop (Update Notes)

[ GAMEPLAY ]

Fixed a case where player speed was too high when moving against walls.

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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.