Ancient night version added as big new update drops

Valve has released a new updated for Counter-Strike 2 that has some big changes made to the game, including bringing nighttime versions on two maps, Ancient and Shoots. The nighttime version of Ancient is currently available in Deathmatch and Casual modes while Shoots' nighttime version can be played in Flying Scoutsman and Arms Race.

Another big change to Ancient will be the structural change that does not allow players to hold A Main from Temple. Other changes includes shader updates and refreshing of all 'ancient materials to use latest CS2 shaders.'

Check out some of the nighttime Ancient images below:

New blending options for ancient materials such as moss and wetness have also been added. A new music kit box, The Deluge Music Kit Box has been added along with the New Limited Time Item, the M4A1-S | Solitude, which is available in The Armory. Other changes also include various deployment improvements for knives and gun animations. Finally, BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 stickers are also on on sale at 75% off.

The complete release notes for the update is as follows:

MAPS

• Ancient and Shoots

• Added nighttime versions

• Refreshed all ancient materials to use latest CS2 shaders

• Added new blending options for ancient materials including wetness and moss

• Added "ancient_zoo.vmap" with all assets and blending examples for mapmakers

ITEMS

• Deluge Music Kit Box is now available for purchase in standard and StatTrak versions

• New Limited Time Item, the M4A1-S | Solitude, is now available in The Armory

ANIMATION

• Sawed-off shotgun deploy modified and fixed shell penetration on reload.

• Improved deploy +quick inspect animations for all knives

• Improved deploy +quick inspect animations for the AK, Galil, AUG, PP-Bizon.

• Improved deploy animations for the AWP, M4A4, M4A1-S.

• Improved animations for legacy SSG08 models

• Removed the deploy inspect delay for most weapons

• Fixed XM1014 blocking crosshair during reload.

MISC

• Rendering performance improvements across most maps

• Rendering resolution and aspect ratio can now be changed in fullscreen windowed mode

• fps_max can no longer be changed while connected to a server

• Fixed a case where certain weapons could be fired sooner after a re-deploy