The release date for Counter-Strike 2 will undoubtedly arrive soon. Come on, really. First, there were all those prospective upgrades for CSGO Source 2 in Steam. Following that, Valve registered new trademarks for a product dubbed “CS2.” The Counter-Strike logo has since been updated, and it appears to contain yet another playful tease towards Counter-Strike 2. The primary first-person shooter game must be getting a fresh release.
To quickly bring you up to speed, speculation on Counter-Strike 2 – or perhaps a port of Global Offensive to the Source 2 engine – began in earnest when Valve uploaded a series of new executable files marked ‘CS2’ to the CSGO Steam backend.
Not long after that, we reported on a fresh trademark filing from Valve, which linked a new property – also named ‘CS2’ – to the existing CSGO brand.
Now, a whole-new Counter-Strike logo has appeared. On its own, it might not seem like much, but given everything else that’s been circling around CSGO lately, particularly the idea that we might get either a full sequel, or a relaunch of the series in some form, this could be pretty telling. Check it out below:
Replacing the existing banner on the official CSGO Twitter, one Counter-Strike fan with the username ‘Fitchin’ notices that if you flip the banner horizontally, the ‘S’ looks remarkably like a figure 2. We tried it ourselves and, again, you can see it below:
So, is this the final in a series of cryptic signals that Counter-Strike 2 is on its way? Or is Valve just playing with us, like it’s been playing with our hearts ever since Half-Life 2 Episode Three got cancelled? PCGamesN will keep digging and bring you all the CS2 developments as they happen.
In the meantime, grab the best CSGO crosshairs. You might also want to grind those CSGO ranks, or perhaps kill some time with the best free Steam games that aren’t Counter-Strike.