The limited test for Counter-Strike 2 has officially gone live as of the afternoon of March 22, giving players a small glimpse of the future of the iconic FPS series. The pending launch of CS2 this summer, complete with the Source 2 engine, is the biggest update to Counter-Strike as a whole since the launch of CS:GO nearly a decade ago.
As players are receiving access to the limited test in waves, some of the game’s biggest current and past stars like shroud, tarik, and smooya are entertaining tens of thousands of viewers. Smooya, a British pro player who recently played for the likes of BIG, Movistar Riders, and Fnatic, was one of the first to go live in CS2. And he has already discovered a neat new feature borrowed from the game’s biggest competitor.