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Oct 18, 2023

When is Counter

The question of millions, literally. Since Valve made Counter-Strike 2

The question of millions, literally.

Since Valve made Counter-Strike 2 available to a small portion of the player base on March 22, players from all around the world have been wondering when they’ll get their hands on the full release.

Valve, however, has been silent as usual since the start of the limited test and has barely spoken about CS2 other than revealing that the first Major will take place in 2024 in Copenhagen, Denmark. All the new information on potential features coming to the game has been revealed by community leakers, instead.

If you’re dying to know when you’ll be able to play CS2‘s full version just like I am, fear no more. Here's everything we know about the release date of CS2.

All the official information made available by Valve is that CS2 is launching in the summer of 2023. This is, however, as vague as could be. We assume that Valve is talking about summer in the U.S. since its headquarters is located in Seattle. In that case, CS2 could release worldwide anywhere between June 21 and Sept. 23.

Some fans, though, are convinced that Valve is getting ready to release CS2 no later than June 14 after it was leaked that the developer is set to disable CS:GO's exploit and vulnerability reporting system on June 14. This effectively means that Valve won't be looking into CS:GO‘s problems after that date.

Related: All differences between Counter-Strike 2 and CS:GO

It's unclear whether there is some truth to this or the player base is just being delusional at this point, so we’ll have to wait until Valve's official announcement to know exactly when CS2 is being released worldwide. For now, all we can do is hope that it happens sooner rather than later.

Staff writer and CS:GO lead. Leonardo has been passionate about games since he was a kid and graduated in Journalism in 2018. Before Leonardo joined Dot Esports in 2019, he worked for Brazilian outlet Globo Esporte. Leonardo also worked for HLTV.org between 2020 and 2021 as a senior writer, until he returned to Dot Esports and became part of the staff team.