Counter-Strike 2 Update
CS2 update · Community Announcements ·
Valve published "Counter-Strike 2 Update" on 29 July 2026 in Community Announcements. The PatinaAI market index's median read 58.20 points in the seven days after against 59.09 before, −1.5 %. A typical week moves under 0.1 % either way on the same measure. A read is a comparison with a date, not a cause.
What this update did to prices
No measured move: the venues' daily prices don't cover the days around this post.
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No read: the venues' daily prices do not cover the days around this post.
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The PatinaAI market index's median over the seven days after the post was 58.20 points against 59.09 over the seven days before: −1.5 %. A typical week moves under 0.1 % either way on the same measure, the drift this read has to beat. The post's own day is left out. A comparison with a date, not causation.
The item types and weapons the post names, in the order it names them. A word match, not a reading of the post.
[ COLOGNE 2026 MAJOR ]
The Ranked Series stickers are now available for purchase. 50% of royalties are shared with players, teams, and the tournament organizer.
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Items in the the Cologne 2026 Shop will be available for purchase until September 29th.
[ MAP SCRIPTING ]
Fixed a bug where scripts would fail to load in tools mode until a manual recompile.
[ MAPS ]
Boulder
Updated to the latest version from the Community Workshop ( Update Notes )
Fachwerk
Updated to the latest version from the Community Workshop ( Update Notes )
Shelter
Updated to the latest version from the Community Workshop ( Update Notes )
[ MISC ]
Fixed a bug which prevented some users from claiming Collection Catalog XP for The Dead Hand Collection.
Fixed a bug that allowed malicious players to avoid being processed by VACnet.
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The read compares the market index's median over the seven UTC days after the post with the seven days before it, the post's own day left out, and needs at least three published days on each side. The same measure taken on every day of the series is the drift a typical week shows; a read inside that drift is the market doing what it was doing. Neither is proof the post moved anything. The composite is on the market report, every basket under the indexes, and every update is on one list.