Counter-Strike 2 Update
Valve published "Counter-Strike 2 Update" on 18 March 2026 in Community Announcements. The PatinaAI market index's median read 32.26 points in the seven days after against 30.60 before, +5.4 %. A typical week moves under 0.1 % either way on the same measure. A read is a comparison with a date, not a cause.
[ GAMEPLAY ]
Reloading has been refactored to encourage more careful consideration of the use of ammo. When you reload a magazine-fed weapon, all remaining ammo in the magazine is discarded and a new, full magazine is taken from the reserves.
Reserve ammunition is now represented either as number of magazines, shells, or bullets, depending on the weapon.
The fill-level of the current weapon is now displayed below the ammo count.
Tuned reserve magazine counts per-weapon.
[ MAP GUIDES ]
Limited map guides are now available in Competitive and Retakes (first 5 rounds of the half, 30 node max).
sv_allow_annotations_access_level supports 3 values: 0 – disabled. 1 – limited view. 2 – full and editable.
sv_annotation_limits_max_rounds_per_half (default 5) determines how many rounds into the half guides are allowed. -1 for unlimited.
Minimal starter map guides have been added for all Active Duty maps.
[ WORKSHOP MAPS ]
Friends playing a Practice or Workshop map can be joined through the friends menu if they have Open Party set.
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The PatinaAI market index's median over the seven days after the post was 32.26 points against 30.60 over the seven days before: +5.4 %. 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.
How to read the number
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.