Counter-Strike 2 Update
Valve published "Counter-Strike 2 Update" on 30 April 2026 in Community Announcements. The PatinaAI market index's median read 30.56 points in the seven days after against 30.00 before, +1.9 %. A typical week moves under 0.1 % either way on the same measure. A read is a comparison with a date, not a cause.
[ MAPS ]
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Map-wide clipping fixes and geometry polish.
Fixed some spots where bomb would be unreachable when dropped.
Fixed dynamic shadows breaking in some spots.
Fixed some surface sound types.
[ ANIMGRAPH 2 ]
Fixed hand popping when counter-strafing with a grenade equipped.
[ MISC ]
Limit aim punch to 90 degrees.
Added secondary intersection trace for partially-occluded thirdperson weapons.
Adjusted ground smoothing at locations where sloped ground surfaces join with step-height transitions.
Fixed issue that caused defuse-cables from completely occluded players to also be occluded.
Fixed 'FATAL ERROR: Failed to on-demand compile shader' affecting some older GPUs.
Read the post on Steam. Text as Steam's news feed serves it.
No read: the venues' daily prices do not cover the days around this post.
The PatinaAI market index's median over the seven days after the post was 30.56 points against 30.00 over the seven days before: +1.9 %. 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.