Counter-Strike 2 Update
Valve published "Counter-Strike 2 Update" on 9 September 2026 in Community Announcements. The PatinaAI market index's median read 26.53 points in the seven days after against 27.10 before, −2.1 %. 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 ]
Cache
Fixed various gaps in map.
Fixed a wallbang spot on B site.
Added a missing competitive CT spawn point.
Added additional T spawn points.
[ MAP SCRIPTING ]
Reworked CSPlayerCamera:
Renamed it to CustomPlayerCamera.
Added GetPlayer, GetMode, SetMode, and SetFollowConfig.
Deprecated IsEnabled, SetEnabled, and SetIsControllingAngles.
Added an 'observable' property to custom_hud_layout that controls whether an observer sees the UI as the spectated player sees it. Defaults to false.
Fixed several bugs related to stale custom_hud_layout state when changing spectator targets.
Added top-level custom_hud_layout classes driven by client state:
HUD_BUYMENU_VISIBLE
HUD_SCOREBOARD_VISIBLE
custom_hud_layout now always draws on top of the base HUD.
[ MISC ]
Chat is now encrypted in demo files using the same rules as CS:GO :
Team chat is no longer readable when playing back demo files.
Global chat is only readable in demo files when played back via the in-game watch UI.
Read the post on Steam. Text as Steam's news feed serves it.
Across Buff, Skinport, CSFloat and Market.CSGO, the market moved −1.4 % in the 7 days after the post. The week before the post was running at a pace that predicted −1.1 %, so the post's own share is −0.3 %. An ordinary week reaches ±1.00% on the same measure, so this reads flat. 36% of the skins that moved went up. A comparison with a date, not proof the post caused it.
The PatinaAI market index's median over the seven days after the post was 26.53 points against 27.10 over the seven days before: −2.1 %. 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.