This March brought the moment every Counter-Strike: Global Offensive fan had been waiting for. Following months of frenzied speculation and things like trademarks being spotted, Valve announced the upcoming release of Counter-Strike 2 this summer: a complete overhaul and rebuild of the game, free-to-play, with everything carrying over.
Ever since the announcement a limited test of Counter-Strike 2 has been ongoing, with Valve switching a small number of maps and features around as it fine-tunes the game for public release. Probably the funniest thing about this is that when distributing access Valve deliberately cut-out players with a record of cheating or griefing, but I digress, because now the developer's added two new maps, including one that's a full rework of an existing CS:GO map, and the 2v2 Wingman game mode. Wingman especially is a welcome addition that was first added to CS:GO in 2017, and offers a more bitesize experience as well as one it's much easier to assemble a team for.
