The Argument Used By Players That NVIDIA Just Revealed A Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Sequel
Counter-Strike is one of the all-time most popular PC games, despite the fact that it does not generate the same amount of revenue that console-focused games like Call of Duty can. That is still the case to this day, as shown by the fact that it is almost always located towards the top of the player count lists on Steam. Popular games have sequels, right? It has been eleven years since the first release of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, yet gamers are still playing a game that is basically the same. At least, that is not the case yet.
Nonetheless, there is a possibility that there may be a sequel in the future. Some on Reddit who have keen eyesight noted that the most recent driver for NVIDIA has an application-specific profile for "Counter-strike 2," and the executable files for this profile are named "csgos2.exe" and "cs2.exe." The profile doesn't have any particularly noteworthy settings—simply it's got a few tweaks here and there to make it compatible with NVIDIA's Optimus GPU-switching technology for notebooks—but the fact that it even exists is remarkable in and of itself.
For years, there have been persistent rumors circulating that Valve had plans all along to move the game in its current state to the Source 2 engine. As its name suggests, Source 2 is the successor to the first iteration of the Source engine, which was introduced in 2004 with the release of Half-Life 2. Since then, it has been subjected to a large number of revisions, and the version that is utilized in CS:GO (as well as in Portal 2) is somewhat distinct from the initial formula that was published in 2004.
In spite of this, the original Source engine is archaic and uncomplicated in comparison to more recent game engines; further development of this engine will likely be challenging at this time. There is a good reason why Valve bothered to port the megahit Dota 2 to Source 2, and the engine has been used for a couple of releases since then, including Valve's ill-fated card game Artifact as well as the fantastic Half-Life: Alyx and the charming Aperture Desk Job. Both of these games were developed using Source 2.