A new discovery has fans speculating that an iconicValvegame may be getting upgraded to its newer, more advanced Source 2 engine. While it remains to be seen if it would be a straight port or remaster,Valvefans are already excited at the possibility.The vast majority of Valve’s games, likeTeam Fortress 2,Left 4 Dead,Counter-Strike: GO, andPortalall use the Source engine. However, the company released a new version of the engine back in 2015, which has continued to see refinements with the release ofHalf-Life: Alyx. Source 2 better utilizes resources on PCs and has superior lighting to the original engine.DOTA 2notably made the jump from classic Source to theSource 2 engineyears ago, leading fans to wonder if Valve’s other games would eventually receive the same treatment.RELATED:Valve Reveals February’s Most Played Games on Steam DeckNow, evidence from Nvidia has arisen that seems to indicate that thepopularCounter-Strike: Global Offensivemay be seeing a Source 2 release. Nvidia’s drivers were recently updated, which occasionally means adding support for new and upcoming game releases. Eagle-eyed data miners discovered that among these new executables is “csgos2.exe,” which has been labeled asCounter-Strike 2by the program. This may indicate one of two things - the 2 could mean that the game is moving to the Source 2 engine, which has been speculated about for years, or a sequel,Counter-Strike 2,could be one of Valve’s unannounced games in development.
Of course, this is far from official confirmation from Valve itself. That said, the company has been notoriously tight-lipped about its projects ever since the fiasco ofHalf-Life 2’s major leak back in 2003. Many gamers had given up on seeing anything new from Valve at all when it shocked fans by announcing a prequel toHalf-Life 2inHalf-Life: Alyx. Apparently,Valve has structural issuesthat may be contributing to its slow rate of releasing new games. It’s not out of the question that Valve may be working on something new in theCounter-Strikeseries that it’s remained quiet about.
However, it’s important to take this with a grain of salt. Prior leaks coming from Nvidia have correctly revealed some PC releases before they were officially announced, but others listed in past leaks haven’t come to fruition. It’s also not unheard of forValve projects to be canceled. TheValvecommunity often gets excited at the glimmer of something coming from the legendary game developer, but until the company reveals a game in an official capacity, it may be best to temper expectations.
