Valve dropped a small Counter-Strike 2 update covering Cologne 2026 shop quality-of-life, spectator fixes, and map updates.
The Cologne 2026 Shop now lets you bookmark stickers — handy when you're hunting through a large catalogue. On the technical side, a new convar r_spectator_flashbang_opacity lets server operators control flashbang intensity for remote spectators, and the flashbang effect itself now renders underneath the HUD rather than on top of it, so the UI stays readable during the blind animation. General stability improvements are also in.
On the map front, Ancient gets a clipping update to block specific boost spots. Sanctum has been brought up to its latest Steam Workshop version — full details are in the Workshop changelog linked in the patch notes.
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