Valve Adds Brand-New Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Map

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Valve Adds Brand-New Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Map

//cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/library/deriv/1389/1389353.jpgThere's a brand-new map for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive that appears to be based on Venice, Italy.

Last year, there were rumors that Valve might be adding something to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive after dataminers found some references to "canals" in the game files. Fast forward to today, and Valve has announced just what that addition is: a brand-new map named "Canals."

The official post on the CS:GO blog [http://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/2017/03/18185/] says that the map is based on "real-world environments" in a "historic Italian city." The counter-terrorist side is a large, open area, and the terrorist side is a crescent-shaped area with multiple route to take to each bomb site.

Valve says of the bomb sites, "Site A is set in the open CT territory and rewards the use of smoke grenades as well as rifle skills, while site B is located in the interior where submachine guns and shotguns will prove most useful."

Alongside this new map, there's also a new upgrade to the Phoenix Terrorist player model, as well a new case. The Spectrum Case will contain 17 weapon finishes designed by community members. The rare special items in these cases be the "second generation of knives in Chroma finishes."

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The Rogue Wolf said:
It isn't de_dust, so the purists will hate it.
de_dust2 - and that got its own playlist a while ago, so purists won't even care, they got dust2 24/7.
 

Steve the Pocket

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I wonder if this will mean, when cs_italy is eventually remade (assuming they'll ever get around to remaking any cs_ maps and aren't just planning to remove them from the game entirely), it'll be the first remake that's made mainly out of existing assets instead of all-new ones.