Counter-Strike 2 seems more likely than ever following Valve's recent trademark application

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Another day, another 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Counter-Strike 2 rumor - only this one is the most promising yet, as developer Valve has seemingly filed𝐆 a🍌 trademark filing for something called "CS2".

As spotted by , on March 14, Valve Corporation filed a trademark application to the USPTO for "CS2", adding fuel to tܫꦿhe speculative fire that a new CS:GO game may be on the way.

And if that's not enough to convince you, there's even more; the new filing links to two other, older trademark filings, and whilst Valve was canny enough to put the registration numbers rather than the namౠes of the "related properties", a quick search tells you that US Registration Number 5857740 and 5857738 relate to previous trademark filings for Counter-Strike and CS:GO.

There have been rumors that a new Counter-Strike💯: Global Offensive game is on the way for some time now, but this is possibly the most concrete hint yet that a CS:GO Source 2 is just around the corner.

It follows澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询: recent reports from noted CS leakers that found a couple of curious files have popped up in NVIDIA's latest drive update - one called c♏s2.exe and the other csgo2.exe.

🍃We also had journalist Richard Lewis similarly reporting that "a new version of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive [is] on෴ its way"... and it is "almost certainly set to be released under the working title of Counter-Strike 2".

Despite releasing over 11 years ago, it seems CS:GO has never been more popular; the shooter broke its own concurrent user record - the term given to the number of players logged into a game all at the same time - last month, and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:then again just two weeks later

Perhaps unsurprisingly, then, the record's just be broken again. According to , the current record sits at a mind-boggling 1,420,183 c🎀oncurrent players.

Steam records are usually broken when many of us are off work or stuck at home, which mea💃ns we often see these records broken during holiday periods or on weekends. However, it's very possible that the exciting news of a new CS:GO iteration has got people playing again, too.

Keep up to date with all the best games set to launch later this year with our guide to 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:new games 2023

Vikki Blake
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