Just last month, prior to rumours of CSGO 2 heating up, we saw a new peak player count record for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, surpassing over 1.32 million concurrent players. Now following mounting evidence that a Source 2 upgrade is on the way, a new peak concurrent player count record has been set for CSGO. 

As confirmed by the official CS:GO Twitter account, and backed up by SteamDB, CS:GO surpassed 1.4 million concurrent players on Steam. More specifically, 1,420,183 players were logged into CS:GO at once on Saturday, marking a new record for the game.

It would seem that community interest in the game has risen thanks to rumours that a big refresh is coming. A few weeks ago, an Nvidia driver update leaked the existence of two new Counter-Strike launchers, one labelled csgo2.exe and another labelled cs2.exe. Shortly after that, sources claimed that CS:GO would soon be updated to the Source 2 engine and be updated with new matchmaking features.

Dataminers have also found that Valve has been preparing a new blog post for the Counter-Strike website and additional code strings for CS:GO on Source 2 were found within a Dota 2 update.

Valve has not yet made any official announcements regarding new Counter-Strike content or the upgrade to Source 2. However, if previous reports are accurate, we should get an official announcement before the end of the month.

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KitGuru Says: There is a lot of momentum building behind Counter-Strike right now, making it a perfect time to unveil a new update. Hopefully an official announcement is not too far away. 

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