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‘Source 2’ version of CS:GO could be coming soon? Reddit user Overseas discovers “csgos2.exe” in latest NVIDIA driver | Game * Spark – domestic and foreign game information website

Within NVIDIA’s latest game driver, there is now a profile called “Counter-strike 2”, where “csgos2.exe“and”cs2.exe” was discovered by Reddit user DAOWAce and posted a screenshot.

PC Gamer foreign media confirmed the driver using the “Nvidia Profile Inspector” tool created by volunteers, and reported that “csgos2.exe” definitely exists. Later, another Twitter user Gabe Follower wrote in the fileIncludes “source 2”finds FYI, “Counter-Strike: Global Offensive” executable file name is “csgo.exe”.

Mr Aquarius, a foreign data miner, investigated with a number of drivers and found that this profile wasGenerated by logging into your accountFind out that. So I guess NVIDIA has uploaded the latest database in the cloud for this profile.

Based on these data, SNS and Reddit are currently suggesting that the game engine of “Counter-Strike: Global Offensive” will move to “Source 2”, or that “Counter-Strike 2” will be published . There is much speculation that it is.

“Source 2” is a game engine published by Valve in 2015. Currently, it is used in works such as “Half-Life: Alyx”, and in 2015, the migration of the “Dota 2” game engine also has do it In 2017, it was rumored that it would be used in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, but the engine has not yet been migrated (see the official database).

According to Aquarius, the executable file “cs2.exe” is likely from 2014 and is not important. It also confirms that these files are definitely official Valve, as they are linked to the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive fingerprint.

PC playerhave reached out to Valve on this matter, but so far no response has been received.