In a move that is a little surprising, Valve have announced that Counter-Strike 2 is out now for all players, after being in a testing phase by selected members of the community for the last few months.

Counter-Strike 2 features: 

• All-new CS Ratings with the updated Premier mode

• Global and Regional leaderboards

• Upgraded and overhauled maps

• Game-changing dynamic smoke grenades

• Tick-rate-independent gameplay

• Redesigned visual effects and audio

• All items from CS:GO moving forward to CS2

The official site has all the details about the above, including some visual showings of how it all works.