Revamped Anubis, movement improvements, two new Care Packages go live in January 21st CS2 update

Valve have tonight pushed the Premier Season 4 update to Counter-Strike 2, introducing a flurry of changes to the game in the first major update of 2026. Chief among changes is a revamped Anubis returning to the Active Duty map pool, with the Egyptian map replacing Train in the map pool after a relatively short stay for the iconic map. Valve have also introduced a number of buffs for the MP7, MP5-SD, and PP-Bizon while also bringing in some movement changes affecting jumping.

On the cosmetics side, two new weekly care packages, Harlequin and Achroma, have been added to the game while the Safehouse, Dust 2, 2018 Nuke Collection, and the 2018 Inferno Collections have been removed from weekly drops.

The most notable changes from the Patch Notes are:

Premier

• Premier Season Four has begun

• Added Anubis to the Active Duty Map Pool

• Removed Train from the Active Duty Map Pool

Gameplay

• MP7 and MP5-SD: Slightly increased damage

• MP7 and MP5-SD: Slightly reduced damage fall-off

• MP7 and MP5-SD: Reduced price by $100.

• PP-Bizon: Reduced price by $100.

• Jump Changes: Landing time is now calculated with subtick precision

• Jump Changes: Jumping and landing no longer affect stamina. The landing speed penalty is now a simple function of landing time

• Jump Changes: Any jump press within sv_bhop_time_window centered on the landing time that hasn't been penalized by sv_jump_spam_penalty_time will be treated as a successful bunnyhop

• Map Guides can now be loaded in online games of casual and retakes (via the ESC menu)

Weekly Care Package

• Added two all-new weapon collections to the Weekly Care Package drop list: Harlequin, Achroma

• Removed four weapon collections from the Weekly Care Package drop list: Safehouse, Dust 2, 2018 Nuke Collection, and the 2018 Inferno Collection

Armory

• Added a new Limited Edition Item: the AK47 | Aphrodite

Maps

• Removed community maps: Golden, Palacio, Agency, and Rooftop from all game modes

• Added community maps Warden, Stronghold, and Alpine to Competitive, Casual, and Deathmatch modes

• Added community maps Sanctum and Poseidon to Wingman mode

Anubis

• Bridge drop moved near Mid Doors

• Mid doors orientation reversed

• Hole added between E-box and Back of B

• Bombsite A crates moved up steps on to Walkway

• Scaffolding added to pillar on Bombsite A