CS2 patch improves Molotov/incendiary grenades

Counter-Strike 2 Release Notes for 1/27/2026

[GAMEPLAY]

– Molotov/incendiary grenades that bounce off an enemy player have a one-time fuse extension added to prevent them from air-bursting when their has-never-hit-the-world timer elapses.

[SOUND]

– Fixed a performance issue when running CS2 without a sound device.
– Various knife sound adjustments.

[MISC]

– Fixed broken cl_ent_bbox visualization for some classes of rigid dynamic entities.
– Various stability improvements.

[MAPS]

Nuke
– Adjusted hanging hard hat model render bounds to prevent shadow popping when model exited the view frustum.

Warden
– Updated to the latest version from the Community Workshop.

Sanctum
– Updated to the latest version from the Community Workshop.

Origin: www.counter-strike.net