Nvidia driver’s ‘csgos2.exe’ reference reinvigorates CS-GO update speculation-
A long-circulating rumor that Valve is preparing to release a new version of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on its latest game engine was boosted this week after data miner Aquarius found a config profile called “Counter-strike 2” in Nvidia’s latest drivers. The profile references “csgos2.exe,” and there’s really not much that could stand for besides “CS:GO Source 2.” (Unless… CS:GO Splatoon 2 crossover?)
I had a peek at the driver data using Nvidia Profile Inspector and can confirm that the csgos2.exe profile is there (I don’t know why anyone would make that up, but it’s the internet, so I checked). A more explicit reference to a CS:GO “source2” Nvidia config was also posted on Twitter by Gabe Follower, whose name perhaps helps explain why the Valve founder hides out in …
Steam closes refund policy loophole, finally comes up with a name for the thing where you can play a game early if you preorder-
Few videogame marketing terms are more aggravatingly ambiguous than “early access.” Most painfully, it can refer to two very different scenarios: Sometimes it means putting an in-development game on sale before it’s done, and other times it means offering access to a finished game early, typically as a deluxe edition preorder bonus. Starfield offered several days of “early access” with its Premium Edition, for instance.
Steam, the platform responsible for popularizing the first meaning of early access, has had enough. It’s now designating the latter scenario, when a developer offers pre-launch access to a completed game, “Advanced Access.”
“Unlike Early Access, Advanced Access is not a unique model of development for a game, it’s simply an opportunity to play a game before i…