Valve has released an update to CS: GO that brings several notable changes at once. One of them was a change in the characteristics of the M4A1-S rifle, which has remained a topic of discussion in the community since last September. Because of the increased damage combined with a lower price tag than the M4A4 some players considered this weapon to be overpowered. Now, in response to this opinion, Valve has reduced the magazine capacity and number of spare rounds for this rifle.
The patch also introduces several changes to the Ancient map, mainly affecting the area around «cave» and both bomb locations. Improvements have been made to both visual aspects of the map, such as lighting, and gameplay.
In addition, the explosion damage on Inferno has been increased. A few minor updates appeared on Vertigo, Cache and Vineyard. In particular, an exploit pointed out by a player has been fixed on Cache, stability and performance improvements have been made on Vineyard, and physics issues have been fixed.
The BLAST Premier Spring Final 2022 tournament was completed using the previous version of the game, while subsequent events will be held using this patch.