On May 4, Valve released a new update for Counter Strike: Global Offensive. The main news of the update was the completion of the operation, a new case and changes to the list of tournament cards. Visual improvements and bug fixes have also been added to several maps.
Operation «Broken Fang», which was added to the game in early December last year, has ended, and players still have about ten days left to earn rewards for the remaining unused stars. A new case called Snakebite includes seventeen new skins and a rare item. In addition, with the update, the CS: GO 360 Stats service appeared in the game, which allows you to get access to match statistics in the modes «Competitive», «Premier» and «Teammates».
One of the most discussed innovations of the update was the change of the competitive set of maps: Train is now replaced by Ancient, which caused a mixed reaction from many players. Some feel that there was no need to replace Train as it had no significant flaws. It's possible that Valve focused on matchmaking statistics, which ranked Train among the least popular maps among both amateur and professional players. Either way, it's now up to the teams to strategize in detail for Ancient. Some analysts have already commented that it is not suitable for competitive play and requires significant balance improvements.