Release Notes for 10/8/2015
8 OCT 2015 -

[ GAMEPLAY ]
– Adjusted player flashbang reaction animation so the raised arm matches first-person blindness.
[ MISC ]
– Players will no longer get the default weapon in a loadout slot when the game server loses connection to the GC.
– Bots no longer get stuck in a crab-walk after a rare failure during crouch-jump.
[MAPS]
Cobblestone
– Fixed some areas where players could look through model backfaces

Source Obtained From:
http://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/category/updates/

[ GAMEPLAY ]
– Adjusted player flashbang reaction animation so the raised arm matches first-person blindness.
[ MISC ]
– Players will no longer get the default weapon in a loadout slot when the game server loses connection to the GC.
– Bots no longer get stuck in a crab-walk after a rare failure during crouch-jump.
[MAPS]
Cobblestone
– Fixed some areas where players could look through model backfaces

Source Obtained From:
http://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/category/updates/

[OPERATION BLOODHOUND]
– Operation Bloodhound has come to a close.
– The Falchion Case will be available as a drop for all players.
[GAMEPLAY]
– Zeus:
— Increased price to $200
— Reduced kill award to $0
— Reduced max player speed to 220
[UI]
– New Music Kits will be available for purchase directly in the main menu for a limited time.
[MISC]
– In official competitive matches, voice communications are now team-only in warmup and half-time, allowing players to discuss player roles and strategies.

Source Obtained From:
http://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/category/updates/

[ MUSIC KITS ]
– Players can now purchase Music Kits that track Official Competitive MVPs. These special Music Kits are available as StatTrak Music Kit offers. All new music kits are also available as normal (non-StatTrak) Music Kit offers.
– Awolnation
– Beartooth
– Daniel Sadowski
– Darude
– Ian Hultquist
– Kelly Bailey
– Ki Theory
– Lennie Moore
– Michael Bross
– Mord Fustang
– New Beat Fund
– Proxy
– Skog
– Troels Folmann
[ ANIMATION ]
– Fixed crouched defusal aim matrix bug
– Improved walk/run blending in some cases when speed changes rapidly
– Improved walk footplants
– CPU performance optimizations.
Source Obtained From:
http://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/category/updates/

[ CSGO ]
– Added the Shadow Case, featuring 16 community designs, with a chance to contain the all-new Shadow Daggers.
[ GAMEPLAY ]
– Zeus can only be purchased once per round and cannot be dropped.
– Players can now only purchase five of any weapon per round (controlled with mp_weapons_allow_typecount).
[ ANIMATION ]
– Improved animation performance for certain hardware configurations.
– Fixed Molotov holding pose.
– Fixed incorrect foot position for pistol deploys.
– Reduced cycle rates for ladder animations at top speed.
– Small increase to crouchwalk cycle rates, footfall fixes.
– Adjusted blend on C4 plant animation.
– Adjusted defuser cable thickness.
– Fixed defuser cables not disconnecting from the defusing CT player.
– Adjusted crouch animation rise and fall speed.
[ MISC ]
– Fixed some improper inventory icon camera positions.
– Fixed flickering shadows associated with dynamic player culling.
– Fixed cases where culling plane intersected or completely covered players.
[ MAPS ]
– Updated Cache to the latest version.

Source Obtained From:
http://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/category/updates/