Valve has dropped the CS2 release notes for May 23, 2024, and it is a significant update. The developers at Valve have made multiple quality-of-life changes in the game to attract more players. They have also implemented multiple UI changes. One of the most interesting tweaks they have made is to a key aspect of the game: the chickens, which now have increased mobility and fresh animations.That's not all, as Valve has also made multiple changes to the maps in Counter-Strike 2. This article lists all the changes made by the CS2 release notes of May 23.CS2 release notes for May 23Here are the official CS2 release notes for May 23:GameplayThe height of the 'pillar' of flame for both Molotov and Incendiary grenades now decreases over timeReduced the terrorist team award when the bomb was planted but defused from $800 to $600, to decrease the impact of the first round on subsequent roundsReduced the price of the M4A4 from $3100 to $3000Minor adjustments to first-person camera movementAdded explicit "switchhandsleft" and "switchhandsright" console commandsDeathmatch bonus weapons are now the same for all players regardless of loadoutIncendiary grenadeAdjusted the explosion and flame visual treatmentReduced durationReduced area covered by spreading flamesReduced price from $600 to $500RentalsWhen players open a Kilowatt case with a key, they will have the option to rent the entire Kilowatt collection (i.e., every weapon in the case, excluding the rare special item) for a week instead of receiving an item from the collectionEquipped rented weapons will be replaced with the stock version of the weapon when the rental period expiresRented weapons cannot be modified (e.g., via stickers or name tags), traded, or sold on the Steam Community MarketHUDFixed a bug where the MVP player name displayed incorrectly during bot takeoverFixed a bug where the Refund All button in the Buy Menu would only refund a single flashbang grenadeFixed a bug where the ESC menu scoreboard during the end-of-match didn't match the TAB scoreboardFixed a bug where the Loss Bonus scoreboard tooltip would get stuck on-screen after closing the scoreboardBlocking stranger Steam avatars will now block other user-generated content such as name tags and sticker placementsChickensChickens have a few new animationsChickens can now walk up hillsChickens can now turn right while walkingUIVarious performance improvements to the Warehouse main menu and item inspect background sceneryDemosThe demo playback timeline now shows indicators for kill and death eventsDemo playback can be toggled into "highlight mode" which will show only kills and deaths for the active playerVarious minor demo playback UI changesFixed a demo playback crashMap changes in CS2 release notes for May 23The developers also made multiple changes in the maps and it was covered in the CS2 release notes. The changes they made were:VertigoAdded catwalk by bombsite A, connecting to the back of ARemoved connector between the back of A and elevatorsOpened up the passage between elevators and scaffoldingSlightly tweaked size of bombsite ATweaked spawn timings slightlyChanged Wingman layout to feature bombsite A changesBaggageFixed movement hitch on the lower conveyorLowered height of central conveyor tray to help open sniper viewOfficeFixed a case where a player could shoot through multiple wallsMirageFixed bad collisions on certain propsFixed some sticky collisions around windows in the palaceThis is everything that came with the CS2 release notes for May 23. Stay tuned to Sportskeeda for more news related to the game.