Counter-Strike 2 gives the people what they want: tiny sausages hanging from their guns

Counter-Strike 2 has received its first big addition via The Armory Update, which adds a new battle pass to the game, alongside a slew of items and brand-new weapon charms. Well: new for Counter-Strike. Rainbow Six: Siege popularised these little animated tchotchkes, and they can now be found swinging around in everything from Call of Duty to Valorant. So what, you may ask, is the differentiating factor Valve has come up with for Counter-Strike?

Sausages. Don't ask why because Valve is quite above explaining such things but, for whatever reason, Counter-Strike 2's first major addition over CS:GO goes all-in on tiny sausage men. I'm just going to shake my head slightly and hand over to the CS2 team:

«Sure, you've got stickers and nametags and hundreds of weapon finishes, but do you have something that dangles? You do now! 'I bet I can only put it in one place,' you say. Well you're dead wrong! You can put them anywhere you want. (As long as where you want to put them is on your gun.)»

The first collection of themed charms are essentially little fat sausage people, with various Counter-Strike characters referenced.

«Have you ever looked at your weapon and thought, 'This sure is deadly, but I wish it had a tiny sausage person hanging off of it?' Don't answer that. Just keep scrolling, because as long as you dream about sausages, your dreams have come true.»

I'm pretty sure my son dreams of sausages, so maybe I should can the snark and accept this as his route into Counter-Strike. But if you're truly anti-sausage then Valve has another option in the form of the Small Arm Charms, though there is a technicality.

«If tiny sausage men aren't your thing, can we interest you in 3% more gun on your gun? 'Is the gun made of sausage?' you ask. Technically, yes! Each Small Arm Charm is made out of 100% recycled CS:GO weapons. It's like a keepsake of guns past.»

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