Counter Strike's ever popular bomb defusal map known as Dust2 is no longer part of the game's Active Duty Group. Such decision by Valve will no longer allow players to use it during tournaments as it now being replaced by an equally familiar map.
The successor of the Dust and the game's most renowned shootout maps has been superseded last Feb. 3 by the returning Inferno map as it was posted on CS: GO's website. The map was not totally ticked off by the developer, though as it was just taken off from the said group and is now enlisted under the Casual and Deathmatch game modes of the first person shooter.
"CS: GO" fans might remember that the Inferno map was overhauled by the game maker in October 2016 alongside other game tweaks during that time. It is also the second map next to Nuke to make a comeback as part of the game's tournament map roster, ESPN reported.
The latest competitive map lineup will be tested DreamHack Masters to be held in Las Vegas this Feb. 15. Nonetheless, teams who participated in the qualifiers of Intel's Extreme Masters Katowice last Feb. 4 still got to play Dust2 for one last time. Those who were lucky enough to proceed to the next level will now have to familiarize themselves with Inferno.
Created in 2001, Dust2 is one of the oldest and famed maps of the "CS" franchise. Developed by David Johnston, the map possesses a Middle Eastern setting where the counter-terrorist faction's objective is to prevent the team of terrorists from planting the C4 explosive to the designated bomb sites or diffuse it once it is planted.
Watch a video about the recent changes in the competitive map lineup on "CS: GO."