Counter-Strike 2 limited test: how to get access

Counter-Strike 2 is very real and already playable – at least if you were lucky enough to receive an invite from Valve to the first-person shooter’s limited test. If you were not included in the initial wave of invites, don’t be too disappointed: Valve’s criteria are very strict and even some very massive names have missed out on getting access, such as streamer xQc and even CS:GO professionals like G2’s Hooxi and m0nesy. Even Brazilian soccer superstar Neymar Jr. – known as a big gaming fan – bemoaned his lack of an invite on Twitter. If not even these stars could secure an invite beforehand, what can you do to receive access to Counter-Strike 2? Here’s everything we know about the limited test and how to get in. Valve stated its official criteria for getting access to Counter-Strike 2 early on Steam, writing the following: “Players are selected based on a number of factors deemed important by the Counter-Strike 2 development team, including (but not limited to) recent playtime on Valve official servers, tr