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Inferno hasn’t been released to CS2’s beta yet. Screenshot by Dot Esports<\/figcaption><\/figure>

“Maybe Valve just does not want to give any more time to develop CS:GO<\/em> any more… Maybe they have already started work with the mindset that CS2<\/em> is the only thing they should focus on,” one player said.<\/p>