Counter-Strike Codex — Data & Quality

We publish our audit record because accuracy claims should be checkable. Every entry on this site runs through an automated fact-audit pipeline (accuracy audit → source-grounded repair → visual QA); this page is generated from that pipeline's own report, not written by hand.

Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-03 · 151 entries checked · 100 flagged · 273 issues confirmed · 0 corrected · 273 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

de_inferno — The map was added as part of Update 1.1 for the original Counter-Strike game in 2001; de_inferno was actually added in the 1.0 final release or a very early update, not specifically Update 1.1.

de_inferno — The map was designed by Christopher 'Narby' Auty and was originally situated in a rebel stronghold in a small Middle Eastern village with the premise of destroying oil pipelines; the original Counter-Strike version of Inferno was set in a European village, not

de_mirage — The entry states Mirage was 'released officially in 2013 by Valve Corporation' and 'added to the game on 12 June 2013.' However, de_mirage was officially added to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on June 6, 2013, not June 12.

de_mirage — The entry claims Mirage 'expanded the original Counter-Strike and Counter-Strike: Source map de_cpl_strike.' This is misleading: de_cpl_strike was a Counter-Strike: Source map, not an original Counter-Strike (1.6) map.

de_train — de_train first appeared in Counter-Strike beta 6.5, not beta 6.1

cs_italy — The map is stated to have 2 Bomb Sites, but cs_italy is a hostage rescue map and does not have bomb sites; it has hostage spawn locations.

cs_italy — The claim that 'Hostage rescue is one of the most common game modes in Global Offensive' is factually inaccurate; hostage rescue maps are significantly less common than bomb defusal maps in official matchmaking and competitive play.

de_vertigo — The entry states 'Release Era=2012 (Launch of CS:GO)' but Vertigo was not in the launch version of CS:GO (August 2012); it was added in October 2012.

de_cache — First appeared=Counter-Strike 1.6 (original map pool) is incorrect; de_cache was created by Volcano and first released as a custom map for Counter-Strike: Source in 2011, not part of the original 1.6 map pool.

de_cache — Competitive history=CS 1.6 pool → CS:GO pool (multiple cycles in/out) is incorrect; de_cache was never in the official CS 1.6 competitive map pool; it was added to CS:GO in 2013 and later removed and re-added.

de_anubis — The map was added to CS:GO in 2020, not 2016.

de_anubis — The map's status is listed as 'Removed from Active Duty pool' but it remained in the Active Duty pool through the transition to CS2.

de_dust2 — The map was first released in March 2001 for the original Counter-Strike game. Correction: Dust II was first released on March 13, 2001, as part of Counter-Strike 1.1, not the original Counter-Strike game (which launched earlier).

de_dust2 — Dust II was removed from the Active Duty Competitive Pool in Global Offensive in February 2017 and replaced by Inferno. Correction: Dust II was removed from the Active Duty map pool in February 2017, but it was replaced by Inferno in April 2017, not simultaneo

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