Ever since Operation Shattered Web ended in March, we were all waiting for what Valve would bring us next… and whether it would come in 2020 at all. After all, Shattered Web came after a 2-year break from all operations, making us fear that perhaps we’d once again spend the winter without new CS:GO content.
However, with the holiday season in full swing, rumours started to arise that something big was coming to CS:GO in late November… It didn’t.
As per Valve tradition (there is a reason why Valve time is a thing), after a few weeks of uncertainty and many, many tweets from CS:GO influencers revealing that something big is indeed coming, Operation Broken Fang was released on December 3rd… and boy, was it worth the wait.
The Story of Operation Broken Fang
Let’s be honest here, not a lot of people play CS:GO for the Operation stories, however, let’s just summarize the gist of the theme of Broken Fang for you. Essentially, Cops vs Robbers, with new agent skins for SWAT and the Professionals—a group of robbers.
We’ll leave you to experience the details on your own through the missions in-game if you’re really interested in Counter-Strike’s story and lore. But if we’re going to be real here, we all know that they’re all only means to an end… Skins.
Operation Broken Fang Skins
Operation Broken Fang has added three brand new collections and one new case to the game. Collectively, we believe that this is the best skin drop ever, and we’re going to show you some of our favourites, starting with the eponymous case.
Operation Broken Fang Case
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This one is really cool because of how simple it is. Like the Glock-18 Candy Apple and other similar skins, the one-colour finish really works to help players create a minimalistic collection that just works. Really good look.
Other Operation Broken Fang Items
Skins aren’t the only new item in the Operations. We’ve finally seen brand new Gloves, along with Agent Skins, stickers, graffiti and skill group patches as well as some fancy new maps, including Ancient, a new competitive map. We’re going to be doing deep-dives into some of them in the future, so be sure to stay tuned throughout the next couple of weeks.
New Gameplay Content
The biggest change in this operation is, however, what was added to CS:GO gameplay. With a new ping system that is bound to help non-English speaking users communicate with others, as well as detailed stats and the addition of a much-requested Retakes mode, the Operation really shows how much undiscovered potential CS:GO had up to this point. We might do deep-dives on this in the future, however, we’ll take a moment to discuss the new mode right now.
Retake This!
Retakes have been a community game mode for what seems like forever now, and we even had our very own retake server so players could try their hands at the fast-paced, “shortened” version of competitive CS:GO.
Retakes basically are a mode where three Terrorists defend a planted bomb from four Counter-Terrorists. Fast-paced, thrilling and good practice for both defending and attacking a planted bomb, this will definitely be a fun way to warm-up before you go all-in on competitive games.
What’s Next?
The operation is a massive step forward for Counter-Strike in terms of content, and we have a lot to discover and discuss. Throughout the next few weeks, we’re going to be doing deep-dives into each aspect of the operation both here and on our YouTube channel so be sure to subscribe there, and pop back in here every once in a while for all the newest content about Operation Broken Fang.