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Our newest official map ORIGIN is now available to play. This remake of the NS1 map holds the answers to the Origins of the Kharaa. You can also earn the special Abyss Gorge skin after playing five rounds. But hurry! This skin is only available for a limited time.



Update 329 also brings another set of balance changes, aimed at creating more variation of play and strategy, as well as a new menu system. Check out the full changelog for all of the amazing new features available.



Update 329 ORIGIN Changelog

Play for five rounds (that are longer than five minutes) and unlock this special Abyss Gorge skin. This skin is only available for a limited time, so don't miss out!





NS2 has officially moved to DirectX 11 and added support for Temporal Anti-Aliasing for an enhanced gaming and visual experience.





A reminder about Linux support With the release of Update 329 we have officially dropped support for the Linux client of NS2. We will continue to support and update the Linux Dedicated Server. For those using the Linux client, you can still play NS2 via the Steam Play compatibility tools (Proton.)



Proton is still in Beta and being actively developed, so there may be some features or functions that do not work. We have confirmed that playing the game while connecting to a dedicated server does work, and in some cases the performance is improved from the Linux client.



Our Note to Linux Users