{"id":602638,"date":"2026-04-12T19:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T19:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/602638\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T19:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T19:41:09","slug":"cs2-cache-creator-releases-new-splinter-map-and-it-looks-incredible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/602638\/","title":{"rendered":"CS2 Cache Creator Releases New Splinter Map, And It Looks Incredible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CS2 Cache creator FMPONE has released his latest map: Splinter. Set in an abandoned lumber yard, Splinter is a standard bomb defusal map that arguably makes the best use of the Source 2 tools we\u2019ve seen so far, thanks to some pretty staggering visuals.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-171687 webpexpress-processed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Splinter-1.jpg\" alt=\"Splinter 1\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/>Image via FMPONE<\/p>\n<p>Visually, Splinter is a total feast. It embraces a warm autumnal color scheme, dominated by greens and oranges. However, the snowy mountain backdrop makes everything really pop. Despite the immense level of detail, character visibility doesn\u2019t suffer, which makes it actually viable for competitive play. This comes at a cost, though \u2013 performance at this early stage is pretty rocky, which was also a criticism leveled at FMPONE\u2019s CS2 Cache version.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-171688 webpexpress-processed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Splinter-3.jpg\" alt=\"Splinter 3\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/>Image via FMPONE<\/p>\n<p>The map layout of Splinter is fairly compact, with interiors and exteriors connected by tight corners. Both bombsites open up nicely, and are by far the most open areas of the map. The question now becomes whether Valve will give it a chance as a community map. The studio previously had Thera, another of FMPONE\u2019s CS2 maps, in the community pool, so it\u2019s not out of the question we\u2019ll see Splinter get the same treatment in the future.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-171689 webpexpress-processed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Splinter-2.jpg\" alt=\"Splinter 2\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/>Image via FMPONE<\/p>\n<p>FMPONE is best known as the creator of Cache, which he sold to Valve last year. The developer is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hotspawn.com\/counter-strike\/news\/valve-finally-confirms-cs2-cache-is-on-the-way\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">expected to release an official CS2 Cache port later this year<\/a>, with a view to its addition to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hotspawn.com\/counter-strike\/news\/complete-competitive-counter-strike-map-pool-history\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Active Duty map pool<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to try Splinter for yourself, you can download it from the Steam Workshop <a href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/sharedfiles\/filedetails\/?id=3691046714\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CS2 Cache creator FMPONE has released his latest map: Splinter. Set in an abandoned lumber yard, Splinter is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":602639,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[64,63,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-602638","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=602638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/602639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}