Flock, stock and two smoking barrels

Is it a bird?

Is it a plane?

It’s worth noting that Counter-Strike players haven’t always been this mad about birds invading maps.

A shot of a player running out of a smoke cloud firing a weapon in Counter-Strike 2 on the Overpass map

Back in 2016, the developers dressed up chickens in Xmas jumpers to ring in the festive season.

Alice0 and Pip (RPS in peace) wereenthused enough to write a whole feature about it.

Are you playing/enjoying Counter-Strike 2?

Where does it rank on the pecking order next to other first-person shooters?