Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

EniGmA1987 · Aug 12, 2011

Next Gen Console, PC, and Mac Release Targeted for Early 2012

Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal, and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO).

Targeted for release via Playstation Network, Xbox Live Arcade, and Steam (for PC and Mac) in early 2012, CS: GO will expand upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched exactly 12 years ago (CS beta 1, August 1999).

CS: GO features new maps, characters, and weapons and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust, etc.). In addition, CS: GO will introduce new gameplay modes, matchmaking, leader boards, and more.

"Counter-Strike took the gaming industry by surprise when the unlikely MOD became the most played online PC action game in the world almost immediately after its release in August 1999," said Doug Lombardi at Valve. "For the past 12 years, it has continued to be one of the most-played games in the world, headline competitive gaming tournaments and selling over 25 million units worldwide across the franchise. CS: GO promises to expand on CS' award-winning gameplay and deliver it to gamers on the PC as well as the next gen consoles and the Mac."

CS: GO is being developed by Valve in cooperation with Seattle-based Hidden Path Entertainment. The title is targeted for release in early 2012 and will be playable at this year's PAX Prime and Eurogamer Expo 2011.
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Sogetsu · Aug 12, 2011

Counterstike GO!

Read this off my phone today, apparently made non-gaming news sites.

The Communist · Aug 12, 2011

Ill give it a shot. I didn't much care for source.

moneda · Aug 12, 2011

Need gameplay video. _@:

Erock · Aug 12, 2011

ooooo this could be pretty epic!!!

Kava · Aug 13, 2011

This could be epic if they do it right. I didn't dig source either, they need that original CS "feel" back in this game.

Sogetsu · Aug 13, 2011

I loved 1.6 and pre-1.6.

Doc · Aug 14, 2011

CS for the original Xbox was horrible. Hopefully they can do it right on consoles this time.

TheEPIC · Aug 14, 2011

Kava said: ↑

This could be epic if they do it right. I didn't dig source either, they need that original CS "feel" back in this game.
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It's been said that it has it's own feel. Different from source and 1.6.

Kotaku

Kotaku said:

Levine also touched on the gameplay nuances of CS GO in his write-up, writing that the new title had a "feel" distinguishable from both Counter-Strike 1.6 and Counter-Strike Source, saying "pro players seemed surprisingly happy with the player player movement and feel of the game."
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