Post by Nerfy @ 03:17am 13/08/11 | 60 Comments
Next Gen Console, PC, and Mac Release Targeted for Early 2012There's a page up for it at Steampowered.com; stay tuned for more info! promoted/edited forum item
August 13, 2011 – 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, VP of Marketing 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 London Games Festival.
Latest Comments
60 Comments
Show
Follow Us
Advertisement
Log In
Posted 04:46am 13/8/11
Posted 07:15am 13/8/11
Posted 08:25am 13/8/11
Posted 09:05am 13/8/11
Posted 09:58am 13/8/11
i guess this is the third big valve reveal this year. so no hl3 :(
last edited by ravn0s at 09:58:56 13/Aug/11
Posted 10:07am 13/8/11
Posted 10:10am 13/8/11
at least Valve are green (recycling)
Posted 10:34am 13/8/11
What happened to them over the years? Are they millionairs or did they sell it to valve for $15,000 thinking that was alot at the time and nowdays it's worth millions?
Would love to see a doco on CS (the mod) to current day and the original author(s)...
Posted 10:40am 13/8/11
One can only hope.
Posted 10:41am 13/8/11
Posted 10:50am 13/8/11
wonder if it will be source engine again? because its starting to look a bit cruddy by modern standards
Posted 10:56am 13/8/11
Teq every fps game is an FPS game. I don't understand what point you are trying to make. I expect they will hopefully expand on the current game type and it won't just be about defusing the bomb!. Battlefield is a constantly re-jigged franchise yet it still gets numbers because the style of play is proven.
Posted 11:23am 13/8/11
Posted 11:25am 13/8/11
this has never happened before WHAT AN OUTRAGE
Posted 11:40am 13/8/11
Posted 11:50am 13/8/11
Posted 11:51am 13/8/11
What? How? That doesn't make any sense.
F*****g hell, I really wish people would stop calling 5-6 year old game consoles "next-gen." It's current-gen, ffs.
Posted 11:56am 13/8/11
Posted 12:22pm 13/8/11
Wow! just looked at the tf2 stats on steam... it has gotten more popular? or is that a spike like Terraria?
I'd love to see es_ and as_ maps back! How good was that vent into the CT spawn on oilrig :P or when they added an APC to cs_seige and you could reverse every c*** into wall blocking the whole team! memories!
last edited by ctd at 12:22:42 13/Aug/11
Posted 12:30pm 13/8/11
lol yeah right, obviously you havent been playing since the beta versions of it.
Because no version of the game could ruin years and years of awesome memories playing it.
sounds alright, hope they do upgrade the engine/physics and graphics to be up-to-date
I remember when HL2 came out and the physics system was amazing and ground breaking
Posted 12:31pm 13/8/11
Posted 12:35pm 13/8/11
Posted 12:57pm 13/8/11
I hope they don't change it to more like bf.. if i wanted to play bf i'd play bf, if i wanted to play cs i'd play cs, if i wanted to play a game where i get called a cheater because i'm destroying and get 2 huey's and kicked by an admin in the first time i've played for 3 months i'd play black ops.
Posted 12:59pm 13/8/11
siege and oilrig are probably my most missed maps that i can remember
bring back bunny-hopping option for servers, that s*** was fun as.
Posted 01:02pm 13/8/11
http://counterstrikego.com/
Review from Torbull - 20 CSS pro gamers invited to pre-beta test.
http://www.eseanews.com/index.php?s=news&d=comments&id=9969
Posted 01:11pm 13/8/11
best part of oilrig was if you were a terrorist and spawned in the birds nest above ct spawn. you could jump down through the window in ct spawn and wipe them out before they had even left spawn.
the apc in siege was awesome. i used to love f*****g around with it and getting it stuck in the walls/bridge.
i hope they do bring back the AS game type. i miss oilrig and tundra.
Posted 01:28pm 13/8/11
Had like swat ropes you climb down etc.. f*** what was it called :/
last edited by Sc00bs at 13:28:31 13/Aug/11
Posted 01:28pm 13/8/11
Posted 01:35pm 13/8/11
as_highrise
that was an awesome map =) tundra was also fun, most of the as maps where fun tbo
Posted 01:37pm 13/8/11
Was so good being the VIP once you knew all the trick jumping spots you could get too da choppa really fast before t's set up.
Will keep an eye on this, would be keen.
Posted 01:38pm 13/8/11
i liked most maps. i miss survivor, storm, rotterdam, vertigo, backalley. i loved de_deep6.
Posted 01:45pm 13/8/11
Minh Le and Jess Cliffe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minh_Le
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jess_Cliffe
Both got hired by Valve but Minh Le is now working on his own new CS type game.
I know some of the mappers that contributed to the game got hired by Gearbox, and others committed suicide.
The problem I have with CS is that everyone that plays regularly on the only maps that are available (dust and office) have the gameplay down to a formula, so it gets boring quickly. There isn't enough variety to keep people on their toes like in the pre-source days.
last edited by thermite at 13:45:52 13/Aug/11
Posted 01:42pm 13/8/11
yeah bring back some old maps ffs, soooo over office and dust 2.
Thats all every server plays and when you find a server playing something like italy you go in and its some bulls*** zombie server.
After optus got rid of their CS servers it all started going downhill.
Posted 02:46pm 13/8/11
Posted 02:51pm 13/8/11
Posted 03:10pm 13/8/11
Posted 05:18pm 13/8/11
Oilrig was easily my favourite but also siege, MILITIA!!! and assault.
I also used to love mansion or whatever the similar one was called. I used to mp5 or AK rush straight out the first window I could find and try to get to CT spawn.
Ahhh those were the days.
Posted 05:20pm 13/8/11
Posted 05:46pm 13/8/11
cs_militia
I remember playing sauce and the only server that ran cs_militia was games.on.net then they shut it downa nd i stopped playing.
Posted 05:57pm 13/8/11
Posted 06:01pm 13/8/11
it ah sbeen like that since late 09, kinda sad when I load up CS:S its normally for a couple of games of Gungame
Posted 12:30am 14/8/11
Posted 09:31am 14/8/11
Posted 09:57am 14/8/11
Posted 03:05pm 14/8/11
Posted 02:27pm 14/8/11
Posted 07:09pm 14/8/11
What happened to valve?
Posted 07:11pm 14/8/11
cs has been on consoles for f*****g years.
Posted 07:33pm 14/8/11
- this game is not going to replace CS 1.6, or CS:S, it is primary made for consoles, PC version is just kind of a "bonus"
- at the moment, the game looks more like HL2DM
- There is no recoil and there will never be. (because of the consoles)
- the game runs on L4D2 engine
- SourceTV is NOT a priority
- they are working on match making system
- new money system
- no kevlar (this should be fixed in the future)
- maps are simplyfied for XBOX style, less ways, most fights are close range
- Hidden Path (Valve only finances the game) is trying to make all weapons balanced.
Posted 07:45pm 14/8/11
Posted 08:17pm 14/8/11
And so valve continues its abandonment of the PC ,multiplatform is 1 thing=S***
What happened to valve?
Posted 08:43pm 14/8/11
Posted 08:50pm 14/8/11
What happened to valve?
Posted 09:09pm 14/8/11
Posted 09:24pm 14/8/11
they made a mod for CS called 'Surf' which popped up in TF2 as well.
It's way more fun the original game, and the maps are all made by the community.
TF2 was a very nice looking game, though Surf mod kicks the crap out of it. It's a shame there's more hack servers out there where players go for free hats and stuff than Surf mode servers.
Nice to see that 3FL still has one though.
They need to make that 3.
Posted 01:58am 15/8/11
Don't really care for competitive gaming so as long as it is still fun for a bash I will be happy. He is a lot less enthusiastic compared with this dude :P http://www.eseanews.com/index.php?s=news&d=comments&id=9969
Hidden Path did that defense grid game which is pretty fun and they 'contributed' to CS:S
last edited by ctd at 01:58:47 15/Aug/11
Posted 10:12am 15/8/11
Posted 10:39am 15/8/11
At the last Lansmash I was at they had big long separate tables - one for CS:S players and one for everyone else.
I'm wouldn't disagree with your assessment, but think of it this way: CS:S exists as a handy way to lure and keep hyper competitive and aggressive dudes away from all the other games.
Posted 09:16am 17/8/11
Posted 12:33pm 17/8/11