Valve have managed to bring joy to two thirds of the PC gaming population while leaving the other third wishing they had some news to hold onto. I am of course talking about news regarding Dota 2 and Counter-Strike and the (continued) absence of news about the mysterious less spotted Half-Life 3. What news do I bring? Hit the break… …
Global Offensive is the third retail release of Counter-Strike (fourth if you count Condition Zero), and is quite an impressive title. The basics are the same as ever, T’s vs. CT’s in a never ending battle over hostages and bombs. …
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive officially left beta an hour or so ago on Steam after a lengthy beta period and it will be coming to PSN and Xbox Live tonight and tomorrow morning. Valve have released a chunk of data from the beta in a handy infographic which you can see after the break. It reveals some unsurprising data such as the two Dust maps proving to be extremely popular, and some surprising with the Arms Race and Demolition modes making up over 20% of rounds played during the beta. Valve are still working towards the release of the Map Workshop, and of course, the Zombie Mod. We will have a review with you as soon as we can. …
“We think Counter-Strike: Global-Offensive is the best version of Counter-Strike”. That is the bold statement from Valve’s Chet Faliszek about the upcoming shooter which is following twelve years of history. The Counter-Strike franchise is amongst the most played series of games on the PC, Counter-Strike 1.6 and its successor, Source both regularly find themselves at the very top of the Steam stats page. …
When I was playing Counter-Strike: Global Offensive at the Eurogamer Expo, I noticed that the map we were playing, de_Dust, had been on the receiving end of some radical changes with a new route for the Terrorist team along the underpass. I spoke to Valve’s Chet Faliszek and asked him about the changes, hit the jump for the low-down. …
It is interesting to think that when Counter-Strike: Global offensive is released, there will be three games remaining active in the Counter-Strike series. With 1.6 and Source still regularly appearing at the top of the play lists on Steam stats, I thought it was important to ask Valve’s Chet Faliszek what would happen with the older titles when Global Offensive is released. He told me on the Eurogamer Expo showfloor that “We will keep supporting 1.6 with exploit fixes and CS:S with the same thing, but we don’t want to change those games, while here with CS:GO during the beta we will take the feedback from the community and maybe make it something different.” …
Talking to Valve’s Chet Faliszek earlier today at the Eurogamer Expo, he revealed that the PC beta for Counter-Strike: Global offensive will be coming early October for people who have received keys at the event and for people from the pro gaming scene.. From there he says it will gradually roll up in scale until by years end when he hopes everybody will be able to play in the beta. Watch out for some detailed hand-on impressions of CS:GO along with more comments from Chet to appear on the site over the coming few days.
You can find more of our coverage of the Eurogamer Expo here.
While showing off the eagerly anticipated Counter Strike: Global Offensive at this year’s Eurogamer Expo, Valve today announced a new game mode that’ll come with the game when it releases on the PSN, XBLA and PC in 2012. We’ve got info along with some screenshots after the jump.
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