Valve Releases First Details on Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Valve Releases First Details on Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Posted 08/16/2011 at 12:19am
| by Nathan Grayson
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Modern Warfare and Battlefield 3 may be near-constantly forced into the colossal, cyclopean public eye these days, but make no mistake: Counter-Strike is still huge. Competitive gamers, especially, perform the eternal dance between terrorists and counter-terrorists with the lithe grace of swans. Swans with guns. And bombs. With CS:S recently reaching the ripe old age of seven, though, it's even getting a bit creaky in Valve Time. Enter Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. It's new and different – but, er, not. In a good way!
After a brief announcement last week, pro gamers started speaking up about their hands-on experiences with Global Offensive. In a nutshell, it doesn't feel like Source or 1.6, but it didn't “grossly offend” any of the particularly picky pros either.
Beyond that, maps include dust, dust2, inferno, nuke, de_train, and a revamped version of Dust specifically for competitive players. New guns – like a heavy machine gun and a tiny truckload of pistols – will also be on hand, but modes' modus operandi is classics-only for now. Meanwhile, Valve's also tossing in all the modern shooter standbys: leaderboards, dedicated server support, and the like.
Now, the possibly bad news: Source Engine is once again on eyeball stimulation duty. And while this is the latest version of Valve's always-in-progress pet project, we fear it's only a matter of time before we're creeping around corners on de_dust-and-cobwebs-everywhere-ewwww. This wouldn't be the first time Valve's worked a technical miracle, though, so we'll see.
Global Offensive's closed beta test is set to kick off later this year, with a full release currently slotted for “sometime in 2012.” In other news, Half-Life 3 was recently seen standing next to Big Foot in an incredibly blurry photo that may have also been a piece of toast that proves the government faked the moon landing.
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Joji
August 18, 2011 at 3:56am
Some people even said that this game will have a story, just like Conditition Zero had. Sweet! :D
And Nathan Grayson, man never really landed on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission. Governments will just keep on keeping it as a secret beacuse they are douchebags who can not face the truth. Simple as that.
Tarkooka
August 16, 2011 at 1:17pm
i still play cs 1.6 and relive the golden ages of first person shooters
it feels better than source
it looks like shit but the gameplay feels refined and just perfect
and unlike crap of duty requires skill not the right combination of weapons, perks and attachments
FrancesTheMute
August 16, 2011 at 1:12pm
I'm hoping that Valve will go back and maybe revamp Day of Defeat a little bit, as they've completely neglected it for the past couple years. DoD is still my favorite multiplayer shooter game, started playing it way back when it was still just a fledgling HL mod.
US_Ranger
August 16, 2011 at 4:53pm
I love DoD. However, there are only about 3 servers worth playing on anymore so it's gotten so stale. It would be awesome if it was redone and released again.
RalphPootawn
August 16, 2011 at 10:46am
I hope my VAC ban from CSS doesn't carry over. heh. heheheh.
Budman_NC
August 16, 2011 at 9:19am
Seriously MPC, there are some of us here that have nothing better to do but patrol this area and nuke the hell outa these spamming scumbags ... all for the greater good of course! I Jedi is right. I'm sure you're trying hard to avoid the capcha model for posting here.
I Jedi
August 16, 2011 at 9:34am
I agree. I truly think there should be a spam rating voting down mod... The community can monitor it.
I Jedi
August 16, 2011 at 7:16am
I play Counter-Strike: Souce a lot... On my XFire profile, I have over 1200 hours of game time logged in, if that isn't proof enough of my devotion to the game. At any rate, the leader-board/ranking idea puts me at unease. It may just be fear mongering on my part, but I don't like the idea of having competitive play mixed in like that. Yes, I know, there are professional gamers, who play Counter-Strike: Source beyond just playing zombie mod or GunGame, and Cal once existed to prove who was the best at CS:S, I know! The reason I don't like it is because I've played MW and CoD, and all those kids do is wine and bitch about stats, in my opinion.
Hell, I remember playing Halo 2 for XBL, and everyone there, including myself, was all about the ranking up and proving who was best. I remember many a night when my controller would go flying across the room. (Lucky for me I've grown up a bit more since being that young!) I am glad that Valve has renewed an interest in updating CS to a whole new game, but not at the expense of what the current model is all about.
Oh, and one more note, there best not be any damned hats, patches, guns, etc, that you can buy for real money, like in TF2!
nmanguy
August 16, 2011 at 10:17am
You can't buy patches for money in TF2.
Wait, do you mean patches like updates, or as in patches that your mom sews on to your sweater?
I Jedi
August 16, 2011 at 2:34pm
You misunderstood. When I was talking about patches, I was referring to patches you wear on your sleeve. Insignia, if you will.
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