Valve announces next Counter-Strike

2011-08-12 11:18:45

#1

DefCon-17: Maple Syrup Faggot; +362|6366|Vancouver | Canada

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.

http://store.steampowered.com/news/6059/

What can I say? It's been a long time coming! Just today news from the VALVe office has emerged as our own Craig "Torbull" Levine has taken the trip down to supposedly "help develop" the new version of Counter-Strike. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO). Is this VALVe reaching out to the community, recognizing the competitive community?

News first arrived about the new version on the ESEA.net Facebook Page, saying:

"Counter Strike: Global Operation... More info tomorrow!"

Jess Cliffe, one of the original creators of Counter-Strike, was seen posting on the SteamPowered forums, saying "Global Offensive."

Rumors:
Planned to be released Q1 2012
Focuses on 5v5 competition
Press release within 24 hours from VALVe - Confirmed
Plays on an updated source engine
Individual & Team rankings
New Guns added
New Grenades
Dust & Aztec major revamp
Spamming still viable
Ammo is free

http://eseanews.com/index.php?s=news&am … mp;id=9967

Also, a hands-on:
http://eseanews.com/index.php?s=news&am … mp;id=9969

Should be interesting. They're actually working with top CS(S) players to tweak the game, so it won't be another boring game with no recoil or bullet deviation. (Looking at you, newer CoD series)

Only thing is...the competitive TF2 community was hoping to get some growth after the whole F2P thing, and then Valve hits us with this. :<

2011-08-12 12:01:40

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Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5912|College Park, MD

Sweet

https://static.bf2s.com/files/user/36793/marylandsig.jpg

2011-08-12 12:02:23

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SEREMAKER: BABYMAKIN EXPERT √; +2,187|6778|Mountains of NC

same graphics

https://static.bf2s.com/files/user/17445/carhartt.jpg

2011-08-12 12:06:23

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DefCon-17: Maple Syrup Faggot; +362|6366|Vancouver | Canada

SEREMAKER wrote:
same graphics

Probably the last thing the people who buy this game will care about.

2011-08-12 12:27:17

#5

tazz.: oz.; +1,338|6384|Sydney | ♥

CS: GO images leaked

^{everything i write is a ramble and should not be taken seriously.... _{seriously. ♥}}

2011-08-12 12:58:57

#6

Stimey: +786|6330|Ontario | Canada

:woo:

2011-08-14 16:35:21

#7

NeXuS: Shock it till ya know it; +375|6552|Atlanta, Georgia

tazz. wrote:
CS: GO images leaked

https://www.funnypictures.com/pictures/humerus.jpg

2011-08-14 16:38:42

#8

Superior Mind: (not macbeth); +1,755|6903

lol

I enjoyed CS. I'll pick this one up.

x

2011-08-15 10:16:40

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Sisco: grandmaster league revivalist; +493|6553

I´m not sure the name works though...

https://www.abload.de/img/bf3-bf2ssig0250wvn.jpg

2011-08-15 13:53:00

#10

NeXuS: Shock it till ya know it; +375|6552|Atlanta, Georgia

Sisco wrote:
I´m not sure the name works though...

Oh well. It's what's inside that counts. I'm kinda happy it's the source engine. means it wont be $60 and it will have the same feel as source. Exactly what the competitive players want. I agree.

2011-08-15 14:35:50

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Superior Mind: (not macbeth); +1,755|6903

The source engine is always being updated. I remember the point when it became to advanced to run on all high on my old computer.

x

2011-08-15 14:51:13

#12

Sisco: grandmaster league revivalist; +493|6553

NeXuS wrote:
Sisco wrote:
I´m not sure the name works though...
Oh well. It's what's inside that counts. I'm kinda happy it's the source engine. means it wont be $60 and it will have the same feel as source. Exactly what the competitive players want. I agree.

But CS:GO? That´s just silly.

2011-08-15 15:25:36

#13

NeXuS: Shock it till ya know it; +375|6552|Atlanta, Georgia

Sisco wrote:
NeXuS wrote:
Sisco wrote:
I´m not sure the name works though...
Oh well. It's what's inside that counts. I'm kinda happy it's the source engine. means it wont be $60 and it will have the same feel as source. Exactly what the competitive players want. I agree.
But CS:GO? That´s just silly.

Go! Go! Counter Forces!

2011-08-15 16:04:11

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Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6748|Long Island, New York

Guess it won't be too expensive if it's releasing on PSN and XBL. Probably looking at a $30 price point for PC, at the very most.

2011-08-15 20:33:54

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Doctor Strangelove: Real Battlefield Veterinarian.; +1,758|6678

I think that those kind of super operator warman sassealsspetznaz elite special forces subtitles are kind lame and overdone and I am saddened that Valve is not above them.

Also Hidden Path (aka, the real devs) only other game to date is a tower defense game. I don't know what that will mean for the quality, but you guys might want to know.

2011-08-15 21:22:04

#16

DefCon-17: Maple Syrup Faggot; +362|6366|Vancouver | Canada

I doubt all the top players they're working with are going to allow them to fuck it up.

Besides, I think Valve has finally caught on to how big "eSports" is getting. Of course this probably means they'll lose the sales to all the CoD leet260noscope kiddies...but that's a good thing.

2011-08-16 04:20:41

#17

Blade4509: Wrench turnin' fool; +202|5719|America

Yes but will the hitboxes still be 3 feet behind what you want to kill, because if not there's gonna be some mad pros.

Last edited by Blade4509 (2011-08-16 04:21:07)

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2011-08-16 06:33:15

#18

Trotskygrad: бля; +354|6209|Vortex Ring State

Doctor Strangelove wrote:
I think that those kind of super operator warman sassealsspetznaz elite special forces subtitles are kind lame and overdone and I am saddened that Valve is not above them.

Also Hidden Path (aka, the real devs) only other game to date is a tower defense game. I don't know what that will mean for the quality, but you guys might want to know.

eh CS did the superoperator shit first.

2011-08-25 20:23:52

#19

Trotskygrad: бля; +354|6209|Vortex Ring State

it's going to have cross-platform play!

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4689/new- … tform-play

2011-08-25 20:49:41

#20

DefCon-17: Maple Syrup Faggot; +362|6366|Vancouver | Canada

PS3 kids are gonna get smoked lol.

2011-08-25 21:03:01

#21

Blade4509: Wrench turnin' fool; +202|5719|America

This will really put the Move to the test vs good ol' mouse + keyboard + css pros.

"Raise the flag high! Let the degenerates know who comes to claim their lives this day!"

2011-08-25 23:11:02

#22

TopHat01: Limitless; +117|6115|CA

CS:GO Debut Trailer (GameTrailers)

Looks the same, really. I find it funny how they show clips of CS and CS:S in half-size low res, because if they didn't the game would look too similar.

Check out my YouTube channel

2011-08-26 04:18:25