Counter-Strike Global Offensive

by **GTFO. Coxy** » 12 Aug 2011, 11:00

http://kotaku.com/5830230/is-valve-rele ... trike-game

Is Valve Releasing a New Counter-Strike Game?

Out of nowhere, there's rumours flying around tonight that Valve is on the cusp of revealing a new game.

It's not Episode 3, but for many, it will be the next best thing: a new Counter-Strike game.

Most of the chit-chat so far is based around testers (and eSports commentators) having very recently got some hands-on time with the rumoured project at Valve HQ. Some of them even pausing to take happy snaps of the trip.

All of the testers are involved in some way or another with the eSports scene, in particular competitive Counter-Strike gaming, and have apparently been down at Valve HQ giving their thoughts on a current build of the project.

Its full name is supposedly Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and is due out in Q1 2012. Whether it's a major update to the existing Counter-Strike or an all-new title isn't clear yet. According to the testers, some of the changes it would be making to the series' tried and tested formula would be new guns, new grenades, revamped maps and free ammo.

Oh, and the fact it'll be running on an updated version of Valve's Source Engine. And hats? No word yet on hats.

We've contacted Valve for more info, and will update if we hear back.

by **GTFO. Lost Sock** » 12 Aug 2011, 12:13

Used to love CS:S (although terrible - really terrible). Will be interested to see if the new/revamped version makes me any better (cough). My obsession with TF2 doesn't seem to help there!

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/j ... adquarters

by **GTFO. KARR** » 12 Aug 2011, 13:06

But will it have HATS???????????????

by **GTFO. Luckyg** » 12 Aug 2011, 15:28

"Counter-Strike: Global Offensive"

What a gay name, guess we will have to wait for today's full reveal of the game

by **GTFO. al** » 12 Aug 2011, 16:18

Needs to be an entirely new game after this long. If it's some shitty update or "dlc" type nonsense that gets tacked on i'll be nowhere near it. Unless it's free.

by **GTFO. Luckyg** » 12 Aug 2011, 18:24

and here you go,

http://store.steampowered.com/app/1800

by **moubmaster** » 12 Aug 2011, 20:21

Hats...here's the answer

by **GTFO. KARR** » 12 Aug 2011, 22:20

Raaaaaaaaa put me down for a preorder! That's... beautiful!

by **GTFO. Coffin Stuffer** » 13 Aug 2011, 01:52

Used to be the AWPer for ESWAT back in the days of CAL. I quit the leagues and the team because it just simply wasn't fun. New approach to Counter Strike, same old dickheads.

by **Sepp** » 13 Aug 2011, 10:34

Looks like it's not a real successor for CS1.6, CZ or CS:S. More like expanding to the console market:

Marek ".PhP" Kadek is one of the players in seattle. This is what he wrote on Playzone.cz :
- 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.

Some news I've read yesterday indicated that this was meant to put the focus on the competitive community. But no recoil and (possibly) no sourcetv is the complete opposite. So I'm not sure what to think of this atm.

by **GTFO. Coxy** » 13 Aug 2011, 10:40

Well that sounds shit, bloody consoles taking priority again :/

by **Russian Guyovich** » 13 Aug 2011, 11:22

Sounds shit

by **GTFO. Sly Raccoon** » 13 Aug 2011, 11:41

Designed for consoles? Haven't Valve just released the first game that can be played across platforms? I hope that they make this cross platform..

by **GTFO. NachoDuck** » 13 Aug 2011, 13:02

I wouldn't take what one player has said as 100% truth.

by **GTFO. Luckyg** » 13 Aug 2011, 13:44

GTFO. NachoDuck wrote:I wouldn't take what one player has said as 100% truth.

this.

While valve understand that there is a huge audience for CS games on the consoles, i'm sure they will stick 100% with their grass roots of PC gaming and steam

by **GTFO. TommyBoy** » 15 Aug 2011, 09:28

GTFO. Luckyg wrote:
GTFO. NachoDuck wrote:I wouldn't take what one player has said as 100% truth.

this.

While valve understand that there is a huge audience for CS games on the consoles, i'm sure they will stick 100% with their grass roots of PC gaming and steam

Nope, like all other developers, Valve will go where the money is.

by **GTFO. al** » 15 Aug 2011, 13:15

Never understood people playing FPS on a console.

It's like playing Fifa or a racing game with a keyboard. Just isn't good enough.

by **GTFO. Coxy** » 15 Aug 2011, 15:16

GTFO. al wrote:Never understood people playing FPS on a console.

Completely agree!

by **Echelon** » 15 Aug 2011, 18:01

by **Echelon** » 15 Aug 2011, 18:03

Oops, i made a new thread before discovering this. I posted a trailer in the other thread. Feel free to merge it.

by **GTFO. Luckyg** » 15 Aug 2011, 18:12

trailer is fake btw, its from the chinese game of 2008 Counter Strike Online

by **Echelon** » 15 Aug 2011, 18:29

Yeah found out later...

by **GTFO. kk20** » 15 Aug 2011, 21:45

played CS from the very first "house" beta. Played through to beta 1.6 then didnt bother after steam transition. Cant say im gonna bother with this one.

by **Hito** » 19 Aug 2011, 17:33

GTFO. kk20 wrote:played CS from the very first "house" beta. Played through to beta 1.6 then didnt bother after steam transition. Cant say im gonna bother with this one.

Gave up after 1.5 and the WON services went down.
1.6 fucked up the only weapon I really liked, and that's the Glock 18 pistol.
Although I sometimes might feel like playing CS again, but 5 mins in and I'm bored of it already

by **Echelon** » 20 Aug 2011, 09:11

Still love deagle...

by **GTFO. CrooZin** » 26 Aug 2011, 10:02

New trailer out...

Also some gameplay

by **GTFO. fission_chips** » 26 Aug 2011, 13:00

Looks like Counter strike on the L4D2 engine. Looks pretty good.

Another thing, cross platform play? awesome. owning console noobs!

by **Echelon** » 27 Aug 2011, 09:42

same radio sounds, and some other sounds. Maybe it's supposed to be like that, or they are only using it at this stage.

by **GTFO. Luckyg** » 27 Aug 2011, 12:34

Echelon wrote:same radio sounds, and some other sounds. Maybe it's supposed to be like that, or they are only using it at this stage.

probably just placement items, seeing as there is also the world model for some weapons from CSS in some of the screenshots

by **GTFO. G** » 28 Aug 2011, 12:16

Looks pretty good. Not sure about cross platform play though

by **GTFO. Luckyg** » 28 Aug 2011, 13:07

GTFO. G wrote:Looks pretty good. Not sure about cross platform play though

cross platform play is only on 5v5 match making valve servers afaik
If we were to host a server say, then they would not be able to play on it

by **GTFO. al** » 28 Aug 2011, 16:37

cross platform?

lols...xbox clowns getting their asses handed to them by mouse users.

by **GTFO. Gash** » 28 Aug 2011, 17:03

GTFO. al wrote:cross platform?

lols...xbox clowns getting their asses handed to them by mouse users.

depends if they get their usual auto aim pish though...

id imagine it will be ps3 users only, with it getting steam integration (perhaps)

by **GTFO. Luckyg** » 28 Aug 2011, 17:55

GTFO. Gash wrote:id imagine it will be ps3 users only, with it getting steam integration (perhaps)

you are correct

by **GTFO. Gash** » 29 Aug 2011, 10:32

a noob on GameTrailers telling people that cross platform means Mac/PC...

he was quickly corrected however

by **Echelon** » 24 Sep 2011, 08:52

by **GTFO. al** » 24 Sep 2011, 15:24

Just seems like a limp effort after this long really.

A brand new version of the game after this long is necessary. If this game is pumped out for some ridiculous fee (like over £5) it'll be clearly a money milking exercise for minimal effort from Valve. As such it would need to be avoided to send out the message that it doesn't wash.

by **Sepp** » 15 Oct 2011, 06:58

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPkVknJS5U8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x46duAKwds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCxQAW-r46M

The showmatch from the IEM in New York from last night.

by **GTFO. Luckyg** » 15 Feb 2012, 00:20

The beta is expanding this evening/tomorrow morning. It would appear people who are currently in the beta will be getting giftable copies, however there may be other ways to get access.

https://twitter.com/#!/csgo_dev/status/ ... 9150727168

by **GTFO. Luckyg** » 05 Mar 2012, 20:10

some new screenies,

http://images.vg247.com/current//2012/0 ... _00060.jpg
http://images.vg247.com/current//2012/0 ... ke0084.jpg
http://images.vg247.com/current//2012/0 ... ke0145.jpg
http://images.vg247.com/current//2012/0 ... ke0164.jpg

Valve have also confirmed the game will no longer have cross platform play to ensure PC users can have more frequent, free updates.

They also stated that the game will be released this summer