Counter Strike: global offensive Trailer & Preview

Monday, 23 July 2012

Counter Strike: global offensive Trailer & Preview

Developers        Valve Corporation,Hidden Path Entertainment.
Publishers         Valve Corporation.
Series           Counter-Strike.
Engine               Source.
Platforms          Microsoft Windows,Mac OS X,PlayStation 3,Xbox 360.
Release dates    NA August 21, 2012,EU August 21, 2012.
Genres       First-person shooter.
Modes                Multiplayer.
Media        Digital download.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) is an online first-person shooter and third-person shooter currently in development by Valve Corporation and Hidden Path Entertainment, who also maintained Counter-Strike: Source after its release. It is the fourth game in the Counter-Strike franchise, excluding Counter-Strike: Neo and Counter-Strike: Online.

Global Offensive is targeted for release on 21 August 2012. It will be available for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Xbox 360 via the Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation 3 via PlayStation Network. It will feature classic content, such as old maps, as well as brand new maps, characters and game modes. It will support matchmaking and leaderboards.

An Elo rating system will prioritize matching players by skill.[4] Cross-platform multiplayer was planned between Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and PlayStation 3 players[4], but was ultimately limited to PC and Mac due to the differences in update frequency between the systems[5]. The PlayStation 3 version will offer three control methods, which include using either the DualShock 3 controller, PlayStation Move or USB keyboard/mouse.

Gameplay

Like previous games in the series, Global Offensive is an objective based multiplayer first person shooter. Each player joins either the Terrorist or Counter-Terrorist team and attempts to complete objectives or eliminate the enemy team.

The game operates in short rounds that end when all players on one side are dead or an objective is completed. Once a player dies they must wait until the round ends to respawn in most game modes. Players purchase weapons and equipment at the beginning of every round with money awarded based on their performance. Completing objectives or killing enemies earns the player money while negative actions, like killing a teammate or hostage, takes money away from the player. In addition, when a round ends all players receive some amount of money, with players on the winning team receiving substantially more.

Global Offensive is planned to launch with Bomb Defusal, Hostage Rescue,[6] and two new game modes called Arms Race and Demolition. These new modes are collectively referred to as "Arsenal mode" and are based on the popular gungame mod for Counter Strike and Counter Strike: Source. Unlike other game modes Arms Race is a deathmatch-based mode where each player is rewarded for each kill with a new weapon, with the first player to get a kill with every weapon in a predetermined set winning the game.[7] Demolition is a round based mode that removes weapon and equipment purchasing, instead rewarding players with a set of progressively weaker weapons for each kill.

Global Offensive adds new weapons and equipment not seen in previous installments, most notably the Molotov cocktail which temporarily covers a small area in fire, making it impossible to pass through without taking damage.

Development

Global Offensive began as a port of Counter Strike: Source to the Xbox 360 by Hidden Path Entertainment. During the development Valve saw the opportunity to turn the port into a full game and expand on Counter Strike's gameplay. Global Offensive began development in March, 2010[10] and was revealed on August 12, 2011.[11]

A lengthy public beta testing phase on the PC will precede Global Offensives's retail release. The closed beta started on November 30th, 2011 and will last until Valve feels the community is satisfied with the state of the game.

The game's retail release will occur when the beta testing phase has concluded. The beta will initially be restricted to around ten thousand people who received a key at events Valve attended to showcase Global Offensive. After issues such as client and server stability are addressed the beta will open up to progressively more and more people (approximately 100,000 beta keys given out as of July 4th, 2012), until the beta becomes open for anybody to join and play.[12] Before the public beta Valve invited professional Counter-Strike and Counter-Strike: Source players to playtest the game and give feedback.[6]

At E3 2012 Valve announced that Global Offensive would be released August 21st on all platforms, with an open beta planned to start roughly a month before the game is released.

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