HardcoreModz
Looks like we didn't have to wait too long at all for confirmation of
the project: Valve and Seattle-based developer Hidden Path Entertainment
just distributed a press release announcing Counter-Strike: Global
Offensive, an updated and expanded version of the seminal team-based
shooter.
Slated for an early 2012 release on XBLA, PSN and Steam, the
downloadable title will add "new maps, characters, and weapons,"
renovated versions of classic maps (what's up, de_dust) and a plethora
of new modes, matchmaking options, leaderboards and other modern shooter
mainstays. Best of all, it'll be playable later this month at PAX
Prime. Check out the full press release after the jump!
Original post: A heaping pile of evidence is growing in support of a
future installment in the thoroughly-played Counter-Strike universe --
this one subtitled Global Offensive. The most promising tidbit is the
Facebook page of anti-cheat gaming community ESEA, which revealed the
name of the game, and promised more info later this morning. The post
was preceded by an image of ESEA's Craig Levine at the offices of Valve.
(You can tell it's legit, because hey, there's a giant valve.)
Valve designer Jess Cliffe corroborated the title on the Steam forums,
correcting an earlier poster who labeled the game "Global Operation."
Also, Electronic Sports League manager Bastian Vieser claimed on Twitter
that he "Just spend [sic] all day playing the new Counterstrike Global
Offensive" at Valve's HQ. It certainly seems like a real thing -- now
there's just the small matter of whether it's a port, expansion or an
entirely new game altogether. We've got our freakishly elongated fingers
crossed for the latter.
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/12/rumor-new-counter-strike-project-in-the-works-titled-global-of/#comments
