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IGN - Counter-Strike: Global Offensive First Look

IGN - It's easy to forget how unforgiving Counter-Strike can be. Valve's competitive online shooter truly rewards the skilled and stomps all over the newcomers. There are no Call of Duty-style kill streaks, no artillery barrages to call in or packs of dogs to let loose. It's just you, your guns, a few grenade types and your ability to react. Map knowledge, teamwork and quick reflexes are the only things that matter.

jdfoster4627d ago (Edited 4627d ago )

"On the PS3, players can use the game controller, the PlayStation Move motion controller or even a mouse and keyboard." "PS3, Mac and PC players will be match-made against each other, clumped by skill, regardless of input device or platform" - Kotaku ( http://kotaku.com/5834542/a...

Why has IGN just totally left this bit out?

This IS AMAZING NEWS

e-p-ayeaH4627d ago

OMG that´s awesome indeed that made my day everyone´s day.

buddymagoo4627d ago (Edited 4627d ago )

CS:GO? Maybe it could also be a portable game for the PSv that would be cross-platform? That would be amazing if so.

MaxXAttaxX4626d ago (Edited 4626d ago )

As you may know, keyboard and mouse are huge to them when it comes to first person shooters. So when you have a console like the PS3 being able to use these.... well, you get the idea.

But even, so, I'd prefer the comfort of using my controller(IMO).

Soldierone4627d ago

Friggin awesome! I was looking for that everywhere today. I saw the reports on Valve wanting to do that with 360 and was wondering if PS3 would get it.

Such great news, now I'm buying it for sure!

karl4627d ago

omg.. that is just awesome..

im buying both the ps3 and pc version... of the game

i just dont have enough bubbles to comment on everything i wish..

soo im just saying.. thx god for some old school hardcore FPS at last ..

e-p-ayeaH4627d ago

Confirmed Maps:

-Dust
-Dust 2
-Aztec
-Office
-Nuke
-Italy
-Inferno

sweet jesus its gonna kick ass! please dont fail on me valve!

evrfighter4627d ago (Edited 4627d ago )

take me back to 1999 valve.

lol @ BattleAxe's comment

"not for noobs? I'm not buying"

BattleAxe4627d ago (Edited 4627d ago )

LoL, I would mop the floor with you anyday, anytime, any place and on any game. Besides, back when you were playing "run and gun" CounterStrike with an Aim Bot, I was playing Socom series on PS2, which is far more hardcore and tactical then this game ever was. Its unfortunate that Zipper has F**ked things up so bad for Socom on PS3, that CounterStrike is the only thing that comes close to the Socom experience on PS2 this generation, albeit not as good.

y0haN4627d ago (Edited 4627d ago )

@BattleAxe

I'm a big fan of the original SOCOM and SOCOM 2 as well (hell I beta tested PS2 online with SOCOM beta) but the comparison here simply doesn't exist. SOCOM is not "more hardcore" than CS. They are not comparable at all.

PS saying CS is "run and gun"..... implying SOCOM isn't? Don't make me laugh.

newn4gguy4627d ago

I can't wait to save some hostages in Office!

Agent_hitman4627d ago

I love VALVE for loving ps3 fans

qwertyz4627d ago (Edited 4627d ago )

they don't you can love SONY for being OPEN enough to let valve do what they want. MS is yet to open up at all.

You should be giving sony credit for this NOT valve you know that the only thing Gabe Newell prefers about ps3 is that sony has made it an open platform ? everything else he supports 360 he even said that MS just has to get comfortable with STEAM and they'll let it come to 360, he's not being harsh on MS for being closed because he loves their console just doesn't like some of their rules.

MS will eventually let steam come to 360, they already said they where in talks with devs about allowing free to play games come to 360 once they let steam come over you'll see that Gabe would start riding their d*cks once again. Gabe loves pc and the 360 is just like a pc. remember all the crap he said about ps3 when it first launched.

BattleAxe4627d ago (Edited 4627d ago )

The weapon purchase system will be the only reason I don't buy this. Its too bad because this will be the game that Socomers like me have been waiting for.

RedHotChiliPepaSpray4626d ago

because buying guns with money you earned in game is for noobs...
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CS:GO fans now frantically dusting off their Xbox 360s as servers are still online

One of the only ways to play CS:GO on official servers is via the Xbox 360 version of the game.

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mandf209d ago

4 or 5 players in a game is not players frantically dusting it off

Jin_Sakai209d ago

We all know that videogamer.com went to each and every Xbox 360 owners house to watch them frantically dust off their 360s.

Vits209d ago

I mean it is a 1000% growth in the player-base. /s

mandf209d ago

Enough to write an article though. N4g new owners are insulting us for click revenue

Vits209d ago

@mandf

Nothing to do with new owners. N4G has always been the trashcan for game news and discussion.

northpaws209d ago

I love video games so much that I never have the time to replay the old one that I have finished, my backlog has only gotten bigger and bigger. I don't get how some people can play one game for years (except for mmorpg)

mandf209d ago

It's an exaggeration to the extreme. A way making an exclusive seen grander than it is.

Profchaos209d ago

Some people do I know someone who only ever plays dune 2000 which is rarely but still

RedDevils209d ago

Those Fifa or COD players do that every years.

Inverno209d ago

Wonder why they've never ported this game over to last Gen and now current Gen. This game would be pretty popular right now, I think.

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Players Spent Over $100 Million On CS:GO Cases Last Month, A New Record

About 39.5 million loot boxes were opened throughout March 2023, right after Valve announced Counter-Strike 2. It goes without saying that gamers love gambling, especially those who play Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

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OhReginald386d ago

I have about 260 hours on csgo and have not spent a single penny on any of the microtransactions. You can still enjoy it since it's not pay to win.

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‘Counter-Strike 2’ Release Date Nears As Devs Test Source 2

The rumours are heating up and it looks like Counter-Strike 2, the move onto the Source 2 engine for CS:GO, is coming very soon based on testing files found on Steam.

Number1TailzFan408d ago

S&box devs already have access to Source 2 and have done for a while.

DOTA 2 was Source 2 but hardly anyone noticed/cared because it wasn't one of the Valve games most wanted. L4D3 was scrapped because Source 2 wasn't ready and buggy.

Half Life Alyx has been the only official Source 2 game that people notice so far.. The engine still looks pretty good graphically, but it looked far more impressive back in 2014 when the leaked plantation level that was rebuilt on Source 2 (for L4D2) was shown. Too bad it took this long for Valve to do anything with the engine.. with all the money they have I have to wonder what happened. Even a smaller dev studio could've produced stuff within a couple of years.

Richhard1406d ago

Not sure why this hyped tbh, it’s only in updated engine. Same maps, same game. So long as it’s top of steam listings, it’ll be here for evermore.