Good news, Squid Game fans! You can live out your squid-shaped fantasies in a brand-new Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) mod. It might not be the official Squid Game video game Netflix has hinted about (opens in new tab), but the mod – currently available via workshop – offers “all fully …
Read More »Valve says no reason for CSGO, Team Fortress 2 source code leak to scare off players
Valve has responded to concerns from players about leaked source code for CSGO (opens in new tab) and Team Fortress 2, assuring there’s no reason to stop playing the games. A quick re-cap: 2017/2018 source code for Valve’s Source Engine was apparently leaked to the public today, raising serious concerns …
Read More »There are more people concurrently playing Counter-Strike: Global Offensive now than ever before
Valve has just smashed its all-time concurrent player record for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (opens in new tab). Released in 2012, CS:GO’s previous peak concurrent number was set four years ago, hitting 850,485 players back in 2016. It seems the first-person shooter is more popular now than it’s ever been, though, …
Read More »Counter-Strike: Global Offensive review
The core elements of the Counter-Strike series haven’t changed much since the original Half-Life mod emerged in 1999. That trend continues with the newest update, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, for better and worse. Though the $15 downloadable title keeps the core of the series’ gameplay alive, preserving the traditional maps, gun …
Read More »Counter-Strike: Global Offensives closed beta to begin on November 30
With all of the major announcements over the past few months it’s easy to forget that Valve is working on a sequel to Counter-Strike for the PC, the Xbox 360, and the PlayStation 3. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive will bring the mostly PC-exclusive franchise to the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and …
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