Counter-Strike
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Counter-Strike is a 1999 multiplayer tactical first-person shooter video game originally created by Minh Le and Jess Cliffe as a mod to the Half-Life. Since then, it has become a commercial game released by Valve Software and Sierra Entertainment.
The game was released for the PC via Steam and on the Xbox through physical media (though the game can now be played on the Xbox 360 due to a backwards compatability update).
The game consists of a team of Counter-Terrorists against a team of Terrorists in rounds of competition won either by completing an objective or completely eliminating the opposing team.
Counter-Strike has been the most widely played online first-person shooter for the past few years. In February 2007 there were over 28,000 Counter-Strike 1.6 servers on the Internet, and over 24,000 Counter-Strike: Source servers on the Internet. Together, they make up over 52,000 Counter-Strike servers.
Counter-Strike 1.6 is a team-based first person shooter (FPS) based off a modified version of Half-Life's GoldSrc engine by Valve Software.
[edit] History
- Main articles: Counter-Strike beta and Counter-Strike patches
Counter-Strike originated as a total conversion modification of Half-Life, which was given to Valve, making it an official game.
