Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) is a first-person shooter video game in the Counter-Strike series. It was announced to the public on August 12, 2011, and developed by Valve Corporation and their partner, Hidden Path Entertainment. The game was later released on August 21, 2012 for the Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, and OS X, as a downloadable title.

Contents 1 Development 2 Features 2.1 Weapons 2.1.1 Pistols 2.1.1.1 Terrorists 2.1.1.2 Counter-Terrorists 2.1.2 Heavy 2.1.2.1 Terrorists 2.1.2.2 Counter-Terrorists 2.1.3 Submachine guns 2.1.3.1 Terrorists 2.1.3.2 Counter-Terrorists 2.1.4 Rifles 2.1.4.1 Terrorists 2.1.4.2 Counter-Terrorists 2.1.5 Machine guns 2.2 Cut weapons 2.3 Equipment 2.3.1 Terrorists 2.3.2 Counter -Terrorists 2.4 Equipment 2.5 Maps 2.6 Factions 2.7 Achievements 2.8 Miscellaneous 2.9 Misc 3 Trivia 4 Videos 5 Gallery 5.1 Steam Store 5.2 Official screenshots 6 References 7 External links

DevelopmentEdit

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive started off as an Xbox 360 port of Counter-Strike: Source by Hidden Path Entertainment. Seeing this as an opportunity to expand the franchise, Valve turned it into an entirely new game.^[1]

Jess Cliffe confirmed the title "Global Offensive" on the official Steam forums on August 11, 2011,^[2] while Valve later confirmed it during the official announcement on August 12, 2011.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is designed on the latest version of the Source engine and is not built off of Counter-Strike: Source. Valve intended for the game to cater to both the casual and competitive community, including both a matchmaking system as well as support for dedicated servers.

Valve announced that the beta would begin in October, but they later delayed it due to feedback from VIP players. The closed beta started on November 30, 2011. Starting August 14, 2012, the beta was open to anyone who had pre-ordered the game.

Development is ongoing, and updates can be tracked at Valve's Product Updates channel . A community grassroots effort to better document, organize, and track the resolutions of existing bugs and issues has been acknowledged by Valve, and the unofficial CS:GO Bugs and Issue Tracker is maintained by the 64bitVPS Gaming Community .

Operation Payback, introduced April 26, 2013, is the first of several planned custom map promotions. Its new playlist will last until July 31, when a new "operation" will likely take over. 

As of yet, the console versions have not been updated and are extremely different when compared to their Steam counterpart. It is currently unknown whether or not Valve has plans for updating these versions. 

FeaturesEdit

WeaponsEdit

There are 8 new weapons in Global Offensive, and there are several changes to returning weapons, regarding the firepower, rate of fire, accuracy, and movement speed. Weapons in bold are new weapons that never appeared in a previous game. Weapons in italics are weapons that replace an old gun and its role. They retain the same basic attributes and are officially considered the "successor". 

PistolsEdit

TerroristsEdit Glock-18 P250 (replaces the P228) Desert Eagle Dual Berettas Tec-9

Counter-TerroristsEdit P2000 (replaces the USP) P250 (replaces the P228) Desert Eagle Dual Berettas Five-SeveN

HeavyEdit

TerroristsEdit Nova (replaces the M3) XM1014 Sawed-Off

Counter-TerroristsEdit Nova (replaces the M3) XM1014 MAG-7

Submachine gunsEdit

TerroristsEdit MAC-10 MP7 (replaces the MP5) UMP-45 PP-Bizon P90

Counter-TerroristsEdit MP9 (replaces the TMP) MP7 (replaces the MP5) UMP-45 PP-Bizon P90

RiflesEdit

TerroristsEdit Galil AR (replaces the IDF Defender) AK-47 SSG 08 (replaces the Schmidt Scout) SG 553 (replaces the Krieg 552) AWP G3SG1

Counter-TerroristsEdit FAMAS M4A4 (replaces the M4A1) SSG 08 (replaces the Schmidt Scout) AUG AWP SCAR-20 (replaces the SG550)

Machine gunsEdit

• M249
• Negev

Cut weaponsEdit

• MP5

EquipmentEdit

Grenades

TerroristsEdit Molotov Cocktails Decoy Grenade HE grenade Flashbang Smoke grenade

Counter -TerroristsEdit Incendiary Grenades Decoy Grenade HE grenade Flashbang Smoke grenade

EquipmentEdit

• Armor costs money in Competitive mode, while it is free in Casual mode.
• The defusal kit is purchasable in Competitive mode. In Casual mode, every Counter-Terrorist will automatically be given the Defusal Kit.
• A new piece of equipment - the Zeus x27 appears as a stun gun and provides a one time, one shot kill for $1,000.
• In the March 21, 2013 update, the Rescue kit has been added to allow a Counter-Terrorist pick up a hostage within one second instead of four.

MapsEdit

On launch Global Offensive had a total of 16 official maps. 8 updated classic maps and 8 new maps for the new Arsenal game mode

• Aztec (Defusal)
• Dust (Defusal)
• Dust2 (Defusal)
• Inferno (Defusal)
• Nuke (Defusal)
• Train (Defusal)
• Italy (Hostage rescue)
• Office (Hostage rescue)
• Baggage (Arms Race)
• Shoots (Arms Race)
• Shorttrain (Demolition)
• Bank (Demolition)
• Lake (Demolition)
• Safehouse (Demolition)
• Sugarcane (Demolition)
• St. Marc (Demolition)

Since release four other official maps have been added to the game for the PC.

• Monastery (Arms Race) on October 1, 2012
• Vertigo (Defusal) on October 1, 2012
• Assault (Hostage rescue) on February 7, 2013
• Militia (Hostage rescue) on March 21, 2013

FactionsEdit

Global Offensive features a total of fourteen unique factions. The factions are a mix of old and new characters.

Terrorists:

• Anarchist
• Balkan
• Elite Crew
• Phoenix Connexion
• Pirate
• Professional
• Separatist

Counter-Terrorists:

• GIGN
• GSG-9
• IDF
• FBI
• SAS
• SEAL Team 6
• SWAT

AchievementsEdit

Achievements are given for completing milestones or notable actions, such as getting 1,000 kills with a particular weapon, or getting four headshots in one round. The awards add up and give you medals which can be seen on the leaderboard during matches. You can also find a list in the achievements and stats menu. A list of all achievements and their requirements can be found here .

MiscellaneousEdit

• Classic modes: Competitive and Casual.
• New modes: Arsenal: Demolition, Arsenal: Arms Race and Deathmatch (Deathmatch only exists in the PC version)
• Much better bullet penetration through some walls, materials and objects when comparing to Counter-Strike: Source.
• New factions and changes to classic ones.
• Matchmaking system based on ELO ranks and Skill groups.
• Support for dedicated servers (PC and Mac only).
• Leaderboards
• Maps such as Monastery, Vertigo, Assault or Militia can only be accessed through the PC version of the game.
• The money system has been reworked to better accommodate the weapon and equipment changes.
• Model size as well as hitboxes slightly reduced when comparing to Counter-Strike: Source.
• Players have soft collision (can walk through each other) in Casual mode while in Competitive mode, players have hard collision (are solid objects).
• Cross-platform multiplayer between Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. PlayStation 3 was previously said to be included, but later dropped.^[3]
• The console versions of the game run at native 720p resolution at a consistent 30fps.
• Pc and Xbox 360 version are rendered in Direct3D, while the Mac OS X and Playstation 3 version is rendered in OpenGL.
• The hand models for Counter-Terrorists and Terrorists have been graphically updated and look different for each team and each faction (ex. SAS and Elite Crew factions have different hand models).
• The radio commands for bots and players have been updated, each faction has its own voice actor, unlike previous Counter-Strike games where all factions had the same voice actor.
• The HUD, crosshair and buy menu VGUI has been updated.
• The PlayStation 3 version supports the DualShock 3 controller, PlayStation Move or a USB keyboard/mouse, while the Xbox 360 version is limited to a controller.
• When dead, players will have the ability to assume the role of a bot if no other players are using it.
• Instead of having multiple Terrorist and Counter-Terrorist classes to choose from, each map has two opposing factions against other, similar to the Xbox port of Counter-Strike.

MiscEdit

• Added support for ATI X1000-series GPU

TriviaEdit

• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive was announced on August 12, 2011, 12 years (exactly 146 months or 4,444 days) after Counter-Strike was originally released as a modification (June 12, 1999).
• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive did not arrive on the PAL version of PlayStation Store on the offical release date, causing fans of the region to react with anger. Sony apologised for the delay and promised to solve the problem as soon as possible but failed to provide an explanation.
• Counter Strike: Global Offensive is the only Counter Strike game to be rated 18+ by PEGI.
• Counter Strike: Global offensive on the PC platform is being updated numerous times, however the console version has remained the same intergerity since 2012 without any changes to the game.
• In the CS:GO icon, a CT can be seen holding a SCAR-H, a weapon that isn't in the game.

VideosEdit

Counterstrike Global Offensive Walkthrough - Classic Office - Strategy(07:47) 940 views

Counterstrike Global Offensive Walkthrough - Arms Race Baggage - Strategy(05:58) 491 views

GalleryEdit

Steam StoreEdit

Official screenshotsEdit

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ http://www.hltv.org/news/7528-csgo-what-we-know-so-far
2. ↑ http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=24307192&postcount=3
3. ↑ http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/05/counter-strike-global-offensive-loses-cross-play/

External linksEdit

• Official website
• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive at Steam
• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive at Wikipedia

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