Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (2011) is the next game of the Counter-Strike franchise, running on the Source engine. The game will be available on PC as well as Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The game contains the well known Hostage and Bombing scenarios and will add a two new game type called "Arsenal: Demolition" & "Arsenal: Arms Race". These gamemodes are based on the popular mod Gungame.

Arsenal: Demolition is a fast paced mix of bomb planting and gun progression. There are no buy menus, you start with a rifle and if you get a kill that round – you get a progressively weaker weapon in the next round.

Arsenal: Arms Race game mode is a single extended round with instant respawn. All players start with the same weapon and get a new one each time they kill an enemy. The progression of unlocked weapons ends with the knife. The first player to get a kill with every weapon wins the match.

New weapons have also added: Molotov grenades wich create a pool of fire in the ground, Decoy grenades wich creates fake weapon sounds & a taser melee weapon.

Technology-wise, a new method of lighting has been implemented, wherein outdoor lighting (which previously was handled by a light_environment entity and produced only static lighting) now casts harsh, directional shadow maps similar to env_projectedtexture. Details about the inner workings of this method have yet to be revealed.

Features

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive introduces:

Real-Time outdoor shadow mapping

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive implemented a new system, similar to env_projectedtexture to render harsh, dynamic outdoor shadows

Todo: Add more new features.

Content

• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (csgo)
• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive engine branch

Official maps

Official maps:

Counter-Strike has the following official maps included:

Arsenal: Arms Race scenario

• ar_baggage

Added 30th March 2012

• ar_shoots

Added 30th March 2012

• ar_monastery

Added 1st October 2012

Arsenal: Demolition scenario:

• de_bank

'Added 13th April 2012

• de_lake

Added 10th March 2012

• de_safehouse

'Added 13th April 2012

• de_shorttrain

'Added 13th April 2012

• de_stmarc

Added 16th March 2012

• de_sugarcane

Added 13th April 2012

Hostage scenario:

• cs_italy

Remake from Counter-Strike. Official Map since November 30 2011 (Closed Beta)

• cs_italy_se

Todo: Adding release date.

• cs_office

Remake from Counter-Strike. Official Map since November 30 2011 (Closed Beta)

• cs_office_se

Todo: Adding release date.

Bombing scenario

• de_aztec

Remake from Counter-Strike.

Todo: Adding release date.

• de_aztec_se

Remake from Counter-Strike.

Todo: Adding release date.

• de_dust

Remake from Counter-Strike. Official Map since November 30 2011 (Closed Beta)

• de_dust_se

Remake from Counter-Strike.

Todo: Adding release date.

• de_dust2

Remake from Counter-Strike. Official Map since November 30 2011 (Closed Beta)

• de_dust2_se

Remake from Counter-Strike. Added 16th March 2012

• de_inferno

Remake from Counter-Strike. Added 15th February 2012

• de_inferno_se

Remake from Counter-Strike. Added 4th May 2012

• de_nuke

Remake from Counter-Strike. Added 15th February 2012

• de_nuke_se

Remake from Counter-Strike. Added 4th May 2012

• de_train

Remake from Counter-Strike. Added 15th February 2012

• de_train_se

Remake from Counter-Strike.

Todo: Adding release date.

• de_vertigo

Remake from Counter-Strike. Added 1st October 2012

See also

• CS:GO Level Creation
• CS:GO Dedicated Servers
• Wikipedia entry for CS:GO

Similar games

Other games of the Counter-Strike franchise:

• Counter-Strike
• Counter-Strike: Condition Zero
• Condition Zero Deleted Scenes
• Counter-Strike: Source

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Todo: Add more screenshots.