The next Counter-Strike is finally official!

[lfc]

To be titled as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2053144
http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/08/12/counter-strike-global-offensive-teased-on-twitter/
http://eseanews.com/index.php?s=news&d=comments&id=9967
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/jgehv/iama_guy_who_spend_the_day_at_valves_headquarters/
And tons more sources to link.

In the middle of a thread on the Steam forums speculating about the possibility of a new Counter-Strike game, Valve employee Cliffe dropped two lone words “Global Offensive.” Elsewhere, CVG report that anti-cheat providers ESEA post on their Facebook page with another simple message “Counter-Strike: Global Offensive… More info in the morning.” Just below the post there’s an image of ESEA man Craig Levine turning the gigantic valve in the lobby of Valve’s headquarters in Seattle.

Finally, ESL Pro manager Bastian Vieser tweeted saying “Just spend all day playing the new Counterstrike Global Offensive #CSGO at the #Valve HQ ! God I love my job.”

Planned release in Q1 2012
Matchmaking system
Focus on 5v5 competitive play
Both Defuse (de_) and Hostage (cs_) map types confirmed!
eSports-oriented
Competitive and Casual modes
Ranked / ladder play for individuals and teams
Dedicated servers
Gameplay has elements similar to both CS:S and CS 1.6
Classic maps (with both minor and major modifications) include: Dust2, Dust, Aztec, Inferno, Nuke, Train
Molotov grenade: creates area of fire that slows players crossing through it
Decoy grenade: emits fake weapon firing sounds to confuse enemies about your position
Bullets penetrate some walls and objects like CS 1.6
Many changes to weapons, as well as new weapons
Classic gameplay: no ironsights
Beta in September or October (Unconfirmed)

 

[miles01110]

I'll be more interested when the details come out. As long as they don't change too much, it should do fine.

 

[FroMann]

This game will be delayed due to Valve time.

http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time

but I still can't wait, hopefully a Mac version is being released and the PS3 version has Steam support like Portal 2.

 

[3bs]

Will I be able to play it on my 2010 11" MBA ultimate?

 

[FroMann]

Will I be able to play it on my 2010 11" MBA ultimate?

Most Valve games use the Source Engine which is meant to run on most machines easily. Your MacBook Air will probably be fine running the game on low/medium settings since it has the 320m GPU, but having less than 4GB of RAM may slow it down. The less powerful Core 2 Duo processor does not help either.

There are no images or videos of the game yet so I cannot exactly say how well it will run.

 

[0098386]

Interested to see where they take this. The Counterstrike beta was really a huge step forward. I just always thought they'd pull a TF2 and keep updating CS Source until there was enough reason to make a sequel.

I won't get it on day 1 but I'll wait for a sale.