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Counter-Strike
Genre(s)First-person shooter
Developer(s)
Publisher(s)
Platform(s)
First releaseCounter-Strike
November 9, 2000[1][2][3]
Latest releaseCounter-Strike: Global Offensive
August 21, 2012

Counter-Strike (CS) is a series of multiplayerfirst-person shootervideo games, in which teams of terrorists battle to perpetrate an act of terror (bombing, hostage-taking, assassination) and counter-terrorists try to prevent it (bomb defusal, hostage rescue). The series began on Windows in 1999 with the first game, Counter-Strike. It was initially released as a modification ('mod') for Half-Life and designed by Minh 'Gooseman' Le and Jess 'Cliffe' Cliffe before the rights to the game's intellectual property were acquired by Valve Corporation, the developers of Half-Life.

That original game was followed by Counter-Strike: Condition Zero, developed by Turtle Rock Studios and released in 2004. In November of that year, Counter-Strike: Source was released by Valve. Released eight months after Condition Zero, Source was a remake of the original Counter-Strike and the first in the series to run on Valve's newly created Source engine.[4] The fourth game in the main series, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, was released by Valve in 2012 for Windows, OS X, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. Hidden Path Entertainment, who worked on Counter-Strike: Source post-release, helped to develop the game alongside Valve.[5]

There have been several community-made spin-off titles created over the years. These include the Online series, Neo, and Nexon: Zombies.

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    • 2.5Spin-off titles

Gameplay

Counter-Strike is an objective-based, multiplayerfirst-person shooter. Two opposing teams—the Terrorists and the Counter Terrorists—compete in game modes to complete objectives, such as securing a location to plant or defuse a bomb and rescuing or guarding hostages.[6][7] At the end of each round, players are rewarded based on their individual performance with in-game currency to spend on more powerful weapons in subsequent rounds. Winning rounds results in more money than losing, and completing objectives such as killing enemy players gives cash bonuses.[6] Uncooperative actions, such as killing teammates, results in a penalty.[8]

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Main series

Release timeline
1999Counter-Strike
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004Counter-Strike: Condition Zero
Counter-Strike: Source
Counter-Strike Neo
2005
2006
2007Counter-Strike Online
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2013Counter-Strike Online 2
2014Counter-Strike Nexon: Zombies

Counter-Strike

Originally a modification for Half-Life, the rights to Counter-Strike, as well as the developers working on it, were acquired by Valve Corporation in 2000.

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The game received a port to Xbox in 2003.[9] It was also ported to OS X and Linux in the form of a beta in January 2013. A full release was published in April 2013.[10][11]

Condition Zero

Counter-Strike was followed-up with Counter-Strike: Condition Zero, developed by Turtle Rock Studios and released in 2004. It used the Half-LifeGoldSrc engine, similar to its predecessor. Besides the multiplayer mode, it also included a single-player mode with a 'full' campaign and bonus levels. The game received mixed reviews in contrast to its predecessor and was quickly followed with a further entry to the series titled Counter-Strike: Source.[12]

Source

Counter-Strike: Source was the first publicly released game by Valve Corporation to run on the Source engine. Counter-Strike: Source was initially released as a beta to members of the Valve Cyber Café Program on August 11, 2004.[4][13] On August 18, 2004, the beta was released to owners of Counter-Strike: Condition Zero and those who had received a Half-Life 2 voucher bundled with some ATIRadeonvideo cards.[14] While the original release only included a version for Microsoft Windows, the game eventually received a port to OS X on June 23, 2010 with a Linux port afterwards in 2013.[15][16]

Global Offensive

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive was the fourth release in the main, Valve-developed Counter-Strike series in 2012. Much like Counter-Strike: Source the game runs on the Source engine. It is available on Microsoft Windows, OSX, and Linux, as well as the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles, and is backwards compatible on the Xbox One console.

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Spin-off titles

Neo

A Japanese arcade adaptation of Counter-Strike, the original Half-Life multiplayer modification. It is published by Namco, and runs on a Linux system.[17] The game involves anime-designed characters in a futuristic designed version of Counter-Strike. A selection of single-player missions, mini-games, and seasonal events were added to prolong the game's interest with players.[18]

Online series

Counter-Strike Online is a free-to-play spin-off available in much of eastern Asia. It was developed by Nexon, with oversight from Valve Corporation. It uses a micropayment model that is managed by a custom version of the Steamback-end.[19] Announced in 2012 and aimed at the Asian gaming market, a sequel titled Counter-Strike Online 2 was developed by Nexon on the Source game engine, and released in 2013.[20]

Nexon: Zombies

In August 2014, Nexon announced Counter-Strike Nexon: Zombies, a free-to-play, zombie-themed spin-off,[21] developed on the GoldSrc game engine.[22] On September 23, 2014, an open beta was released on Steam.[23] The game launched on October 7, 2014, featuring 50 maps and 20 game modes.[24] The game features both player versus player modes such as team deathmatch, hostage rescue, bomb defusal, and player versus environment modes such as cooperative campaign missions and base defending.[25] Reception from critics was generally negative with criticism aimed at the game's poor user interface, microtransactions,[25] and dated graphics.[22]

Reception

As of August 2011, the Counter-Strike franchise has sold over 25 million units.[26]

References

  1. ^Cliffe, Jess (November 9, 2000). 'CS V1.0 Released!'. counter-strike.net. Archived from the original on December 1, 2000.
  2. ^Walker, Trey (November 9, 2000). 'Counter-Strike 1.0 Released'. GameSpot. Archived from the original on May 15, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  3. ^Gibson, Steve (November 9, 2000). 'Counter-Strike v1.0'. Shacknews.
  4. ^ ab'Counter-Strike: Source beta begins'. GameSpot. CNET Networks. August 11, 2004. Archived from the original on March 14, 2014. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  5. ^'VALVE ANNOUNCES COUNTER-STRIKE: GLOBAL OFFENSIVE (CS: GO)'. Steam. Valve Corporation. August 12, 2011. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
  6. ^ abPinsof, Allistair (August 24, 2012). 'Review: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'. Destructoid. Archived from the original on January 1, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
  7. ^Owen, Phil (August 31, 2012). 'GAME BYTES: 'Counter-Strike' Lackluster'. The Tuscaloosa News. New Media Investment Group. Archived from the original on August 16, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2017 – via Questia.
  8. ^'Money system in CS:GO explained'. Natus Vincere. Archived from the original on January 2, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  9. ^Fahey, Rob (June 6, 2003). 'E3 2003: Counter-Strike'. Eurogamer. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 5, 2014.
  10. ^'Counter-Strike 1.6 Beta released'. Steam. Valve Corporation. January 28, 2013. Archived from the original on February 14, 2013. Retrieved February 5, 2014.
  11. ^'Counter-Strike 1.6 update released'. Steam. Valve Corporation. April 1, 2013. Archived from the original on March 16, 2014. Retrieved February 5, 2014.
  12. ^'Counter-Strike: Condition Zero for PC Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic'. Metacritic.com. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
  13. ^'Counter-Strike: Source update history'. Valve Corporation. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  14. ^'Counter-Strike: Source Strike ATI Customer'. Advanced Micro Devices. Archived from the original on April 9, 2010. Retrieved July 1, 2008.'Counter Strike: Source ATI customer'. December 2014. Archived from the original on April 19, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
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  16. ^Dawe, Liam (February 5, 2013). 'Counter Strike Source Has Been Added To The CDR And Apparently Installable Too'. GamingOnLinux. Retrieved February 5, 2014.
  17. ^Niizumi, Hirohiko (September 27, 2004). 'Nvidia partners with Namco'. GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on March 7, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  18. ^Waugh, Eric-Jon (March 27, 2006). 'GDC: The Localization of Counter-Strike in Japan'. Gamasutra. UBM plc. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  19. ^'Q&A: Valve Explains Why PC Gaming's Gaining Steam'. Gamasutra. March 6, 2008. Archived from the original on April 3, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2008.
  20. ^Mallory, Jordan (April 6, 2012). 'Nexon, Valve announce Counter-Strike Online 2 for Asian territories'. Joystiq. Archived from the original on March 4, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  21. ^Yin-Poole, Wesley (August 7, 2014). 'Counter-Strike Nexon: Zombies heads to Steam'. Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on April 11, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  22. ^ abKöhler, Stefan (October 26, 2014). 'Tod durch Untote' [Death by Undead]. GameStar (in German). p. 2. Archived from the original on June 30, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  23. ^Yin-Poole, Wesley (September 23, 2014). 'Here's a (very) quick look at Counter-Strike Nexon: Zombies'. Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on July 30, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  24. ^Prescott, Shaun (October 7, 2014). 'Counter-Strike Nexon: Zombies ambles onto Steam today'. PC Gamer. Future Publishing. Archived from the original on May 29, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  25. ^ abO'Connor, Alice (September 25, 2014). 'Counter-Strike Nexon: Zombies Shambles Into Open Beta'. Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Archived from the original on July 23, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  26. ^Makuch, Eddie (August 12, 2011). 'Counter-Strike: Global Offensive firing up early 2012'. GameSpot. CBS Interactive Inc.Archived from the original on March 16, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
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Counter-Strike: Source
Developer(s)Valve Corporation
Turtle Rock Studios
Publisher(s)Valve Corporation
SeriesCounter-Strike
EngineSource
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
Release
  • Windows
    • WW: November 1, 2004
  • OS X[1]
  • Linux
    • WW: February 5, 2013
Genre(s)First-person shooter
Mode(s)Multiplayer

Counter-Strike: Source is a first-person shooter video game developed by Valve and Turtle Rock Studios. Released in November 2004 for Microsoft Windows, it is a remake of Counter-Strike (2000) using the Source game engine. As in the original, Counter-Strike: Source pits a team of counter-terrorists against a team of terrorists in a series of rounds. Each round is won either by completing an objective (such as detonating a bomb or rescuing hostages) or by eliminating all members of the enemy team. The game was initially bundled with all retail and digital copies of Half-Life 2[2] before being released standalone.

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Gameplay[edit]

A screenshot from the map 'cs_italy', the player is holding an M4A1.

Counter-Strike: Source retains its team-based objective-orientated first-person shooter style gameplay. The aim of playing a map is to accomplish a map's objective: defusing the bomb, rescuing all hostages, or killing the entire opposing team. The ultimate goal of the game is to win more rounds than the opposing team. Once players are killed, they do not respawn until the next round, though this depends on which server people play on. This gameplay feature distinguishes Counter-Strike from other first-person shooter games, where players respawn instantly or after a short delay.

Shooting while moving dramatically decreases accuracy, and holding the trigger down to continuously shoot produces severe recoil. The severity of damage induced by weaponry is dependent upon the specific locations of hits, with hits to the head being most lethal and shots which make contact elsewhere causing lesser loss of health. Damage is also affected by the distance, and if the target wears protection.

History[edit]

Counter-Strike: Source was initially released as a beta to members of the Valve Cyber Café Program on August 11, 2004.[3][4] On August 18, 2004, the beta was released to owners of Counter-Strike: Condition Zero as well as those who had received a Half-Life 2 voucher bundled with some ATIRadeonvideo cards.[5] The game was included with Half-Life 2 bundles, which were released on November 16, 2004.[6]

On October 11, 2006, Valve released an experimental update entitled Dynamic Weapons Pricing. Under this system, item prices are determined based on their demand the previous week.[7][8][9]

On March 5, 2010, Valve Corporation announced the release of games from its first-party library, including games from the Counter-Strike series, for Mac OS X. The ports were slated for release in April 2010.[10] Valve employed Hidden Path Entertainment to provide support on updating Counter-Strike: Source. On May 7, 2010, Valve released an update that includes new features and functionality developed in collaboration with Hidden Path Entertainment. These include 144 (now 146) new achievements, a new domination and revenge system, similar to that of Team Fortress 2, player stats, an upgrade to the Source engine and more. On June 23, 2010, Valve released the beta to the public alongside the promised OS X version.[1] On February 5, 2013, Valve released a port of Counter-Strike: Source for Linux.[11][12]

Reception[edit]

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic88/100[13]
Review score
PublicationScore
1UP.comA[14]

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Counter-Strike: Source was met with positive reviews from professional critics.[14]Metacritic, a review aggregator website, awarded Source a rating of 88 out of a possible 100 based on 9 critic's reviews.[13] However, Source received some criticism by the competitive community, who believed that the game's skill ceiling was significantly lower than that of Counter-Strike 1.6.[15]

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Sequel[edit]

On August 12, 2011, Valve announced the production of a successor to Counter-Strike: Source, entitled Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.[16] The game, developed by Valve and Hidden Path Entertainment, was released on August 21, 2012 for Windows, OS X, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3.[17]

Modifications[edit]

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Counter-Strike: Malvinas[edit]

Counter-Strike: Malvinas is a multiplayer first-person shooter modification of Counter-Strike: Source, developed and distributed by Argentine web hosting company Dattatec. The mod was released worldwide on 4 March 2013 and utilises the Source game engine. The game is set in Stanley, the capital of the Falkland Islands, and revolves around a group of Argentine special forces capturing the archipelago from British 'terrorists'. The objective of the game is similar to that of the Counter-Strike series; each round is won by either detonating a bomb or by eliminating all members of the enemy team. Counter-Strike: Malvinas pays homage to the 1982 Falklands War, in which an estimated 650 Argentine and 255 British servicemen died.[18]The mod prompted strong controversy in the United Kingdom; Dattatec's website was targeted by British hackers on 27 March 2013.[18]

References[edit]

  1. ^ ab'Counter-Strike: Source Update Released'. Steam. Valve Corporation. June 23, 2010. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved June 23, 2010.
  2. ^Thorsen, Tor. 'Valve readying Half-Life 2 bundles; Counter-Strike: Source available next week.' Gamespot. September 29, 2004.
  3. ^'Counter-Strike: Source beta begins'. GameSpot. CNET Networks. August 11, 2004. Archived from the original on March 14, 2014. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  4. ^'Counter-Strike: Source update history'. Valve Corporation. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  5. ^'Counter-Strike: Source Strike ATI Customer'. Advanced Micro Devices. Archived from the original on April 9, 2010. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  6. ^Autrijve, Rainier Van (October 6, 2004). 'Blow Off Some Steam and Pre-Order Half-Life 2 (PC)'. GameSpy. Retrieved October 3, 2008.
  7. ^'Counter-Strike: Source, Source Engine And Sourcetv Updates Released'. Valve Corporation. October 11, 2006. Archived from the original on March 15, 2009. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  8. ^Goldstein, Maarten (September 22, 2006). 'Counter-Strike: Source Switching To Dynamic Weapon Pricing'. Shacknews. Archived from the original on March 14, 2014. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
  9. ^'Pricing Algorithm'. Valve Corporation. Archived from the original on November 25, 2012. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  10. ^'Valve to Deliver Steam & Source on the Mac'. Steam. Valve Corporation. March 8, 2010. Archived from the original on August 26, 2013. Retrieved June 23, 2010.
  11. ^Hillier, Brenna (February 11, 2013). 'Half-Life, Counter-Strike now available on Linux'. VG247. Archived from the original on May 25, 2013. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
  12. ^Stahie, Silviu (February 6, 2013). 'Counter-Strike: Source Is Now Available on Steam for Linux'. Softpedia. Archived from the original on March 14, 2014. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
  13. ^ ab'Counter-Strike: Source for PC Reviews'. Metacritic. Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
  14. ^ ab'Counter-Strike: Source Review'. 1UP.com. November 19, 2004. Archived from the original on July 9, 2012. Retrieved March 31, 2012.
  15. ^Kane, Michael (2009). Game Boys: Triumph, Heartbreak, and the Quest for Cash in the Battleground of Competitive Videogaming. Penguin Books.
  16. ^'VALVE ANNOUNCES COUNTER-STRIKE: GLOBAL OFFENSIVE (CS: GO)'. Steam. Valve Corporation. August 12, 2011. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
  17. ^Parker, Laura (June 4, 2012). 'Counter-Strike: Global Offensive landing August 21'. GameSpot. Archived from the original on March 15, 2014. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
  18. ^ abLedge, James (March 29, 2013). 'Falklands Counter Strike: British hackers attack Argentinian developer's website'. The Independent. Retrieved March 16, 2016.

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