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Valve has told everyone it will be making a new version of Counter-Strike for the Asian market.

It will be completely online, and pushed out across Japan, Taiwan, China and South Korea by Nexon - a publisher most well known for MMORPG MapleStory.

"By combining their proven development abilities and leadership position in Asia with Counter-Strike's award-winning core gameplay, we have the recipe for customising an online phenomenon for each of the Asian markets," said Gabe Newell, head honcho at Valve.

Counter-Strike is a tactical first-person shooter that was first released in 1999, then revamped to launch alongside Half-Life 2 in 2004.

You play as either a good-guy or a terrorist, and co-ordinate fancy attacks with groups of your friends. It's immensely popular for its realism (or at least its severity), and is estimated to generate around five billion minutes of play-time a month. Cor. If I was clever I would tell you how many people that meant were playing it.

It isn't yet clear what Valve will be doing to Counter-Strike Online to make it different, but we wouldn't expect it will be too far from the version we've been playing for a while.

We shall keep you posted.

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StormRider #1 5 years ago

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Isn't Counter Strike getting a bit old now?
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Xerx3s #2 5 years ago

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It was old over a decade ago. :/
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Darkedge #3 5 years ago

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and according to the incredibly accurate (read 100% shit) Nielsen ratings in the US only the 8th most played game..
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Benno #4 5 years ago

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this is opposed to the popular Counter Strike: Single Player Chronicles
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skillian #5 5 years ago

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It isn't yet clear what Valve will be doing to Counter-Strike Online to make it different, but we wouldn't expect it will be too far from the version we've been playing for a while.

Ever seen Counter-Strike Neo, the Japanese arcade version of the game? That's pretty different.

http://www.le dzone.com/csneo/about.html
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ecureuil #6 5 years ago

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What's wrong with Counter-Strike? It's still one of the best multiplayer experiences you can have. You don't see anyone complaining about people still playing Tetris or Mario after all these years. A truly good game is timeless, and Counter-Strike is one such game.
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Snooz #7 5 years ago

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Finally!

A CSMMORPGFPS! OMGFTWLOLW00t!�!!!!111
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Enzeru #8 5 years ago

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maybe they'll make it like half-life 2: survivor? ;(

http://jp.y outube.com/watch?v=vbF0ooRJWkI
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Vandrius #9 5 years ago

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A CS:S MMORPG would be funny.

"You have killed 1,239,912 terrorists. You can now buy Level 62 Kevlar!"
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Daikon #10 5 years ago

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Somebody explain to Valve that most Japanese experience motion sickness when playing first person games.
It's apparently a genetic thing and according to most analysts the main reason the genre never really took off in Japan.
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thefilthandthefury #11 5 years ago

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Is that true Daikon? I'd heard it from someone else but dismissed it as bullshit. But clearly it's known to at least a few more people so maybe there's some truth in it.
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Hugundo #12 5 years ago

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I feel sorry for the cafe owners clearing up all the puke off the keyboards.
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Hypercube #13 5 years ago

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A CS:S MMORPG would be funny.

"You have killed 1,239,912 terrorists. You can now buy Level 62 Kevlar!"

Actually, there's a WC3 mod of CS that lets you gain experience, so you are closer to the mark than you think! Although you use it to buy skills, not equipment...

/gets coat

Edited by 2 at 31/07/07 @ 12:52
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konnsky #14 5 years ago

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sftu. cs 1.6 ftw
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thefilthandthefury #15 5 years ago

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Pft, never understood the 1.6 love. Source improves on it in every way IMO.
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