Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
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FeatureValve talks Steam China, curation and exclusivity
A brief chat in Shanghai.
FeatureValve's Chet Faliszek on Steam Greenlight, Counter-Strike and the future of Left 4 Dead
"Will you make Left 4 Dead 3?"
Digital FoundryCounter Strike: Global Offensive PS3 Performance Video
30 frames per second with screen-tear during taxing scenes characterises the PS3 version of this game.
Digital FoundryCounter Strike: Global Offensive Xbox 360 Performance Video
A fairly solid 30FPS on the Microsoft platform.
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Xbox 360 vs. PC Face-Off Video
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But no risk to player security, Valve insists.
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"There are no limits" co-founder Marc Merrill tells us, as a new world order emerges.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive hits 1m concurrent players for the first time
Steam breaks its users record again.
Major Counter-Strike tournament is eerily quiet without a crowd
But over half a million turn up to watch online.
Esports pros face same stress levels as football and rugby stars, new study states
"We must understand how we can best support the health of our gamers."
Counter-Strike and Overwatch esports teams under investigation by Australian police
For match rigging and links to organised crime.
FeatureValve talks Steam China, curation and exclusivity
A brief chat in Shanghai.
CS:GO's battle royale mode now has respawns and a ping system too
USP-S I did it again.
FeatureThe unlikely origin of Counter-Strike surfing
Slip slidin' away/Hang MAC-10.
FeatureHere's what happened when we tried to bet on esports at our local bookies
"What kind of game is Ninjas in Pyjamas?"
Turns out the CS:GO Portal message is an Easter egg, not an ARG
Chell me it's not true.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive gets Battle Royale mode, goes free-to-play
Ride into the Danger Zone.
Counter-Strike pro who was caught cheating mid-tournament given five-year ban
"Nothing good has happened to me since the day I started playing this game."
Play Counter Strike: GO for free now
...but you can only play against bots.
Valve issues 95,000 bans in just seven days
Buh-bye, cheaters!
Now Belgium declares loot boxes gambling and therefore illegal
Hazard warning.
Valve updates Counter-Strike's most iconic map
Dust 2 Dust.
YouTubers escape fine for promoting CSGO Lotto site they secretly owned
But future infractions will be punished.
Esports are coming to BBC Three
To Gfinity and beyond.
Gambling Commission warns parents about gambling websites
"They're parasites feeding off popular video games."
Valve is using AI to detect Counter-Strike cheaters
They're learning.
Best-selling Steam games of 2016 revealed
Mix of old and new, big and small.
Valve refutes gambling commission's accusations of illegal activity
"We are not aware of any such law that Steam or our games are violating."
Why Counter-Strike: Global Offensive graffiti has fired up fans
Spray and pray.
Gambling commission is cracking down on Valve over third-party skin gambling sites
Yet Valve was victorious in a class-action lawsuit over the same topic.
CS:GO pros fight for $100,000 at EGX 2016
Plus: Playable Battlefield 1, Horizon and Dawn of War 3.
CS:GO Lounge drops skin gambling following Valve crackdown
Boom, headshot.
UK Gambling Commission seeks to tighten esports gambling
Following the CS:GO Lotto controversy.
CSGO Lounge seeks gambling licence in bid for legitimacy
But will it be enough to dodge Valve's cease-and-desist?
Counter-Strike: GO event pulled from German TV after Munich attack
Channel decides not to broadcast esports finals.
Valve to crack down on gambling sites offering in-game goods
"We have never received any revenue from them."
When a Counter-Strike gambling site offers to rig a bet for a YouTube star
"We need the video ASAP. Just name the price."
Exposed YouTube star says sorry you didn't realise he owned gambling site he promoted
UPDATE: TmarTn's lawyer says "no further public comments" at this time.
FeatureCS:GO gambling sites can be "rigged" for YouTuber promotion, streamer reveals
"I'm not a big YouTuber so no one really f***ing cares."
Steam warns users against gambling site after YouTube stars discovered as owners
UPDATE: TmarTn apologies to anyone who felt matter was not "clear enough".
Valve explains why Counter-Strike: Global Offensive isn't giftable during Steam sale
But some reckon there's more to it.
Valve pumps even more money into Counter-Strike eSports
"The professional CS:GO community has been growing at an incredible rate."
Why Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players are upset at Valve's community server clampdown
Mods in the firing line.
Hearthstone 99/1 to be a part of the Winter Olympics 2030
Big business bets on eSports.
ESL to test pro Counter-Strike players for cannabis use during Cologne tournament
First eSports drug testing bids to weed out cheaters.
ESL introduces eSports' first drugs tests
Following pro player's admission of doping.
eSports organisations promise tougher drugs rules after player admits doping
"We've known for some time that performance-enhancing drugs would be a challenge."
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive's hitboxes are "being worked on"
After nearly three years.
World's largest Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament set for August
$250,000 up for grabs at 15,000-seater stadium in Germany.
Valve issues warning to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive eSports community
Tells players not to gamble, but will they listen?
Valve bans Counter-Strike pros accused of match-fixing
Valve steps in as CS:GO eSports scene rocked by scandal.
Gone Home's map has been faithfully reconstructed in Counter-Strike: GO
Gone Homeland security.
Hoax call sees YouTuber arrested by SWAT while live streaming
Terrorists win.
Newell on Source 2, CS:GO Linux and... Ricochet 2
Valve boss takes on Reddit AMA.
Gabe Newell addresses concern over Valve Anti-Cheat system
"Do we care what porn sites you visit? Oh, dear god, no. My brain just melted."
Overwatch is Valve handing ban power to the Counter-Strike: GO community
Do-badders will be judged collectively by do-gooders.
Valve announces Counter-Strike: Global Offensive community map pack
Operation Payback brings seven top maps to official servers.
Valve's Gabe Newell to receive BAFTA Fellowship snazzy award thing
Perhaps he Newell along.
Replica Montreal subway map for Counter-Strike: GO attracts ire of Canadian authorities
Maker told it could create a panic.
Gabe Newell named as next AIAS Hall of Famer
Oh they'll induct anyone have they no standards etc..
Don't like the way Sony runs the PlayStation Store? "You should be careful what you wish for" says Yoshida
Sony exec admits having 3 PSN IDs, one for Japan, one for the US and one for Europe.
The Walking Dead, Doom 3 BFG Edition on EU PlayStation Store
But still no Retro City Rampage or CS:GO.
FeatureValve's Chet Faliszek on Steam Greenlight, Counter-Strike and the future of Left 4 Dead
"Will you make Left 4 Dead 3?"
Tokyo Jungle just Ł9.99 on EU PlayStation Store today
But still no Counter Strike: GO.
Five weeks later, still no Counter-Strike: GO on EU PS3 Store
"Sorry, again I have nothing to say on it still."
Counter-Strike: GO misses PlayStation Store for fourth week
Digital releases for Modern Warfare 3 and Battlefield 3 aim to scratch your multiplayer itch instead.
Digital FoundryCounter Strike: Global Offensive PS3 Performance Video
30 frames per second with screen-tear during taxing scenes characterises the PS3 version of this game.
Digital FoundryCounter Strike: Global Offensive Xbox 360 Performance Video
A fairly solid 30FPS on the Microsoft platform.
Digital FoundryCounter Strike: Global Offensive Digital Foundry PC Performance Video.
The Digital Foundry PC is ideally suited to low-demand games like Global Offensive. Even cranked up to 1080p with 4x MSAA, and all other settings completely maxed out, the frame rate rarely drops below 60FPS. Here we see the Lake map in Demolition mode ca
Digital FoundryCounter-Strike: Global Offensive Xbox 360 vs. PC Face-Off Video
The Microsoft platform compared head-to-head with the PC version at 720p, with all settings ramped up to their highest levels.
Digital FoundryCounter-Strike: Global Offensive PS3 vs. PC Face-Off Video
The Sony console compared with the PC game running at maximum settings at 720p.
Digital FoundryCounter-Strike: Global Offensive Face-Off Video
Xbox 360 vs. PlayStation 3 in this revamped version of the classic shooter.
Counter-Strike: GO misses EU PlayStation Store for third week
While Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3 HD arrive for PS3, Vita.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive still MIA from EU PSN
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD launches though.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive gets a new patch on Steam
Now get aim-punched when shot.
PlayStation 3 fans in uproar after Counter-Strike: GO misses EU PlayStation Store
UPDATE: Sony says sorry for delay, but fails to confirm new release date.
PodcastEurogamer.net Podcast #125: Globally Offensive
The new Counter-Strike is out today. Three 'specialists' discuss their work in its theatres.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Review
From Dust to Dust 2.
Blowing Off Some Enthusiasm: Fun Times in Counter-Strike and Spelunky
Some happy Friday rambling about stuff in video games. No harm done.
Counter-Strike: GO hour-long trial exclusively for PlayStation Plus subscribers
Won't be offered PS3-wide.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Steam pre-purchase unlocks game a week early
Get all games in the franchise for under Ł13.
Valve opens Euro office, updates Steam terms
Disallows class action lawsuits, improves individual claims.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive release date announced
Around $15 on all platforms.
Valve launches Steam remote downloads
Download pre-loads, new releases and latest purchases while out and about.
Valve Handbook for New Employees hits internet
"A fearless adventure in knowing what to do when no one's there telling you what to do."
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive cross-platform play ditched
To "make all platforms stronger by not mixing them".
Dota 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive support Razer Hydra PC motion controller
Added to Left 4 Dead 2, Half-Life 2, Team Fortress 2 and 250 Steam games.
Fill out a Valve survey to get a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive beta key
"There are no wrong answers."
Valve: piracy a "non-issue" for Steam
Perhaps Gabe Newell along.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive beta release date revealed
To launch worldwide for anyone with a key.
Valve delays Counter-Strike: GO beta
Full release "when the community tells us".
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10 contenders from the Earls Court show floor.
Counter-Strike Global Offensive screens
Arsenal modes blown open.
Valve announces new CS: GO modes
New spins on Gun Game.
FeatureCounter-Strike: Global Offensive
Strike three.
FeatureSteam vs. Origin: Is Competition Good for Gamers?
EA, GOG, Gamersgate, Gabe Newell weigh in.
PS3 CS: GO supports keyboard and mouse
PS3/PC cross-platform play confirmed.
VideoCounter-Strike: Global Offensive footage
PS3, PC cross-platform play confirmed.
Valve wants Steamworks in CS: GO XBLA
Would love Xbox Live restriction relaxed.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive official
Mac, PC, PSN and XBLA early next year.