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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Developer(s)	Valve Hidden Path Entertainment
Publisher(s)	Valve
Composer(s)	Mike Morasky
Series	Counter-Strike
Engine	Source
Platform(s)	OS X PlayStation 3 Windows Xbox 360 Linux
Release	OS X, PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360 August 21, 2012 Linux September 23, 2014
Genre(s)	Tactical first-person shooter
Mode(s)	Multiplayer

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) is a 2012 multiplayer tactical first-person shooter developed by Valve and Hidden Path Entertainment. It is the fourth game in the Counter-Strike series. Developed for over two years, Global Offensive was released for OS X, PlayStation 3, Windows, and Xbox 360 in August 2012, and for Linux in 2014. Valve still regularly updates the game, both with smaller balancing patches and larger content additions.

The game pits two teams, Terrorists and Counter-Terrorists, against each other in different objective-based game modes. The most common game modes involve the Terrorists planting a bomb while Counter-Terrorists attempt to stop them, or Counter-Terrorists attempting to rescue hostages that the Terrorists have captured. There are nine official game modes, all of which have distinct characteristics specific to that mode. The game also has matchmaking support that allows players to play on dedicated Valve servers, in addition to community-hosted servers with custom maps and game modes. A battle-royale game-mode, «Danger Zone», was introduced in late 2018.

Global Offensive received positive reviews from critics on release, who praised the game for its gameplay and faithfulness to the Counter-Strike series, though it was criticized for some early features and the differences between the console and PC versions. Since its release, it has drawn in an estimated 11 million players per month and remains one of the most played games on Valve’s Steam platform. In December 2018, Valve transitioned the game to a free-to-play model, focusing on revenue from cosmetic items.

The game has an active esports scene, continuing the history of international competitive play from previous games in the series. Teams compete in professional leagues and tournaments, with the game often cited as being among the best in esports.

Gameplay

Global Offensive, like prior games in the Counter-Strike series, is an objective-based, multiplayer first-person shooter. Two opposing teams, the Terrorists and the Counter-Terrorists, compete in game modes to repeatedly complete objectives, such as securing a location to plant or defuse a bomb and rescuing or capturing hostages.^[1][2] At the end of each short round, players are rewarded based on individual and team performance with in-game currency to spend on other weapons or utility in subsequent rounds.^[3] Winning rounds generally rewards more money than losing does, and completing map-based objectives, including killing enemies, gives additional cash bonuses.^[1][4]

Global Offensive has nine official game modes: Competitive, Casual, Deathmatch, Arms Race, Demolition, Wingman, Flying Scoutsman, Retakes and Danger Zone.^[5][6][7][8] Competitive mode, the primary gameplay experience,^[9] pits two teams of five players against each other in a best-of-30 match.^[10] When playing Competitive, players have a skill rank based on a Glicko rating system and are paired with and against other players around the same ranking.^[1] The Casual and Deathmatch modes are less serious than Competitive mode and do not register friendly fire. Both are primarily used as a practice tool.^[11][12] Arms Race and Demolition, both based on mods for previous iterations in the series, were added alongside eight new maps for the modes.^[1] Arms Race is the Global Offensive variant of the «Gun Game» mode in other games in the series.^[1] Demolition is another bomb defusal game mode, with gun upgrades only given to players who killed an enemy in the previous round.^[1] Wingman is a two-on-two bomb defusal game mode taking place over sixteen rounds. Similar to Competitive, players are paired based on a dynamic skill ranking.^[7] The Flying Scoutsman mode equips players with only a SSG 08 (known in-game as the «Scout») and a knife in a low-gravity map.^[13] Retakes is a gamemode where three Terrorists will defend an already planted C4 against 4 Counter-Terrorists. Players will also be able to choose a loadout card at the beginning of each round to retake (or defend) the bomb site.^[8] Danger Zone is a battle-royale mode in which up to 18 players search for weapons, equipment, and money in an effort to be the last person or team remaining.^[14][15] Valve also included an offline practice mode designed to help new players learn how to use guns and grenades, called the Weapons Course.^[16] Apart from the Weapons Course and Danger Zone, all other game modes can be played online or offline with bots.^[6]

There are five categories of purchasable weaponry: rifles, submachine guns, «heavy» weaponry (light machine guns and shotguns), pistols, and grenades.^[17] Each gun in Global Offensive has a unique recoil pattern that can be controlled, a gameplay feature the series has long been associated with.^[18][19] Global Offensive also introduced weapons and equipment not seen in previous installments, including tasers and an incendiary grenade.^[20]

In-game matchmaking is supported for all online game modes and is managed through the Steam platform.^[21] The game servers run Valve Anti-Cheat to prevent cheating.^[22] One form of matchmaking in Global Offensive to prevent cheating is Prime Matchmaking which hosts matches that can only be played with other users with the «Prime» status. This feature also results in more equal matches as there are fewer «smurfs» in these matches.^[23] The PC version of Global Offensive also supports private dedicated servers that players may connect to through the community server menu in-game. These servers may be heavily modified and can drastically differ from the base game modes. There have been many community-made mods for the game, one of the popular ones being «kz», a mod that makes players complete obstacle courses requiring advanced strafing and jumping techniques.^[24]

Development and release

External video
Counter-Strike: A Brief History, a YouTube video published by Valve on January 23, 2017

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is the sequel to the popular first-person shooter Counter-Strike: Source, developed by Valve. Global Offensive‘s development began when Hidden Path Entertainment attempted to port Counter-Strike: Source onto video game consoles.^[1][25] During its development, Valve saw the opportunity to turn the port into a full game and expand on the predecessor’s gameplay. Global Offensive began development in March 2010, and was revealed to the public on August 12, 2011.^[26] The closed beta started on November 30, 2011, and was initially restricted to around ten thousand people who received a key at events intended to showcase Global Offensive. After issues with client and server stability were addressed, the beta was opened up to progressively more people,^[27] and at E3 2012, Valve announced that Global Offensive would be released on August 21, 2012, with the open beta starting roughly a month before that.^[27] Before the public beta, Valve invited professional Counter-Strike players to play-test the game and give feedback.^[28]

There were plans for cross-platform multiplayer play between Windows, OS X, Linux, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 players, but this was ultimately dropped so that the PC and Mac versions could be actively updated.^[29] On August 21, 2012, the game was publicly released on all platforms except Linux,^[30] which would not be released until September 23, 2014.^[31]

Since the initial release of Global Offensive, Valve has continued to update the game by introducing new maps and weapons, game modes, and weapon balancing changes.^[32] One of the first major additions to the game post-release was the «Arms Deal» update. Released on August 13, 2013, the update added cosmetic weapon finishes, or skins, to the game. These items are obtainable by a loot box mechanism; players would receive cases that could be unlocked using virtual keys, purchased through in-game microtransactions.^[33][25] Global Offensive has Steam Workshop support, allowing users to upload user-created content, such as maps, weapon skins, and custom game-modes. Some popular user-created skins are added to the game and are obtainable from unboxing them in cases.^[34] The creators of the skins are paid when their item is added to a case.^[35] These skins helped form a virtual economy in Global Offensive, leading to the creation of gambling, betting, and trading sites.^[36] The addition of skins and the associated virtual economy launched Global Offensive’s player count past the other games in the Counter-Strike series and is one of the most important updates in the game’s history.^[25][37]

Events called «Operations» are held occasionally and can be accessed through purchasable expansion packs in the form of «operation passes.» These passes grant access to operation objectives which are spread over different game modes, such as Arms Race and Deathmatch,^[38] or in operation-specific game modes, first seen in Operation Hydra, released in May 2017.^[39] Completing these challenges rewards the player with XP and the ability to upgrade the operation «coin.» The maps in the operations are community made, meaning some of the revenue made goes towards the map designers.^[38][40]

An update in October 2014 added «music kits», which replace the default in-game music with music from soundtrack artists commissioned by Valve. If a player with a music kit equipped becomes the round’s most valuable player, their music will play for others at the end of the round. There is a feature that allows kits to be borrowed, and kits can be sold and exchanged through Steam’s Community Market.^[41]

In 2016, the game saw two remakes of original Counter-Strike maps, as well as the introduction of Prime matchmaking and additional items. As a part of the Operation Wildfire promotion, Nuke was remade and re-released in February with the primary goals being to balance the map and make it more aesthetically pleasing.^[42] In April, Prime matchmaking was added to the game. To partake in this mode, the user had to have a verified phone number connected to their account. It was introduced in an attempt to prevent legitimate players from playing with cheaters or high-skilled players playing on alternative, lower ranked accounts, a practice colloquially known as «smurfing».^[23] Inferno, another original map, was re-released in October. Valve said they had three reasons behind the remake: «to improve visibility; to make it easier to move around in groups; and to tune it with player feedback.»^[43] Also in October, consumable items called graffiti were added to the game. These items replaced a feature present in the previous iterations of the series called sprays. Previously, players could customize their sprays. Graffiti ideas can be uploaded to the Steam Workshop in the similar manner as gun skins and players can buy and trade the existing graffiti in game.^[44] One month later, glove skins were added.^[45]

In September 2017, Valve Company worked with the publisher Perfect World to release Global Offensive in mainland China. Chinese citizens, with their identification verified, can receive the game for free and earn Prime matchmaking status immediately.^[46] The game is played through Perfect World’s launcher and contains numerous exclusive changes to the game, including the censorship of skulls and other symbols.^[47][48] Some other changes were in the cosmetics in certain maps, for example, the hammer and sickle on Cache and Train were removed.^[49] In preparation for the release, multiple cities in China celebrated and heavily promoted its upcoming release.^[47][48] Users who played the game during its launch month received free promotional cosmetics.^[49][50] In compliance with Chinese law, Valve also had to disclose its loot box gambling odds.^[51]

In November 2017, an update to the competitive matchmaking was announced. Called the «Trust Factor», it meant a player’s «Trust Factor» would be calculated through both in-game and Steam-wide actions. Factors such as playtime on Global Offensive, times a user has been reported for cheating, playtime on other Steam games, and other behaviors hidden by Valve are taken into consideration when a user’s «Trust Factor» is developed. This was done in an attempt to let the community bond back together in matchmaking, as Prime matchmaking separated Prime and non-Prime players from each other. Valve will not let users view their «Trust Factor» or reveal all of the factors deciding one’s «Trust».^[52][53][54] In August 2018, an offline version of the game was released that allows the players to play offline with bots.^[55][56]

An update released on December 6, 2018, made the game fully free to play. Users who had purchased the game prior to this update were automatically updated to «Prime» status and given modes that can drop cosmetic items. In addition, the new version introduced a battle royale mode called «Danger Zone».^[57]

In November 2019, Operation Shattered Web was released. It operated similarly to the previous operations and introduced new character models and a battle pass system.^[58]

In April 2020, source code for 2018 versions of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Team Fortress 2 were leaked on the Internet. This created fears that malicious users would take advantage of the code to develop potential remote code execution software and attack game servers or players’ own computers. Several ongoing fan projects temporarily halted development in wake of this news until better confirmation of the impact of the leak could be determined.^[59] Valve confirmed the legitimacy of the code leaks, but stated they do not believe it impacts servers and clients running the latest official builds of either game.^[60]

In December 2020, Operation Broken Fang was released accompanied with a cinematic trailer, the first official Counter-Strike: Global Offensive cinematic trailer in eight years since the official launch trailer.^[61]

In May 2021, a subscription service called «CS:GO 360 Stats» was released for US$0.99 per month. It includes access to detailed match stats from official Competitive, Premier, and Wingman game modes and the Round Win Chance report introduced in Operation Broken Fang.^[62] The update was met with a mixed response from players, with many pointing to free third-party websites that provided similar stats.^[63]

In September 2021, Operation Riptide was released, adding gameplay and matchmaking changes, new maps, and new cosmetic items.^[64]

In January 2022, an update adding Flick Stick support for gyroscopic game controllers was released. Flick Stick is a control scheme which lets the player quickly «flick» their view using the right analog stick, while delegating all fine aiming to gyro movements.^[65]

Gambling, third-party betting and money laundering

Following the introduction of the Arms Deal update in August 2013, skins formed a virtual economy due to their rarity and other high-value factors that influenced their desirability. Due to this, the creation of a number of skin trading sites enabled by the Steamworks API were created. Some of these sites began to offer gambling functionality, allowing users to bet on the outcome of professional matches with skins. In June and July 2016, two formal lawsuits were filed against these gambling sites and Valve, stating that these encourage underage gambling and undisclosed promotion by some streamers. Valve in turn began to take steps to prevent these sites from using Steamworks for gambling purposes, and several of these sites ceased operating as a result.^[33] In July 2018, Valve disabled the opening of containers in Belgium and the Netherlands after their loot boxes appeared to violate Dutch and Belgian gambling laws.^[66]

In 2019, Valve made changes to Global Offensive‘s loot box mechanics due to a realization that «nearly all» of the trading on loot box keys was done by criminal organizations as a method of money laundering. Valve released a statement, saying, “In the past, most key trades we observed were between legitimate customers. However, worldwide fraud networks have recently shifted to using CS:GO keys to liquidate their gains. At this point, nearly all key purchases that end up being traded or sold on the marketplace are believed to be fraud-sourced. As a result, we have decided that newly purchased keys will not be tradeable or marketable.”^[67][68]

Professional competition

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championships

Most recent season or competition: Intel Extreme Masters Rio Major 2022
Sport	Esports
Founded	2013
No. of teams	16 teams (2013–2017) 24 teams (2018–present)
Venue(s)	Various
Continents	International
Most recent champion(s)	Outsiders (1 title)
Most titles	Astralis (4 titles)
TV partner(s)	Twitch, Steam.tv, YouTube, GOTV
Sponsor(s)	Valve

Global Offensive has one of the most popular esport scenes in the world.^{[69][70][71][72]} The Global Offensive professional scene consists of leagues and tournaments hosted by third-party organizations, and Valve-sponsored tournaments known as Major Championships. Majors are considered the most prestigious tournaments in Counter-Strike circuit and have among the largest prize pools; originally announced at US$250,000, the prize pools for Majors have risen to US$1,000,000 since MLG Columbus 2016.^[73] Astralis is the most successful Global Offensive team of all time, with the core members of that team winning four Majors together.

In 2014, the «first large match fixing scandal»^[74] in the Global Offensive community took place, where team iBuyPower purposefully lost a match against NetCodeGuides.com. The seven professional players that were involved in the scandal were permanently banned from all Majors by Valve, although some other organizers eventually allowed the players to compete at their tournaments.^[75][76][77]

In 2020, the Counter-Strike coaching bug scandal erupted, where team coaches used variants of a bug to see parts of the map they normally would not have access to and gather information about the enemy team. As of May 5, 2022, the Esports Integrity Commission announced that almost 100 coaches would be sanctioned as they neared the completion of the final investigation.

Esports organizations Cloud9 and Dignitas, among others, announced plans in February 2020 to launch Flashpoint, a franchise-based league for Counter-Strike, countering concerns over the state of the current promotion/relegation leagues. The league was to be owned by the teams rather than a single organization, similar to the Overwatch League.^[78]

Media coverage

As the game and the scene grew in popularity, companies, including WME/IMG and Turner Broadcasting, began to televise Global Offensive professional games, with the first being ELEAGUE Major 2017, held in the Fox Theatre and broadcast on US cable television network TBS in 2016.^[79] On August 22, 2018, Turner announced their further programming of Global Offensive with ELEAGUE’s Esports 101: CSGO and ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2018’s docu-series on the TBS network.^[80]

Reception

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive received generally positive reception from critics, according to review aggregator Metacritic.^[81][83][82] Since the game’s release, Global Offensive has remained one of the most played and highest-grossing games on Steam.^{[88][89][90][91]} The game won the fan’s choice «eSports Game of the Year» award at The Game Awards 2015.^[92]

Reviewers praised Global Offensive‘s faithfulness to the previous game, Counter-Strike: Source, with Allistair Pinsof of Destructoid rating the game very highly and saying that Global Offensive is a «polished and better looking» version of the game.^[1] GameSpot writer Eric Neigher said in their review that this game stays true to its predecessors by adding much content, but tweaking small amounts and retaining their best features.^[9] The reviewers at gamesTM wrote in their review that the game stood «as a glowing reminder that quality game design is rewarded in longevity and variety.»^[93] They also continued onto congratulate Valve that they had not only updated the popular game, but «had completely outclassed its contemporaries.»^[93] Martin Gaston of VideoGamer.com wrote that although he was too old to truly enjoy the game, he believed that it was a «fine installment of one of the best games ever made,» and that some people will experience «what will become the definitive moments of their gaming lives.»^[19] Xav de Matos for Engadget wrote that for the price, «Global Offensive is a great extension to that legacy.»^[11] Mitch Dyer from IGN said that «Global Offensive is definitely a Counter-Strike sequel – it looks and feels familiar, with minor tweaks here and there to help balance old issues and surprise longtime players.»^[20]

Some of the features in the early releases of the game were criticized by reviewers. GameSpy‘s Mike Sharkey did not believe that the new content added was good or that there was much of it, and said that the Elo rating system seemed ineffective with many players of various skill levels all playing at once throughout the early days of release.^[86] Evan Lahti from PC Gamer noted that the majority of new official maps in Global Offensive were only for Arms Race or Demolition game modes, while Classic maps were only given «smart adjustments» to minor details.^[87] Pinsof thought that in its release state, it would not be the final version of the game.^[1] Paul Goodman said that for long-time fans of the series, Global Offensive will start to show the game’s age, expressing that he «couldn’t help but feel that I had been there and done that a dozen times before.»^[94]

Although reviewers liked the console versions of the game, they believed there were obvious differences between the PC and console versions. Neigher believed that due to playing with thumbsticks and shoulder buttons «you definitely won’t be getting the ultimate CS:GO experience.»^[9] Ron Vorstermans for Gamer.nl said that the PC version is there to play at a higher competitive level, though he went on to say that the console versions are not inferior because of the PC’s superiority for competition.^[95] Dyer wrote that the PlayStation 3 version was at an advantage to the Xbox version because of the ability to connect a keyboard and mouse to the system. He continued on to say that the user-interface on both of the consoles was as good as the PC one.^[20] Mark Langshaw of Digital Spy opined that although the game has support for the PlayStation Move, using it only makes the «already unforgiving game all the more challenging.»^[96]

The game was nominated for «Best Spectator Game» in IGN‘s Best of 2017 Awards,^[97] for «eSports Game of the Year» at the 2017, 2018, and 2019 Golden Joystick Awards,^{[98][99][100][101]} for «Best eSports Game» at The Game Awards 2017, The Game Awards 2019 and The Game Awards 2020,^{[102][103][104]} and for «Game, eSports» at the 17th Annual National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards.^[105] In 2018, the game was nominated for «Fan Favorite eSports Game» and «Fan Favorite eSports League Format» with the Majors at the Gamers’ Choice Awards,^[106] and for «eSports Title of the Year» at the Australian Games Awards.^[107]

References

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Developer(s)	Valve Hidden Path Entertainment
Publisher(s)	Valve
Composer(s)	Mike Morasky
Series	Counter-Strike
Engine	Source
Platform(s)	OS X PlayStation 3 Windows Xbox 360 Linux
Release	OS X, PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360 August 21, 2012 Linux September 23, 2014
Genre(s)	Tactical first-person shooter
Mode(s)	Multiplayer

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) is a 2012 multiplayer tactical first-person shooter developed by Valve and Hidden Path Entertainment. It is the fourth game in the Counter-Strike series. Developed for over two years, Global Offensive was released for OS X, PlayStation 3, Windows, and Xbox 360 in August 2012, and for Linux in 2014. Valve still regularly updates the game, both with smaller balancing patches and larger content additions.

The game pits two teams, Terrorists and Counter-Terrorists, against each other in different objective-based game modes. The most common game modes involve the Terrorists planting a bomb while Counter-Terrorists attempt to stop them, or Counter-Terrorists attempting to rescue hostages that the Terrorists have captured. There are nine official game modes, all of which have distinct characteristics specific to that mode. The game also has matchmaking support that allows players to play on dedicated Valve servers, in addition to community-hosted servers with custom maps and game modes. A battle-royale game-mode, «Danger Zone», was introduced in late 2018.

Global Offensive received positive reviews from critics on release, who praised the game for its gameplay and faithfulness to the Counter-Strike series, though it was criticized for some early features and the differences between the console and PC versions. Since its release, it has drawn in an estimated 11 million players per month and remains one of the most played games on Valve’s Steam platform. In December 2018, Valve transitioned the game to a free-to-play model, focusing on revenue from cosmetic items.

The game has an active esports scene, continuing the history of international competitive play from previous games in the series. Teams compete in professional leagues and tournaments, with the game often cited as being among the best in esports.

Gameplay

Global Offensive, like prior games in the Counter-Strike series, is an objective-based, multiplayer first-person shooter. Two opposing teams, the Terrorists and the Counter-Terrorists, compete in game modes to repeatedly complete objectives, such as securing a location to plant or defuse a bomb and rescuing or capturing hostages.^[1][2] At the end of each short round, players are rewarded based on individual and team performance with in-game currency to spend on other weapons or utility in subsequent rounds.^[3] Winning rounds generally rewards more money than losing does, and completing map-based objectives, including killing enemies, gives additional cash bonuses.^[1][4]

Global Offensive has nine official game modes: Competitive, Casual, Deathmatch, Arms Race, Demolition, Wingman, Flying Scoutsman, Retakes and Danger Zone.^[5][6][7][8] Competitive mode, the primary gameplay experience,^[9] pits two teams of five players against each other in a best-of-30 match.^[10] When playing Competitive, players have a skill rank based on a Glicko rating system and are paired with and against other players around the same ranking.^[1] The Casual and Deathmatch modes are less serious than Competitive mode and do not register friendly fire. Both are primarily used as a practice tool.^[11][12] Arms Race and Demolition, both based on mods for previous iterations in the series, were added alongside eight new maps for the modes.^[1] Arms Race is the Global Offensive variant of the «Gun Game» mode in other games in the series.^[1] Demolition is another bomb defusal game mode, with gun upgrades only given to players who killed an enemy in the previous round.^[1] Wingman is a two-on-two bomb defusal game mode taking place over sixteen rounds. Similar to Competitive, players are paired based on a dynamic skill ranking.^[7] The Flying Scoutsman mode equips players with only a SSG 08 (known in-game as the «Scout») and a knife in a low-gravity map.^[13] Retakes is a gamemode where three Terrorists will defend an already planted C4 against 4 Counter-Terrorists. Players will also be able to choose a loadout card at the beginning of each round to retake (or defend) the bomb site.^[8] Danger Zone is a battle-royale mode in which up to 18 players search for weapons, equipment, and money in an effort to be the last person or team remaining.^[14][15] Valve also included an offline practice mode designed to help new players learn how to use guns and grenades, called the Weapons Course.^[16] Apart from the Weapons Course and Danger Zone, all other game modes can be played online or offline with bots.^[6]

There are five categories of purchasable weaponry: rifles, submachine guns, «heavy» weaponry (light machine guns and shotguns), pistols, and grenades.^[17] Each gun in Global Offensive has a unique recoil pattern that can be controlled, a gameplay feature the series has long been associated with.^[18][19] Global Offensive also introduced weapons and equipment not seen in previous installments, including tasers and an incendiary grenade.^[20]

In-game matchmaking is supported for all online game modes and is managed through the Steam platform.^[21] The game servers run Valve Anti-Cheat to prevent cheating.^[22] One form of matchmaking in Global Offensive to prevent cheating is Prime Matchmaking which hosts matches that can only be played with other users with the «Prime» status. This feature also results in more equal matches as there are fewer «smurfs» in these matches.^[23] The PC version of Global Offensive also supports private dedicated servers that players may connect to through the community server menu in-game. These servers may be heavily modified and can drastically differ from the base game modes. There have been many community-made mods for the game, one of the popular ones being «kz», a mod that makes players complete obstacle courses requiring advanced strafing and jumping techniques.^[24]

Development and release

External video
Counter-Strike: A Brief History, a YouTube video published by Valve on January 23, 2017

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is the sequel to the popular first-person shooter Counter-Strike: Source, developed by Valve. Global Offensive‘s development began when Hidden Path Entertainment attempted to port Counter-Strike: Source onto video game consoles.^[1][25] During its development, Valve saw the opportunity to turn the port into a full game and expand on the predecessor’s gameplay. Global Offensive began development in March 2010, and was revealed to the public on August 12, 2011.^[26] The closed beta started on November 30, 2011, and was initially restricted to around ten thousand people who received a key at events intended to showcase Global Offensive. After issues with client and server stability were addressed, the beta was opened up to progressively more people,^[27] and at E3 2012, Valve announced that Global Offensive would be released on August 21, 2012, with the open beta starting roughly a month before that.^[27] Before the public beta, Valve invited professional Counter-Strike players to play-test the game and give feedback.^[28]

There were plans for cross-platform multiplayer play between Windows, OS X, Linux, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 players, but this was ultimately dropped so that the PC and Mac versions could be actively updated.^[29] On August 21, 2012, the game was publicly released on all platforms except Linux,^[30] which would not be released until September 23, 2014.^[31]

Since the initial release of Global Offensive, Valve has continued to update the game by introducing new maps and weapons, game modes, and weapon balancing changes.^[32] One of the first major additions to the game post-release was the «Arms Deal» update. Released on August 13, 2013, the update added cosmetic weapon finishes, or skins, to the game. These items are obtainable by a loot box mechanism; players would receive cases that could be unlocked using virtual keys, purchased through in-game microtransactions.^[33][25] Global Offensive has Steam Workshop support, allowing users to upload user-created content, such as maps, weapon skins, and custom game-modes. Some popular user-created skins are added to the game and are obtainable from unboxing them in cases.^[34] The creators of the skins are paid when their item is added to a case.^[35] These skins helped form a virtual economy in Global Offensive, leading to the creation of gambling, betting, and trading sites.^[36] The addition of skins and the associated virtual economy launched Global Offensive’s player count past the other games in the Counter-Strike series and is one of the most important updates in the game’s history.^[25][37]

Events called «Operations» are held occasionally and can be accessed through purchasable expansion packs in the form of «operation passes.» These passes grant access to operation objectives which are spread over different game modes, such as Arms Race and Deathmatch,^[38] or in operation-specific game modes, first seen in Operation Hydra, released in May 2017.^[39] Completing these challenges rewards the player with XP and the ability to upgrade the operation «coin.» The maps in the operations are community made, meaning some of the revenue made goes towards the map designers.^[38][40]

An update in October 2014 added «music kits», which replace the default in-game music with music from soundtrack artists commissioned by Valve. If a player with a music kit equipped becomes the round’s most valuable player, their music will play for others at the end of the round. There is a feature that allows kits to be borrowed, and kits can be sold and exchanged through Steam’s Community Market.^[41]

In 2016, the game saw two remakes of original Counter-Strike maps, as well as the introduction of Prime matchmaking and additional items. As a part of the Operation Wildfire promotion, Nuke was remade and re-released in February with the primary goals being to balance the map and make it more aesthetically pleasing.^[42] In April, Prime matchmaking was added to the game. To partake in this mode, the user had to have a verified phone number connected to their account. It was introduced in an attempt to prevent legitimate players from playing with cheaters or high-skilled players playing on alternative, lower ranked accounts, a practice colloquially known as «smurfing».^[23] Inferno, another original map, was re-released in October. Valve said they had three reasons behind the remake: «to improve visibility; to make it easier to move around in groups; and to tune it with player feedback.»^[43] Also in October, consumable items called graffiti were added to the game. These items replaced a feature present in the previous iterations of the series called sprays. Previously, players could customize their sprays. Graffiti ideas can be uploaded to the Steam Workshop in the similar manner as gun skins and players can buy and trade the existing graffiti in game.^[44] One month later, glove skins were added.^[45]

In September 2017, Valve Company worked with the publisher Perfect World to release Global Offensive in mainland China. Chinese citizens, with their identification verified, can receive the game for free and earn Prime matchmaking status immediately.^[46] The game is played through Perfect World’s launcher and contains numerous exclusive changes to the game, including the censorship of skulls and other symbols.^[47][48] Some other changes were in the cosmetics in certain maps, for example, the hammer and sickle on Cache and Train were removed.^[49] In preparation for the release, multiple cities in China celebrated and heavily promoted its upcoming release.^[47][48] Users who played the game during its launch month received free promotional cosmetics.^[49][50] In compliance with Chinese law, Valve also had to disclose its loot box gambling odds.^[51]

In November 2017, an update to the competitive matchmaking was announced. Called the «Trust Factor», it meant a player’s «Trust Factor» would be calculated through both in-game and Steam-wide actions. Factors such as playtime on Global Offensive, times a user has been reported for cheating, playtime on other Steam games, and other behaviors hidden by Valve are taken into consideration when a user’s «Trust Factor» is developed. This was done in an attempt to let the community bond back together in matchmaking, as Prime matchmaking separated Prime and non-Prime players from each other. Valve will not let users view their «Trust Factor» or reveal all of the factors deciding one’s «Trust».^[52][53][54] In August 2018, an offline version of the game was released that allows the players to play offline with bots.^[55][56]

An update released on December 6, 2018, made the game fully free to play. Users who had purchased the game prior to this update were automatically updated to «Prime» status and given modes that can drop cosmetic items. In addition, the new version introduced a battle royale mode called «Danger Zone».^[57]

In November 2019, Operation Shattered Web was released. It operated similarly to the previous operations and introduced new character models and a battle pass system.^[58]

In April 2020, source code for 2018 versions of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Team Fortress 2 were leaked on the Internet. This created fears that malicious users would take advantage of the code to develop potential remote code execution software and attack game servers or players’ own computers. Several ongoing fan projects temporarily halted development in wake of this news until better confirmation of the impact of the leak could be determined.^[59] Valve confirmed the legitimacy of the code leaks, but stated they do not believe it impacts servers and clients running the latest official builds of either game.^[60]

In December 2020, Operation Broken Fang was released accompanied with a cinematic trailer, the first official Counter-Strike: Global Offensive cinematic trailer in eight years since the official launch trailer.^[61]

In May 2021, a subscription service called «CS:GO 360 Stats» was released for US$0.99 per month. It includes access to detailed match stats from official Competitive, Premier, and Wingman game modes and the Round Win Chance report introduced in Operation Broken Fang.^[62] The update was met with a mixed response from players, with many pointing to free third-party websites that provided similar stats.^[63]

In September 2021, Operation Riptide was released, adding gameplay and matchmaking changes, new maps, and new cosmetic items.^[64]

In January 2022, an update adding Flick Stick support for gyroscopic game controllers was released. Flick Stick is a control scheme which lets the player quickly «flick» their view using the right analog stick, while delegating all fine aiming to gyro movements.^[65]

Gambling, third-party betting and money laundering

Following the introduction of the Arms Deal update in August 2013, skins formed a virtual economy due to their rarity and other high-value factors that influenced their desirability. Due to this, the creation of a number of skin trading sites enabled by the Steamworks API were created. Some of these sites began to offer gambling functionality, allowing users to bet on the outcome of professional matches with skins. In June and July 2016, two formal lawsuits were filed against these gambling sites and Valve, stating that these encourage underage gambling and undisclosed promotion by some streamers. Valve in turn began to take steps to prevent these sites from using Steamworks for gambling purposes, and several of these sites ceased operating as a result.^[33] In July 2018, Valve disabled the opening of containers in Belgium and the Netherlands after their loot boxes appeared to violate Dutch and Belgian gambling laws.^[66]

In 2019, Valve made changes to Global Offensive‘s loot box mechanics due to a realization that «nearly all» of the trading on loot box keys was done by criminal organizations as a method of money laundering. Valve released a statement, saying, “In the past, most key trades we observed were between legitimate customers. However, worldwide fraud networks have recently shifted to using CS:GO keys to liquidate their gains. At this point, nearly all key purchases that end up being traded or sold on the marketplace are believed to be fraud-sourced. As a result, we have decided that newly purchased keys will not be tradeable or marketable.”^[67][68]

Professional competition

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championships

Most recent season or competition: Intel Extreme Masters Rio Major 2022
Sport	Esports
Founded	2013
No. of teams	16 teams (2013–2017) 24 teams (2018–present)
Venue(s)	Various
Continents	International
Most recent champion(s)	Outsiders (1 title)
Most titles	Astralis (4 titles)
TV partner(s)	Twitch, Steam.tv, YouTube, GOTV
Sponsor(s)	Valve

Global Offensive has one of the most popular esport scenes in the world.^{[69][70][71][72]} The Global Offensive professional scene consists of leagues and tournaments hosted by third-party organizations, and Valve-sponsored tournaments known as Major Championships. Majors are considered the most prestigious tournaments in Counter-Strike circuit and have among the largest prize pools; originally announced at US$250,000, the prize pools for Majors have risen to US$1,000,000 since MLG Columbus 2016.^[73] Astralis is the most successful Global Offensive team of all time, with the core members of that team winning four Majors together.

In 2014, the «first large match fixing scandal»^[74] in the Global Offensive community took place, where team iBuyPower purposefully lost a match against NetCodeGuides.com. The seven professional players that were involved in the scandal were permanently banned from all Majors by Valve, although some other organizers eventually allowed the players to compete at their tournaments.^[75][76][77]

In 2020, the Counter-Strike coaching bug scandal erupted, where team coaches used variants of a bug to see parts of the map they normally would not have access to and gather information about the enemy team. As of May 5, 2022, the Esports Integrity Commission announced that almost 100 coaches would be sanctioned as they neared the completion of the final investigation.

Esports organizations Cloud9 and Dignitas, among others, announced plans in February 2020 to launch Flashpoint, a franchise-based league for Counter-Strike, countering concerns over the state of the current promotion/relegation leagues. The league was to be owned by the teams rather than a single organization, similar to the Overwatch League.^[78]

Media coverage

As the game and the scene grew in popularity, companies, including WME/IMG and Turner Broadcasting, began to televise Global Offensive professional games, with the first being ELEAGUE Major 2017, held in the Fox Theatre and broadcast on US cable television network TBS in 2016.^[79] On August 22, 2018, Turner announced their further programming of Global Offensive with ELEAGUE’s Esports 101: CSGO and ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2018’s docu-series on the TBS network.^[80]

Reception

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive received generally positive reception from critics, according to review aggregator Metacritic.^[81][83][82] Since the game’s release, Global Offensive has remained one of the most played and highest-grossing games on Steam.^{[88][89][90][91]} The game won the fan’s choice «eSports Game of the Year» award at The Game Awards 2015.^[92]

Reviewers praised Global Offensive‘s faithfulness to the previous game, Counter-Strike: Source, with Allistair Pinsof of Destructoid rating the game very highly and saying that Global Offensive is a «polished and better looking» version of the game.^[1] GameSpot writer Eric Neigher said in their review that this game stays true to its predecessors by adding much content, but tweaking small amounts and retaining their best features.^[9] The reviewers at gamesTM wrote in their review that the game stood «as a glowing reminder that quality game design is rewarded in longevity and variety.»^[93] They also continued onto congratulate Valve that they had not only updated the popular game, but «had completely outclassed its contemporaries.»^[93] Martin Gaston of VideoGamer.com wrote that although he was too old to truly enjoy the game, he believed that it was a «fine installment of one of the best games ever made,» and that some people will experience «what will become the definitive moments of their gaming lives.»^[19] Xav de Matos for Engadget wrote that for the price, «Global Offensive is a great extension to that legacy.»^[11] Mitch Dyer from IGN said that «Global Offensive is definitely a Counter-Strike sequel – it looks and feels familiar, with minor tweaks here and there to help balance old issues and surprise longtime players.»^[20]

Some of the features in the early releases of the game were criticized by reviewers. GameSpy‘s Mike Sharkey did not believe that the new content added was good or that there was much of it, and said that the Elo rating system seemed ineffective with many players of various skill levels all playing at once throughout the early days of release.^[86] Evan Lahti from PC Gamer noted that the majority of new official maps in Global Offensive were only for Arms Race or Demolition game modes, while Classic maps were only given «smart adjustments» to minor details.^[87] Pinsof thought that in its release state, it would not be the final version of the game.^[1] Paul Goodman said that for long-time fans of the series, Global Offensive will start to show the game’s age, expressing that he «couldn’t help but feel that I had been there and done that a dozen times before.»^[94]

Although reviewers liked the console versions of the game, they believed there were obvious differences between the PC and console versions. Neigher believed that due to playing with thumbsticks and shoulder buttons «you definitely won’t be getting the ultimate CS:GO experience.»^[9] Ron Vorstermans for Gamer.nl said that the PC version is there to play at a higher competitive level, though he went on to say that the console versions are not inferior because of the PC’s superiority for competition.^[95] Dyer wrote that the PlayStation 3 version was at an advantage to the Xbox version because of the ability to connect a keyboard and mouse to the system. He continued on to say that the user-interface on both of the consoles was as good as the PC one.^[20] Mark Langshaw of Digital Spy opined that although the game has support for the PlayStation Move, using it only makes the «already unforgiving game all the more challenging.»^[96]

The game was nominated for «Best Spectator Game» in IGN‘s Best of 2017 Awards,^[97] for «eSports Game of the Year» at the 2017, 2018, and 2019 Golden Joystick Awards,^{[98][99][100][101]} for «Best eSports Game» at The Game Awards 2017, The Game Awards 2019 and The Game Awards 2020,^{[102][103][104]} and for «Game, eSports» at the 17th Annual National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards.^[105] In 2018, the game was nominated for «Fan Favorite eSports Game» and «Fan Favorite eSports League Format» with the Majors at the Gamers’ Choice Awards,^[106] and for «eSports Title of the Year» at the Australian Games Awards.^[107]

References

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Developer(s)	Valve Hidden Path Entertainment
Publisher(s)	Valve
Composer(s)	Mike Morasky
Series	Counter-Strike
Engine	Source
Platform(s)	OS X PlayStation 3 Windows Xbox 360 Linux
Release	OS X, PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360 August 21, 2012 Linux September 23, 2014
Genre(s)	Tactical first-person shooter
Mode(s)	Multiplayer

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) is a 2012 multiplayer tactical first-person shooter developed by Valve and Hidden Path Entertainment. It is the fourth game in the Counter-Strike series. Developed for over two years, Global Offensive was released for OS X, PlayStation 3, Windows, and Xbox 360 in August 2012, and for Linux in 2014. Valve still regularly updates the game, both with smaller balancing patches and larger content additions.

The game pits two teams, Terrorists and Counter-Terrorists, against each other in different objective-based game modes. The most common game modes involve the Terrorists planting a bomb while Counter-Terrorists attempt to stop them, or Counter-Terrorists attempting to rescue hostages that the Terrorists have captured. There are nine official game modes, all of which have distinct characteristics specific to that mode. The game also has matchmaking support that allows players to play on dedicated Valve servers, in addition to community-hosted servers with custom maps and game modes. A battle-royale game-mode, «Danger Zone», was introduced in late 2018.

Global Offensive received positive reviews from critics on release, who praised the game for its gameplay and faithfulness to the Counter-Strike series, though it was criticized for some early features and the differences between the console and PC versions. Since its release, it has drawn in an estimated 11 million players per month and remains one of the most played games on Valve’s Steam platform. In December 2018, Valve transitioned the game to a free-to-play model, focusing on revenue from cosmetic items.

The game has an active esports scene, continuing the history of international competitive play from previous games in the series. Teams compete in professional leagues and tournaments, with the game often cited as being among the best in esports.

Gameplay

Global Offensive, like prior games in the Counter-Strike series, is an objective-based, multiplayer first-person shooter. Two opposing teams, the Terrorists and the Counter-Terrorists, compete in game modes to repeatedly complete objectives, such as securing a location to plant or defuse a bomb and rescuing or capturing hostages.^[1][2] At the end of each short round, players are rewarded based on individual and team performance with in-game currency to spend on other weapons or utility in subsequent rounds.^[3] Winning rounds generally rewards more money than losing does, and completing map-based objectives, including killing enemies, gives additional cash bonuses.^[1][4]

Global Offensive has nine official game modes: Competitive, Casual, Deathmatch, Arms Race, Demolition, Wingman, Flying Scoutsman, Retakes and Danger Zone.^[5][6][7][8] Competitive mode, the primary gameplay experience,^[9] pits two teams of five players against each other in a best-of-30 match.^[10] When playing Competitive, players have a skill rank based on a Glicko rating system and are paired with and against other players around the same ranking.^[1] The Casual and Deathmatch modes are less serious than Competitive mode and do not register friendly fire. Both are primarily used as a practice tool.^[11][12] Arms Race and Demolition, both based on mods for previous iterations in the series, were added alongside eight new maps for the modes.^[1] Arms Race is the Global Offensive variant of the «Gun Game» mode in other games in the series.^[1] Demolition is another bomb defusal game mode, with gun upgrades only given to players who killed an enemy in the previous round.^[1] Wingman is a two-on-two bomb defusal game mode taking place over sixteen rounds. Similar to Competitive, players are paired based on a dynamic skill ranking.^[7] The Flying Scoutsman mode equips players with only a SSG 08 (known in-game as the «Scout») and a knife in a low-gravity map.^[13] Retakes is a gamemode where three Terrorists will defend an already planted C4 against 4 Counter-Terrorists. Players will also be able to choose a loadout card at the beginning of each round to retake (or defend) the bomb site.^[8] Danger Zone is a battle-royale mode in which up to 18 players search for weapons, equipment, and money in an effort to be the last person or team remaining.^[14][15] Valve also included an offline practice mode designed to help new players learn how to use guns and grenades, called the Weapons Course.^[16] Apart from the Weapons Course and Danger Zone, all other game modes can be played online or offline with bots.^[6]

There are five categories of purchasable weaponry: rifles, submachine guns, «heavy» weaponry (light machine guns and shotguns), pistols, and grenades.^[17] Each gun in Global Offensive has a unique recoil pattern that can be controlled, a gameplay feature the series has long been associated with.^[18][19] Global Offensive also introduced weapons and equipment not seen in previous installments, including tasers and an incendiary grenade.^[20]

In-game matchmaking is supported for all online game modes and is managed through the Steam platform.^[21] The game servers run Valve Anti-Cheat to prevent cheating.^[22] One form of matchmaking in Global Offensive to prevent cheating is Prime Matchmaking which hosts matches that can only be played with other users with the «Prime» status. This feature also results in more equal matches as there are fewer «smurfs» in these matches.^[23] The PC version of Global Offensive also supports private dedicated servers that players may connect to through the community server menu in-game. These servers may be heavily modified and can drastically differ from the base game modes. There have been many community-made mods for the game, one of the popular ones being «kz», a mod that makes players complete obstacle courses requiring advanced strafing and jumping techniques.^[24]

Development and release

External video
Counter-Strike: A Brief History, a YouTube video published by Valve on January 23, 2017

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is the sequel to the popular first-person shooter Counter-Strike: Source, developed by Valve. Global Offensive‘s development began when Hidden Path Entertainment attempted to port Counter-Strike: Source onto video game consoles.^[1][25] During its development, Valve saw the opportunity to turn the port into a full game and expand on the predecessor’s gameplay. Global Offensive began development in March 2010, and was revealed to the public on August 12, 2011.^[26] The closed beta started on November 30, 2011, and was initially restricted to around ten thousand people who received a key at events intended to showcase Global Offensive. After issues with client and server stability were addressed, the beta was opened up to progressively more people,^[27] and at E3 2012, Valve announced that Global Offensive would be released on August 21, 2012, with the open beta starting roughly a month before that.^[27] Before the public beta, Valve invited professional Counter-Strike players to play-test the game and give feedback.^[28]

There were plans for cross-platform multiplayer play between Windows, OS X, Linux, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 players, but this was ultimately dropped so that the PC and Mac versions could be actively updated.^[29] On August 21, 2012, the game was publicly released on all platforms except Linux,^[30] which would not be released until September 23, 2014.^[31]

Since the initial release of Global Offensive, Valve has continued to update the game by introducing new maps and weapons, game modes, and weapon balancing changes.^[32] One of the first major additions to the game post-release was the «Arms Deal» update. Released on August 13, 2013, the update added cosmetic weapon finishes, or skins, to the game. These items are obtainable by a loot box mechanism; players would receive cases that could be unlocked using virtual keys, purchased through in-game microtransactions.^[33][25] Global Offensive has Steam Workshop support, allowing users to upload user-created content, such as maps, weapon skins, and custom game-modes. Some popular user-created skins are added to the game and are obtainable from unboxing them in cases.^[34] The creators of the skins are paid when their item is added to a case.^[35] These skins helped form a virtual economy in Global Offensive, leading to the creation of gambling, betting, and trading sites.^[36] The addition of skins and the associated virtual economy launched Global Offensive’s player count past the other games in the Counter-Strike series and is one of the most important updates in the game’s history.^[25][37]

Events called «Operations» are held occasionally and can be accessed through purchasable expansion packs in the form of «operation passes.» These passes grant access to operation objectives which are spread over different game modes, such as Arms Race and Deathmatch,^[38] or in operation-specific game modes, first seen in Operation Hydra, released in May 2017.^[39] Completing these challenges rewards the player with XP and the ability to upgrade the operation «coin.» The maps in the operations are community made, meaning some of the revenue made goes towards the map designers.^[38][40]

An update in October 2014 added «music kits», which replace the default in-game music with music from soundtrack artists commissioned by Valve. If a player with a music kit equipped becomes the round’s most valuable player, their music will play for others at the end of the round. There is a feature that allows kits to be borrowed, and kits can be sold and exchanged through Steam’s Community Market.^[41]

In 2016, the game saw two remakes of original Counter-Strike maps, as well as the introduction of Prime matchmaking and additional items. As a part of the Operation Wildfire promotion, Nuke was remade and re-released in February with the primary goals being to balance the map and make it more aesthetically pleasing.^[42] In April, Prime matchmaking was added to the game. To partake in this mode, the user had to have a verified phone number connected to their account. It was introduced in an attempt to prevent legitimate players from playing with cheaters or high-skilled players playing on alternative, lower ranked accounts, a practice colloquially known as «smurfing».^[23] Inferno, another original map, was re-released in October. Valve said they had three reasons behind the remake: «to improve visibility; to make it easier to move around in groups; and to tune it with player feedback.»^[43] Also in October, consumable items called graffiti were added to the game. These items replaced a feature present in the previous iterations of the series called sprays. Previously, players could customize their sprays. Graffiti ideas can be uploaded to the Steam Workshop in the similar manner as gun skins and players can buy and trade the existing graffiti in game.^[44] One month later, glove skins were added.^[45]

In September 2017, Valve Company worked with the publisher Perfect World to release Global Offensive in mainland China. Chinese citizens, with their identification verified, can receive the game for free and earn Prime matchmaking status immediately.^[46] The game is played through Perfect World’s launcher and contains numerous exclusive changes to the game, including the censorship of skulls and other symbols.^[47][48] Some other changes were in the cosmetics in certain maps, for example, the hammer and sickle on Cache and Train were removed.^[49] In preparation for the release, multiple cities in China celebrated and heavily promoted its upcoming release.^[47][48] Users who played the game during its launch month received free promotional cosmetics.^[49][50] In compliance with Chinese law, Valve also had to disclose its loot box gambling odds.^[51]

In November 2017, an update to the competitive matchmaking was announced. Called the «Trust Factor», it meant a player’s «Trust Factor» would be calculated through both in-game and Steam-wide actions. Factors such as playtime on Global Offensive, times a user has been reported for cheating, playtime on other Steam games, and other behaviors hidden by Valve are taken into consideration when a user’s «Trust Factor» is developed. This was done in an attempt to let the community bond back together in matchmaking, as Prime matchmaking separated Prime and non-Prime players from each other. Valve will not let users view their «Trust Factor» or reveal all of the factors deciding one’s «Trust».^[52][53][54] In August 2018, an offline version of the game was released that allows the players to play offline with bots.^[55][56]

An update released on December 6, 2018, made the game fully free to play. Users who had purchased the game prior to this update were automatically updated to «Prime» status and given modes that can drop cosmetic items. In addition, the new version introduced a battle royale mode called «Danger Zone».^[57]

In November 2019, Operation Shattered Web was released. It operated similarly to the previous operations and introduced new character models and a battle pass system.^[58]

In April 2020, source code for 2018 versions of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Team Fortress 2 were leaked on the Internet. This created fears that malicious users would take advantage of the code to develop potential remote code execution software and attack game servers or players’ own computers. Several ongoing fan projects temporarily halted development in wake of this news until better confirmation of the impact of the leak could be determined.^[59] Valve confirmed the legitimacy of the code leaks, but stated they do not believe it impacts servers and clients running the latest official builds of either game.^[60]

In December 2020, Operation Broken Fang was released accompanied with a cinematic trailer, the first official Counter-Strike: Global Offensive cinematic trailer in eight years since the official launch trailer.^[61]

In May 2021, a subscription service called «CS:GO 360 Stats» was released for US$0.99 per month. It includes access to detailed match stats from official Competitive, Premier, and Wingman game modes and the Round Win Chance report introduced in Operation Broken Fang.^[62] The update was met with a mixed response from players, with many pointing to free third-party websites that provided similar stats.^[63]

In September 2021, Operation Riptide was released, adding gameplay and matchmaking changes, new maps, and new cosmetic items.^[64]

In January 2022, an update adding Flick Stick support for gyroscopic game controllers was released. Flick Stick is a control scheme which lets the player quickly «flick» their view using the right analog stick, while delegating all fine aiming to gyro movements.^[65]

Gambling, third-party betting and money laundering

Following the introduction of the Arms Deal update in August 2013, skins formed a virtual economy due to their rarity and other high-value factors that influenced their desirability. Due to this, the creation of a number of skin trading sites enabled by the Steamworks API were created. Some of these sites began to offer gambling functionality, allowing users to bet on the outcome of professional matches with skins. In June and July 2016, two formal lawsuits were filed against these gambling sites and Valve, stating that these encourage underage gambling and undisclosed promotion by some streamers. Valve in turn began to take steps to prevent these sites from using Steamworks for gambling purposes, and several of these sites ceased operating as a result.^[33] In July 2018, Valve disabled the opening of containers in Belgium and the Netherlands after their loot boxes appeared to violate Dutch and Belgian gambling laws.^[66]

In 2019, Valve made changes to Global Offensive‘s loot box mechanics due to a realization that «nearly all» of the trading on loot box keys was done by criminal organizations as a method of money laundering. Valve released a statement, saying, “In the past, most key trades we observed were between legitimate customers. However, worldwide fraud networks have recently shifted to using CS:GO keys to liquidate their gains. At this point, nearly all key purchases that end up being traded or sold on the marketplace are believed to be fraud-sourced. As a result, we have decided that newly purchased keys will not be tradeable or marketable.”^[67][68]

Professional competition

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championships

Most recent season or competition: Intel Extreme Masters Rio Major 2022
Sport	Esports
Founded	2013
No. of teams	16 teams (2013–2017) 24 teams (2018–present)
Venue(s)	Various
Continents	International
Most recent champion(s)	Outsiders (1 title)
Most titles	Astralis (4 titles)
TV partner(s)	Twitch, Steam.tv, YouTube, GOTV
Sponsor(s)	Valve

Global Offensive has one of the most popular esport scenes in the world.^{[69][70][71][72]} The Global Offensive professional scene consists of leagues and tournaments hosted by third-party organizations, and Valve-sponsored tournaments known as Major Championships. Majors are considered the most prestigious tournaments in Counter-Strike circuit and have among the largest prize pools; originally announced at US$250,000, the prize pools for Majors have risen to US$1,000,000 since MLG Columbus 2016.^[73] Astralis is the most successful Global Offensive team of all time, with the core members of that team winning four Majors together.

In 2014, the «first large match fixing scandal»^[74] in the Global Offensive community took place, where team iBuyPower purposefully lost a match against NetCodeGuides.com. The seven professional players that were involved in the scandal were permanently banned from all Majors by Valve, although some other organizers eventually allowed the players to compete at their tournaments.^[75][76][77]

In 2020, the Counter-Strike coaching bug scandal erupted, where team coaches used variants of a bug to see parts of the map they normally would not have access to and gather information about the enemy team. As of May 5, 2022, the Esports Integrity Commission announced that almost 100 coaches would be sanctioned as they neared the completion of the final investigation.

Esports organizations Cloud9 and Dignitas, among others, announced plans in February 2020 to launch Flashpoint, a franchise-based league for Counter-Strike, countering concerns over the state of the current promotion/relegation leagues. The league was to be owned by the teams rather than a single organization, similar to the Overwatch League.^[78]

Media coverage

As the game and the scene grew in popularity, companies, including WME/IMG and Turner Broadcasting, began to televise Global Offensive professional games, with the first being ELEAGUE Major 2017, held in the Fox Theatre and broadcast on US cable television network TBS in 2016.^[79] On August 22, 2018, Turner announced their further programming of Global Offensive with ELEAGUE’s Esports 101: CSGO and ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2018’s docu-series on the TBS network.^[80]

Reception

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive received generally positive reception from critics, according to review aggregator Metacritic.^[81][83][82] Since the game’s release, Global Offensive has remained one of the most played and highest-grossing games on Steam.^{[88][89][90][91]} The game won the fan’s choice «eSports Game of the Year» award at The Game Awards 2015.^[92]

Reviewers praised Global Offensive‘s faithfulness to the previous game, Counter-Strike: Source, with Allistair Pinsof of Destructoid rating the game very highly and saying that Global Offensive is a «polished and better looking» version of the game.^[1] GameSpot writer Eric Neigher said in their review that this game stays true to its predecessors by adding much content, but tweaking small amounts and retaining their best features.^[9] The reviewers at gamesTM wrote in their review that the game stood «as a glowing reminder that quality game design is rewarded in longevity and variety.»^[93] They also continued onto congratulate Valve that they had not only updated the popular game, but «had completely outclassed its contemporaries.»^[93] Martin Gaston of VideoGamer.com wrote that although he was too old to truly enjoy the game, he believed that it was a «fine installment of one of the best games ever made,» and that some people will experience «what will become the definitive moments of their gaming lives.»^[19] Xav de Matos for Engadget wrote that for the price, «Global Offensive is a great extension to that legacy.»^[11] Mitch Dyer from IGN said that «Global Offensive is definitely a Counter-Strike sequel – it looks and feels familiar, with minor tweaks here and there to help balance old issues and surprise longtime players.»^[20]

Some of the features in the early releases of the game were criticized by reviewers. GameSpy‘s Mike Sharkey did not believe that the new content added was good or that there was much of it, and said that the Elo rating system seemed ineffective with many players of various skill levels all playing at once throughout the early days of release.^[86] Evan Lahti from PC Gamer noted that the majority of new official maps in Global Offensive were only for Arms Race or Demolition game modes, while Classic maps were only given «smart adjustments» to minor details.^[87] Pinsof thought that in its release state, it would not be the final version of the game.^[1] Paul Goodman said that for long-time fans of the series, Global Offensive will start to show the game’s age, expressing that he «couldn’t help but feel that I had been there and done that a dozen times before.»^[94]

Although reviewers liked the console versions of the game, they believed there were obvious differences between the PC and console versions. Neigher believed that due to playing with thumbsticks and shoulder buttons «you definitely won’t be getting the ultimate CS:GO experience.»^[9] Ron Vorstermans for Gamer.nl said that the PC version is there to play at a higher competitive level, though he went on to say that the console versions are not inferior because of the PC’s superiority for competition.^[95] Dyer wrote that the PlayStation 3 version was at an advantage to the Xbox version because of the ability to connect a keyboard and mouse to the system. He continued on to say that the user-interface on both of the consoles was as good as the PC one.^[20] Mark Langshaw of Digital Spy opined that although the game has support for the PlayStation Move, using it only makes the «already unforgiving game all the more challenging.»^[96]

The game was nominated for «Best Spectator Game» in IGN‘s Best of 2017 Awards,^[97] for «eSports Game of the Year» at the 2017, 2018, and 2019 Golden Joystick Awards,^{[98][99][100][101]} for «Best eSports Game» at The Game Awards 2017, The Game Awards 2019 and The Game Awards 2020,^{[102][103][104]} and for «Game, eSports» at the 17th Annual National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards.^[105] In 2018, the game was nominated for «Fan Favorite eSports Game» and «Fan Favorite eSports League Format» with the Majors at the Gamers’ Choice Awards,^[106] and for «eSports Title of the Year» at the Australian Games Awards.^[107]

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (рус. «Контрудар: глобальное наступление») — компьютерная игра, разработанная компаниями Valve и Hidden Path Entertainment; последняя основная игра в серии игр Counter-Strike.

Выход на ПК под управлением Microsoft Windows, на компьютерах Mac и игровых приставках Xbox 360 и PlayStation 3 состоялся 21 августа 2012 года. 23 сентября 2014 года игра была выпущена на Linux (изначально в статусе бета-версии).

Описание[]

Сounter-Strike: Global Offensive — мультиплеерный шутер от первого лица, призванный углубить и усовершенствовать ту самую командную игровую механику «пять на пять», за которую все и полюбили Counter-Strike.

В состав Global Offensive входят как абсолютно новые карты, персонажи и оружие, так и классические карты вроде Dust 2 и других культовых карт, переживших небольшую перестройку. Груда оригинальных режимов игры, доска лидеров и непременные лобби для бойцов — все это тоже входит в комплект.

CS:GO включает в себя новые карты, персонажей, оружие и их улучшенные версии из классической CS (de_dust и т. п.). Кроме того, CS:GO содержит новые игровые режимы, систему организации матчей, глобальные таблицы игроков и многое другое.

«Counter-Strike была сюрпризом для игровой индустрии, когда не особо удачный мод стал одним из самых популярных шутеров в мире сразу же после его релиза в августе 1999 года, — говорит Даг Ломбарди из Valve, — за прошедшие 12 лет, она все еще одна из самых популярных в мире игр, часто появляется на игровых соревнованиях и продана в количестве более 25 миллионов копий по всему миру. CS:GO возрождает знаменитый игровой процесс Counter-Strike и предлагает его игрокам не только на ПК, но и на консолях и компьютерах Mac».

Геймплей[]

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive вносит несколько изменений в оригинальную формулу игры серии Counter-Strike. По сравнению с Counter-Strike: Source модели урона оружия были отбалансированы. Улучшено проникновение пуль через некоторые стены, материалы и предметы. Радио команды для ботов и игроков были обновлены (не давно радиокоманды были удалены и теперь ботам не возможно отдать командование), среди других изменений.

Экономика была изменена. Боеприпасы больше не нужно покупать.

В дополнение к графическим обновлениям, HUD, прицел и меню для покупок VGUI были обновлены.

В игре есть система Соревновательного Матчмейкинга, основанная на рангах ELO и званиях.

В игре есть поддержка только выделенных серверов на ПК и Mac.

Списки лидеров были включены в первоначальный выпуск, но были урезаны в обновлении от 17 февраля 2016.

Игра позволяет играть в кроссплатформенную многопользовательскую игру между платформами Windows и Mac OS X. Ранее сообщалось, что PlayStation 3 тоже будет включена, но позже её исключили.

Советы и подсказки добавлены на экран загрузки карты, а Интересные факты были добавлены в раунды, которые называют факты, произошедшие в раунде.

Оружие и экипировка[]

Оружие, Гранаты и Оборудование Запретной Зоны[]

Добавлено 8 новых экземпляров оружия в Global Offensive, есть также измененное оружие и старое. Изменены характеристики оружия, скорость стрельбы и передвижения.

Экипировка и снаряжение[]

Игровые режимы[]

Global Offensive содержит несколько многопользовательских режимов игры:

• Обычный и соревновательный режим. Содержат два классических режима игры. Соревновательный режим от обычного отличается лишь системой подбора игроков и системой званий.
  • Закладка бомбы: Террористы должны заложить C4 на одной из двух точек закладки бомбы, защитить установленную бомбу от спецназа, устранить всех спецназовцев; спецназ должен не дать террористам установить бомбу, разминировать бомбу, устранить всех террористов.
  • Освобождение заложников: Спецназ должен спасти заложников, устранить всех террористов, террористы должны защищать заложников от спецназа, устранить всех спецназовцев.
• Военные игры. Сборник игровых режимов, пользовательских модификаций, официально введённых в игру.
  • Гонка вооружений: Убивайте врагов из разного оружия, достигните последнего уровня с Золотым ножом и выиграете матч.
  • Уничтожение объекта: Сочетает в себе обычный режим Закладки бомбы и Гонку вооружений. В данном режиме нельзя покупать предметы, оружие улучшается только с помощью убийств, на карте имеется всего одна точка для закладки бомбы.
  • Перелётные снайперы (только ПК): гравитация понижена, все игроки имеют SSG 08 с высокой точностью.
• Бой насмерть (только ПК): убивайте врагов, получайте очки за каждое убийство. Победитель будет тот, кто наберёт больше всех очков.
• Напарники (только ПК): матчи 2 на 2 в укороченных версиях карт режима Закладки бомбы.
• Запретная Зона (только ПК): режим Королевской битвы.

Кроме этого, доступна одиночная игра с ботами, в которой предлагаются такие же режимы, но с особым искусственным интеллектом; и инструктаж — карта для одного человека, созданная для обучения основам игры и тренировок игрока.

Карты[]

При запуске игры было выпущено 16 официальных карт: 8 обновлённых классических карт и 8 карт военных игр (2 в Гонке вооружений и 6 в Уничтожении объекта).

Основная статья: Карты

Агенты[]

В CS:GO имеется 16 уникальных агентов, которые имеют свою собственную озвучку и цитаты. У каждой фракции есть 5 разных игровых моделей, которые выбираются автоматически на базе возрождения. Агенты сочетают в себе черты новых и старых персонажей. Фракции, выделенные жирным шрифтом — доступные только в CS:GO.

Террористы[] Анархисты Балканы Кавалерия * Пираты Подразделение «Феникс» Профессионалы Сепаратисты Элитное подразделение Партизаны*

Спецназ[] FBI GIGN GSG-9 IDF KSK * SAS SEAL Team 6 SWAT USAF TACP * Национальная жандармерия* Первый батальон Бразилии*

* Добавлены позже.

Вырезанные[]

История разработки[]

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive начинало своё создание, как порт Counter-Strike: Source для Xbox 360, созданный компанией Hidden Path Entertainment. Рассматривая это как возможность расширить франшизу, Valve превратила ее в совершенно новую игру.

Первые новости о разработке игры появились вместе с официальным анонсом — 12 августа 2011 года. Слухи о том, что компания Valve, ответственная за серию игр Counter-Strike, разрабатывает новую часть игры (последней на данный момент основной игрой серии, не считая Counter-Strike Online, направленной на азиатскую аудиторию, является Counter-Strike: Source 2004 года) распространились несколькими днями ранее.

В анонсе игры сообщается о том, что разработчики обещают сохранить основы игрового процесса «классической» версии игры — Counter-Strike, а также добавить новые карты для многопользовательских сражений (среди которых будут ремейки старых карт с улучшенной графикой), модели бойцов и оружие. В числе прочих усовершенствований ожидаются онлайновые таблицы рекордов и система автоматического подбора соперников. Говорится о том, что игра выйдет в начале 2012 года, а в 2011 году она будет продемонстрирована на выставках PAX Prime и Eurogamer Expo. Игра разрабатывается для персонального компьютера с операционными системами Microsoft Windows и Mac OS X, и для игровых консолей PlayStation 3 и Xbox 360 (там она выйдет в онлайновых сервисах PlayStation Network и Xbox Live соответственно).

Некоторые сайты предположили, что Counter-Strike: Global Offensive будет базироваться на последней версии игрового движка Source, собственной разработке Valve, на которой построены все последние игры студии; однако в официальном анонсе нет никаких уточнений, касающихся технологической части. Несколько крупных сайтов опубликовали «трейлер игры», который на самом деле является перемонтированным любителем (в частности, изменена надпись в конце ролика) трейлером другой части, Counter-Strike Online.

Примерно одновременно с первыми новостями-анонсами игры появились сведения о том, что разработчики компании Valve пригласили лучших киберспортсменов, играющих в Counter-Strike для тестирования новой части; один из тестеров описал свои впечатления от знакомства с рабочей версией Global Offensive в небольшом превью, в котором он сообщает о том, что «проект разработан на обновленном движке Source», подтверждает данные о новых видах оружия и о том, что в игре будут улучшенные и переделанные версии старых карт («карты выглядели великолепно, скины игроков и анимация бесподобны, а модели оружия чрезвычайно красивы»); по словам тестера игра представляет собой рабочую версию, но «выглядит лучше, чем какая-то pre-beta».

15 августа 2011 года появились другие новости относительно игры: стало известно, что студия Hidden Path Entertainment, сотрудничающая с Valve, намерена и после выхода Global Offensive заниматься обновлениями для Counter-Strike: Source (параллельно с обновлениями Global Offensive), появились подробности о некоторых деталях игрового процесса (так, денежная система полностью переработана, появились новые взрывоопасные предметы — коктейль Молотова и ложная граната, которая имитирует оружейные выстрелы, сбивая противника с толку).

20 августа 2011 года и несколькими днями позднее стали появляться новости о том, что разработчики намерены сделать многопользовательский режим кроссплатформенным, однако такая совместимость будет только с Windows-версией, Mac-версией и версией для PlayStation 3; то есть, владельцы игры, играющие на приставке, и игроки, играющие на персональных компьютерах, получат возможность сражаться вместе на одних серверах. «Мы больше не хотим делить игровую индустрию на обособленные друг от друга островки» — прокомментировал заявление о поддержке кроссплатформенной игры Гейб Ньюэлл, основатель компании. Также было заявлено, что версия игры для PlayStation 3 будет в полной мере поддерживать управление с клавиатуры и мыши (которые можно подключить к консоли посредством предусмотренных портов USB). Доступно стандартное управление с контроллера приставки и управление с контроллера PlayStation Move.

26 августа 2011 года вышел первый официальный трейлер игры, в котором были продемонстрированы графика (использование последней на момент разработки игры версии движка Source), игровой процесс (включая новое меню покупки оружия), карты и вооружение.

6 сентября 2011 года стало известно что Counter Strike: Global Offensive будет представлена на игровой выставке «ИгроМир 2011». На выставке будет впервые в мире показана ПК-версия игры.

19 сентября 2011 года стало известно, что в новой игре будет доступен так называемый «казуальный режим». Новички смогут играть индивидуально; игра для них будет более простой, а оружие не нужно будет покупать.

22 сентября 2011 года компания Valve заявила о том, что в числе многопользовательских режимов будут режимы Бой насмерть и Гонка вооружений. Эти режимы впервые были представлены в любительском моде Gun Game для Counter-Strike: Source; разработчикам игры они понравились, поэтому было решено пригласить авторов мода к работе над новой частью.

1 октября 2011 года один из разработчиков Valve сообщил, что компьютерная версия игры не будет отличаться от консольной.

В начале ноября представители Valve сообщили, что открытое бета-тестирование игры, которое планировалось начать в октябре, откладывается в связи с желанием авторов поработать над игрой прежде чем выводить её на публику.

19 ноября 2011 года компания Valve сообщила, что закрытое бета тестирование начнётся 30 ноября.

4 июня 2012 года Valve на выставке E3 объявили дату выхода Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, которая намечена на 21 августа 2012 года и цену, для всех платформ составляющую 14,99$.

8 августа 2012 года стал доступен предзаказ игры на Цифровой платформе Steam. Также было объявлено, что открытое бета-тестирование стартует 14 августа, однако оно будет доступно для тех, кто воспользовался предзаказом игры, то есть приобрёл её до официального релиза.

15 августа 2012 года Valve в своём блоге опубликовали полную статистику бета-теста начиная с 1 декабря 2011 года и до 15 августа 2012.

16 августа 2012 года стало известно, что все, кто предзаказал Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, в подарок получат предмет из Team Fortress 2. Этот предмет — оружие для снайпера, сделанный в виде AWP. Слонобой высшей пробы уже получили все, кто предзаказал CS:GO в Steam до 21 августа.

21 августа 2012 года (в 21:00 по Москве) состоялся релиз игры в Steam. В тот же день вышло первое обновление.

Пост-релиз[]

Valve активно поддерживают игру, выпуская многочисленные обновления игры. Обновления исправляют ошибки в игре, вносят корректировки в геймплей, добавляют новые карты, раскраски оружия. Кроме этого, была добавлена Мастерская Steam, в которой игроки могут добавлять свои карты и раскраски для оружия. Самые лучшие карты и раскраски добавляют в игру во время операций или при выпуске нового оружейного кейса.

В презентации «Hello CS» в Китае было объявлено, что движок игры будет перенесен на Source 2 летом 2017 года, наряду с добавлением нового пользовательского интерфейса под названием Panorama и специальной модифицированной версии Counter-Strike: Global Offensive выпущенной в Китае компанией Perfect World.

В 2019 году Valve выпустила обновление для CS:GO, чтобы внедрить новую платформу для принятия решений ботами, и это может проложить путь к супер-умному ИИ.^[1]

Достижения[]

Так же, как и в Counter-Strike: Source в CS:GO есть достижения. Всего 167 штук. Они разделены на 5 категорий, за выполнение всех достижений одной из категорий игроку дают золотую медаль в профиль CS:GO

Бесплатная версия[]

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive с 7 декабря 2018 стала полностью бесплатной. Однако, чтобы играть на прайм матчах, нужно купить игру за 1080 рублей. Игроки, купившие игру до обновления от 7 декабря 2018, получили бесплатный прайм статус и в честь этого их наградили специальной медалью.

Различные отличия[]

• Улучшенная проникающая способность пуль через стены, чем в Counter-Strike: Source.
• Новые и изменённые фракции
  • Теперь фракции зависят от карты, игрок не может выбрать себе ее, как раньше. Кроме этого, в начале игры назначается за игроком случайный персонаж из фракции.
  • У каждый фракции есть своя озвучка и реплики.
  • Модели рук от 1-го лица отличаются у террористов и спецназа, когда в старых частях они были одинаковыми для всех команд.
    • У каждой фракции имеются свои модели рук.
• У CS:GO есть система званий для подбора игры.
• Поддержка выделенных серверов (ПК и Mac).
• Таблица лидеров.
• ПК версия постоянно обновляется, когда консольные версии нет. На консолях нет карт и режимов, добавленных после выпуска игры.
• Хитбоксы совершенно другие, нежели в прошлых частях серии.
• Существует возможность играть за бота, если вы погибли.
• Бронежилет и шлем покупается только в соревновательном режиме, в остальных установлено по умолчанию.
  • Аналогично и с набором сапёра.
• Доступен для покупки электрошоковый пистолет Zeus x27.
• Заложников убить в CS:GO невозможно.
• Есть возможность рисовать на мини-карте после смерти.

Галерея[]

Видео[]

Интересные факты[]

• Анонс CS:GO состоялся 11 августа 2011 года — ровно 146 месяцев или 4444 дня с момента выпуска Counter-Strike.
• Судя по концепт-артам, возможно, предполагалось внести женские версии персонажей.
  • После выхода операции «Расколотая Сеть», в игре появились женские агенты.
• Counter Strike: Global Offensive является единственной игрой серии Counter-Strike, которая была оценена для 18+ по версии PEGI.
• На значке CS:GO можно увидеть спецназовца, у которого в руках SCAR-17, а он, в свою очередь, отсутствует в игре.
• Террористы в CS:GO имеют бежевый цвет, когда в прошлых сериях имели красный.
• В пиратских версиях есть специальный язык в настройках игры — Пиратский.
  • После выхода Panorama UI, данный язык был убран.
• Большая часть моделей взята из Left 4 Dead 2.
• В обновлении от 7 декабря 2018 года, CS:GO стала полностью бесплатной, до этого она стоила 10$.
• В одном из обновлений в 2015-м году в CS:GO добавили набор музыки «Hotline Miami». После, разработчики стали делать коллабарации и с другими играми: Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Half-Life: Alyx, Hades и Battlefield 2042.
• 19-го июня 2019-го года серии игр Counter-Strike исполнилось 20 лет.

См. также[]

• Counter-Strike
• Counter-Strike: Source

Ссылки[]

• Официальный сайт
• Counter Strike: Global Offensive в Steam
• Counter Strike: Global Offensive в Википедии

Примечания[]

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Как сделать КС: ГО на английском – простые и удобные способы смены языка в CS:GO

Как поставить английский язык в КС: ГО – пошаговая инструкция для начинающих игроков

В частности, одних геймеров не устраивает перевод, который присутствует в игровом процессе, другим – английский в CS: GO является более приятным к восприятию, а третьи – устанавливают КС: ГО на английском для изучения новых слов и дислокаций на карте, отображаемых в чате.

Чат пользователя в КС: ГО на английском

Также иногда после очередного обновления версии игры или приложения Steam меню и команды автоматически меняются на другой язык. В таком случае поменять язык в КС: ГО на английский либо другой более привычный можно только вручную.

Простые способы, как сделать КС: ГО на английском

Естественно, знать несколько методов, чтобы быстро и без лишних заморочек включить английский в КС: ГО удобно, поскольку один из них может не сработать. Каким из ниже представленных способов смены языка в CS: GO пользоваться – сугубо индивидуальный выбор игрока.

1. Параметры запуска КС: ГО в Steam

Пожалуй, самый доступный и удобный способ, чтобы поменять язык в CS:GO – это внесение соответствующих изменений в параметры запуска игры. Правда, для этого понадобится установленное приложение Steam и несколько простых действий:

Установка английского языка CS: GO через лобби игрока в Steam

Выбор языка КС: ГО через лобби игрока в Steam

Чтобы поменять язык в КС: ГО на русский следует выполнить аналогичные действия, только в конце вставить команду «-language russian». Это универсальный и простой метод перейти в CS: GO на английский или русский языки. Учитывайте, что игра Counter Strike: Global Offensive имеет конкретное число переводов, поэтому редкие языки могут отсутствовать и команда просто не сработает.

2. Через корневой файл конфигурации КС: ГО

Подобный метод самый сложный и предусматривает определенные знание ПК, но он тоже хорошо справляется с поставленной задачей. Чтобы сделать КС: ГО на английском необходимо:

Как правило, после таких действий, игрок получит аналогичный результат, как и в первом способе смены языка в КС: ГО на английский или русский.

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Как поменять язык в КС ГО

В этой статье вы узнаете три способа, с помощью которых можно поменять язык в КС ГО с Russian на English и наоборот.

Зачем меняют язык в CS GO

Многие игроки задаются вопросом: как поменять язык в КС ГО. И, конечно же, они делают это не просто так. Каждый человек преследует свою цель, но все же чаще всего сменить язык в КС ГО решают для того, чтобы правильно корректно работали читы, а также фразы в главном меню отображалось правильно.

Некоторые хотят изменить язык просто для развлечения — посмотреть, как на том или ином языке будут выглядеть фразы в главном меню, настройках и так далее. Также его меняют для своего удобства. Не каждый человек знает английский (English) так, чтобы понимать, как переводятся фразы из колеса чата или надписи в главном меню. Бывает и такое, что человек хочет поставить английский язык вместо русского. Обычно при установке КС ГО в России по стандарту ставится русский (Russian). Но может быть иначе. Например, геймеру привычнее интерфейс на английском языке (English) и именно поэтому он хочет поменять язык в Counter Strike Global Offensive.

Как сделать изменение языка в CS GO

Ниже мы покажем три рабочих способа, которые необходимо сделать чтобы сменить язык в КС ГО.

Первый способ — изменяем свойства КС ГО

Итак, первый в списке и наиболее распространенный метод, как поменять язык в КС ГО — изменить параметры запуска. Он является самым распространенным потому, что поменять язык в CS GO удобнее и проще всего именно так. Это делается очень просто, ниже вы найдете подробную инструкцию.

Инструкция:

Теперь при старте игры, КС ГО будет открываться именно с тем диалектом, какой вы выбрали.

Второй способ — через параметры запуска КС ГО

Если по какой-то причине вы не можете воспользоваться первым способом — не нужно расстраиваться. Изменить язык можно изменяя параметры запуска КС ГО. Кстати, изменить его через кнопку «Установить параметры запуска» можно не только в этой игре.

Инструкция по смене языка игры:

Counter Strike Global Offensive доступна на многих языках. Вот список наиболее распространенных диалектов (пригодны для вписывания в параметры запуска –language «желаемый язык»):

Третий способ смены языка в CS GO

Если у вас не получилось изменить язык в CS GO с русского на английский язык или с английского на русский двумя вышеперечисленными методами, можно использовать третий способ. Данный метод заключается в работе с файлами CS GO.

Алгоритм действий:

Вы, наверное, уже поняли, что вышеописанные действия подходят только в том случае, если вам необходимо изменить язык в CS GO с русского на английский язык или же наоборот — с английского на русский.

Стоит ли менять язык в КС ГО и какой лучше оставить

На этот вопрос нет однозначного ответа. А всё потому, что каждый человек меняет язык в Counter Strike Global Offensive не просто из своей прихоти, а потому что ему так необходимо. Человек ставит тот диалект, с которым ему удобно играть, разговаривать и читать. В случае, когда человеку нравится читать на английском, нравится играть и видеть в игре фразы из колеса чата на английском — он поставит английский, и ему никто не помешает это сделать.

Поэтому ответа на вопрос, какой из них лучше оставить — нет.

Но все-таки можно отметить, что язык влияет на вид консоли. К примеру, английский улучшает шрифт консоли, а русский наоборот — ухудшает. Несмотря на это, человека, который не знает английского, вряд ли будет волновать немного ухудшенный шрифт в консоли, потому что если он оставит английский — он вообще не сможет ничего понять.

Заключение

Мы рассмотрели три разных способа по смене языка в CS GO: через параметры запуска (команду language), через изменение свойств игры, а также через изменение файлов игры. Вы можете выбрать абсолютно любой. Однако, если по каким-то причинам ни один из этих способов не сработал, и он остался прежним, стоит переустановить Counter Strike Global Offensive. Надеемся мы ответили на ваш вопрос как поменять язык в CS. Вы можете перейти по ссылке в начале статьи, чтобы продать или купить скины на нашем сайте.

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Как поменять язык в CS:GO

В КС:ГО имеется функция смены языка. И хотя большинству игроков она ненужна, некоторым может быть интересно, как выглядит локализация игры на остальных языках. Это может понадобиться для изучения новых слов или простого удобства понимания терминов, используемых сообществом, в котором на текущий момент варится игрок. Это главный повод того чтобы узнать как поставить английский язык в КС:ГО.

Как поменять язык в КС:ГО через свойства

Этот вариант применим ко всем играм в Steam, которые имеют локализацию на несколько языков. Понадобится:

Затем игра начнет автоматически загружать файлы локализации, если это еще не было сделано. Установка может занять несколько минут, затем можно запускать игру и проверять изменение языка. Стоит учесть, что шрифт консоли у некоторых локализаций, включая русскую, значительно ухудшается.

Как поменять язык через параметры запуска

Допустим, поиграв некоторое время на английском или ином языке, можно захотеть вернуться. Как поменять язык в КС:ГО на русский? Для этого есть альтернативный способ, в котором понадобится задействовать параметры запуска. Итак, надо:

После этого локализация игры будет возвращена. Остается закрыть все окна и запустить КС:ГО, чтобы убедиться в произведенных изменениях. Параметры запуска — более полезная вещь, чем можно предположить, поскольку с помощью команд можно неплохо улучшить свою эффективность в игре и даже повысить производительность. Также, при помощи именно этого способа, можно получить в игре пасхальный пиратский язык и уйму веселья, с ним связанного.

Как поменять язык в КС:ГО на русский

Чтобы установить русский язык, необходимо в параметры запуска прописать следующую строчку: -language russian. Инструкция по установке параметров запуска чуть выше.

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Как сделать английский язык в кс го

Сейчас максимально быстро разберем все варианты установки английского языка в CS:GO.

Самый быстрый способ установки языка на конкретную игру, то это делается в три шага:

Английскую локаль выбирают чаще всего для того, чтобы увеличить шрифт в консоли. На русской версии она очень сильно его уменьшает и на больших мониторах не четко видно, что печатаешь. Тем более, если расстояние до экрана не близкое.

Второй способ как поставить английский язык в CS:GO

-language english

Причем если вы хотите сделать кс го на русском, то вместо слова english пишем russian.

Как увеличить шрифт в консоли кс го

Самый простой ответ на вопрос «Как увеличить шрифт в кс го» будет установка английской версии игры.

Также шрифт можно полностью взять из английского языка с подменой файла шрифта. Это достаточно емкий процесс работы, плюс ко всему при очередном обновлении эту историю необходимо сделать повторно. Инструкция:

На самом деле мы не рекомендуем заморачиваться над шрифтом. Лучшим решением касательно увеличения шрифта будет замена языка. Но опять же таки, если вы не знаете английский, то вам будет трудно ориентироваться в меню игры.

Почта для связи
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5 простых вопросов для новичков в CS:GO

Объясняем понятным языком.

В CS:GO очень низкий порог входа, освоиться в игре можно уже за несколько часов. Но внутри простой игры есть много подводных камней, о которых начинающие игроки не подозревают.

Как начать играть в матчмейкинг и пройти калибровку?

После захода в матчмейкинг нужно выиграть 10 игр для получения звания. Игра намеренно не дает выигрывать больше 2 игр в день, после этого вам будет выдаваться бан на 21 час. Valve объясняет эту блокировку необходимостью точной калибровки звания. Блокировка влияет только на матчмейкинг, можно играть в любых других режимах. После 10 побед выдается звание, и ограничений на победы в день больше не будет.

В чем разница между обычным матчмейкингом и премьер-режимом?

Премьер-режим появился не так давно, в нем игроки методом голосования определяют, на какой карте будут играть. Всего на выбор дается 7 соревновательных карт (Mirage, Dust 2, Inferno, Nuke, Ancient, Vertigo, Overpass). Также игроки могут выбрать сторону, за которую начнут игру.

По ходу матча дается детальная статистика, виден весь урон, который игрок дал за игру.

В обычном соревновательном режиме игрок сам выбирает, на каких картах хочет играть. Сторона выбирается случайно, дается лишь стандартная статистика: убийства, смерти, ассисты, процент хэдшотов, средний урон за раунд и очки.

Также есть режим Unranked, в котором можно играть по правилам и на картах обычного матчмейкинга, но результаты в этом режиме не влияют на звание.

Как можно размяться перед игрой?

С чем лучше играть?

• Револьвер хуже Desert Eagle из-за слишком большого разброса, долгого выстрела и малого количества патронов.

• У дефолтной M4A4 высокая скорострельность и больше патронов в магазине (30 против 25), а у M4A1-S меньше разброс и лучше точность при стрельбе в движении.

• Между MP7 и MP5 нет существенных различий.

Как освоиться на картах в CS:GO?

Перед тем, как впервые запускать карту в матчмейкинге, поиграйте на ней на пабликах или с ботами, чтобы понимать, где находятся пленты для закладки бомбы (их всегда 2) и как быстро можно добежать до них со спавна террористов и спецназа.

На специальных картах из мастерской можно подробно изучить каждую карту: тайминги, раскидки гранат, оптимальные маршруты к любой позиции на карте.

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (КС: ГО CS: GO) — самая популярная игра в мире командных тактических шутеров, где у тебя будет масса возможностей, а также динамичный игровой процесс. Играть ты будешь с видом от первого лица, а графика здесь максимально приближена к реальности, что порадует всех поклонников данного проекта. В данной части, как и в предыдущий, раскрыта тема противостояния полиции и террористов, добра и зла. Ты сможешь встать как на сторону зла, захватывая заложников и занимая позиции, либо на сторону добра, где будешь бороться с террористами. Игра имеет несколько интересных режимов. Тебе предстоит выполнять различного рода миссии, а также усовершенствовать боевые способности и арсенал оружия главного героя. С каждым новым уровнем у тебя будут открываться все новые и новые орудия убийства, так, ты с лёгкостью сможешь стать лучшим бойцом.

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