Valve has released a trailer showcasing the features of an update to its multiplayer shooter, Counter Strike: Global Offensive. The free update includes two maps (de_vertigo and ar_monastery), ‘a wide range of fixes, and an overhaul of the matchmaking for the Classic Competitive mode.’ Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is available now via digital download on Steam, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Rather than being a completely new game, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is an attempt to update the classic formula of the Counter-Strike series for the modern gamer.  For 13 years, Counter-Strike has been one of the world’s most popular shooter franchises, especially so on the PC.  With a heritage so strong, it would be impossible for the new game to completely [...]

As we inch ever closer to the release of Counter Strike, Valve has given us a final look at the game before we all get our hands on it. The interesting part to the trailer is that it is filmed using the filmmaker tools that comes with the game. Take a look and let us know if you are going [...]

Valve has released a four minute cinematic trailer for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, created in its very own Source Filmmaker. Check out the footage below and stay tuned for more information. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive will be released on August 21st via digital download on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.

Counter Strike players rejoice, you can now pre-purchase a copy of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive for $13.49. This includes a ten percent promotional discount which will last until the game is released on August 21st. If that isn’t enough Counter Strike, players can opt to purchase the Counter Strike: Complete collection which includes; Counter Strike, Counter Strike: Condition Zero, Counter Strike: [...]

As someone that has been playing Counter Strike since an early age, I’ve been running through de_dust for half of my life (Half Life?).  The prospect of playing a new iteration of Counter-Strike has been on the minds of gamers since the release of Counter-Strike: Source back in 2004. It seems that day is quickly approaching. Today, Valve has announced [...]

The team at Valve is at it again with a new release in their popular Counter-Strike series entitled Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Counter-Strike, the once free mod for Half-Life, has turned into one of the most popular online first person shooters today. With a mixture of the fast-action style of the Unreal Tournament series, and team-based, tactical-shooters of the Tom Clancy [...]