Tag Archives: Counter-strike: Global Offensive

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive developer Valve launched a beta for its community-driven ‘Overwatch’ Task force last week. The idea is that volunteers can covertly investigate claims of cheating during matches, and Valve has now stepped forward to say that the experiment is proving highly successful.

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Valve has introduced a system called Overwatch to Counter-strike: Global Offensive, enabling the player community to police itself for offensive behaviour.

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive community members will now be able to regulate themselves due to a new governing system put in place by Valve.

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive developer Valve has launched a paid pass for its online shooter.

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has received a new update today, and all traces of the rumoured season pass we reported on yesterday have now disappeared from the patch notes. The update also tweaks Hostage Mode.

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive was reportedly accidentally updated today, and before Valve could yank the patch, users have uncovered an interesting couple of references to some sort of premium server pass.

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Counter-Strike map maker Diego Liatis could find himself sued by the Société de transport de Montreal (STM), after he recreated the real-life Berri-Uqam station in the game. Liatis faces a potential $50,000 fine plus court costs if he publishes the map publicly.

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has received another new update from the patch-happy types at Valve. We only just reported on a weapon balancing patch that was implemented last week, but this new update nukes the Desert Eagle, and adds a new spectator mode into the mix. You can access it via the ‘Play With Friends’ menu using GOTV.

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Counter-Strike developer Valve has issued a new batch of update notes for its shooter, which adds Deathmatch mode into the mix. The studio has also launched a private beta for the game’s Map Workshop tool.

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive launched without the silencer attachment that long-time fans of the series have been used to. Valve hit the show floor at the E-Sports World Cup 2012 event to talk with fans about the game’s balancing, and revealed that the silencer would return once its ‘balancing issues’ were ironed out.

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A post on the Counter-Strike blog reveals that Counter-Strike: Global Offensive will be free to play for everyone from now until this Sunday.

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Valve has launched a Counter Strike: Global Offensive Pro Tip video series that aims to aid the average player. If you’re a newcomer and have been struggling with the hardcore shooter, this is for you.

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According to a recent developer blog the update is set for today and will include a revised matchmaking system for Classic Competitive mode as well as some bug fixes.
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Here’s more Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, this time looking at Lake, a new map made specifically for Demolition. There’s lots of open space and flanking opportunities here, and the bomb point’s in the building, meaning windows and snipe-spots. Tricky. Watch as Sam and I fail to exploit any of it and get the shit shot out of us.

This is part of our CS: GO Super-Grind, the intention of which is to talk through all modes and maps in the just-released Valve shooter. Get the first episode here.

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Here’s something new. We play a game for ages, show off everything we can find in it, video it, put it on the internet. We’ll call it “Super-Grind” because it’s late and I can’t think of anything better.

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is missing from the weekly EU PS Store update, as you may have noticed.

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is out now. It’s a brilliant revamp that shows shooters don’t have to be about instant death and depressing confusion. Patrick Garratt’s planting the bomb.

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Good morning, UK campers. Counter-strike: Global Offensive went live overnight on Steam and hits console networks today. Fire up your platform of choice – be that PC, PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 – and allow Valve’s latest assault on the eSports scene to enter your life. If you played the beta, you should get caught up on what’s been patched for the CS:GO’s final release, and don’t forget that if you somehow run through the launch content on day one, there’s the first mod to check out – it’s about zombies, of course. PlayStation 3 friends, remember you have a free trial to check out.

Microsoft has updated its schedule for Xbox Live Marketplace, and the content releases kick-off today with a demo for NHL 13, a sale on Forza 4′s May TopGear Car Pack, Left 4 Dead hitting Games on Demand, and tomorrow, the release of Counter Strike: Global Offensive.

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Valve has announced further details regarding the second annual Saxxy Awards.

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