[PC, PS3, X360] Valve announces Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, coming early 2012

[PC, PS3, X360] Valve announces Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, coming early 2012

Activision is releasing Modern Warfare 3 and DICE is releasing Battlefield 3, but if you want another FPS option then Valve might be the ones to deliver what you are seeking. It appears that they are hard at work with Hidden Path Entertainment to bring the world a brand new Counter-Strike title.

The new release promises to bring leader-boards, match-making, new gameplay modes and more when it becomes available during the current target release period, which is early 2012. The game is said to be targeting PC and the two home consoles (maybe having a shot at Call of Duty. It will also feature new maps, new weapons, new characters and will deliver updated CS content (such as de_dust, etc). Here's what Valve's Doug Lombardi has to say:

"Counter-Strike took the gaming industry by surprise when the unlikely MOD became the most played online PC action game in the world almost immediately after its release in August 1999. For the past 12 years, it has continued to be one of the most-played games in the world, headline competitive gaming tournaments and selling over 25 million units worldwide across the franchise. CS: GO promises to expand on CS' award-winning gameplay and deliver it to gamers on the PC as well as the next gen consoles and the Mac."

The world will get its first glimpse of CS:GO when it debuts at PAX Prime and the Eurogamer Expo later this year. Guns at the ready, we have another big third entry in the FPS genre on the way. You can check out the Steam store page here but there is no new information yet. So, do you think it will be free-to-play like Team Fortress 2 is and like DOTA is rumoured to be?

Written by: Kyran Morrison

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