Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | |
Developer(s) | Valve Corporation, Hidden Path Entertainment |
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Publisher(s) | Valve Corporation |
Series | Counter-Strike |
Release Date(s) | August 21, 2012 |
Genre(s) | First Person Shooter |
Mode(s) | Multiplayer, Online Multiplayer |
Rating(s) | ESRB: M PEGI: 18 |
Platform(s) | Xbox 360 (XBLA), PlayStation 3 (PSN), Microsoft Windows, Steam, OS X. |
Predecessor | Counter-Strike |
Counter Strike: Global Offensive is a first-person shooter video game that is part of the Counter-Strike series and is a sequel to Counter-Strike.
The game was announced on August 12, 2011 and was developed both by Valve and Hidden Path. The game was released on Xbox Live Marketplace, PlayStation Network, Steam, and OS X.
Game modes[]
All Versions[]
- Classic Casual and Classic Competitive: Classical game modes of Bomb defusal and Hostage rescue. Casual and Competitive have different rules to better suit casual players and competitive players.
- Bomb Scenario: The Terrorists must plant C4 at a bombsite and the Counter-Terrorists must defend the bombsite.
- Hostage Scenario: The Counter-Terrorists must rescue the hostages and the Terrorists must defend the hostages.
- War Games: Three modes which are not related to the main process in CS:GO.
- War Games: Demolition: Fast paced bomb defusal with weapon progression elements.
- War Games: Arms Race: Respawning deathmatch where players must progress through a list of weapons
- Guardian: 2 players must fend off waves of 5 bots.
- Co-op Strike: 2 players going fight against an AI controlled terrorist team in a story-driven scenario.
PC Versions[]
- Wingman: 2 versus 2 matches on small bomb defusal maps
- War Games: Flying Scoutsman: Gravity is reduced, and all players possess SSG 08 rifles with perfect accuracy.
- Missions: Game modes that can be played during operations.
- Deathmatch: Team-based respawning deathmatch.
- Danger Zone: Fast-paced'ed Battle Royale-type game mode where players fight with others to stay alive.
Global Offensive also gives players Offline with Bots, which offers the same game modes with AI-controlled bots and the Weapons Course, a single player map serving as a tutorial and a training mode.
Groups[]
Terrorists[]
- Anarchist
- Balkan
- Elite Crew
- Phoenix Connexion
- Separatist
- Professional
- Pirate
Counter-Terrorists[]
- GIGN
- GSG-9
- FBI
- IDF
- SWAT
- SEAL Team 6
- SAS