
Sluggish movement, foggy maps, spray patterns that were all over the place, and sounds that were difficult to pinpoint were among the major concerns. Sufficed to say, CS:GO was a mess when it was first brought to the screens. The community first heard of the new game in mid-2011 when the Seattle-based publisher first revealed that CS:GO was in the works, and towards the end of the year the new title was played in a showmatch during the IEM6 Global Challenge New York 1.6 tournament. Progress on perfecting Promod was slow, though, so it never got off the ground beyond attracting a hardcore base holding on to hopes that it was the future.Īn entirely new successor to the franchise was also on the horizon in Global Offensive, in development by a third-party company, Hidden Path Entertainment, but backed by Valve itself.

Some efforts were being made in joining the two groups together, mainly in the form of a new version called CSPromod, a community-made project featuring elements of both games. Counter-Strike had a core fanbase very loyal to the franchise, but newer titles like League of Legends were all the rage at the time, so the younger audience had more modern and attractive alternatives to the outdated first-person shooter, causing the CS player base to stagnate. The Counter-Strike fanbase was very much splintered when the year 2012 began, one part following and playing the nearly decade-old version of the game at the time, CS 1.6, and the other the younger but still seven-year-old brother, CS:Source. Counter-Strike Nexon: Zombies is also coming to Oceania and the Commonwealth of Independent States region.We begin the countdown to the celebration of CS:GO's 10-year anniversary with a look back at 2012, marked by the exciting and scary arrival of a new successor to the Counter-Strike franchise. Nexon is also publishing Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski's upcoming free-to-play game, which is under production as Project Bluestreak.
New counter strike series#
The most recent entry in the core series was 2012's Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, which is currently available for PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. The game is based on Counter-Strike Online, which was released in 2008 as a free-to-play game in Asia, but offers new modes, characters and weapon customization options that according to Nexon make it significantly different than the original.


There's even a crafting mode that allows you to improve the weapons you own or create new ones. There are over 20 different modes, 60 maps, and weapons that you won't find in other versions Counter-Strike. These "Zombie Scenarios," as they're called, will include boss fights, unique player abilities, and more.

It will feature traditional Counter-Strike modes like Hostage Rescue and Bomb Diffusion, as well as new PvE modes.
New counter strike Pc#
Counter-Strike Nexon: Zombies, a free-to-play version of Valve's famous first-person multiplayer shooter that adds zombies to the mix, will release on PC via Steam September 23, according to the game's product page.Īs you can tell from the images above, the game is based on the original Counter-Strike engine, not the later Counter-Strike: Source or Counter-Strike: Global Offensive iterations.
