CS: GO DUE AUGUST 21. Next Gen Console, PC, and Mac Details Revealed

June 4, 201 - Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal, and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) is targeted for release on August 21, 2012.
To be available via the Playstation Network, Xbox Live Arcade, and Steam (for PC and Mac), CS: GO will expand upon the team-based action gameplay pioneered when Counter-Strike was launched almost 13 years ago (CS beta 1, August 1999).
CS: GO will be sold for approximately $15 on all platforms.
CS: GO features new maps, characters, and weapons and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust, etc.). In addition, CS: GO introduces new gameplay modes, matchmaking, leader boards, and more.
Developed by Valve in cooperation with Seattle-based Hidden Path Entertainment, the title will be playable in the Sony and Microsoft booths this week at E3 in Los Angeles, CA.
For more information, please visit http://store.steampowered.com/app/1800/

More or less, when August 21st comes, Valve will take the Beta stuff away, and CS:GO will be on Steam, Xbox Live, and The Playstation Network for $15. I'm not sure if I'm going to buy this right away, but so far, I really enjoy this, and I'm not much of a CS (or Multiplayer) gamer!

Also, I don't think you'll have to wait for tools, they should be released with the game, since it is in the beta.

I heard somewhere they were going to do cross-platform multiplayer, I'm probably making that up though. I hope my computer can take it, though it's Counter-Strike, I'm sure it will. At least Valve can start talking about Epiosde 3 now

vanSulli wrote:
Cross-platform play was dropped; I don't remember exactly why, but I assume it was optimizing and having features that worked best on each platform.

That and PC gamers would've always dominated the matches versus console gamers.

Sven wrote:

vanSulli wrote:
Cross-platform play was dropped; I don't remember exactly why, but I assume it was optimizing and having features that worked best on each platform.>
That and PC gamers would've always dominated the matches versus console gamers.

PC gaming master race

But yeah, back on topic, I got into the beta pretty early on but I haven't played it very much. It's not the kind of game I tend to play as much. I am interested in the engine changes, though, so my key hasn't been completely wasted.

p0rtalplayer wrote:
Minecraft? In a CS:GO thread? On these forums, it's more likely than you think!

But yeah, back on topic, I got into the beta pretty early on but I haven't played it very much. It's not the kind of game I tend to play as much. I am interested in the engine changes, though, so my key hasn't been completely wasted.

I rather like the game itself, I think that the brightness could be toned back a bit though.

Sven wrote:

p0rtalplayer wrote:
Minecraft? In a CS:GO thread? On these forums, it's more likely than you think!

But yeah, back on topic, I got into the beta pretty early on but I haven't played it very much. It's not the kind of game I tend to play as much. I am interested in the engine changes, though, so my key hasn't been completely wasted.>
I rather like the game itself, I think that the brightness could be toned back a bit though.

Zis is good news, I have the darkest monitor in the world.