Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, one of the most popular first-person shooter games of the decade, has released a new pair of trailers for the launch of the upcoming remake.
Players of the classic team-based video game have been eagerly anticipating a first look at the new version, scheduled for a Q1 2012 release. Fortunately for them, Valve Software happily obliged with two trailers revealing its updated look and gameplay.
So what’s new for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO)? It will now be available for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation3 for the first time. The PC- and Xbox- based ancestor originated 11 years ago as a modification to the game Half-Life. The game has sold more than 25 million units.
CS:GO will launch with at least seven maps, including updated versions of all the originals — Dust, Dust2, Aztec, Nuke, Inferno, Italy and Office — along with an unspecified number of new ones. Gamers can anticipate new weapons, such as a decoy grenade and a Molotov tail. New to this version, there will be cross-platform play. As you can see in the embedded trailers, the new graphics lend a more intricately detailed, realistic look to the mayhem.
Gamers, will these CS improvements be enough to keep hard-core players coming back, given the tough competition in today’s crowded FPS marketplace?
