New Counter-Strike imminent?

[Oleh]

Out of nowhere, there's rumours flying around tonight that Valve is on the cusp of revealing a new game.

It's not Episode 3, but for many, it will be the next best thing: a new Counter-Strike game.
Most of the chit-chat so far is based around testers (and eSports commentators) having very recently got some hands-on time with the rumoured project at Valve HQ. Some of them even pausing to take happy snaps of the trip.

All of the testers are involved in some way or another with the eSports scene, in particular competitive Counter-Strike gaming, and have apparently been down at Valve HQ giving their thoughts on a current build of the project.

Its full name is supposedly Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and is due out in Q1 2012. Whether it's a major update to the existing Counter-Strike or an all-new title isn't clear yet. According to the testers, some of the changes it would be making to the series' tried and tested formula would be new guns, new grenades, revamped maps and free ammo.

Oh, and the fact it'll be running on an updated version of Valve's Source Engine. And hats? No word yet on hats.

From Kotaku.com HERE

Thoughts?

[Stephen!]

http://store.steampowered.com/app/1800/

[Stephen]

if it turns into tf2 then I will be pissed. Saw this pic on twitter lmao

[Fez]

VALVE.

GODDAMN.

EPISODE THREE.

GODDAMNIT.

Y U NO COUNT TO 3.

[Arch]

if it turns into tf2 then I will be pissed. Saw this pic on twitter lmao

hahaha i really hope it doesnt turn into tf2 at all

[Thomas]

i hope its better then cs:s and not a disappointment, and it better support mac. Sounds good though.

[Accipiter]

Don't enjoy tf2's physics

Always found time to waste on css though

[Neil]

This is the one that is going to be released on the Xbox 360 marketplace as an arcade game and presumably on the PlayStation Network.

[Oleh]

Looks like we didn't have to wait too long at all for confirmation of the project: Valve and Seattle-based developer Hidden Path Entertainment just distributed a press release announcing Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, an updated and expanded version of the seminal team-based shooter. Slated for an early 2012 release on XBLA, PSN and Steam, the downloadable title will add "new maps, characters, and weapons," renovated versions of classic maps (what's up, de_dust) and a plethora of new modes, matchmaking options, leaderboards and other modern shooter mainstays. Best of all, it'll be playable later this month at PAX Prime. Check out the full press release after the jump! Original post: A heaping pile of evidence is growing in support of a future installment in the thoroughly-played Counter-Strike universe -- this one subtitled Global Offensive. The most promising tidbit is the Facebook page of anti-cheat gaming community ESEA, which revealed the name of the game, and promised more info later this morning. The post was preceded by an image of ESEA's Craig Levine at the offices of Valve. (You can tell it's legit, because hey, there's a giant valve.) Valve designer Jess Cliffe corroborated the title on the Steam forums, correcting an earlier poster who labeled the game "Global Operation." Also, Electronic Sports League manager Bastian Vieser claimed on Twitter that he "Just spend [sic] all day playing the new Counterstrike Global Offensive" at Valve's HQ. It certainly seems like a real thing -- now there's just the small matter of whether it's a port, expansion or an entirely new game altogether. We've got our freakishly elongated fingers crossed for the latter.

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/12/ru...l-of/#comments

[PaulMacC]

They're developing the new CS for consoles as well as PC. That means they're developing it for console, as well as PC. See the difference? Yep. Game will suck ass. lol consoles.