Counter-Strike

This article is about the video game series. For the first game in the series, see Counter-Strike (video game). For other uses, see Counterstrike.

Counter-Strike
Genre(s)Tactical first-person shooter
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First releaseCounter-Strike
November 9, 2000[1][2][3]
Latest releaseCounter-Strike 2
September 27, 2023

Counter-Strike (CS) is a series of multiplayer tactical first-person shooter video games in which teams of terrorists battle to perpetrate an act of terror (bombing, hostage-taking, assassination) while counter-terrorists try to prevent it (bomb defusal, hostage rescue, escort mission). The series began on Windows in 1999 with the release of the first game, Counter-Strike. It was initially released as a modification ("mod") for Half-Life that was designed by Minh "Gooseman" Le and Jess "Cliffe" Cliffe before the rights to the mod's intellectual property were acquired by Valve, the developers of Half-Life, who then turned Counter-Strike into a retail product released in 2000.

The original Counter-Strike was followed by Counter-Strike: Condition Zero, developed by Turtle Rock Studios and released in March 2004. A previous version of Condition Zero that was developed by Ritual Entertainment was released alongside it as Condition Zero: Deleted Scenes. Eight months later, Valve released Counter-Strike: Source, a remake of the original Counter-Strike and the first in the series to run on Valve's then-newly created Source engine.[4] The fourth game in the main series, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, was released by Valve in 2012 for Windows, OS X, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. Hidden Path Entertainment, who worked on Counter-Strike: Source post-release, helped to develop the game alongside Valve.[5] Counter-Strike 2 was announced in March 2023 and publicly released on September 27, 2023, as a replacement for Global Offensive.

There have been several third-party spin-off titles created for Asian markets over the years. These include the Counter-Strike Online series, Counter-Strike Neo, and Counter-Strike Nexon: Studio.

  1. ^ Cliffe, Jess (November 9, 2000). "CS V1.0 Released!". counter-strike.net. Archived from the original on December 1, 2000.
  2. ^ Walker, Trey (November 9, 2000). "Counter-Strike 1.0 Released". GameSpot. Archived from the original on May 15, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  3. ^ Gibson, Steve (November 9, 2000). "Counter-Strike v1.0". Shacknews.
  4. ^ "Counter-Strike: Source beta begins". GameSpot. CNET Networks. August 11, 2004. Archived from the original on March 14, 2014. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  5. ^ "VALVE ANNOUNCES COUNTER-STRIKE: GLOBAL OFFENSIVE (CS: GO)". Steam. Valve. August 12, 2011. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved March 21, 2012.