Valve Confirms New Counter-Strike for PC and...Consoles?

@Metal_Mills said:

@zaglis said:

Xbox Live and PSN? Rest in piece, Counter Strike. *tear*

HL2 on Xbox? Rest in Piece, Half-life. *tear*

Portal 2 on consoles? Rest in piece, Portal. *tear*

Steam on PS3? Rest in piece, Steam. *tear*

HL2 was made for PC, only later ported to Xbox. So PC version was safe from the dumbening.Portal 2 was made for consoles, so I dont even...   Cute.

@Metal_Mills said:

@zaglis said:

Xbox Live and PSN? Rest in piece, Counter Strike. *tear*

HL2 on Xbox? Rest in Piece, Half-life. *tear*

Portal 2 on consoles? Rest in piece, Portal. *tear*

Steam on PS3? Rest in piece, Steam. *tear*

HL2 was made for PC, only later ported to Xbox. So PC version was safe from the dumbening.Portal 2 was made for consoles, so I dont even...   Cute.

@zaglis said:

@Metal_Mills said:

@zaglis said:

Xbox Live and PSN? Rest in piece, Counter Strike. *tear*

HL2 on Xbox? Rest in Piece, Half-life. *tear*

Portal 2 on consoles? Rest in piece, Portal. *tear*

Steam on PS3? Rest in piece, Steam. *tear*

HL2 was made for PC, only later ported to Xbox. So PC version was safe from the dumbening.Portal 2 was made for consoles, so I dont even... Cute.

Valve games are made for PC. Because you know, they kinda control that platform.

I can't imagine anything new beating the original CS in terms of raw feel, just like a new quake wouldn't beat Quake 3 in that respect. I can only see them putting a lot into the surrounding stuff like they have done with TF2, which holds pretty much no interest for someone like me. CS will always be special to me just because I have so many memories attached to it but I don't think I have the lifestyle or the time to get into a new one.. I hope the new generation of 13-18 year olds can enjoy it as much as I enjoyed the original during this period of my life. 'e-Sports' will become a legitimate 'thing' one day and Counter-Strike should always be remembered as the grand daddy. He's still got some fight in him yet.

Is there any particular reason why PC gamers are such dicks about everything?

If they change any actual gameplay, I feel like that would ruin it. CS is virtually perfected and as long as they just add to the game a little and update it's look, I think it could be a good addition.

Damn, you guys need to chill. It's fucking Valve, when have they ever shown the slightest interest in catering to the console crowd?
 
The console versions will be acceptable ports of an excellent PC game. No ironsights or killstreaks, no insta-knife, limited DLC support for the consoles (if there's even going to be any at all). Basically, think Left 4 Dead.

@zaglis said:

@Metal_Mills said:

@zaglis said:

Xbox Live and PSN? Rest in piece, Counter Strike. *tear*

HL2 on Xbox? Rest in Piece, Half-life. *tear*

Portal 2 on consoles? Rest in piece, Portal. *tear*

Steam on PS3? Rest in piece, Steam. *tear*

HL2 was made for PC, only later ported to Xbox. So PC version was safe from the dumbening.Portal 2 was made for consoles, so I dont even...   Cute.

Yeah, the clever dialog, masterful voice-work, brilliant level designs, expertly-paced plotting, and ominous aesthetics were really lost in porting the game from consoles.

@Procyon27 said:

Is there any particular reason why PC gamers are such dicks about everything?

Several

Lose the dickheads that populate CS & I'm in. Wait, shit. There'd be no-one to play against. Meh, then.

YES YSE YES

@test0r said:

If this is like an updated 1.6 instead of CSS this will be awesome.

I'll undoubtedly agree that 1.6 is better than CSS but I have a problem with the idea that CSS is not exactly just an attempt at an updated CS 1.6.

@Metal_Mills said:

@zaglis said:

Xbox Live and PSN? Rest in piece, Counter Strike. *tear*

HL2 on Xbox? Rest in Piece, Half-life. *tear*

Portal 2 on consoles? Rest in piece, Portal. *tear*

Steam on PS3? Rest in piece, Steam. *tear*

HL2 was made for PC, only later ported to Xbox. So PC version was safe from the dumbening.Portal 2 was made for consoles, so I dont even...   Cute.

No dumbing down please valve.

Can't wait to see what they come up with, I still play short cs_office sessions almost daily.

I love seeing the bitchy PC gamers rage. As someone who has been playing CS since 1.6 I am excited. Let the console players in on the fun, if it sucks then oh well. Valve didn't fucked up Portal 2 or L4D2 and those were both big on consoles.

Read http://eseanews.com/index.php?s=news&d=comments&id=9969, which is a report from one the pro CS players who was invited a few weeks ago to Valve to playtest.

the king is back baby

Only buying it if I get a hat in TF2 with it.

@Phonics: Please tell me the reasoning for it to be slower? The most popular FPS on consoles (COD) is faster than Counter Strike.

CS 1.6 was a Half-Life 1 mod

CS: Source was designed for the engine built for Half-Life 2

CS: GO will run on ?

I THINK I'M ON TO SOMETHING GUYS

@JEC03: CS has always been pretty straight forward, not sure if there is something to dumb down in the first place lol

OH FUCK MAN ITS ON CONSOELES. VALV R FUKIN SELLIN OUT.

@Bam_D_Leprechaun said:

Really hope it's not like that crappy console crossover they made years ago. But a new CS will def bring back to playing it

Oh that was terrible. I don't know who was responsible for that, but I hope they aren't allowed near games again.

@Bucketdeth said:

OH FUCK MAN ITS ON CONSOELES. VALV R FUKIN SELLIN OUT.

Literally geeked at that hahahaha

@Pinworm45 said:

@Procyon27 said:

Is there any particular reason why PC gamers are such dicks about everything?

Several

Shouldn't be a problem naming them, then.

@Blackmoore said:

Read http://eseanews.com/index.php?s=news&d=comments&id=9969, which is a report from one the pro CS players who was invited a few weeks ago to Valve to playtest.

To anyone that missed this, READ IT. Hands on with Pre-Beta Playtest feedback. Also, Valve isn't selling out. You guys are ridiculous. Counter-Stiker: Condition Zero came out on consoles. Orange Box came out on current gen consoles. So did L4D and Portal franchises. Get a grip on reality.

Their specialty is PC gaming, but they're showing the console Devs how it's done when making games multi-platform. If you're gonna port to PC, don't just shit out a port and call it done. Tweak it so it works right and feels native to the platform.

"(yes, consoles--cue the angry PC crowd!)"

Cue boring and predictable hack joke circa 2005!

 @patrickklepek said:

I r smart jounralist and i make silly hedline and remark to stir some siht becauzz i am bitter manchild yayyyyy

Patrick you do know that Counter Strike has been on consoles before right?  I guess you can't be bothered to research before you write an article. 
 
Here let me link you the Giant Bomb pages:
http://www.giantbomb.com/half-life-counter-strike/61-11663/
http://www.giantbomb.com/counter-strike-condition-zero/61-5722/
 
Pretty much all of Valve's releases have been on consoles but good job trying to stir up PC-Console shit  and getting the name of the game wrong.
 
On an unrelated note, why was Brad Nicholson fired again?

ARRRRRRRGH BLIZZARD THIS GAME IS TOO COLORFUL WHAT THE FUUUUUUUUUCK

Par for the course for PC gamers. Bitching about nothing, mad that their precious IP is going multiplatform so they have one less thing to feel superior about... Yup, nothing new here.

And before anyone says anything, I do most of my gaming on my PC. I'm just not an asshole about it.

Fina-fucking-ly.

I can't wait to see what they do to CS. It's been sitting there more or less unchanged since 1.6, I have to imagine they have some crazy ideas that they have been dying to try out.

@Phonics: Yo, they made CS for the xbox. It wasn't Call of Duty.

Good luck. I just hope those weekend COD gamers are finally getting ready for some teamwork. I've already accepted that BF is way too involved for those people, but CS seems like an incremental step in the right direction. MW always seemed like a dumbed down CS to me.

ah yes, the children of the internet will have something new to jerk off to. like if cod ain't enough...

@Kyle:

Nah , i was just speaking my mind about what i wanted to happen some day, which is why that sentence started with "Some day"....

@patrickklepek said:

(yes, consoles--cue the angry PC crowd!).

Really Patrick?

I thought you were above that. You led the Deus Ex QL.

You really think PC gamers would care that CS is reaching consoles too, especially considering how long it's been exclusive, how the rest of the key VALVe Source Engine catalogue is on consoles and the fact that gaming in FPS is always quicker on mouse and keyboard?

I game exclusively on PC, used to be a serious CS player and I don't care a whit.

LET THE RAGE ENSUE!!
 
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Damn, it seems I'm late to the party.

Interesting. I'd like to see if a shooter like CS, which is still wildly popular, can do something different and still compete in this post MW world.

Don't fuck this up Valve!

Argh.

@Colf said:

@SeriouslyNow: Also he he did not know that CS and CS Condition zero were both released on consoles before.

Yeah I know. I felt it better to address the comment itself rather than the history which precedes it.

Sweet now give me half life

If this is like an updated 1.6 instead of CSS this will be awesome.

Oh man-- how could they ever make a sequel to this game!? especially after the ending in CS:S :| WHEN THE TERRORISTS WON!?  (I hope there's finally going to be a good arctic map... I'm pretty damn tired of my skin never blending in.)