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Now Available - Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is now available on Steam! CS:GO expands on the classic team-based action gameplay that Counter-Strike pioneered. Featuring an arsenal of over 45 weapons, loads of maps, new game modes,…
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Update Released
Release notes for 8/22 Update - Addressed some stability issues. - Fixed perf issues when logging is enabled. - Added a convar (cl_crosshairgap) to control the gap of the classic crosshair. - The smoke grenade smoke is…
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Beta Update Released
Release notes for 8/20 Update Gameplay: • Added the Weapons Course to the game. UI: • Voice notification can now show more players talking. • Updated the freeze panel to no longer show the heath for your killer in compe…
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Beta Update Released
Release notes for 8/15 Update: UI: • Added Message of the Day • Added a message when running without Steam to inform the users that the game requires Steam to be running. • Added support for radar user message breaking…
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The beta should now be available, go go go!
Welcome to the beta. In addition to an update to CS:GO earlier this afternoon (see the release notes here ), everyone who has pre-purchased the game should now have access. We’re excited to add so many new players to th…
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The beta should now be available, go go go!
Welcome to the beta. In addition to an update to CS:GO earlier this afternoon (see the release notes here ), everyone who has pre-purchased the game should now have access. We’re excited to add so many new players to th…
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Beta Update Released
Release notes for 8/14 Update Gameplay: • Addressed recently reported performance issues. • Living players can now hear the dead spectators in Casual game mode. Effects: • Improved muzzle flash dynamic light performace…
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Beta Update Released
Gameplay: • Update to bot aiming system. Players should see a substantial decrease in the ability of bots to get perfect shots on moving targets, especially at lower difficulty levels. Bots now can react poorly (or well…
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Beta Update Released
• Fixed missing bot chatter • Fixed de_dust2_se.kv models • Activated Play with Friends Known issues with Play With Friends - Private/public doesn’t seem to do anything. - Invite item is disabled in pause menu but…
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Beta Update Released
Gameplay • Bot difficulty has been adjusted. They should be a bit easier now. Dedicated Servers: • Added support for overriding values in gamemodes.txt via gamemodes_server.txt - See csgo/gamemodes_server.txt.example fo…
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Beta Update Released
• Fixed server crash when total number of player reaches 64 • Fixed issue with mouse cursor becoming non-visible after launching a game via the server browser • Fixed UI crashes related to more than 10 players in a game
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Beta Update Released
Gameplay: • Updated weapons based on performance metrics: - Slightly increased the damage for the fiveseven to keep it on par with other pistols. - Lowered the max width of the recoil patterns for the MG's to make them…
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Beta Update Released
Gameplay: • Added Classic Casual to the Find a Game options. • Increased running inaccuracy of rifles and snipers. Lowered recoil of negev, lowered standing inaccuracy for negev. improved famas secondary burst grouping,…
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Beta Update Released
Release notes for 4/27 Beta 12 Gameplay: • Fixed an issue in the weapon recoil system which caused tighter shot grouping than intended. • Dead players no longer can see bomb or defuse icons on scoreboard for opposing te…
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Beta Update Released
Gameplay: • Reduced the amount of stepwise variation in the weapon recoil patterns so they are smoother and easier to learn and control. • The recoil jump on the xm1014 has been lowered. • The recoil on the ak47 has bee…
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Beta Update Released
Maps: • Added Demolition maps: • Sugarcane • Safehouse • Bank • Short Train • Quickmatch now connects to Demolition map cycle group. • Find A Game allows you to join an online game of a specific type. This update offers…

