Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) is a first-person shooter video game developed by Valve Corporation in cooperation with Hidden Path Entertainment, and is the fourth game in the Counter-Strike series, not including Counter-Strike: Online. It was released on August 21, 2012 for the Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Xbox 360 platforms, while it suffered a delay in Playstation 3. Subsequently, the Linux version was available to the public on September 22, 2014.
Global Offensive had a beta accessible only by invitation on Steam, at the time the PC Gamer magazine announced that the game would be officially released on August 21, 2012 at a price of € 10,991 2
According to the developers, the game has the same mechanics as its predecessors, although with some new game modes, and does not allow the evolution of the characters thanks to hours of gameplay (as in Call of Duty or Battlefield games), only It is necessary to be skillful. It is available for Windows, Mac, Linux, SteamOS, Xbox360 and PlayStation 3, Xbox One. The PlayStation 3 version supports DualShock 3, PlayStation Move or USB keyboard and mouse.
On August 26, 2011, a trailer and a video showing some of the novelties were shown.
On November 30, 2011 the closed beta was launched for its tests, with two maps available Dust and Dust2 along with eight models of weapons.3 This closed beta was only available for 10,000 people who obtained a key in video game conventions where