Counter-Strike: GO closed beta starts November 30

Valve has announced that the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive beta will begin for current key-holders on November 30, with more waves and an open beta rolling out later.

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Just in case this holiday season hadn't given you enough shooters to occupy yourself with, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is preparing to roll out its PC-only closed beta. For current key-holders, the beta will begin on November 30, but Valve assures fans it will move to an open beta eventually.

The announcements came from the CS:GO Twitter account (via PC Gamer). At first, the beta will only include two maps: Dust, and Dust2. The team plans to roll out more beta keys, and then turn it into an open beta.

The beta was delayed in October, which risked impacting the release window. Valve hasn't explicitly claimed it's moving from its early 2012 target, but said they're "more than happy to just keep working on this 'til it's ready to ship."

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    November 21, 2011 8:30 AM

    Steve Watts posted a new article, Counter-Strike: GO closed beta starts November 30.

    Valve has announced that the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive beta will begin for current key-holders on November 30, with more waves and an open beta rolling out later.

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      November 21, 2011 8:33 AM

      I still don't understand what this game is. Expansion? Cheap money maker? Gabes plaything?

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        November 21, 2011 8:36 AM

        A BIT OF FUN

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        November 21, 2011 8:41 AM

        marketing to get ppl back to CS

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        November 21, 2011 9:17 AM

        It's a complete rebuild of Counter-Strike, from the game engine, graphics, and game modes (new and old). Looks much better then Counter-Strike: Source but plays a lot like the original Counter-Strike. They brought skill back to the game which was the complaint Counter-Strike player had about Source.

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          November 21, 2011 1:13 PM

          Source was definitely devoid of skill.

          What the fuck are pro players smoking?

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            November 21, 2011 1:34 PM

            I've done both (CEVO-M/P) and there's a big fundamental difference. In broad strokes, 1.6 is all about who gets the first shot off because guns have much more stopping power. Source is about who can aim faster because bullets have less stopping power. A lot of 1.6ers get pissed when they hit that first shot but the guy can keep moving for two or three steps and fire off a quick counter attack.

            Secondly, the movement in source is a bit more "skatey". You can still be precise it just takes a lot more effort.

            Finally, a lot of the ports are really bad. De_inferno is really a junk map compared to 1.6, de_nuke is completely different. I dislike Valve's ports and much prefer the "pro" versions, which didn't really catch on in most leagues.

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              November 21, 2011 2:45 PM

              Yeah some of the map remakes just added far too much clutter into the visuals and even added routes to 'fix' chokepoints that were kinda the whole reason the maps were fun.

              They learned their lesson, a lot of the TF2 remakes visually dont have too much clutter in the play areas (2fort is a good example, 90% of the extra crap is off the map) though they did manage to murder the gameplay on a few.

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              November 21, 2011 3:20 PM

              That sounds to me like Source takes more skill than 1.6. Aim being more important than getting the drop on someone.

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                November 21, 2011 4:28 PM

                Guess you've never played either, then?

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                November 21, 2011 7:24 PM

                well, the better players would make that first shot a headshot, so that's where the skill came in.

                As someone who prefers Source over 1.6, I still feel that 1.6 has a higher skill ceiling than Source because Source headshots are pretty easy. Grenades/flashes are much more powerful as well, so good teams can get away with easy aiming because their grenades have done 40-60 damage to most players.

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        November 21, 2011 12:50 PM

        It's sorta funny. We (ok I) often wish to see old games remade (i'm waiting for quake3 remake) with nothing but modern graphics and then when it happens we bitch and say they should have been more ambitious.

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      November 21, 2011 9:04 AM

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      November 21, 2011 9:16 AM

      Good news....now to just cross my fingers and hope for a code.

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      November 21, 2011 1:42 PM

      Counter Strike: Go Away.

      Seriously, this game should have died a decade ago. It blows my mind that it's still being played.

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        November 21, 2011 2:04 PM

        me too dumb. me too.

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        November 21, 2011 2:13 PM

        Stupid Chess, It blows my mind that it's still being played.

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          November 21, 2011 2:30 PM

          No one even plays Battle Chess anymore, what are you on about

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        November 21, 2011 2:16 PM

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        November 21, 2011 2:31 PM

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          November 21, 2011 3:17 PM

          I can fly jets in Counter Strike?

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            November 21, 2011 3:31 PM

            No. Why would you?

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              November 21, 2011 3:43 PM

              Apparently Battlefield is just a parody of Counter-Strike and Call of Duty.

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            November 21, 2011 3:35 PM

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              November 21, 2011 3:41 PM

              We weren't discussing which game is better, we were discussing whether they had anything in common. Battlefield and Counter-Strike are a world apart.

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            November 21, 2011 6:52 PM

            Vehicles and huge open maps are exactly the reason I would rather play CS than BF3.

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          November 21, 2011 3:30 PM

          I'm sorry but what the fuck are you talking about Grimmy? BF3 is (for me) the best shooter ever and I've played Counter-Strike for years and years.

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        November 21, 2011 2:45 PM

        dumb. indeed

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          November 21, 2011 2:59 PM

          ^^ Competitive CS are some of my fondest gaming memories

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        November 21, 2011 3:22 PM

        I too, think games that I don't want to play should be wiped out of existence, despite the merits others may find in them. So, sorry guys, no more playing Skyrim.

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          November 21, 2011 3:31 PM

          Are you still using a scroll menu to use a spell? What a noob bitch

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          November 21, 2011 3:53 PM

          Lol, calm down mikey. Despite my rather clever play on words, I don't actually want CS to go away.

          I'm just completely amazed that people still play it.

          The thought of playing even my absolute mostest favoritest game constantly - same game, same maps, same weapons, following the same paths and having the same encounters over and over - for more than a decade... that's a goddamn nightmare to me.

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            November 21, 2011 4:01 PM

            CALM DOWN?! YOU CALM DOWN

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              November 21, 2011 4:13 PM

              CALM?! CALM!?! I'LL SHOW YOU CALM!!!

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            November 21, 2011 4:11 PM

            do you play any sports?

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              November 21, 2011 4:14 PM

              no :(

              well, snowboard once or twice a year - probably doesn't count.

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            November 21, 2011 4:12 PM

            Change scares me.

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            November 21, 2011 4:17 PM

            i love it when people use "calm down" yet it's obvious that they're more worked up about the topic than the person they're telling to calm down. it's a great switcheroo isn't it dumb.

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              November 21, 2011 4:33 PM

              woah, calm down there buddy. let's not fly off the handle here. sheesh.

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        November 21, 2011 3:41 PM

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        November 22, 2011 3:30 AM

        I am quite happy that good games survive that long - CS:Go seems to be more like a refurb than a new game which is completely fine with me.

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        November 22, 2011 10:37 PM

        Let me see, YOU are not playing CS therefore no one else should be? Got it.

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      November 21, 2011 2:10 PM

      Source engine?

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      November 21, 2011 2:14 PM

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      November 21, 2011 2:29 PM

      If anyone from Valve is here, nobody deserves access to this beta more then I do. So please send me a key. PLEASE

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      November 21, 2011 2:31 PM

      hey look another beta where iw ont have access. fuck you betas. FUCK YOU ALL STRAIGHT TO HELL

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      November 21, 2011 2:42 PM

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      November 21, 2011 7:03 PM

      I want them to get Day of Defeat Source right first.

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