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History

The Counter-Strike series is a series of FPS (first person shooter) games that involve terrorists being tasked to plant a bomb and counter-terrorists to disarm it. It was first developed by Mihn "Gooseman" Le and Jess Cliffe as a mod to Valve's Half Life. Valve bought the rights to Counter-Strike 1.6 and hired Mihn Le and Jess Cliffe to develop future Counter-Strike games in their new engine, Source [1][2]. Counter-Strike: Condition Zero, released in 2004 was a singleplayer variant of CS 1.6 developed by Turtle Rock Studios. Also in 2004, Counter-Strike: Source was released on Valve's brand new engine, Source[3]. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, the series most popular game, was released in 2012 [4].


Games

Game Release Engine Screenshot
Counter-Strike 1.6 November 11th, 2000 GoldSource
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero March 23rd, 2004 GoldSource
Counter-Strike: Source November 1st, 2004 Source
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive August 21st, 2012 Source (Some parts are soon to be Source 2)

Citations

  1. http://www.gameguru.in/pc/2010/10/counter-strike-success-unlimited/
  2. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3072/interview_with_minh_le.php
  3. https://www.gamespot.com/counter-strike-source/news/
  4. https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/08/12/counter-strike-global-offensive/