Counter-strike

Counter-Strike

This article is about the video game series. For the 2000 game, see Counter-Strike (video game). For other uses, see Counterstrike.Counter-Strike

The current Counter-Strike series logo.GenresFirst-person shooterDevelopers

1. Valve Corporation

2. Turtle Rock Studios

3. Hidden Path Entertainment

4. Gearbox Software

5. Ritual Entertainment

6. NexonPublishers

1. Valve Corporation

2. Sierra Entertainment

3. Namco

4. NexonPlatforms

1. Microsoft Windows

2. OS X

3. Linux

4. PlayStation 3

5. Xbox

6. Xbox 360Platform of originWindowsYear of inception1999First releaseCounter-Strike June 19, 1999Latest releaseCounter-Strike: Global Offensive August 21, 2012

Counter-Strike (officially abbreviated as CS) is a series of multiplayer first-person shootervideo games, in which teams of terrorists andcounter-terrorists battle to, respectively, perpetrate an act of terror (bombing, hostage-taking) and prevent it (bomb defusal, hostage rescue). The series began on Windows in 1999 with the first version of Counter-Strike. It was initially released as a modification forHalf-Life and designed by Minh “Gooseman” Le and Jess “Cliffe” Cliffe, before the rights to the game’s intellectual property were acquired by Valve Corporation, the developers of Half-Life.

The game was followed-up with Counter-Strike: Condition Zero, developed by Turtle Rock Studios and released in 2004. Later that same year, Counter-Strike: Source was released by Valve. Released only eight months after Counter-Strike: Condition Zero, in November 2004, the game was a remake of the original Counter-Strike and the first in the series to run on Valve’s newly created Source engine.[1] The fourth game in the main series to have been developed by Valve, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, was released in 2012 for Windows, OS X, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. Hidden Path Entertainment, who also worked on Counter-Strike: Source post-release, helped to develop the game alongside Valve.[2] Several spin-off titles have been released for Asian territories.