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Counter-Strike: Global Source (CS:GS) is a tactical first-person shooter game developed by Fanto and Valve. This is the fourth game in the Counter-Strike series. Developed over a year ago, Global Source was released for Windows on September 18, 2023. Fanto continues to update the game regularly, adding small balancing patches, which is very important for the content.

The game pits two teams, Terrorists and Counter-Terrorists, against each other in different objective-based game modes. In the most difficult game modes, terrorists plant a bomb while counter-terrorists try to stop them, or counter-terrorists try to rescue hostages taken by terrorists.

Upon release, Global Source received positive reviews from critics, who praised the game for its gameplay and fidelity to the Counter-Strike series, although it was criticized for some early features and differences between the console and PC versions.

Gameplay Global Source, like previous games in the Counter-Strike series, is an objective-based multiplayer first-person shooter game. Two opposing teams, Terrorists and Counter-Terrorists, compete in game modes to repeatedly complete objectives such as securing a site to plant or defuse a bomb, and rescuing or taking hostages. Winning rounds usually rewards more money than losing, and completing objectives on the map, including killing enemies, provides additional cash bonuses.

Development and release
Counter-Strike: Global Source is a sequel to the popular first-person shooter Counter-Strike: Source, developed by Fanto. Development of Global Source began when Valve announced development of Counter Strike 2. Development of Global Source began on December 27, 2022 and was released to the public on September 18, 2023. The closed beta launched on September 5, 2023, and was initially limited to about ten people who received a key at Global Source showcase events. After the problems were resolved, the beta version became available to more and more people.

There were plans for cross-platform multiplayer between Windows, OS X, Linux, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 players, but this was ultimately abandoned so that the PC and Mac versions could be actively updated. On September 18, 2023, the game was publicly released on all platforms.