A closed beta will begin at the end of the month on Steam

Nov 21, 2011 19:21 GMT  ·  By

Valve has finally confirmed just when the closed beta stage for its Counter-Strike: Global Offensive online shooter will debut, as at the end of the month players will get to see just how the new game actually feels.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive was revealed earlier this year and, with the promise of combining the best elements from the classic Counter-Strike 1.6 with the graphical enhancements from CS: Source, lots of people are quite interested in the online first person shooter.

After a delay caused by some last minute feedback from professional players, Valve has now revealed on its Twitter page that the beta stage for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, which is going to be closed to the general public, will start on Wednesday, November 30.

Valve is expected to slowly let more people into the beta stage, just like it's doing with Dota 2, and will release the full game sometime next year, for the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.