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After developing the Half Life mode Counter Strike, Minh Le, or better known as Gooseman, joined Valve as part of the programming team responsible for Counter Strike 2. But the two didn't click at all and the pressure applied by the gaming company made Minh Le return to the life of a “lone wolf” prog... |
29 September 2009
16:31 GMT |
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Politics and video games barely have anything in common, except for a few simulators that put the players in charge of their own countries. But it seems that, at least in real life, politicians have seen gaming as a widespread phenomenon and, instead of trying to comprehend it and endorse both video game developers a... |
10 July 2009
15:11 GMT |
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The shooter genre has certainly delivered a lot of highly successful franchises, the likes of Halo, Resistance or Gears of War in recent years. But one of the series that have truly brought the genre into mainstream attention and into the hearts of many gamers all around the world is Counter Strike. Originally devel... |
8 July 2009
03:50 GMT |
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The Gamer's Edition of the well-known Guiness World Records book has a new and very interesting feat to show off. On June 15, in Stockholm, Bjorn "Threat" Pers managed to get the record for “most kills in Counter-Strike (Valve, 2003) in 12 hours” with 518. The record will be included in the 2010 vers... |
7 July 2009
02:34 GMT |
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After a horrific shooting incident in Germany, which took place in Winnenden and involved a teenager who was said to play Counter Strike and/or Far Cry 2, criticism of video games has been, as usual, on the rise. The President of the country called for a ban on violent video games and parent groups have also said tha... |
7 April 2009
03:33 GMT |
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Following the shooting in Germany, which claimed the lives of several children and that of the gunman himself, a lot of voices have been clamoring for imposing a ban on the sales of videogames, which are seen as the catalyst in the transformation of a misunderstood teenager into a killer.Initial reports related ... |
26 March 2009
14:31 GMT |
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We've heard a lot about piracy in the last few months. From Nintendo highlighting the most pirate-friendly countries to the ELSPA scoring a big victory with a UK tribunal, convicting a video game pirate to one year in prison. But although you would expect the PC Gaming Alliance, a non-profit organization create... |
19 March 2009
03:37 GMT |
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Konami says it will release, sometime today, a free new update for Metal Gear Online set to introduce players to a new game mode, called Bomb Mission. The game has been constantly receiving more content since it's initial release and the new mission type will surely be interesting to current players, while some ... |
28 January 2009
02:36 GMT |
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Valve is notorious for keeping kinda quiet when it comes to two things: clear release dates and sales figures. Especially since they launched their digital download platform, the well known Steam, the company has rarely told videogamers how much it sells. Now, in an unusual turn, it's telling us how much it has ... |
4 December 2008
05:28 GMT |
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We recently reported that Steam, Valve's leading digital content distribution network, would start hosting mods developed by the community. These are modifications made to games, which use the engine of the title to create new gameplay modes with the same or different characters. Such was the case with Cou... |
6 October 2008
03:00 GMT |
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Valve has always been interested in the gaming community, especially modifying games. Let's not forget, one of the biggest online shooters, Counter Strike, was a result of a modification made to Valve's big game Half Life. The success made Valve take the team behind it into its own studio and create n... |
29 September 2008
14:01 GMT |
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America's Army is a videogame developed by the United States Army in order to promote their programs and training to the young people of America. Although many critics have said that it is nothing less than a propaganda meant to get young people recruited into the Army, the game really caught on, due to the fact... |
22 September 2008
19:01 GMT |
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Buddhist monks and Counter Strike are definitely two things that seem to have absolutely nothing in common. Apparently, this is an outdated concept and some of the monks really got under the Counter Strike spell, like half of the gaming world at some point during their existence. And it seems that the Counter monks a... |
14 March 2008
06:17 GMT |
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There are people who would like to ban any and every video game there is in this world and totally wipe them out of our memory. Others have problems regarding the violent ones, while certain groups focus their efforts on different items/features within the video games. And things are not likely to change.So, a new ba... |
23 January 2008
10:41 GMT |
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It is really strange to hear such a piece of news, having in mind that we are talking here about some pretty old games (indeed, still very popular) - both of them are about NINE years old! Well, it seems that it's never too late to go on a banning spree in Brazil. According to AFP, this ruling was made in Octob... |
21 January 2008
05:25 GMT |
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The eXperience is one of Norway's largest gaming events and this year it will host some 10,000 visitors; 2000 of them are going to be shooting each other's heads off online, in Counter Strike and Quake, for a prize of 80,000 NOK (£7,000 /10,000 Euros). According to... the Internet, The eXperience has chosen... |
3 October 2007
06:10 GMT |
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Everyone knows that video games can be both fun and educational, but not all games. For instance, you can't say that Counter Strike is an educational game. Or can you....? Well, according to this piece posted up on megagames.com, you can. More than 300 police officers from Tianjin (China's northern port cit... |
28 September 2007
08:33 GMT |
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Nowadays, everything is an advertising platform and video games make one of the best platforms supporting adverts. With sports games it's understandable - you couldn't get the same gameplay experience without them. But what happens when Valve has plans in-game advertising for Counter-Strike? Why would they ... |
18 May 2007
03:57 GMT |
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A Chinese student living in the US, has managed to get himself arrested. Nothing spectacular so far - most of you are probably thinking that this has something to do with guns or drugs. Not even close! The vigilant law enforcers nailed him for a gaming-related "felony", Counter-Strike to be more exact, as Joystiq rep... |
2 May 2007
12:34 GMT |
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Ever had one of those days when everyone around you is telling good jokes and you have a dozen laughs that make your jaws and belly ake? Well, a day like that can get even better if you by any chance stumble upon Jack Thompson's comments in regards to violence in video games and how they influence us so negative... |
24 April 2007
05:36 GMT |
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Jack Thompson had to say that the massacre taking place at Virginia Tech happened because of video games. He can't help it. It's like a compulsory thing I guess. Anyway, we shall see what other people have to say about this and why it appears that Thompson and his fellow believers (that games are to blame ... |
23 April 2007
02:31 GMT |
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Terratec touts that its Headset Master 5.1 USB offers true surround sound thanks to its built-in 5.1 speaker set-up. That's something that is difficult to achieve considering that all the speakers are located close to each other. This might suit your desires if you happen to be an avid FPS gamer. The USB powered... |
30 March 2007
03:13 GMT |
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Valve has released the much anticipated updates for Half Life 1 Engine and Counter Strike, says Steam News. The site's post reads: "Updates to the Half-Life 1 Engine and Counter-Strike have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:... |
6 March 2007
03:52 GMT |
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