Counter Strike: Global Offensive servers launch in SA

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) launched last night, and will no doubt spawn a whole new generation of CS junkies.

The CS brand has been a cornerstone of online competitive gaming for over a decade. If you’re new to the franchise, it is essentially a multi-player modern-combat FPS, using team-based objectives.

South Africa’s Gaming Service Providers (GSPs) have stepped up to offer servers. Below is a list of the servers currently live for CS: GO if you want to dive into the action.

iGame Online

iGame Assault 18 Player Competitive Bomb Defusal
iGame Militia 20 Player Casual Bomb Defusal
iGame Siege 18 Player Competitive Hostage Rescue

WAGE (Web Africa Gaming Experience)

[WAGE] CS:GO Casual
[WAGE] CS:GO Gungame
[WAGE} CS:GO Competitive

“We plan to launch another two servers to cater for our existing Counter-Strike community who will likely migrate to the newer title relatively soon. For now, we have basic configurations on our servers, we will most likely add new features to them soon. We look forward to hearing the community’s feedback,” said Robert Tait, WAGE Games Master.

IS Gaming

-IS- CS:GO Aztec Dust Dust2 – 196.38.180.25:27135
-IS- CS:GO ALL MAPS – 196.38.180.25:27155

MWEB GameZone

MWEB GameZone has 10 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive servers covering a range of stock gameplay modes including Classic Casual and Competitive, as well as Arms Race and Demolition gameplay modes. There are servers in both Cape Town and Johannesburg.

Cape Town

152.111.192.230:27015 – [MWEB] gMz Demolition CPT #1
152.111.192.246:27015 – [MWEB] gMz Competitive CPT #1
152.111.192.239:27015 – [MWEB] gMz Casual CPT #2
152.111.192.238:27015 – [MWEB] gMz Casual CPT #1
152.111.192.236:27015 – [MWEB] gMz Arms Race #1

Johannesburg

197.80.200.22:27025 – [MWEB] gMz Demolition JHB #1
197.80.200.20:27025 – [MWEB] gMz Competitive JHB #1
197.80.200.32:27015 – [MWEB] gMz Casual JHB #1
197.80.200.35:27015 – [MWEB] gMz Casual JHB #2
197.80.200.21:27025 – [MWEB] gMz Arms Race JHB #1

SAIX Games Services does not have information available on their website, and did not respond to our queries by the time of publication.

CS: GO has launched on Windows PC, Mac OS X, Xbox 360 (via XBLA) and PS3 (via PSN). Originally planned for cross-platform play between PC and Xbox 360, that idea has been shelved due to the technicality of such a system.