Valve has confirmed that its upcoming multiplatform release, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, will offer cross-platform online play, which means that PC, Mac and PS3 users will be able to take their platform-war-rage out on each other.<\/p>\n
The long awaited current generation iteration of the iconic Counterstrike franchise will reportedly allow players to purchase in-game items between rounds using some sort of currency. This will supposedly only be supported in “casual mode”. Casual mode will also offer cross team chat, player spectating, and most importantly, the ability play against players on different platforms.<\/p>\n
There will also be a “competitive mode”, which will cater more to the established Counterstrike fan-base, offering a more traditional tactical-shooter experience.<\/p>\n
Valve will be hosting dedicated servers for Global Offensive, but has also confirmed that players will be able to host their own dedicated servers too.<\/p>\n
Valve is working with Hidden Path on Global Offensive, the same team that co-developed Counter-Strike Source. Global Offensive will be the fourth game in the Counter-Strike franchise excluding Counter-Strike: Neo and Counter-Strike: Online. It is scheduled to be released next year on PC, PS3, Xbox 360 and Mac OSX. It will include classic Counter-Strike maps as well as brand new maps, characters and game modes. It will also support a new matchmaking system along with leaderboards.<\/p>\n
Little else is known about the game, but today Valve released the first official trailer, showing off some new gameplay footage.<\/p>\n
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