{"id":43710,"date":"2012-08-27T10:20:42","date_gmt":"2012-08-27T08:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=43710"},"modified":"2012-08-27T10:22:48","modified_gmt":"2012-08-27T08:22:48","slug":"counter-strike-clone-rips-off-dust2-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/43710-counter-strike-clone-rips-off-dust2-map","title":{"rendered":"Counter Strike clone rips-off Dust2 map"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While every game borrows ideas and concepts from another, copying a fan-favourite map is downright criminal, and a new free-to-play shooter has done just that.<\/p>\n<p>Arctic Combat\u2019s map called Sand Storm is uncannily similar to that of Counter Strike\u2019s &#8220;dust2&#8221;, featuring all the iconic areas and locations that made the original such a hit.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who\u2019s ever played Counter Strike knows the map &#8220;dust&#8221;. An improved version, &#8220;dust2&#8221;, was released and is one of the most synonymous elements of Valve\u2019s multiplayer shooter.<\/p>\n<p>There are a few small differences however, such as some crates placed in different positions and dimension changes, but the instantly recognisable look and layout is too apparent to overlook.<\/p>\n<p>Arctic Combat is currently in closed beta (until Valve find out).<\/p>\n<p>Check out the map below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-3ibiOdPLCA\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5>Source: via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/2012\/08\/24\/arctic-combat-counter-strike\/\" target=\"_blank\">PC Gamer<\/a><\/h5>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Related Articles<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/43490-counter-strike-global-offensive-pc-update-tackles-glitches.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Counter Strike: Global Offensive PC update tackles glitches<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/43400-counter-strike-global-offensive-servers-launch-in-south-africa.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Counter Strike: Global Offensive servers launch in SA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/34085-counter-strike-global-offensive-a-terrible-game-right-now.html\">Counter-Strike: Global Offensive a \u201cterrible game right now\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/29555-gabe-newell-talks-dota-2-and-counter-strike-go-as-esports.html\">Gabe Newell talks DOTA 2 and Counter-Strike: GO as eSports<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/43707-games-you-can-play-this-week-18.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Games you can play this week<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arctic Combat gets a little Dust-y with its ideas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":43711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[31,6441,2811,2646,6443,6442,2202,1994,697,6444],"class_list":["post-43710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-pc","tag-active","tag-arctic-combat","tag-counter-strike","tag-counterstrike","tag-dust-map","tag-dust2","tag-fps","tag-free-to-play","tag-valve","tag-webzen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43710"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43712,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43710\/revisions\/43712"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}