Counter-Strike: Global Offensive just introduced Operation Riptide, a massive update that features new maps, new missions, and new ways to play classic game modes. This update may introduce the biggest changes that Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has seen in years. Operation Riptide adds a new mode for matchmaking that allows for much shorter games, where players compete to win nine rounds instead of sixteen.
The Counter-Strike series has been considered the definitive first-person shooter series, but these shorter minute-long games may make it a bit more accessible to fans.
The update is also bringing Private Matchmaking Queues for those who want to play with friends. This mode lets players use official Valve servers to generate a specific members code allowing groups to easily jump into games. The Deathmatch, Demolition, and Arms Race modes have all been tweaked and a string of new community maps have been added. Another notable change has been made to Dust 2, one of Counter-Strike 's most iconic maps. Customer Rating: No rating yet. SKU: product. With extra points and more cash to spend, this deal is seriously on point.
Returns information. Ways to pay. Email sign-up Sign up for the latest news, game releases and best deals. Sign me up. More from GAME. Representative Example:. More recently, former Valve developer Richard Geldreich outlined the difficulties of working on the engine in a thread on Twitter. While these issues cropped up a decade ago, it's interesting to have some insight from an ex-CS:GO developer of what was going on behind the scenes.
Obviously, a lot can change in 10 years, but it's still difficult to know how close we are to seeing CS:GO ported to the Source 2 engine, if at all. Dota 2 was ported back in , and just last year we saw what Source 2 can achieve in Half Life: Alyx. Valve is notorious for remaining quiet regarding new game releases and updates, and the CS:GO Twitter account mostly follows suit.
While it's active enough, posting patch notes and the occasional gif or meme, there's little communication about CS:GO's future.
We're notified when something changes, but it's difficult to know what to expect in the coming months. Rather than roadmaps charting the path ahead, or the back and forth that we often see between gaming communities and developers now, Valve remains tight-lipped on its plans for CS:GO. While there was a huge gap between Operation Hydra May and Shattered Web November , the launch of Broken Fang in December gives me hope that operations may well be a regular thing again.
We've now had an Operation launch in time for the holiday period for two years running, so I'd hazard a guess that 's operation will surface towards the end of the year. There's no guarantee that will finally see Valve introduce tick servers, but we can dream. Operation Broken Fang's radios are tuned to channel '' in the Autumn Harvest map co-op mission, which is a pretty cheeky tease, but I know better than to read too far into these types of hints.
Considering that Valorant already has tick servers, it wouldn't be out of the question to expect Valve to add them in the future. As PC Gamer's guides writer, Emma is usually juggling several games at once.
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