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Counter-Strike 2
''Counter-Strike 2'' is a 2023 Multiplayer video game, multiplayer Tactical shooter, tactical first-person shooter video game, game developed and published by Valve Corporation, Valve. It is the fifth main installment of the ''Counter-Strike'' series. Developed as an updated version of the previous main entry, ''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' (2012), it was announced on March 22, 2023, and was released on September 27, 2023, for Windows and Linux, replacing ''Global Offensive'' on Steam (service), Steam. Like its predecessor, the game pits two teams, the Counter-Terrorists and the Terrorists, against each other in various objective-based game modes. Additional game modes that stray away from this setup are also included. ''Counter-Strike 2'' features major technical improvements over ''Global Offensive'', including a move from the Source (game engine), Source game engine to Source 2, improved graphics, and a new "sub-tick" server architecture. In addition, many List of compet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valve Corporation
Valve Corporation is an American video game developer, video game publisher, publisher, and digital distribution company headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. It is the developer of the software distribution platform Steam (service), Steam and the franchises ''Half-Life (series), Half-Life'', ''Counter-Strike'', ''Portal (series), Portal'', ''Day of Defeat'', ''Team Fortress'', ''Left 4 Dead (series), Left 4 Dead'' and ''Dota''. Valve was founded in 1996 by former Microsoft employees Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington. Their debut game, the first-person shooter (FPS) ''Half-Life (video game), Half-Life'' (1998), was a critical and commercial success; with its realism, scripted sequences and seamless narrative, it had a lasting influence on the FPS genre. Harrington left in 2000. In 2003, Valve launched Steam, followed by ''Half-Life 2'' in 2004. With advanced Physics engine, physics systems and an increased focus on story and characters, ''Half-Life 2'' received critical acclaim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
C4 Explosive
C-4 or Composition C-4 is a common variety of the plastic explosive family known as Composition C, which uses RDX as its explosive agent. C-4 is composed of explosives, plastic binder, plasticizer to make it malleable, and usually a marker or odorizing taggant chemical. C-4 has a texture similar to modelling clay and can be molded into any desired shape. C-4 is relatively insensitive and can be detonated only by the shock wave from a detonator or blasting cap. A similar British plastic explosive, also based on RDX but with a plasticizer different from that used in Composition C-4, is known as PE-4 (Plastic Explosive No. 4). Development C-4 is a member of the Composition C family of chemical explosives. Variants have different proportions and plasticisers and include compositions C-2, C-3, and C-4. The original RDX-based material was developed by the British during World War II and redeveloped as Composition C when introduced to the U.S. military. It was replaced by Composition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team Fortress 2
''Team Fortress 2'' is a 2007 multiplayer first-person shooter, first-person shooter game developed and published by Valve Corporation. It is the sequel to the 1996 ''Team Fortress'' Mod (video gaming), mod for ''Quake (video game), Quake'' and its 1999 remake, ''Team Fortress Classic''. The game was released in October 2007 as part of ''The Orange Box'' for Windows and the Xbox 360, and ported to the PlayStation 3 in December 2007. It was released as a standalone game for Windows in April 2008, and updated to support Mac OS X in June 2010 and Linux in February 2013. It is distributed online through Valve's digital retailer Steam (service), Steam, with Electronic Arts managing retail and console editions. Players join one of two teams—RED and BLU—and choose one of nine character classes to play as in game modes such as capture the flag and King of the Hill (game), king of the hill. Development was led by John Cook and Robin Walker (game designer), Robin Walker, the developer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portal 2
''Portal 2'' is a 2011 puzzle-platform video game developed by Valve Corporation, Valve for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. The digital PC version is distributed online by Valve's Steam (service), Steam service, while all retail editions were distributed by Electronic Arts. A port for the Nintendo Switch was included as part of ''Portal: Companion Collection''. Like the original ''Portal (video game), Portal'' (2007), players solve puzzles by placing portals and teleporting between them. ''Portal 2'' adds features including tractor beams, lasers, light bridges, and paint-like gels that alter player movement or allow portals to be placed on any surface. In the single-player campaign, players control Chell (Portal), Chell, who navigates the dilapidated Aperture Science Laboratories, Aperture Science Enrichment Center during its reconstruction by the supercomputer GLaDOS (Ellen McLain); new characters include robot Wheatley (Portal), Wheatley (Stephen Mercha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alyx
Alyx may refer to: * ''The Adventures of Alyx ''The Adventures of Alyx'' is a 1976 collection of feminist science fiction stories by American writer Joanna Russ, initially entitled ''Alyx'' by Gregg Press in hardback without a dustjacket. It was published in 1983 with the title ''The Adventure ...'', a 1976 collection of feminist science fiction stories by American writer Joanna Russ * ALyX, a season-two contestant on the American singing competition television series ''The Voice'' * Alyx Vance, a non-player character in Valve's 2004 first-person shooter video game ''Half-Life 2'' * '' Half-Life: Alyx'', a 2020 virtual reality first-person shooter developed and published by Valve {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inferno (Counter-Strike)
Inferno, also known by its filename de_inferno, is a Multiplayer video game, multiplayer Level (video games), map in the ''Counter-Strike'' series of first-person shooter video games by Valve Corporation. The map was first created for the original ''Counter-Strike (video game), Counter-Strike'' in a 2001 update and has subsequently appeared in each series entry. While considered a traditional map in the series, its design differs from maps such as Dust II, featuring many hiding spots and branching, narrow paths. The map was remade from the ground up for ''Counter-Strike: Source'' in 2005, changing large parts of the map and moving the setting from the Middle East to Europe. The map returned for ''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' in 2012 and was revamped in a 2016 update, adjusting the map's graphics and visibility. The map returned in ''Counter-Strike 2'', featuring various enhancements and graphical upgrades. Since its introduction, Inferno has been one of the most popular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
