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Counter-Strike
''Counter-Strike'' (''CS'') is a series of multiplayer tactical first-person shooter video games, in which opposing teams attempt to complete various objectives. The series began on Windows in 1999 with the release of the first game, '' Counter-Strike''. It was initially released as a modification ("mod") for ''Half-Life'' that was designed by Minh "Gooseman" Le and Jess "Cliffe" Cliffe before the rights to the mod's intellectual property were acquired by Valve, the developers of ''Half-Life'', who then turned ''Counter-Strike'' into a retail product released in 2000. The original ''Counter-Strike'' was followed by '' Counter-Strike: Condition Zero'', developed by Turtle Rock Studios and released in March 2004. A previous version of ''Condition Zero'' that was developed by Ritual Entertainment was released alongside it as ''Condition Zero: Deleted Scenes''. Eight months later, Valve released '' Counter-Strike: Source'', a remake of the original ''Counter-Strike'' and the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Counter-Strike (video Game)
''Counter-Strike'' (also known as ''Half-Life: Counter-Strike'' or ''Counter-Strike 1.6'') is a 2000 Tactical shooter, tactical first-person shooter game developed by Valve Corporation and published by Sierra Studios. It is the first installment in the Counter-Strike, ''Counter-Strike'' series. The game pits two teams—the counterterrorism, Counter-Terrorists and Terrorists—against each other in objective-based game modes. The most common objectives are bomb defusal and hostage rescue, each played on designated maps. Players begin with a knife and pistol, and they can purchase more advanced weapons and equipment with money earned through eliminating enemies or accomplishing goals. Once eliminated, players do not respawn until the end of the round. Minh Le and Jess Cliffe planned a game based on counter-terrorism in 1998 with development beginning the following year when the first few Software release life cycle#Beta, beta versions were released. The ''Half-Life'' modificatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Counter-Strike 2
''Counter-Strike 2'' is a 2023 free-to-play Tactical shooter, tactical first-person shooter video game, game developed and published by Valve Corporation, Valve. It is the fifth entry in the ''Counter-Strike'' series, developed as an updated version of the previous entry, ''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' (2012). The game 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 video game graphics, graphics, and a new "sub-tick" server architecture. In addition, many List of competitive Coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Condition Zero
''Counter-Strike: Condition Zero'' is a first-person shooter video game developed by Ritual Entertainment, Turtle Rock Studios, and Valve, and published by Sierra Entertainment and Valve. The follow-up to ''Counter-Strike'' (2000), it was released in March 2004 for Windows. ''Condition Zero'' utilizes the GoldSrc engine and has a multiplayer mode, which features updated character models, textures, maps and other graphical tweaks. It also includes two single-player campaigns; ''Tour of Duty'' and ''Condition Zero: Deleted Scenes''. Alongside various other Valve titles, the game received versions for OS X and Linux in 2013. Gameplay ''Counter-Strike: Condition Zero'', like its predecessor and successors, is a tactical, team-based first-person shooter featuring two opposing teams: Counter-Terrorists and Terrorists. The game has three game modes—single-player, multiplayer and ''Deleted Scenes''. The multiplayer game mode is similar to ''Counter-Strike'' but differs in that the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Minh "Gooseman" Le
Minh Le ( Vietnamese: Lê Minh; born June 27, 1977), also known by his online nickname Gooseman, is a Vietnamese-Canadian video game programmer who co-created the ''Half-Life'' mod ''Counter-Strike'' with Jess Cliffe in 1999 and started the ''Counter-Strike'' series. He was later employed by Valve, the developers of ''Half-Life'', and worked for 8 years in Korea on the multiplayer first-person shooter '' Tactical Intervention''. He is a contractor on the multiplayer survival first-person shooter ''Rust''. In the small-team games that he has worked on, Le has been a programmer, modeler, and designer. His nickname comes from Shane Gooseman, one of the main characters of 1980s cartoon series '' The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers''. Biography Minh Le was born in Vietnam. In 1979, he and his parents left Vietnam on a boat and immigrated to Canada as refugees. Le attended Simon Fraser University from 1996 to 2001, graduating in 2001 with a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Valve Corporation
Valve Corporation, also known as Valve Software, 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 game franchises ''Half-Life (series), Half-Life'', ''Counter-Strike'', ''Portal (series), Portal'', ''Day of Defeat'', ''Team Fortress 2, Team Fortress'', ''Left 4 Dead (series), Left 4 Dead'' and ''Dota''. Valve was founded in 1996 by the 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 and had a lasting influence on the FPS genre. Harrington left in 2000. In 2003, Valve launched Steam, followed by ''Half-Life 2'' (2004), the Episodic video game, episodic sequels ''Half-Life 2: Episode One'' (2006) and ''Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Episode Two'' (2007), the mult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Turtle Rock Studios
Turtle Rock Studios (known as Valve South between 2008 and 2010) is an American video game developer founded in March 2002 by Mike Booth. It was acquired by Valve in 2008, but was re-founded in 2010 as a subsidiary of Slamfire Inc. by Phil Robb and Chris Ashton. Turtle Rock Studios is involved in the creation of original titles as well as the provision of consulting services to the digital entertainment industry. The company's most notable games are: the first '' Left 4 Dead'', which was published by Valve; '' Evolve'', which was originally set to be published by THQ but was later published by 2K Games; and Back 4 Blood, which was published by Warner Bros. Games. The founder of the company had worked for Westwood Pacific, and assisted in the development of the ''Counter-Strike'' series. The company expanded from six employees to more than seventy staff members from 2011 to 2014 and opened a subsidiary company called Turtle Rock Garage in 2011, which specialized in developin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jess "Cliffe" Cliffe
Jess A. Cliffe (born June 27, 1981) is a video game designer who co-created the ''Half-Life'' mod ''Counter-Strike'' with Minh Le and started the ''Counter-Strike'' series. In the first entry of the series, he is the voice of the radio commands, the voiceline "Counter-Terrorists Win!" and various sound effects. He has worked on maps for '' Half-Life: Deathmatch''. Education He attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from 1999 to 2003. Career Before getting involved with the original ''Counter-Strike'', Jess Cliffe was a very active gaming website designer. The earliest known gaming website he founded was ''Jedi Knight Multiplayer Addon Group'' (JKMAG) which he founded in December 1997. After around a year of maintaining the website, he moved on to start the website ''Action Quake2 Map Depot''. It was during the time he was involved with this site that he got to know Marcelo Dilay and Minh Le as Dilay and Le were part of the team developing '' Action Quake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tactical Shooter
A tactical shooter is a Video game genre, sub-genre of First-person shooter, first- and third-person shooters, associated with using strategy, planning, and Military tactics, tactics in gameplay, as well as the realistic simulations of ballistics, firearm mechanics, Game physics, physics, Endurance, stamina, and low Glossary of video game terms#time to kill, time to kill. Dating back to Strategy video game, strategy games from the late 1980s, the genre first rose to prominence in the late 1990s with the releases of several well-received tactical shooters. The popularity of the genre saw a decline in the late 2000s as fast-paced "arcade"-like Action game, action shooters rose to prominence, it has seen a revitalization since the mid-2010s with the successful releases of several modern tactical shooters. Tactical shooters involving military operations in grounded and realistic settings are sometimes known as MilSim#Video games, milsims. These games and (often) Video game modding, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Hidden Path Entertainment
Hidden Path Entertainment, Inc. is an American video game development company based in Bellevue, Washington, United States. History Hidden Path was founded in 2006 by Michael Austin, Jim Garbarini, Dave McCoy, Jeff Pobst, and Mark Terrano. In 2008, Hidden Path released its first original title, '' Defense Grid: The Awakening'' for Windows and in 2009 for Xbox. A downloadable title, ''Defense Grid'' garnered high acclaim with its twist on tower defense and has sold over half a million units since its release. In 2009, Hidden Path began working with Valve to update and maintain '' Counter-Strike: Source'', first released in 2004. Hidden Path worked with Valve developing '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive''. ''CS:GO'' debuted at PAX Prime 2011 and released on August 21, 2012. ''CS:GO'' is no longer available for Windows, OS X, Linux, PlayStation 3 (PlayStation Network), and Xbox 360 (Xbox Live Arcade). Continuing the company's trend of revisiting older series, Hidden Path releas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Half-Life (video Game)
''Half-Life'' is a 1998 first-person shooter, first-person shooter game developed by Valve Corporation and published by Sierra Studios for Windows. It was Valve's debut product and the first game in the Half-Life (series), ''Half-Life'' series. The player assumes the role of Gordon Freeman, a scientist who must escape from the Black Mesa Research Facility after it is overrun by Extraterrestrials in fiction, alien creatures following a disastrous scientific experiment. The gameplay consists of combat, exploration and puzzles. Valve was disappointed with the lack of innovation in the FPS genre, and aimed to create an immersive world rather than a "shooting gallery". Unlike other games at the time, the player has almost uninterrupted control of the player character; the story is mostly experienced through scripted sequences rather than cutscenes. Valve developed the game using GoldSrc, a heavily modified version of the Quake engine, ''Quake'' engine, licensed from id Software. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Source (engine)
Source is a 3D game engine developed by Valve Corporation, Valve. It debuted as the successor to GoldSrc in 2004 with the releases of ''Half-Life: Source'', ''Counter-Strike: Source'', and ''Half-Life 2''. Valve used Source in many of their games in the following years, including ''Team Fortress 2'', ''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'', ''Dota 2'', and the ''Portal (series), Portal'' and ''Left 4 Dead (franchise), Left 4 Dead'' franchises. Other notable third-party games using Source include most games in the ''Titanfall'' franchise, ''Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines'', ''Dear Esther'', ''The Stanley Parable'' and ''Garry’s Mod''. Valve released incremental updates to Source before it was succeeded by Source 2 in 2015. History Source distantly originates from the GoldSrc engine, itself a heavily modified version of John Carmack's Quake engine with some code from the Quake II engine. Carmack commented on his blog in 2004 that "there are still bits of early ''Quake'' co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Gearbox Software
Gearbox Software, L.L.C is an American video game developer, video game development company based in Frisco, Texas. It was established as a limited liability company in February 1999 by five developers formerly of Rebel Boat Rocker. Randy Pitchford, one of the founders, serves as President (corporate title), president and chief executive officer. Gearbox initially created expansions for the Valve Corporation, Valve game ''Half-Life (series), Half-Life'', then ported that game and others to console platforms. In 2005, Gearbox launched its first independent set of games, ''Brothers in Arms (video game series), Brothers in Arms'', on console and mobile devices. It became their flagship franchise and spun off a comic book series, television documentary, books, and action figures. Their second original game series, ''Borderlands (series), Borderlands'', commenced in 2009, and by 2015 had sold over 26 million copies. The company also owns the intellectual property of ''Duke Nukem'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
