Mom's Minute

Counter-Strike Global Offense ( CS GO) -Scheduled release:  First Quarter of 2012

Source of News:  Mashable, Charlie White, August 26, 2011

Article:  New Counter-Strike 2012 Trailers Revealed [Video]

This news was just released at about 1:55 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, so it is fresh off the press as of the publish time for this article!  Video game players have been waiting for a glimpse of what the newest version of Counter-Strike Global Offense will look like.  The trailer is now out  and available for you to peruse at your leisure.

Counter-Strike Global Offense is  a classic, team based video game which has been around for about 11 years.  It  is a modification of the game "Half-Life", which has sold more than 25 million units.  

So what is the news? The news here is that this game will now be available for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 for the first time.

The game is scheduled to debut during the first quarter of 2012, with new weapons and maps.  Also new will be the option for cross-platform play.

Here is a picture of what may be the front cover of the game -- which could change before launch date.

Ms. H's take.  This looks to be a shooter type game.  Unfortunately, I have not played any of the earlier versions of Counter-Strike Global Offense.  Initially, I thought it may be a war type game -- similar to Battlefield Bad Company or Call of Duty.  However, the author of the article states it had its start as "Half-life," which I believed to be a role-playiing game? For those of you who do play the older version of this game, just wanted to let you know what you can expect when the new game comes out in 2012.

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