Counter-Strike, the world’s number one online action game series, is a first-person shooter developed by Valve Software, the creators of the renowned Half-Life series. This team-oriented online shooter pits terrorists and counter-terrorists against one another in round-based combat set all over the world. Using the power of the “Source” engine, the original Counter-Strike has been completely remade as Counter-Strike: Source—offering upgraded graphics, levels, and the implementation of a new physics engine. Counter-Strike will never be the same!
First released to the public on June 18th, 1999, Counter-Strike began as a simple fan-produced mod for Half-Life. Thanks to a series of steadily-improving beta releases, the mod started to foster a progressively-enlarging and dedicated following. As the fast-paced, tactical game play was refined and improved, and as new concepts and maps were introduced, Counter-Strike moved from being a mere Half-Life mod to an entirely new game.
With the release of Steam, Valve's digital content delivery system, Counter-Strike found a new footing within the gaming community. Counter-Strike’s first single-player chapter, Counter-Strike: Condition Zero (Developed by Valve and Turtle Rock Studios), was a great success, bringing many new features and upgraded graphics to the classic game. The release of Counter-Strike: Source only helped boost the series further towards its now legendary status. Counter-Strike is about as close as you’ll ever get to saving the world; or destroying it!
What’s in This Section?
Counter-Strike not only revolutionized the world of modding, but the entire Half-Life community, and we’re happy to show off our admiration of this revolutionary series with our collection of overviews, guides, strategies, tweaks, and tricks. Want to buff up on your Counter-Strike knowledge? Check out our overview sections. Need help “pwning n00bs” on de_dust? Swing by our map strategies section. Having trouble getting the most FPS out of your computer? We’ve got tech guides at your disposal. Want to turn your grenades into something more cute and cuddly, or change your Counter-Strike menu background? Head over to our files section for mods, maps, models, and more! Welcome to the last place you will ever need to go for all of your Counter-Strike needs!
Essential Links
Counter-Strike Review @ IGN
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero Review @ GameSpy
Counter-Strike Forums @ Planet Half-Life
Counter-Strike Files @ FilePlanet
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Friday, 8 December, 2006 – Planet Half-Life News |
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Advertisements in Counter-Strike?
14:36 PST | AdmiralQuesadilla | Print News | Category: Counter-StrikeCS-Nation conducted an interview with Valve celebrity Doug Lombardi regarding the implementation of advertisements into Counter-Strike 1.6. Advertisements, no doubt, bring both positive and negative consequences - especially in the realm of video games. Arm yourselves with knowledge, players and server administrators alike! Find out how it will affect you, because if everything goes according to plan, we should start to see advertisements popping up sometime early next year.
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Thursday, 2 November, 2006 – Planet Half-Life News |
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Counter-Strike: Source Update
8:00 PST | AdmiralQuesadilla | Print News | Category: Counter-StrikeAn update for Counter-Strike: Source has hit servers! This update solely consists of the new dynamic weapon pricing feature that all of you have been hearing about. It's been in beta testing for quite some time, so let's hope that all of the bugs have been ironed out.
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Friday, 13 October, 2006 – Planet Half-Life News |
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Counter-Strike: Source Beta Updates
13:59 PST | AdmiralQuesadilla | Print News | Category: Counter-StrikeTwo quick fixes affecting the current Counter-Strike: Source beta have been released. Check out the bullet points!
Added missing purchase screen art
Fixed being unable to purchase smoke grenades For those of you who do not know, the latest Counter-Strike: Source beta features dynamic weapon pricing based on the frequency of sales across all Counter-Strike: Source servers. If you are a server administrator and wish to enable this feature, run the server update tool with "cstrike_beta" as the game parameter.
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Thursday, 12 October, 2006 – Planet Half-Life News |
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Counter-Strike: Source & Other Updates Available
7:10 PST | Chief-Phillips | Print News | Category: - Counter-StrikeUpdates to Counter-Strike: Source, the Source Engine, and Source TV have been implimented. To take advantage of the changes, just restart your Steam client as always. The changes are as follows:
Counter-Strike: Source
Added beta for Counter-Strike: Source Dynamic Weapon Pricing
Source Engine
Exclude .lua files from being downloaded by clients
Exclude the addons/, gamemods/ and lua/ from having files inside of them downloaded to clients (Garry's MOD support)
Optimization for dedicated server and SourceTV relays
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Thursday, 28 September, 2006 – Planet Half-Life News |
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Counter-Strike Source: Source All-Star Game Wrap-Up
14:30 PST | CPaulv | Print News | Category: Counter-StrikeThe GotFrag's CS:S All-Star Game has come to an end. It was said that the West team was stacked and that the East team didn't stand a chance. The West team defeated the East team over 2 maps with scores of 16-14 and 16-13. Later that day the North and South European games happened, with the North team taking both maps with scores of 16-6 and 16-2. It seemed to be a very successful event with about 1000 spectators on SourceTV and over 1000 on the casting stations.
Read more at: http://www.gotfrag.com/css/story/34701/
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Friday, 22 September, 2006 – Planet Half-Life News |
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CS: Source Weapon Pricing Revealed
19:45 PST | redef | Print News | Category: Counter-Strike - A new page on the Steam website reveals weapon pricing changes for CS: Source. Changes to the weapon pricing were noted in news updates approximately a month ago, and this is the first insight into specifically what those changes are. Instead of simply altering the pricing in order to facilitate gameplay, the prices of weapon are now based on an economy model. Records are taken of the demand of weapons and this is calculated in an algorithm that determines the pricing of weapons from week to week. For details you can check out some information concerning the algorithm or the weapons market pricing page. Here's a little blurb from the page:
The cost of weapons and equipment that you purchase in Counter-Strike: Source are now based on an algorithm that calculates the global market demand for various weapons. As more people purchase a certain weapon, the price will rise and other weapons will become less expensive.
Starting October 11th, the prices you pay for weapons in Counter-Strike: Source will be updated every Monday based on the volume of purchases over the previous week.
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Wednesday, 26 July, 2006 – Planet Half-Life News |
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GotFrag's CS Worldwide Rankings
22:44 PST | | Print News | Category: Counter-StrikeAfter a flurry of tournament play the GotFrag folks have updated their CS Worldwide Rankings. American team CompLexity managed to secure the top spot, with Swedish teams Fnatic and Ninjas in Pajamas following close behind.
Check out their page for the entire rankings.
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Wednesday, 12 July, 2006 – Planet Half-Life News |
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CGI Live Audience Tickets
0:08 PST | | Print News | Category: Counter-StrikeAnyone who either lives in the Bay area or is going to be there from July 21st to the 22nd may be interested in knowing that free tickets to the live audience of The Championship Gaming Invitational, as part of the leading up to the Championship Gaming Series, are now available. The event should be a huge amount of fun, if not for the CS competition, but for the various other games and other forms of entertainment. If you’re interested, or just want some more info, click this link.
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