Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (video game)
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is an online multiplayer first-person shooter (FPS) that was developed by Valve and released on August 21, 2012. It is one of Steam's best selling video games, with around 25 million copies sold by the end of 2016.[2] The game is the fourth installment in Valve's Counter-Strike series and is the direct sequel of Counter-Strike: Source. The game faces a variety of potential ethical issues such as gambling, terrorism, and cheating.
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Gameplay
In Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, two teams (Terrorists and Counter-Terrorists) face each other and need to complete certain objectives to win. Each team needs to win a certain number of rounds to win the entire match, with the number of rounds needed varying across game modes. The game itself is played on different maps that feature their own distinct layout.
Competitive
The competitive game mode features two teams of five that compete in a best-of-30 match (first team to win 16 rounds).[3] The objective of the Terrorists are to plant and detonate a bomb on either the A-Bomb site or B-Bomb site. For the Counter-Terrorists they are tasked to defuse or deny the planting of the bomb by eliminating the Terrorists/waiting out the round. There are four scenarios that end a round: Counter-Terrorists defuse a planted bomb, Terrorists detonate a planted bomb, either team has all five players eliminated, or the round timer runs out. Each round lasts for 1 minute and 55 seconds if the bomb has not planted and the bomb itself has a 40 second timer.
Each player can purchase a variety of different guns, armor, and grenades in order to accomplish their objective. All players are pitted up against similar players in the same skill group/rank to ensure for fair matchmaking. Ranks begin with Silver I being the lowest and The Global Elite being the highest. At the end of each match your skill rating will be adjusted based on your performance and whether you won or lost.[4]
