CS:GO Beta Starting Today

dmcg · 30 Nov 2011 at 09:54

For those with a key

November 30th is officially here, and you know what that means: the beta of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive goes live later today! The beta is closed for the moment and is only available to those lucky folks who snagged beta keys at events like PAX Prime and Eurogamer, but the good people at Valve have assured us that eventually everybody will get a chance to play the beta.

The official CS:GO developer Twitter said to expect the beta to go live “later in the afternoon”, so don’t lose any sleep getting up early. They also teased us with a screenshot of the beta release candidate build taken during testing earlier today:

Stay tuned to CounterStrikeGO.com to learn the moment the beta goes live! The CS:GO developers also announced that the official CS:GO website will be launched “late Tuesday or early Wednesday”, meaning we can expect to see the site go up before the beta.

The beta is small, consisting of only 2 player models (Seal Team 6 and Elite Krew for CT and T respectively) and two maps, the legendary favorites Dust and Dust2. As such, Valve has confirmed that there will be no preloading option.

No hotlinking!

http://counterstrikego.com/2011/11/csgo-beta-starting-today/

dmcg · 30 Nov 2011 at 10:33

Sutters said:
Guy on twitter says everyone will get into the beta. Sweet.

yes eventually but for now only people with keys from eurogamer or pax can get in

dmcg · 30 Nov 2011 at 11:34

tlrBeta said:
Valve trying to jump on the band wagon of COD and BF3 Success.

Let's see if they actually 'listen' to the gamers like they did with TF2 (different departments) or it will be another Condition Zero aka. CS flop.

valve didn't make condition zero actually

dmcg · 30 Nov 2011 at 12:09

B@Th*nG said:
work can not go fast enough

B@

same

dmcg · 30 Nov 2011 at 12:17

they said in the afteroon but I guess that's not in gmt so most likely later tonight

dmcg · 30 Nov 2011 at 17:04

forgot about valve time

dmcg · 30 Nov 2011 at 22:11

@csgo_dev cs:go
Getting close.
2 minutes ago via web

valve employee

dmcg · 1 Dec 2011 at 00:07

ok played for a bit have to say 1.6 is still miles better in terms of gameplay but cs:go is fun but feels way too like left for dead as in clunky

some screens

http://steamcommunity.com/id/-Mcg/screenshots?tab=&showdate=1&filter=app_730

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but I would much rather play this than bf3

dmcg · 1 Dec 2011 at 00:46

Baplad said:
Well if anyone has a spare key or managed to get a spare id gladly take it off your hands.

And to those who have it already, answer some questions for me!

- Is the movement like 1.6 or source?
- Is the recoil similar to 1.6 or source?

no it's closer to left 4 dead than 1.6

dmcg · 1 Dec 2011 at 10:46

it was meant to bring 1.6 and css players together but if anything it just segments the players again with this left 4 dead version

dmcg · 1 Dec 2011 at 12:12

Rufio said:
What do you mean by left 4 dead version?

it feels and plays like left 4 dead more than a counter strike game

dmcg · 1 Dec 2011 at 14:25

DiCe! said:
I cant see it replacing CS:S I really dont like the molotov idea personally :/

its actually a really good idea and works well as you can halt rushes

dmcg · 1 Dec 2011 at 20:02

Biohazard said:
I realise it's still beta but from watching the video I don't think I could leave CSS for that

I've played the beta over a hour now and no way any 1.6 player will leave to play this

dmcg · 2 Dec 2011 at 00:02

made some screenshots on dust2 matchmaker only seems to use dust

http://steamcommunity.com/id/-Mcg/screenshots/?tab=public&showdate=1&filter=app_730

I like how the game tints to the colour of your team at the start

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dmcg · 2 Dec 2011 at 11:41

psychas said:
did they gimped the economy ? can you still by armor without helmet ? or full armor at all ?

in casual mode no but in competitive mode its just like the original

dmcg · 2 Dec 2011 at 21:50

Nate75 said:
The more I look at it, the more I think CS:GO is happening for the consoles.

We'll see though...

it is on consoles lol

dmcg · 2 Dec 2011 at 22:05

Nate75 said:
oh really?

yes its been known for ages thats its coming on xbox and ps3 , I played the 360 version at eurogamer

dmcg · 2 Dec 2011 at 22:34

you guys are so behind the times lol pc players will also be able to play with ps3 players

dmcg · 4 Dec 2011 at 17:27

Mana said:
Friend of mine did a vid, mainly for people who never heard of CS (wtf!) before. Like if you think it deserves it.

Thanks.

As for this beta, its nice but way too buggy to fully enjoy it. I get killed by invisible players and the hit detection sometimes i think is off.

well this video fails from the get go valve didnt make the mod in 1999

dmcg · 4 Dec 2011 at 20:35

MrLOL said:
Yes thy do

They just brought the names of some of the guns up to date

no it's a different gun and doesn't have a silencer aswell as the m4