With hundreds of thousands watching every event around the world, CS:GO has never been bigger and the level of play, money involved and passion around the game has constantly moved upwards too. In terms of esports, it started for the love of the game, with old-school nerds in internet cafes – but now, it’s the pursuit of highly talented pseudo-athletes in arenas packed with fervent fans. CS is widely regarded as the best series of shooters around, and even though it’s been seven years since Global Offensive was released, it is still the biggest and most beloved FPS around. In 2000, Counter-Strike – the original – was released, and the world of first-person shooters still hasn’t quite caught up.
What is Counter-Strike: Global Offensive?Ĭounter-Strike as a series of games is older than a decent amount of the people playing it.
