Counter-Strike: Global Offensive this year turned seven years old, and the game’s popularity is slowly but surely continuing to creep up. At least, such a conclusion can be made on the basis of data from Steam Charts – the game set a new record.

But Valve – took drastic measures and cut off all ties with 1.6, so the players willy-nilly had to switch to a new game. And you know – fell in love, suffered, and now we have one of the best shooters in the world. Appearance If you do not remember, then CS, in its initial form, was not even a game. This is just a mod on Half Life, of which there were quite a lot.

But it was Counter-Strike that hit the jackpot. Therefore, the developers at Global Offencive decided to continue to drive on this topic, as the formula of the game – it worked perfectly for 12 years (for 2012), and it still works today. We will try to capture all the details of the game, changing throughout its existence.