Counter-Strike history with video
Counter-Strike history articles with a video of another channel on the same subject.
Counter-Strike 1.6
2003–
Counter-Strike 1.6Video
Counter-Strike games in order: release dates from 1999 to 2004
Counter-Strike release dates in order: the 1999 beta, version 1.0 in 2000, the Xbox version, Condition Zero and Counter-Strike: Source in 2004.
By CSgoFriends
Counter-Strike 1.6Video
Classic Counter-Strike maps: Dust to Inferno, 1999-2001
How six classic Counter-Strike maps arrived, from Dust and Nuke in Beta 4 to Dust II and Inferno in version 1.1, and what became of them later.
By CSgoFriends
Counter-Strike: Source
2004–
Counter-Strike: SourceVideo
Counter-Strike: Source in 2004: announcement, beta and final version
How Valve announced the Counter-Strike: Source beta on July 7, 2004, opened it in phases in August and gave Steam buyers the final version on Oct. 7.
By CSgoFriends
CS:GO
2012–2023
CS:GOVideo
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive launch: the road to Aug. 21, 2012
How CS:GO got from beta to its Aug. 21, 2012, Steam launch: the June date and price announcement, pre-purchase and the final beta week.
By CSgoFriends
CS:GOVideo
How Valve announced Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on Aug. 12, 2011
Valve announced Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on Aug. 12, 2011. Here is what the company said, what early players reported and how it was framed.
By CSgoFriends
CS:GOVideo
CS:GO's first map pool: how the 16 planned launch maps took shape in 2011-2012
How the original Counter-Strike: Global Offensive map pool came together from an August 2011 report to Valve's April 2012 beta updates.
By CSgoFriends
CS:GOVideo
CS:GO beta: the 2011 stress test, the delay and the 2012 key waves
Valve opened the CS:GO closed beta on Nov. 30, 2011, with two maps and one mode, then widened access through key waves and a survey in early 2012.
By CSgoFriends