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The final significant update to the original Counter-Strike game was version 1.6 in 2003, and so the game became known as Counter-Strike 1.6 (CS 1.6). 2001 Winter CPL Counter-Strike tournament. In 2002, the World Cyber Games became the next tournament to host competitive Counter-Strike, followed by the Electronic Sports World Cup in 2003.
HLTV's old logo. HLTV was founded in 2002 by Martin "Martin" Rosenbæk [5] and Per "Nomad" Lambæk. [6] [7] It was initially created to host recordings of Counter-Strike 1.6 matches, although it grew to include Counter-Strike and Half-Life news. [7]
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive was the fourth release in the main, Valve-developed Counter-Strike series in 2012. Much like Counter-Strike: Source the game runs on the Source engine. It was available for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux, as well as the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles, and is backwards compatible on the Xbox One console.
Counter-Strike Major Championships, commonly known as the Majors, are Counter-Strike (CS) esports tournaments sponsored by Valve, the game's developer. The first Valve-recognized Major took place in 2013 in Jönköping , Sweden and was hosted by DreamHack with a total prize pool of US$250,000 split among 16 teams.
Upon its retail release, Counter-Strike received highly favorable reviews. [25] [29] [31] [33] [34] In 2003, Counter-Strike was inducted into GameSpot's list of the greatest games of all time. [14] The New York Times reported that E-Sports Entertainment ESEA League started the first professional fantasy e-sports league in 2004 with the game ...
The 2011 World Cyber Games (also known as WCG 2011) ... PC games. Counter-Strike 1.6; CrossFire (developed by Smile Gate) FIFA 11; League of Legends;
The World Cyber Games 2006 was held from October 18 to October 22, 2006 in Monza, ... Counter-Strike: PGS: Jakub Gurczyński (kuben) NiP: Oskar Holm (ins) hoorai ...
Astralis is a Danish esports organization. Best known for their Counter-Strike 2 team, they also have teams representing other games, such as FIFA and Rainbow Six Siege. The parent group of Astralis is the Astralis Group, who previously managed Origen and Future F.C. before the merger of all teams under the Astralis brand. [1]