It has been barely a year sincethe official announcement, but it’s already here! Valve’s answer to the tactical/military team-based shooter of today,Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, has just been released to the masses on Steam.

Valve also shared a fair bit of statistics that they gathered while putting theCS: GObetathrough its paces. From Jul 12, 2025 through July 15, 2025, over 300,000 players took part in the beta testing and played more than 24 million rounds. The favored weapons seemed to be the Desert Eagle M4A1 and AK-47, with the invested in-game currency for each easily passing the $16-million mark.

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If your trigger finger has been itching lately and need something new to shoot, you can findCounter-Strike: Global Offensiveavailable now on Steam, and later tonight and tomorrow on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade for the very reasonable price of $14.99.

The opening area of the Whisper mission, in a small grove.

The Divide in the Cosmodrome, where the Guardian was resurrected.

A holofoil Ribbontail, as seen in collections.

The Phoneutria Fera hand cannon, inspired by the Season of the Haunted armor set. It has a unique, galactic glow.

Three Fuses appear in a match of Apex Legends' Wild Card mode.

Mad Maggie opens a supply bin and an item with a symbol indicating infinite ammo appears.

Legends slide through a zipline in King’s Canyon in Apex Legends.

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The Yeartide Apex tex Mechanica SMG with a Holofoil glow.