Counter-Strike Online reaches 150,000 peak concurrent users
February 6, 2009 by Joel Tan
Filed under Asian MMO, Asian MMO Players, Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike Online, MMO Action, MMOFPS, MMORPG, MMORPG News, MMORPG Videos
In the fast-expanding industry of online games, one would expect a popular first-person shooter to outshine shooters made exclusively for online gaming fanatics. Well, this seems to be the case with China-based Tian City’s latest addition to its titles, Counter-Strike Online.
Counter-Strike Online, of course, is the newest incarnation of the highly popular mod to Valve’s Half-Life franchise. The MMOFPS first saw the light of day in South Korea and, thanks to Nexon, has since expanded its reach to Japan and China.
Recently, Tian City, operator of the online shooter in China, announced a breakthrough, which online games portal 17173 was able …read more
What? Another Counter-Strike clone?
February 9, 2008 by Joel Tan
Filed under Asian MMO, Counter-Strike, Gunz Online, MMOFPS, MMORPG, MMORPG News, Random Rants, WarRock
There’s a new first-person shooter in town, and it’s not Counter-Strike, Gunz Online, or WarRock. It’s called Special Force, and the game is all about taking names.
“We invite those who loved and played Counter-Strike years ago to try this game as it gives the same feel and pulse-racing action as Counter-Strike, but online. It’s free-to-play, and players can customize everything about the way their avatars look from gear to weapons,” Paul Buencamino, marketing associate of Microgaming Technologies, told Hackenslash.
Well, I just have to ask: What makes Special Force special or different from Counter-Strike and the two other established and existing …read more
Counter-Strike Online to give other online shooters a run for their money?
January 6, 2008 by Joel Tan
Filed under Asian MMO, Asian MMO Players, Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike Online, MMO Action, MMORPG News, MMORPG Videos, Valve
Better late than never, I always say. Counter-Strike Online, the latest incarnation of the highly popular mod to the Half-Life franchise, has just enjoyed a successful three-day closed beta test, developers Nexon of South Korea and Valve of North America recently told Game Watch.
At least 170,000 South Korean Counter-Strike players, most of whom have already made the big leap from the first-person shooter to the massively multiplayer online role-playing game genre, participated in the closed beta of the upcoming, heavily localized and Steam-free version of the game.
Counter-Strike Online is touted as the Asian edition of Counter-Strike: Condition Zero. It’s aimed …read more
