![]() ![]() Even when their match streak was broken in 2013, NiP continued to win tournaments throughout the remainder of the year and into 2014. When CS:GO launched, the Swedish organization brought together many of the stars of both 1.6 and Source and formed a squad that was unmatched. And it is held by the game’s very first superteam: Ninjas in Pyjamas. ![]() That is the longest match winning streak on LAN in CS:GO history. Fortunately, thanks to a number of quick updates in the early months of the game (and the addition of an item economy one year later), CS:GO began to stand on its own and unite Counter-Strike players new and old. For a time, CS' population was almost evenly split between three games, something I don't think we've ever seen in a competitive franchise. Longtime fans of the series didn't immediately switch over at launch, however, thanks to bugs and mechanical changes (for example, absence of flinch animations). CS:GO aimed to unite both 1.6 and Source players, but interestingly, one of the initial goals of the project was also to bring the series to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 before a new generation of hardware appeared. By 2011, Valve announced a sequel, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. ![]() The community was split between the Counter-Strike 1.6 and Counter-Strike: Source for years, and Valve had given neither game the level of attention and updates we now expect from competitive games. It's easy to forget that in 2010, Counter-Strike was in a tough spot. ![]() Let’s look back on the evolution of Counter-Strike by examining the biggest moments in the series of the past decade.Ĭounter-Strike: Global Offensive launches And though its future is uncertain, Counter-Strike is in a far better place now than it was 10 years ago. In the 2010s Counter-Strike grew to become one of the largest esports in the world and arguably Valve's flagship game, depending on how you feel about Dota 2. The decade in Counter-Strike truly began on August 21, 2012, but the seven years since made up for its late start. ![]()
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