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Valve's Counter-Strike Condition Zero Done

Posted by simoniker on from the look-what's-in-my-other-hand dept.

daitengu writes "ShackNews is reporting that PC FPS Counter-Strike: Condition Zero will be going gold this Friday. The targeted release date is then November 18 [possibly to match the Xbox Counter-Strike's street date?] The game is a single-player focused version of the insanely popular First Person Shooter, Counter-Strike. CS:CZ includes in-game bots and many updated models, textures and skins. Love it or hate it, Valve is milking the original Half-Life engine for all it's worth, and this one should sell quite nicely." If you're confused about what this title is, CS-Nation has a good webpage on CS:CZ, including information about the checkered history of the title, which has been through at least 4 developers, including Valve themselves.

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  1. Bovine mixed-metaphors by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Valve is milking the original Half-Life engine for all it's worth, "

    Vrooom....Vrooommm...

    Moo.

  2. Single player content by arrow · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's good to see more single player content for FPS games. I think too much of it was lost on the multi-player hype. For someone who honestly sucks at multiplayer games but fairs pretty well aginst computer players, I hope the recent source leak at Valve pushes them a bit more to realize that single-player content could build them a solid game of the year title even if the multiplayer aspect gets hacked to bits.

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    1. Re:Single player content by arrow · · Score: 2, Informative

      Lets assume for a second that due to source leaks and protocol compromises, a game becomes completely unplayable in the multiplayer sense.

      Good quality single player content could still earn the acclaim of reviewers and players. Which in turn generates more sales, and a game of the year.

      I just liked the days when you didn't need to play online to get the full enjoyment of a game.

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      symetrix. We are building a religion, a limited edition.
  3. MS does not own Valve by gumpish · · Score: 2, Informative
    NBC Merger Leaves VU Games, Blizzard, Sierra In Cold

    From the post:
    ...Vivendi Universal Games has still not found a buyer...
  4. CZ has been leaked by __aailob1448 · · Score: 2, Informative

    The same guy who leaked HL2's source, HL2 alpha (mislabeled BETA) and custom versions of Counter-strike and Half-Life 1 running on the source engin had just leaked Condition Zero.

    It is spreading wildly as I'm typing this...

  5. good for valve :) by sirmikester · · Score: 3, Informative

    It seems as if valve finally got some news to be happy about. This title should definately sell well and make alot of money for them. The screenshot looks pretty good, considering the engine for the game is quite dated by now (regardless of updates).

    Now how about that linux client?

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    In linux libertas