The fourth game of Counter-Strike franchise, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) is an online first-person shooter game. The game was developed and released by Valve Corporation and Hidden Path Entertainment in August 21, 2012. In terms of popularity, it is one of the most played online games. In 2012 it was the best-selling video game with more than 12 million copies during the year.
Like the previous games in the series, Global Offensive is an objective-based multiplayer first-person shooter. Each player joins either the Terrorist or Counter-Terrorist team and attempts to complete objectives or eliminate the enemy team. The game operates in short rounds that end when all players on one side are dead or a team’s objective is completed. For most game modes, once a player dies, they must wait until the round ends to respawn.
Players purchase weapons and equipment at the beginning of every round with money awarded based on their performance. Completing objectives or killing enemies earns the player money while negative actions, like killing a teammate or hostage, takes money away from the player. In addition, when a round ends all players receive some amount of money, with players on the winning team receiving substantially more
