Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) is the fifth game from the Counter-Strike (CS) series which is developed by Valve Corporations. The game is a First Person Shooter (FPS) and has seen great light in the competitive E-Sports scene. CS:GO was released in 2012 and is the latest CS game to date.
However, before the release of CS:GO, the Counter-Strike franchise had already sold over 25 million units (estimated in 2011), and the first release of the game had already taken over the competitive FPS scene of E-Sports by 2004.
As you can now imagine, it didn't take a long time before CS:GO came around to be considered as one of the most successful FPS in the E-Sports competitive global community. The game was very well anticipated since the Beta release, and has grown into what looks like a very promising future for FPS gaming in E-Sports.
The success of CS:GO was almost a given; it was just a continuation of the fairy-tail success story of the Counter-Strike franchise.
From Counter-Strike, to Counter-Strike:Source, to CS:GO; a series of screenshots portraying the backbones of what CS looks like today and how it compares to earlier versions:
How it all came about:
It all started back in 1999, when Counter-Strike was released as a modified version of Half-Life. The game received highly positive reviews ranging from The New York Times reporting that E-Sports Entertainment ESEA League started with the first professional fantasy E-Sports league in 2004 with the game Counter-Strike.
Some reporters credit the move to professional competitive team play with prizes as a major factor in Counter-Strike's longevity and success.
The success continued onto Valve's sequels to the game, CS:Condition zero and CS:Source which were both released in 2004 respectively. The competitive CS scene in the global community has been running strong from 2004 'til today, and is one of, if not the most successful FPS games series for E-Sports and competitive play specially.
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