Segundo o Blog The Ironic Gamer, está fase de testes na Coréia uma versão Beta do jogo Counter-Strike Online (CS Online) desde o dia 20 de dezembro. O jogo, fabricado pela Nexon, surge cinco meses após a empresa ter assinado o acordo de licença com US Valve Software em julho de 2007.
Esta versão MMO fechada para testes conta com 8 novas armas, 8 personagens diferentes e 4 novos mapas. O jogo online está sendo desenvolvido focando principalmente os fanáticos gamers da China, Coréia e Japão, sendo liberado nestes países.
Ainda não há notícia de liberação para Europa e Américas, mas fatalmente deverá ser lançado mundialmente, devido à grande popularidade do jogo, que conta com mais de 7 milhões de novos jogadores por mês.
English:
Game Watch are reporting that Counter-Strike Online, Valve and Nexon´s shot at total Asian gaming domination, just enjoyed a successful three-day closed beta (end of Dec 2007). Around 170,000 Korean CS players took a shot at the upcoming, heavily localised, Steam-free version of the classic FPS, which among other tweaks features some new maps and new weapons. CSO is scheduled for release in Korea, Japan, China and Taiwan.
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Valve´s Doug Lombardi has dropped us a line announcing plans to bring Counter-Strike to Asian markets, effectively positioning the world´s #1 most played online first-person shooter in the most insane competitive gaming circuit in the world, where StarCraft reigns supreme. The drop comes by way of a new partnership with Nexon, publisher of the wildly popular MapleStory, which boasts an impressive 57 million users worldwide. From the release:
"It is our utmost pleasure to be able to develop Counter-Strike Online with Valve," said David K. Lee, CEO of NEXON Japan Co., Ltd. "We will be devoting our expertise in online game development and service know-how for Asian territories to Counter-Strike Online. Already a global phenomenon, we are confident we can grow the success of Counter-Strike with this new product by tailoring the gameplay for the millions of gamers in Asia, one of the gaming industries fastest growing territories."
Under the agreement, Nexon will develop and publish Counter-Strike Online in South Korea, Japan, China, and Taiwan. While the game doesn´t seem the most likely candidate for runaway success in the Asian market, we might be surprised -- I know I´m not the only one who didn´t expect to see Kerrigan´s face on a bag of chips, after all.
Hit the jump for the full press release.
Leading International Studios Join Forces to Extend the World´s #1 First Person Multiplayer Game
Bellevue, WA -- July 27, 2007 - Award-winning game and technology studios Valve and Nexon today announce Counter-Strike Online, a new online version of the world´s number one first-person multiplayer game that will be tailored for Asia.
Counter-Strike, first released in 1999, is the world´s number one first person multiplayer game, generating over seven billion player minutes per month and having sold over nine million retail copies worldwide. Nexon is the Korean-based publisher and developer of blockbuster titles such as MapleStory and KartRider. Valve is the creator of many popular first person games and the Steam online platform for PC games.
Under the terms of the agreement, Nexon will develop and be the exclusive publisher for Counter-Strike Online in South Korea, Japan, China and Taiwan. Services in Korea and Japan will be carried out respectively by its Korean and Japanese entities, NEXON Corporation (CEO: Joonmo Kwon) and NEXON Japan Co., Ltd. (CEO: David K. Lee), and in China and Taiwan through collaboration with local publishers.
"It is our utmost pleasure to be able to develop Counter-Strike Online with Valve," said David K. Lee, CEO of NEXON Japan Co., Ltd. "We will be devoting our expertise in online game development and service know-how for Asian territories to Counter-Strike Online. Already a global phenomenon, we are confident we can grow the success of Counter-Strike with this new product by tailoring the gameplay for the millions of gamers in Asia, one of the gaming industries fastest growing territories."
"With its hit titles such as MapleStory and KartRider, Nexon has become a dominant force in Asia," said Gabe Newell, president and co-founder of Valve. "By combining their proven development abilities and leadership position in Asia with Counter-Strike´s award-winning core gameplay, we have the recipe for customizing an online phenomenon for each of the Asian markets."
For more information about Nexon, please visit http://company.nexon.com. For more information about Valve and Counter-Strike, please visit http://www.steamgames.com.
Counter-Strike Online is a remake of Counter-Strike: Condition Zero targeted towards Asia´s gaming market. It is being developed by Nexon Corporation with oversight from license-holder Valve Corporation. Unlike most of Valve´s games, Counter-Strike Online will not require Steam to play.
Weapons:There are 9 new weapons available in Counter-Strike Online, in addition to the "classic" weapons featured in the original Counter-Strike: Condition Zero. Additional weapons include shotguns, new submachine guns and assault rifles.
Some of the new rifles also feature a "barrel change" system. When the player selects the other configuration of the weapon, the player changes the barrel and turn the weapon between a semi-automatic marksman rifle and the normal assault rifle.
Map:There are several new maps available in Counter-Strike Online.
* Tunnel - The first official death match map in Counter-Strike, The map is small with many structural obstacles put in place.
* Camouflage - A small hostage rescue map, set in a two story building.
* Camouflage 2 - A rebalanced version of Camouflage.
* REX - A Demolition map set in a laboratory with both bomb sites located on the second floor.
Player Models:There are 10 new player models available in Counter-Strike Online, 5 for each team.
Terrorists* Phoenix Connexion
* Elite Crew
* Arctic Avengers
* Guerilla Warfare
* Midwest Militia
* Red Beret Condittiere
* Asia Red Army
* National Liberation Campaign
* Vigilante Corps
Counter-Terrorists* SEAL Team 6
* GSG-9
* SAS
* GIGN
* SPETSNAZ
* 707th Special Mission Unit
* Taiwanese Police special forces(SOZO)
* Chinese Devil Squad(Magui)
* Japanese SAT
Configuração Mínima de Sistema-Windows 98/2000/ME/XP;
-Pentium III 1.2GHz ou Athlon equivalente;
-500MB de espaço livre em disco rígido, mais espaço adicional para jogos salvos, arquivos de troca do windows e instalação do DirectX 7.0;
-256MB de memória RAM; -CD-ROM 8x de velocidade;
-Placa de som compatível com Directx 7.0;
-Placa de vídeo 3D PCI/AGP de 16 MB;
-Teclado e Mouse.
Recomendada- Windows 2000/XP;
-Pentium IV 2.4 GHz ou Athlon equivalente;
-2 Gb de espaço livre em disco rígido;
-512MB de memória RAM;
-Placa de video 3D AGP/PCI-E 128 MB ou superior, DirectX 9;
-Mouse, Teclado e Conecção com a internet.
Tamanho: 600MB
Nota do Jogo: 10
Idioma: Korean
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