Counter Strike Should Be Dead By Now

Опубликовано: 18 Май 2026
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CS:GO recently hit 1.8 million concurrent players. That’s the highest player-base Counter Strike has ever seen and it came out in 2012. But it’s no accident that Counter Strike is thriving. Valve knew exactly what they were doing, and it all started with Half Life.

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