Asia gets special Counter-Strike
Valve plot expansion
A redesigned special version of Counter-Strike is being crafted by Valve Software, aimed at the Asian games market.
Valve will partner with South Korean MMO giant Nexon to deliver the game to several far-eastern nations, including Japan, China, Taiwan and South Korea. The game will be an entirely online-based affair, with Nexon having previously released Asian phenomenon MapleStory.
Counter-Strike has been rocking the online FPS world since it debuted at the tail-end of the previous decade, and the game was spruced-up via the Source engine in 2004 - alongside Half-Life 2's arrival. The game sees players acting as terrorists or rescuers, and features gritty, realistic team-based action.
"By combining their proven development abilities and leadership position in Asia with Counter-Strike's award-winning core gameplay, we have the recipe for customising an online phenomenon for each of the Asian markets," beamed Valve's Gabe Newell.
Quite how the Asian version of Counter-Strike will differ from the existing title, distributed via Steam, remains unclear.
