Newell coy on Counter-Strike 2

Gabe Newell definitely seemed a little taken aback when asked at GDC - on video, in front of a live audience, to be fair - if and when we'll ever see the release of Counter-Strike 2.

[SuperStrokey1123]

1.6 is still the best CS, i doubt we will see a new CS till after Half Life 3 and a new engine.

[GamerSciz]

I think a HUGE selling point would be with an upgraded engine and the release of HL2 EP3 they would release a similar orange box type of deal with HL2 EP2, HL2 EP3, Portal 2 and Counter Strike 2...If they were to announce CS2 in that manner I think that "orange box" would sell like hotcakes.

[ATiElite]

Counter Strike is a perfect example of a great game that doesn't require AAA graphics....but an update would be nice but 50,000 (or whatever it is) players per don't really care.

[Mista T]

I wish. Eventually one day I think there will be a Counter Strike 2

[TheIneffableBob]

I'm positive that there will be a new Counter-Strike game, or at least a sort of spin-off of Counter-Strike (same type of gameplay but in a different setting).

Turtle Rock has been working on a new project ever since they finished the first Left 4 Dead back in 2008. I think they'll either announce it early 2012, after Portal 2 and DotA 2 release. Perhaps alongside a Half-Life 3 with Source Engine 2...?!

[sulphury]

CS SOURCE ON CONSOLES PLEASE!
Theres no excuse!

[Xfanboy]

lol!

[NarooN]

PS3 could support it since it has keyboard/mouse support.

[il-mouzer]

then that would beat the point of it being on console

[NarooN]

Not really. Not everyone has a gaming PC. UT3 was great on PS3, full mod support, integrated mod browser, full keyboard/mouse support, server browser. Had everything the PC version had.

[Ducky]

^ You don't need a gaming PC to run CounterStrike.

[il-mouzer]

sure, but few people would want to play with a kb/m on their consoles, so the majority would end up playing with their gamepads - I don't really see any success there

[NarooN]

Valve doesn't care about Counter-Strike. I don't even know why they're doing this DotA bullshit. It's like they're trying as hard as they can to avoid Half-Life and CS.

[lochdoun]

What??? How does Valve not care about HL and CS?
A year ago they updated all of the old source games including Half Life 2 and Counter Strike, improving the lighting, models, graphics and adding achievements... for FREE.
What other company would do that kind of fan service?

[NarooN]

Lol they didn't do anything to the models, only improved the lighting a bit, but that was only because the games got updated to the new engine. And who cares about achievements? They don't improve gameplay in any shape or form.

Valve said the reason why the Episodes got created was so fans wouldn't have to wait ages between games anymore. It's 2011 and EP2 released in late 2007. Nice commitment, valve.

The only good thing they added to CSS was multi-core support. The update broke the gameplay, which pissed off the whole community except for the obligatory white-knighters. Most of the issues that people have been requesting get fixed STILL aren't fixed. So much for caring about the fanbase, huh?

[NYC_Gamer]

they care because a lot of people still play counter-strike

[NarooN]

That doesn't even make sense. Just because people play the game means Valve cares about it?