CS: Condition Zero @ Shack

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I decided to go ahead and post this bright and early for the heck of it. A little while ago I took a trip to Gearbox Software to find out just what in the world Condition Zero was. What I discovered was not some goofy find the key plot thrown in to the Counter-Strike game, but a clever approach that should pleasantly surprise Counter-Strike fans. CZ is slated for release 2nd quarter of this year.

How do you do that? Package a modem and a dial-up account in every box? Include a video or DVD? Send Pat Hook door to door to AWP every customer on a LAN? Well I think Gearbox came up with one of the smartest and eloquent solutions possible. They took Counter-Strike and combined it with... wait for it.... Tony Hawk Skater 3!?. [snip]

I'm certain there are more questions that I could have answered, and there is a revelation in there about the future of online Counter-Strike as well which will probably frighten and confuse some folks. Hopefully I can do a nice follow-up addressing whatever comes up in a week or so and include that with the extra images and footage I'm expecting from Valve.

Steve Gibson is the cofounder of Shacknews.com. Originally known as sCary's Quakeholio back in 1996, Steve is now President of Gearbox Publishing after selling Shacknews to GameFly in 2009.

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