Counter-Strike: Global Offensive or CS:GO, an online first-person shooter from Hidden Path Entertainment and Valve Corporation, has just hit another record high.
The fourth installment in the Counter-Strike franchise, according to IGN, has climbed all the way to the top of Steam's most-played game. Last October 20th over 10.7 million players were logged into steam concurrently playing games offered by the service. While the record for steam surpasses the 10 million record hit last June, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive turned out to be the most played steam title. It was followed by two Steam's free-to-play games Dota 2 and Team Fortress.
Hopefully "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive" would be able to keep this record when Steam launches is new streaming device Steam Link and the accompanying Steam Controller next month. Currently the hardware is not compatible with Mac and Steam is working to fix this. On the other hand, to check how Counter-Strike: Global Offensive with respect to the number of concurrent players at the moment you may go to Steam & Game Stats.
Here is another great news for all "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive" fans: the game is now integrated with plays.tv, which is an online service that lets the user easily share game play moments. To commemorate the integration, plays.tv is holding a video contest where they are giving away one of the most sought after CS:GO weapon skins, the AWP Dragon Lore, to four lucky individuals. And as stated in the website blog, "the contest runs from 10/14/2015 to 11/4/2015" and "only videos created within the contest dates are eligible."
"Counter-Strike: Global Offensive", the fourth game created for the Counter-Strike series, was initially released in August 12, 2012 for PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Xbox 360, and Mac OS. Up to now it continues to be one of the big titles in competitive e-sports where professional e-sports players earn big money from tournaments and game events.
