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[PC Steam] Free - Counter-Strike: Global Offensive CS: GO Goes Battle Royale and Free to Play @ Steam
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Taegukgi on 07/12/2018 - 09:06 store.steampowered.com (2962 clicks)
Last edited 07/12/2018 - 09:43

Just announced this morning.

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Valve just announced Danger Zone, "a fast-paced battle royale game mode built on CS:GO's tactical gameplay where players use their wits, skill, and resources to fight to the finish." Additionally, CS:GO itself is now free to play.

CS:GO players will now be separated into two matchmaking groups: Prime and non-prime. "When you have Prime Status you are matched with other players who also have Prime Status, and Prime users are eligible for Prime-exclusive souvenir items, item drops, and weapon cases."

CS:GO going free-to-play signifies, in part, that Valve is confident in the game's current anticheat solution, delivered through a machine learning system called VACnet.

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  • Homr on 07/12/2018 - 09:07
    +24

    oh wow, here coems an influx of hackers in CS:Go

    • Gina Rinehart on 07/12/2018 - 09:51
      +16

      But they have mAcHiNE lEaRnInG~~~

      • Siliwinter on 08/12/2018 - 09:30
        +2

        You joke but MaChine LeArNINg banned words like "Titanfall" and "white man" in the chat box of Battlefield 5 on PC.

        even machines are becoming racist. /s

    • Viospeed on 07/12/2018 - 10:39
      +4

      Well that's why they'll be separating F2P players. So you can imagine this will be a cheat fest vs the paying players in the Prime match making.

      • MeateaW on 07/12/2018 - 11:04
        +7

        It's actually genius.

        People test their cheats on the free to play hack fest, exposing themselves to detection, valves system eventually learns how to spot it (assuming they aren't crap - big assumption), preventing it being as big of a problem for (at least for as long for) the paying customers.

        By the same token, people get to test their hacks for free now, which means more hacks possible I guess. So double edged sword :)

      • joelmuzz on 07/12/2018 - 11:12

        Yeah smart system. The hackfest provides a reason to pay for Premium.

        Plus they can apply a more aggressive auto detection on Premium since it's not a total game ban just suspension to F2P while they appeal the case.
        No need to forgive hackers, they can still play the game, only with all the other hackers.

        • bobzor on 07/12/2018 - 11:59

          Wouldn't the hackers play premium? Otherwise there is no reward for hacking?

  • Vyviel on 07/12/2018 - 09:09
    +1

    Is a free to play game considered a deal or did the whole CS:GO become free to play??

    • Agret on 07/12/2018 - 09:31

      The whole of CSGO is free to play including matchmaking

      https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=2600-RIP…

    • sticky8anana on 07/12/2018 - 09:32
      +6

      If you don't have the game you can now play for free but will get matched with non-prime players… If you paid for it already you'll be upgraded to Prime status with exclusive benefits.

      • Homr on 07/12/2018 - 09:45
        +1

        Awesome, that's good to know.

      • Agret on 07/12/2018 - 14:10

        When you reach a certain matchmaking rank you get upgraded to prime for free. It's to try and seperate out the hackers from the paid players.

  • Clear on 07/12/2018 - 09:12
    +7

    Friday at the office just got 10x better.

    • SharkChu on 07/12/2018 - 12:04

      Getting all my colleagues to sign up now. haha

  • sticky8anana on 07/12/2018 - 09:30
    +2

    quote "If you already owned CS:GO, you're a Prime player" - no need to purchase the prime thing if you already own the PAID version

    now i know what to do this weekend

    • AlienC on 07/12/2018 - 09:33
      +2

      Thank God was about to rage at another game going free that I paid for recently.. grr company of heroes 2

      • Daniel6092 on 07/12/2018 - 10:31
        +1

        Company of Heroes 2 is temporally free as opposed to going free to play.

        • Lysander on 07/12/2018 - 14:13

          No, if you claim it during the free period it will stay in your account forever. You "own" it then as much as one can "own" anything on Steam.
          It is not a free-to-play weekend.

          • Daniel6092 on 07/12/2018 - 17:42
            +2

            @Lysander: Temporarily (excuse the spelling error) free as in a temporary window to add it to your account for free. I didn't say it was a free to play weekend.

            • Lysander on 08/12/2018 - 00:32

              @Daniel6092: Still confusing. It is in fact free forever (not temporarily) once you claimed it.Temporarily free sounds like a free-to-play time. Everybody in the office here understood is as such and I believe if such a diverse group as the people here thinks all the same then it is not clear.

              • Daniel6092 on 08/12/2018 - 01:07
                +1

                @Lysander: When I say temporarily it is in the context of it being at the cost of $0 on the Steam store, the game is free until Monday 10am Pacific Time. If you went to grab it on Tuesday it wouldn't be free any longer would it? Obviously once you claim the game to your account it's yours to keep forever but that's besides the point.

                • Lysander on 08/12/2018 - 01:47

                  @Daniel6092: I understand what you say but nevertheless your original comment without your extra explanations (which you have already delivered so no need for more) was still confusing and a bit misleading.

                  • Hirolol on 08/12/2018 - 16:54
                    +2

                    @Lysander: I understood what he meant
                    You just complicated things.

                    • Lysander on 08/12/2018 - 19:26

                      @Hirolol: And as long as you do that is the measuring stick, right?
                      I hope you forgive us lowly unimportant servants. ;-)

        • SlickMick on 10/12/2018 - 11:25

          thanks mate. Was this posted separately? I already have aoe2hd so don't even know why I'm here, but now I just got company of heroes 2 for free.

          winning :)

  • quantumlock on 07/12/2018 - 09:32
    +1

    Players with Prime Status are matched with other Prime Status players and are eligible to receive Prime-exclusive souvenir items, item drops, and weapon cases.
    CS:GO Prime Status Upgrade: $19.50

    Why can't they introduce a system like this for Team Fortress 2, there's hackers running wild in that game thanks to the free-to-play nature and Valve does nothing about them, even their VAC system is decades behind. The same could be said for the Left 4 Dead games, despite being paid products.

    • Homr on 07/12/2018 - 09:51
      +1

      Upgrade to Team Fotress 3

    • Tacooo on 07/12/2018 - 10:00
      +2

      Because TF2 doesn't make the kind of money CS:GO does.

      • AlienC on 07/12/2018 - 23:37

        Once upon a time it did iirc. Hats was all the rage in those days.

    • Torzz on 07/12/2018 - 10:59
      -1

      Wait for a deal on Overwatch.. pretty much the same game as tf2

      • Hirolol on 08/12/2018 - 16:54

        Hehe you funny

  • Agret on 07/12/2018 - 09:33

    OP please edit post with the announcement page

    https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=2600-RIP…

    • AlienC on 07/12/2018 - 09:35
      -1

      Also product tags

      • steam game
      • pc game
      • free to play (new one that would be cool to start using to collate the free to play titles in a product tag category)
  • Bargain4Days on 07/12/2018 - 09:42

    Guess Valve is confident enough by going free 2 play, their loot boxes and skins must be raking in a fortune.

    • Kozhutki on 07/12/2018 - 09:47
      +2

      Well with how much dota makes and it not slowing down you can imagine how much CSGO makes.

      • [Deactivated] on 07/12/2018 - 22:26

        dota is nothing compared to LoL's player base

        • follow on 08/12/2018 - 00:03

          LoL is nothing compared to 王者荣耀's player base

          • [Deactivated] on 08/12/2018 - 08:01

            @follow: Different country mate. As usual **** is making no sense

        • Kozhutki on 08/12/2018 - 03:16

          Huh? That is completely irrelevant.

  • Kozhutki on 07/12/2018 - 09:48
    +1

    It's about time their BR mode came out, it's been "leaked" for so long now.

  • superforever on 07/12/2018 - 10:05
    +1

    So last time offline only and this time free for all?

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/407456

    • Homr on 07/12/2018 - 10:18

      How do you play offline? Bots?

      • Kozhutki on 07/12/2018 - 10:39
        +1

        Yep, the last free version was to watch gotv and play with bots.

        This version is the entire game free.

  • zzymurgy on 07/12/2018 - 10:36

    something something Danger Zone

    • skittlebrau on 07/12/2018 - 16:24

      Hiiiiiiighwaaaaaay to the…

  • yoke2018 on 07/12/2018 - 10:51

    I wonder how Astralis NaVi and Liquid are doing

  • 11112007 on 07/12/2018 - 11:10
    +1

    Is Danger Zone live yet?
    I've been sitting in matchmaking for 10 minutes

    • R1ngSt1nger on 07/12/2018 - 11:20

      Yeah I gave up after 5 minutes.

  • MagicMushroom on 07/12/2018 - 11:26
    +7

    Do I need amazon prime?

    • superforever on 07/12/2018 - 11:39

      Nothing to do with amazon.

      • Bazman5220 on 07/12/2018 - 14:03

        Its an unfortunate choice of name.

  • Blue Cat on 07/12/2018 - 12:20
    -2

    Is this an out-of-season April Fools' joke?

    • chyawala on 07/12/2018 - 22:47
      +1

      True or not that comment is kind of funny and makes me smile.

  • wjb on 07/12/2018 - 15:04
    -1

    Free to play and in game purchases.

    It’s one way to make profit in this gaming industry, look at fornite.

    • smuggler on 08/12/2018 - 07:51

      yeah but FOrtnite is a crap game built for twelvies

      CS:GO has a long history of competitive gaming.

  • NRGIZE on 08/12/2018 - 15:03
    +1

    so glad i held out!!! few weeks ago it was $10.74 then went back upto $21 and my mates said i was a tight ass hehe nek minute FREE :)))))) they got burned!

  • elpixion on 10/12/2018 - 18:09

    Got it the DAY it went free and honestly just the kick i needed to install steam again (not a big gamer anymore) and so far ive put 7 hours into the game

  • saltypeanut on 11/12/2018 - 02:32

    Good old Counter-Strike, definitely worth picking up.

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