Counter-Strike

A mod for the popular game Half Life* known as Counter-Strike became the number one online action game in the world, with an average number of a hundred thousand players battling it out simultaneously at any given time of day.

The Pirate’s Dilemma Matt Mason 2008

Now a new level for the popular first-person shooter video game Counter-Strike, which is made by the game company Valve Corporation, has been shared online, and replicates Bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

NYT > Home Page By NICK BILTON 2011

"We're quite confident," said Johan "face" Klasson, who will be representing Sweden while playing the first-person shooter "Counter-Strike" with his team.

World Cyber Games Kickoff In Los Angeles AP 2010

Mr. Salaam, a Karachi-born ethnic Mehsud Pashtun with downy hair on his upper lip and acne on his cheeks, said that until a few months ago his favorite pastime was playing "Counter-Strike," a videogame in which terrorists take on law-enforcement agencies.

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Clearly a reference to a common make of sniper rifle, well known by Counter-Strike players.

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"We're quite confident," said Johan "face" Klasson, who will be representing Sweden while playing the first-person shooter "Counter-Strike" with his team.

World Cyber Games Kickoff In Los Angeles AP 2010

The cable channels and Web networks broadcast other war games such as "Halo," "Counter-Strike," and "Call of Duty."

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"We're quite confident," said Johan "face" Klasson, who will be representing Sweden while playing the first-person shooter "Counter-Strike" with his team.

World Cyber Games Kickoff In Los Angeles AP 2010

The convention will offer attendees the first hands-on chance to play Activision's "Prototype 2" (set for release on April 24, 2012), as well as the first show matches of "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive" (also to be released early next year).

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"We're quite confident," said Johan "face" Klasson, who will be representing Sweden while playing the first-person shooter "Counter-Strike" with his team.

World Cyber Games Kickoff In Los Angeles AP 2010