Posted on Friday 26th Apr 2013 at 10:49 AM UTC

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 'Operation Payback' pass offers fan-made maps

Top-voted community maps hosted on dedicated low-ping servers

Valve has launched the Operation Payback pass for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

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Available for $2.99 for a limited period, it gives owners access to "the first of an ongoing series of limited-time updates aimed at rewarding CS:GO's most popular mapmakers".

Buyers will receive unlimited access to a Classic Casual map group featuring top-voted community maps, all which are hosted on dedicated low-ping servers.

The first group of maps includes Museum, which offers fast-paced vertical combat in a realistic urban setting; Downtown, where a high-value choke points pressure the defense to maintain map control and exposed hostage rescue zones make for tense rescues; Thunder, a large-scale recreation of the CS 1.1 hostage rescue classic; and Favela, made up of dangerous chokepoints, tense showdowns and explosive action.

In Motel close-range indoor combat spills out into a sprawling outdoor combat arena; while Seaside offers short, fast-paced gameplay with water hazards and bombsites that encourage unique strategies. Finally, Library is a compact, labyrinthine map that encourages strategy and deception.

Friends can be invited to Operation Payback games and play on the maps even if they don't have a pass, while pass owners will also get a one-of-a-kind upgradable challenge coin for their avatar.

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8 comments so far...

  1. RustySpoon80 on 26 Apr '13 said:

    Still not released on the PS3 in Europe. Will we ever see it.

  2. zT R4MP4G3 on 26 Apr '13 said:

    The first 1 looks like the coop mission in BF3 xD

  3. DAEDALUS79 on 26 Apr '13 said:

    Im loving playing this game guys....oh wait no thats right I have a playstation.

  4. allygray69 on 26 Apr '13 said:

    The first 1 looks like the coop mission in BF3 xD


    was about to say exactly the same!

  5. Omar Lozano on 26 Apr '13 said:

    Still not released on the PS3 in Europe. Will we ever see it.


    These are maps made through the workshop on PC....sorry about it?

  6. TheRandyNinja on 26 Apr '13 said:

    Im loving playing this game guys....oh wait no thats right I have a playstation.


    Sony have done you a favor not releasing it if its anything like the 360 version the controls are awful on consoles and its a chore to play

  7. RustySpoon80 on 26 Apr '13 said:

    Still not released on the PS3 in Europe. Will we ever see it.


    These are maps made through the workshop on PC....sorry about it?

    We've not even got the game yet. Was supposed to launch in August last year. :(

  8. TheLastDodo on 26 Apr '13 said:

    Im loving playing this game guys....oh wait no thats right I have a playstation.


    Sony have done you a favor not releasing it if its anything like the 360 version the controls are awful on consoles and its a chore to play

    This.

    Perhaps it's like a totally different game on PC but it's not good on 360, there's a weird delay with movement, like you're on roller skates.

    Defo not worth the fuss.