Valve has launched the Operation Payback pass for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
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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RustySpoon80 on 26 Apr '13 said:
Still not released on the PS3 in Europe. Will we ever see it.
zT R4MP4G3 on 26 Apr '13 said:
The first 1 looks like the coop mission in BF3 xD
DAEDALUS79 on 26 Apr '13 said:
Im loving playing this game guys....oh wait no thats right I have a playstation.
allygray69 on 26 Apr '13 said:
was about to say exactly the same!
Omar Lozano on 26 Apr '13 said:
These are maps made through the workshop on PC....sorry about it?
TheRandyNinja on 26 Apr '13 said:
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
RustySpoon80 on 26 Apr '13 said:
We've not even got the game yet. Was supposed to launch in August last year.
TheLastDodo on 26 Apr '13 said:
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.