Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Returns to Steam as Standalone Game, Reaches New Player Peak
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Grant Taylor-Hill
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CSGO), a 14-year-old shooter, has returned to Steam as a standalone game after being separated from Counter-Strike 2. The game recently hit a new peak player count months after its re-release, demonstrating a surprising resurgence for the classic title that originally kick-started a major esports ecosystem and skins market.
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In March, CSGO returned to Steam as a standalone game, pulled clean away from Counter-Strike 2 and made fully and easily accessible once again.
Recently, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive reached a new peak player count, months after breaking away from CS2.
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