Oetjebek
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The CS Source BETA peloading will start today for subcribes of VALVe's cyber cafe program, the actual BETA test will launch on Wednesday, August the 11th. Everybody who owns CZ or an ATI HL2 voucher will get to play the BETA at the end of this month. Here is a press release from Doug Lombardi regarding this news:
Counter-Strike: Source Beta Pre-Loading to Cyber Cafés
Pre-loading of the Counter-Strike: Source Beta to cyber cafés begins today. On Wednesday, this first phase of the beta will open and the game will be playable at all cyber cafes that subscribe to the Valve Cyber Café Program. Later this month, the beta will be extended to owners of Counter-Strike(tm): Condition Zero(tm) and ATI Fulfillment Coupon holders.
This beta serves as a compatibility test of the Source engine as we near completion of development on Half-Life 2 and Counter-Strike: Source. During this limited-time beta, issues can be reported using the in-game bug-reporting tool. In addition any crashes will automatically generate a report back to Valve's bug database. We thank everyone for their participation, and we hope Half-Life 2 and Counter-Strike: Source live up to your expectations.
In related news Cliffe announced in this thread that Dust, most likely the only map featured in the BETA, will allow a max player number of 40, meaning 20 vs. 20 games. Not a big improvement over the current 32 max but I really don't see 72 player CS games being that much fun anyway.
Counter-Strike: Source Beta Pre-Loading to Cyber Cafés
Pre-loading of the Counter-Strike: Source Beta to cyber cafés begins today. On Wednesday, this first phase of the beta will open and the game will be playable at all cyber cafes that subscribe to the Valve Cyber Café Program. Later this month, the beta will be extended to owners of Counter-Strike(tm): Condition Zero(tm) and ATI Fulfillment Coupon holders.
This beta serves as a compatibility test of the Source engine as we near completion of development on Half-Life 2 and Counter-Strike: Source. During this limited-time beta, issues can be reported using the in-game bug-reporting tool. In addition any crashes will automatically generate a report back to Valve's bug database. We thank everyone for their participation, and we hope Half-Life 2 and Counter-Strike: Source live up to your expectations.
In related news Cliffe announced in this thread that Dust, most likely the only map featured in the BETA, will allow a max player number of 40, meaning 20 vs. 20 games. Not a big improvement over the current 32 max but I really don't see 72 player CS games being that much fun anyway.
