By Darren Allan
The latest from the PC gaming grapevine is that Counter-strike: Global Offensive is getting a ‘Battle Royale’ mode in the style of massively popular hundred-player-shootout PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG).
Before we go any further, we should clarify this is firmly in rumor mill territory, with the speculation springing from a video courtesy of Valve News Network (VNN) which does some digging into CS:GO’s code.
VNN combed back over 10 patches for the last year and a half, finding references to compound bows, unarmed combat, parachutes, supply crates, breach charges, beacons, and loads of stuff in a similar vein, and many mentions of ‘survival’ spawn points, phases and the like.
There’s also a reference to a still unreleased ‘island’ map which is another potential clue.
All of which, when put together, possibly point to the foundations of a PUBG mode in CS:GO – but then again, these files could mean nothing, or could be related to something else. Or it could be an idea Valve had at one time, and has now abandoned.
At any rate, you can check out the full gamut of VNN’s detective work in the video below.
Trip to troll town?
As VG24/7, which highlighted the clip, suggests, there’s even …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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