Valve beta testing new Counter-Strike Source update

Bobby Miller 11 May, 2010 at 3:17pm ET Article published in Gaming

Valve has necroed Counter-Strike Source by giving it its first major update in a very long time. According to a Valve press release, Counter-Strike Source is receiving a major update—which is currently in beta. When the beta term is finished, the update will be rolled out for all Counter-Strike Source owners for free via Steam.

The update will add a boatload of new features and functionality to the venerable FPS. These updates, developed in collaboration with Hidden Path Studios, will serve to update Counter-Strike Source by adding 144 achievements, a domination/revenge system, global statistics for each player, and even more yet-to-be-announced features.

It is clear that Valve is trying to revitalize the aging and frequently neglected shooter by TF2-izing the game. Achievements, domination/revenge, and stats are all features that were introduced with Team Fortress 2, and have become very successful parts of the game. This update not only signifies that Valve is willing to continue support for Counter-Strike Source, but it also seems that the studio would like to see CS:S return to the top as the king of online shooters.

How much do you want to bet that there is an achievement for AWP-whoring.

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11 May 2010 ~ 3:22pm BuddyJ Counter Terrorists have found a new hat?
11 May 2010 ~ 3:24pm Thrax ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Hop, Hop, Hoppin' Along
Bunnyhop 546 consecutive times before dying.
11 May 2010 ~ 3:41pm UPSLynx ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: .50cal In The Palm Of Your Hand
Score 100 kills in a single game using nothing but the Deagle
11 May 2010 ~ 3:41pm shwaip ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: FUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-
Do 99 damage with a scout and then get legshot with an AWP.
11 May 2010 ~ 3:43pm Thrax ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: 'Tis But a Scratch
Kill three terrorists with a knife and live.
11 May 2010 ~ 3:55pm UPSLynx ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Waste of Money
Buy NV Goggles and do absolutely nothing with them.
11 May 2010 ~ 3:58pm BuddyJ ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Don't Ask Don't Tell
Cause 5 pre-pubescent kids to call you "gay" in a single round.
11 May 2010 ~ 3:59pm Thrax ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Lady of the Night
Use the AWP for four consecutive rounds.
11 May 2010 ~ 4:01pm BuddyJ ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: McGruber!
Die 20 times while failing to defuse the bomb.
11 May 2010 ~ 4:08pm Thrax ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Gold Wristwatch
Shoot the hostage.
11 May 2010 ~ 4:17pm _k ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: I Know Kung-Fu
Spend an entire round matrix jumping and mic spamming "Look at me".
11 May 2010 ~ 4:50pm primesuspect ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: 99 problems and a keyboard ain't one
Get so angry at the AWP whores that you bash your actual keyboard into pieces
11 May 2010 ~ 4:58pm Winfrey ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: There's other ways to win?
Win a map without ever setting the bomb or rescuing a single hostage.
11 May 2010 ~ 4:59pm Thrax ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Sexual Tyrannosaurus
Declare intimate knowledge of four players' mothers.
11 May 2010 ~ 5:03pm Winfrey ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Greetings Lord Vader
For an entire round hold down the push to talk and breathe heavily into the microphone.
11 May 2010 ~ 5:06pm Thrax ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: 'Smores, anybody?
Remain crouched and stationary for the duration of a round.
11 May 2010 ~ 5:08pm UPSLynx ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Saturday Night Fever
Die while dicking around with the juke box in cs_italy
11 May 2010 ~ 6:08pm Snarkasm ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Tunnel Vision
Never leave the upstairs window in cs_italy.
11 May 2010 ~ 6:11pm Snarkasm ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Spec-tacular
Become so convinced of a wallhacker or cheater that you spectate on his avatar for two consecutive rounds.
11 May 2010 ~ 6:23pm Thrax ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: You Shall Not Pass!
Prevent at least three teammates from entering or exiting a vent.
11 May 2010 ~ 6:26pm Snarkasm ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Who's There?
Use flashbangs to blind your own teammates for a total of 120 seconds.
11 May 2010 ~ 6:32pm Winfrey ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: IT'S A TRAP!
Successfully knife an opponent after they pick up a weapon you dropped.
11 May 2010 ~ 7:01pm UPSLynx ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Defective by Design
Fail to win five matches due to hostage AI getting stuck on a wall.
11 May 2010 ~ 7:09pm Snarkasm ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: F@$k This Job!
Destroy the furniture and computers in cs_office during setup.
11 May 2010 ~ 7:52pm chrisWhite ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Wasted Balls
Make it through 10 rounds as the only non-hard-core player still playing CSS without getting a single kill.
11 May 2010 ~ 8:29pm drasnor ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Adult Swim
Plant the bomb on fy_pool_day or fy_pool_day2.
11 May 2010 ~ 9:09pm Winfrey ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: I'm back, did I miss anything?
Pretend to be AFK, then head-shot anyone trying to knife you.
11 May 2010 ~ 9:10pm Butters ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Human Sacrifice
Kill the last Terrorist in de_aztec and fall to your death before defusing bomb.
11 May 2010 ~ 9:36pm TiberiusLazarus ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Bullets! Not My Only Weakness!
Take 4 million total points of damage from knives.
11 May 2010 ~ 11:47pm NiGHTS ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: What's going on in this thread?
Combobreak reply chain with a non sequitur.
12 May 2010 ~ 3:01am Aydn These updates, developed in collaboration with Hidden Path Studios, will serve to update Counter-Strike Source by adding 144 achievements, a domination/revenge system, global statistics for each player, and even more yet-to-be-announced features.

That's... really not as exciting as any of the things I hoped to hear about.
12 May 2010 ~ 3:02am Ry Wow, achievements...I Don't give a damn about achievements, they're the worst addition to modern video games IMO

I want new guns and maps, not annoying ass pop ups for playing the game
12 May 2010 ~ 3:03am Watson Comments are epic.
12 May 2010 ~ 3:08am Snarkasm ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Peekaboo!
Give somebody else an annoying ass-popup.

Ass-popups WOULD be pretty annoying while trying to pwn nubs in-game.
12 May 2010 ~ 4:25am Thrax ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Oppenheimer
Kill three opponents in a single round with an HE grenade.
12 May 2010 ~ 4:28am Thrax ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Love Thy Neighbor
Kill a teammate with friendly fire.
12 May 2010 ~ 11:10am coldalarm ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Eh, It's OK
Wonder what's so good about Counter-Strike Source
12 May 2010 ~ 11:13am Thrax ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Survival of the Fittest
Leave the escort to his own devices on AS_Oilrig.
12 May 2010 ~ 11:17am shwaip ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: TMPwned
Kill the entire other team with the TMP
12 May 2010 ~ 11:32am Zanthian

Buddy J wrote:

ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: McGruber!
Die 20 times while failing to defuse the bomb.

+1 :thumbup
12 May 2010 ~ 11:38am Butters ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Credit Risk
Spend over $10,000 in gear and die before firing a shot or throw a grenade.
12 May 2010 ~ 11:59am _k ]ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: D to the T
TK at the start of a round and spend the remainder tea-bagging them.
12 May 2010 ~ 12:05pm Thrax ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Cum On Feel the Noize
Survive a round armed with nothing but the Riot Shield.
12 May 2010 ~ 12:06pm _k ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: WOWWTF
Build a lvl 25 Orc Hunter.
12 May 2010 ~ 12:11pm doozer ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Spartans! HOLD!
Successfully block off any doorway with the riot shield for an entire round
12 May 2010 ~ 12:12pm Thrax

doozer wrote:

ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Spartans! HOLD!
Successfully block off any doorway with the riot shield for an entire round

I lol'd so hard. Fuckin' rule.
12 May 2010 ~ 12:31pm doozer ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Cheech and Chong'd
Force someone to quit the server by throwing entirely too many smoke grenades
12 May 2010 ~ 12:37pm Thrax ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Hug It Out
Offer the terrorists peaceful alternatives to rapid response action.
12 May 2010 ~ 1:12pm Koreish ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Mission Accomplished
Celebrate victory before your team actually wins.
12 May 2010 ~ 1:23pm Butters ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Police Academy
As CT rush one bomb location while Terrorists rush the other location and plant bomb two consecutive rounds.
12 May 2010 ~ 2:34pm Snarkasm ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: And I Will Always Love You
Infuriate everyone until you're muted by the server for playing song clips over HLSS.
12 May 2010 ~ 4:11pm MAGIC

doozer wrote:

ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Spartans! HOLD!
Successfully block off any doorway with the riot shield for an entire round

Ahahah, source needs riot shields for real.
13 May 2010 ~ 12:46am drasnor ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Never send a human to do a machine's job
Headshot another player through two or more walls.
13 May 2010 ~ 12:50am Canti

Winfrey wrote:

ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: I'm back, did I miss anything?
Pretend to be AFK, then head-shot anyone trying to knife you.

I did this far more times than I'd like to admit.
13 May 2010 ~ 1:01am Canti ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Master Juggler
Buy $16,000 worth of glocks. Look up. Spam the drop weapon key.
10 Jun 2010 ~ 11:56pm Justim This is the best online game i ever played.
11 Jun 2010 ~ 12:59am pseudonym ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Anti-LPB
You showed those boys with those new fangeled dsl modems a thing or two..
5 Jan 2011 ~ 10:28am tripl3x Best game I've ever played ....
5 Jan 2011 ~ 11:46am ardichoke Cool necro, brah
5 Jan 2011 ~ 5:31pm Snarkasm Worth it. I enjoyed rereading the achievement list.
5 Jan 2011 ~ 6:02pm cola ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Bleed Em Slow
Kill the entire enemy team from full health with left-click knifing.
5 Jan 2011 ~ 6:03pm drasnor ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: High-Ping Bastard
Successfully dominate an opponent while maintaining >500ms average latency.

ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Live via Satellite
In a single round, score at least one kill and survive while maintaining >1s average latency.
5 Jan 2011 ~ 6:08pm cola ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Prison B****
Get raped on a prison break server.