CS: Legacy will likely be an entire remake of CS 1.6 and is scheduled for launch in 2025. It’s even a standalone recreation.
It’s 2004, my dad and mom are on trip, for my pals and me that meant: LAN celebration. A very good 20 youngsters gathered on the bottom flooring of our home with clunky computer systems and tube displays.
Since we had a DSL connection, a cable was laid from the 2nd flooring down, however because of the size of the cable, it ran by means of two open home windows alongside the facet of the home. Looking back, this wasn’t our greatest concept on the finish of January. But it surely didn’t matter on the time as a result of we had been enjoying Counter-Strike and we beloved it.
Comparable emotions in all probability additionally impressed the workforce of CS: Legacy to carry again the previous Counter-Strike.
Counter-Strike like within the previous days
CS: Legacy is a totally impartial recreation, so it’s not a mod however a remake of Counter-Strike 1.6. A number of the builders are former members of the fan venture CSPromod.
Legacy was, as said within the first official trailer, “constructed from the bottom up with one hundred pc unique code and recreation belongings” Nevertheless, it makes use of Valve’s Supply Engine with “in depth rework of the renderer, shaders, and different programs”
A launch on Steam is deliberate for in Early Entry earlier than the top of 2025, however there isn’t any particular date. Patreon supporters will, nevertheless, obtain early entry to check builds. There’s presently no details about doable prices.
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Will Valve intervene there?
It was solely in January 2025 that Valve put a cease to a fan mod for CS 2 that additionally wished to carry 1.6 into the fashionable age. The builders claimed to have labored on it for eight years with none issues and with Valve’s information.
CS: Legacy is optimistic and explains: “We personal everything of our work, which ensures the long run and the limitless potential of the sport.” Whether or not it will stop Valve from interfering with using their trademark stays to be seen.
