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Gabe Newell, co-founder and managing director of Valve, has said he believes players of the upcoming Counter-Strike: Global Offensive should be able to play together no matter what platform they are using.
“We never want to create these ‘islands of players’,” he said in an interview with pcgames.de (and translated by Bluesnews).
“You have to be sensitive to control differences, and make sure you’re accommodating that, but, you know, our view is players should be able to play as part of a community on whatever device they can.”
Newell admits that there are difficulties in such a system, however: “You know, sometimes there are contractual, or other issues that make that hard, where somebody, a platform holder doesn’t want you to do that for whatever reason, but our preference is always to let customers play and be part of the larger community.”
Valve implemented cross-platform play between PC and PlayStation 3 for the 10/10 scoring Portal 2.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is scheduled to be released for PC, XBLA and PSN in 2012.
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- Platform(s): PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
- Genre(s): Action, First Person, Shooter
