{"id":6372,"date":"2018-12-09T23:40:51","date_gmt":"2018-12-09T23:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=6372"},"modified":"2020-10-05T22:00:19","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T02:00:19","slug":"csgo-moves-to-free-to-play-and-adds-battle-royale-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/csgo-moves-to-free-to-play-and-adds-battle-royale-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"CS:GO moves to free to play and adds battle royale mode"},"content":{"rendered":"
Fans of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive<\/a> are in for a few big changes.<\/p>\n Late last week, Valve announced that the popular video game would become free to play.<\/p>\n That news has sparked significant debate within the CS:GO community, as there are concerns that free play could attract cheats and hackers.<\/p>\n Others say the nature of Prime Status accounts should prevent malcontents from gaining a foothold.<\/p>\n The move has already seen a massive spike in activity, with CS:GO recording its highest participation numbers in over two years on Saturday, December 8.<\/p>\n Not all has gone to plan, however, with more than 14,000 negative reviews appearing on Steam from players who had already spent money on a game that is now free.<\/p>\n The other big news from Valve is the addition of a battle royale mode.<\/p>\n Danger Zone is a fast-paced version of CS:GO where up to 18 players fight to the finish.<\/p>\n Catering for solo play, duos and trios, the game offers a noted point of difference from battle royale favourites such as Fortnite<\/a> and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds<\/a> where up to 100 players can duke it out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is now free to play and includes a new battle royale mode called Danger Zone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":6377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[226,508,11,4,23],"class_list":["post-6372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-battle-royale","tag-counter-strike","tag-csgo","tag-featured","tag-valve"],"yoast_head":"\n