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| Kotaku spends an hour with the new CS:GO, Franchise Sale Friday, 26 August, 2011 at 9:50 PST | | Print NewsIn an hour long preview at Valve's offices Kotaku has learned of some details regarding the new Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, starting with the surprise that the PS3 version will support a mouse and keyboard. Summarising the news: Maps have received a graphical overhaul but are "largely" intact The game will ship with Dust, Dust2, Aztec, Nuke, Inferno, Italy and Office There's a "Casual Mode" with unlimited money, alltalk, and full spectating There is still "Competitive" mode, with a promise to "raise the skill ceiling" Valve will be hosting stock servers featuring ELO or friendlist based matchmaking The 360 will be stuck with a gamepad for now They are "striving" for Cross-platform matchmaking Random spawnpoints are binned for now New weapons: Decoy Grenade, Molotov, Negev, Tec-9, Mag-7, Sawed Off, Bizon, and a humiliation TazerNone of this is set in stone however as Valve has proven willing to work with players, for example armor will not be removed from the game after Source players argued against it heavily. Additionally, in celebration of the latest CS:GO trailer the entire Counter-Strike franchise is currently on sale. 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