CS:CZ With Sierra

[CSN NewsBot]

Mike Booth, of Turtle Rock Studios, has posted quick word about Counter-Strike: Condition Zero on the CS Bot Forums. Here's what Mike has to say:

Many of you have been asking when CZ and/or the bots will be available.



Sierra has the final US replication master, so CZ should be on store shelves very soon. The ball, as they say, is in Sierra's court at this point.



Hopefully the wait will be short.

From what we can piece together, Sierra has had the game for a while now, yet still missed a profitable holiday release. CS:CZ supposedly went gold mid-October, which means that an early November release was possible. What is Sierra waiting for?

[Dangki]

It's like some crazy kind of soap opera.

[hitnrun]

"The ball, as they say, is in Sierra's court at this point. "



Since he says -at this point-, it seems to indicate they just gave the master to Sierra. Who knows.

[GunMetalFOXDIE]

Very soon......like in another year? :-)

[mrgravis]

Sierra can suck my nuts.

[Nathan D.]

mrgravis wrote..

Sierra can suck my nuts.

Must you be so vulgar?



I have checked out a few stores and most of them say 12/17/03 but you never know...

[street]

Wasn't sure whether to post this, since we already had this info, it was just from a different source. Rizzuh was sure though. Oh yeah, he knew. He knew.



Want some CZ. I actually think it will be fun.

[Gooch_GrG]

what really happend is they recieved the game and it was a piece of crap and they felt embarressed too put out something that uses technology from 2 years ago

[Spedmaster]

I still stand behind my statement. 8vD

[DeSpiSe Me]

I'll buy it as long as Wal-Mart or the vendor doesn't pump the price to $50. Sure the game's new, but seriously - any halfway decent mod maker could update those maps, changed some stuff, added a weapon or two, and made different skins. Sure bots are nice. I don't know if $50 worth of nice.

[Splatula]

Hopefully the downloadable Steam version will be cheaper. Like $20 maybe, otherwise I won't bother until it makes it's way into bargain bins.

[FAF]

UK£16.99, about 25 bucks (though my maths aint great admittedly). I just realised, at that cost it may be a case of the US importing Euro versions of the game, and not us importing US games for once :)



Seriously though, this has gone on way too long to be amusing any more. It seems that whichever link in the chain is responsible for the game, from Cliff and Gooseman at one end, to Sierra an the distributors at the other, the veil of silence is drawn, leaving fans to desert the game, or just give up through "anticipation burnout". Shame, a year ago and the market would have been cornered.

[~$Mo]{e~]

So will CZ multiplayer be the same as normal cs? or will they split the community....basically im asking if i dont care about bots or some single player "experience" will i still get to play the cool updated maps and stuff for free?

[OldBloke]

Could it be that the much hyped dual release (stores and Steam) was scuppered when it dawned on VALVe that Steam was *cough* lacking?

[Electronic Punk]

Interesting how the FAQ says that new Valve software will be available on Steam as soon as it is complete.



It is not only Sierra's fault then, Valve must be holding it up too.