Even if Counter-Strike 2 is currently going pretty well on Steam, some still mourn the legendary version 1.6. A mode team now works on a remake.
Even if Counter-Strike 2 has now been well received by the fans and the number of players got peak marks again last weekend (1,824,989 simultaneous players loud SteamDB), quite a few fans of the legendary version 1.6 mourn afterwards.
But there is hope, because a mode team is currently working on CS: Legacy, a complete remake of the classic that is to be released this year – if Valve allows this. The remake is created with the official Source Engine SDK from 2013, but should include some adjustments.
The new edition of CS 1.6 is “created from scratch with 100 % custom code and game assets”. The official source engine is used, but the developers become “the renderer, the shaders and various systems fundamentally revise”. In order to show progress, a trailer has now been published in which scenes from the newly designed map “Nuke” can be seen.
The mode team also launched a Patreon account to further finance the development. The question remains open whether Valve will allow the remake. After all, Counter-Strike 2 is the best horse in the stable and competition could be in trouble. On the other hand, Valve has often been gracious in the past, such as Black Mesa. The CS: GO variant Classic Offensive, however, was recently blocked one day before the release of Valve.
Would you like a remake of CS 1.6? After all, the trailer looks quite promising:
