PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) with the weapon handling from CS:GO? A dream for shooter fans that could soon become reality.
Since 2016, the developers of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive have regularly inserted new “Survival” data into the game. The community speculates about a Battle Royale mode, similar to the popular PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. But what is behind the rumors?
PUBG in CS:GO
The YouTube channel “Valve News Network” took the time to investigate a fan theory. It considered threads from forums and Reddit that date back to May 2016 and showcase survival possibilities.
That was still before the big boom of PUBG. At that time, game modes like the Battle Royale mode from DayZ already showed that a survival concept could bear fruit.
In various patches, CS:GO developers added lines for a “Survival_Island” map, unarmed melee options, drones, and medkits.
The patches that Valve News Network mentions in the video provide many contents for a possible survival mode in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Light and heavy armor, parachutes, supply crates, new grenades, night vision goggles, and adrenaline shots all hint at a cool Battle Royale mode. However, it has not been officially announced yet.
Whether CS:GO is really planning a Battle Royale mode or not is currently hard to say. A few lines of code are not a guarantee for such a mode.
However, it would not be surprising if Valve jumped on the PUBG bandwagon. The Battle Royale shooter already attracts millions of players in Early Access. Additionally, Valve is known for turning mods into functioning games. See Dota, Team Fortress, or Counter-Strike itself.
Will you be able to achieve such cool crossbow kills in CS:GO like in PUBG?
