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Counter-Strike

Counter-Strike, the world's most popular online action game and first-person shooter for the PC, makes its console debut exclusively on Xbox and Xbox Live. Counter-Strike for Xbox features single-player…

18 November 2003

Counter-Strike is a shooter developed by Ritual Entertainment, released 18 November 2003 on Xbox.

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What Counter-Strike is

Counter-Strike is a shooter game developed by Ritual Entertainment and released in 2003. It was published by Microsoft Game Studios. It is available on Xbox only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Counter-Strike, the world's most popular online action game and first-person shooter for the PC, makes its console debut exclusively on Xbox and Xbox Live. Counter-Strike for Xbox features single-player missions, taking place over a gritty realistic counterterrorist world. It allows gamers to challenge other players in team-based multiplayer games on Xbox Live and System Link.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective.

What it launched against

Counter-Strike launched on 18 November 2003, within three weeks of Call of Duty, Beyond Good & Evil, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom.

Released around the same time: Call of Duty, Beyond Good & Evil, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom.

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When did Counter-Strike come out?
Counter-Strike was released on 18 November 2003 for Xbox.

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