\u003cbr>\u003cbr>\n The authors of the long-in-development Classic Offensive mod for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive have \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/csco_dev/status/1877993047897600241\" target=\"_blank\">shared a message to Twitter\u003c/a> that it has been rejected from release on Steam and its app retired after eight years of development. I have sent a request for comment from Valve and will update this story if I hear back, but the rejection may be due to Source engine workarounds used by the team when creating the mod...\n \u003ca href=\"https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/an-ambitious-counter-strike-mod-to-emulate-the-og-1-6-experience-in-global-offensive-has-been-rejected-by-valve-after-8-years-of-development/?utm_source=steam&utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\">Read more.\u003c/a>","versions":1,"metadata":{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$NewsPost:3519626.metadata","typename":"NewsPostMetadata"},"tags":[],"feed":{"type":"id","generated":false,"id":"NewsFeed:13","typename":"NewsFeed"},"__typename":"NewsPost","apps":[{"type":"id","generated":false,"id":"App:730","typename":"App"}]},"$NewsPost:3519626.metadata":{"url":"https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/PC Gamer/1788311419125865","author":"Ted Litchfield","__typename":"NewsPostMetadata"},"NewsFeed:13":{"id":"13","display":"PC Gamer","__typename":"NewsFeed"},"App:730":{"id":"730","name":"Counter-Strike 2","__typename":"App"},"$ROOT_QUERY.newsPostByGID({\"gid\":\"1788311419125865\",\"limit\":1})":{"news":[{"type":"id","generated":false,"id":"NewsPost:3519626","typename":"NewsPost"}],"pagination":{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.newsPostByGID({\"gid\":\"1788311419125865\",\"limit\":1}).pagination","typename":"PageInfo"},"__typename":"NewsList"},"$ROOT_QUERY.newsPostByGID({\"gid\":\"1788311419125865\",\"limit\":1}).pagination":{"next":null,"previous":null,"__typename":"PageInfo"}};window.csrfToken="kEAGGh74-nRZdtdEpu2XNL2vKCwLUoBUzuHg";