Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - more popularly known as CSGO - completely changed the world of esports and tactical shooters. As the followup to the already popular Source, CSGO had big shoes to fill, but after a two-year development period, it emerged as a timeless tactical FPS that presented a more polished, accessible, and deep version of the gameplay that made Source such a staying power in PC gaming. Gameplay features terrorist and counter-terrorist roles, with teams swapping sides mid-game between planting a bomb or attempting to prevent that or defuse it after the fact.
The biggest impact CSGO had on video games was in competition, however. Few games can lay claim to the storied history that CSGO has, and its reputation as a game of razor-thin edges and mindbending outplays from pro players like s1mple made it must-see viewing all the way up until the release of Counter-Strike 2. Even now, the legacy of CSGO can be seen in CS2's competitors, like Valorant, which borrow heavily from the concepts implemented in Valve's 2012 shooter.
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