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Counter-Strike: Source

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This page details pre-release information and/or media for Counter-Strike: Source.

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Counter-Strike: Source has a fair bit of prerelease media floating around.

Concept Art#

Boxart#

Concept art for the game's box art was released by Kristen Perry on her ArtStation page back in 2017.

The boxart

Maps#

Concept arts for the maps by Kristen Perry, all included within the Raising the Bar book. They seem to be highly-edited in-game screenshots, as to how the Counter-Strike: Source iterations of them would look like.

de_port Layout#

A whiteboard sketch for de_port's layout.

Factions#

Concept arts for the factions by Moby Francke, all included within the Raising the Bar book.

Concept art for Seal Team 6.
Concept art for Seal Team 6.
Concept art for Phoenix Connexion.
Concept art for Phoenix Connexion.
Concept art and unused model for Arctic Avengers, included in Uncorrected Proof version.
Concept art and unused model for Arctic Avengers, included in Uncorrected Proof version.

Screenshots#

Pre-release#

cs_havana#

T Spawn.
T Spawn.
CT Spawn.
CT Spawn.
Countryard.
Countryard.

de_aztec#

River.
River.
Bombsite B. Note the Desert Eagle texture.
Bombsite B. Note the Desert Eagle texture.

de_cbble#

Connector.
Connector.
Low-quality screenshot of the Tactical Shield in first-person.
Low-quality screenshot of the Tactical Shield in first-person.

de_dust#

Bombsite B.
Bombsite B.
Back alley.
Back alley.
Middle.
Middle.

Post-release#

All the screenshots Valve has posted in the Steam Announcements for upcoming major updates

December 10, 2004#

de_prodigy
de_prodigy
new_prodigy3.jpg
image_35700.jpg
image_35701.jpg
110277510026gm.jpg
110277510050oj.jpg

January 14, 2005#

de_tides

January 26, 2005#

cs_compound. Note the 3D Skybox in the background.
cs_compound. Note the 3D Skybox in the background.
Ditto. Note the lack of boxes and crates at the corner of the Terrorist Spawn Zone and an older version of the radar.
Ditto. Note the lack of boxes and crates at the corner of the Terrorist Spawn Zone and an older version of the radar.

February 23, 2005#

de_train with new Counter-Terrorist model
de_train with new Counter-Terrorist model
de_train2.jpg

May 6, 2005#

de_inferno

May 12, 2005#

TBA

June 3, 2005#

cs_assault outside. Note the different ladder placement.
cs_assault outside. Note the different ladder placement.
cs_assault warehouse.
cs_assault warehouse.

July 1, 2005#

New terrorist model on cs_assault CT Spawn.

July 5, 2005#

cs_assault
cs_assault
image_38984.jpg
image_38983.jpg

August 5, 2005#

SAS model on cs_assault.
SAS model on cs_assault.
Ditto. Note the yellow-greenish smoke.
Ditto. Note the yellow-greenish smoke.

November 4, 2005#

de_nuke with GIGN and Guerilla models.

December 16, 2005#

Faction selection screen.

January 13, 2006#

cs_militia.

February 3, 2006#

SAS model on de_dust.
SAS model on de_dust.
Leet Krew model on de_nuke.
Leet Krew model on de_nuke.

E3 2004 Trailer#

A trailer for the game, released on E3 2004. It's got some differences from the final game:

  • The Desert Eagle uses a different texture.
  • The arms use a different texture, with them being much more pale than the final's arms.
  • The AK-47 uses a different texture.
  • The trailer shows the original Terrorist and Counter-Terrorist playermodels.
  • The C4 has a slightly different animation for putting the bomb down.

Watch on YouTube