Editing Counter-Strike Online (section)

==Overview==
''Counter-Strike Online'' is a free-to-play MMOFPS PC video game with micro-transactions that is developed from original ''Counter-Strike'' with ''GoldSrc'' engine. It was first published in South Korea, and is now available in Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Japan, Indonesia and Vietnam. This game was introduced in Western countries as ''[[Counter-Strike Nexon: Zombies]]'' and available via [[Steam]], later renamed Counter-Strike Nexon: Studio.

===Updates===
The game is constantly updated with new content every two weeks; since its debut in 2008, it has gained numerous modes, maps, weapons, characters and items. In the Western version, they released a massive SDK when the game was rebranded to Counter-Strike Nexon: Studio to allow players more freedom to create their own game modes.

===Modes===
There are many modes introduced in ''Counter-Strike Online'' and some of the significant and popular modes are ''Zombie Infection'' and ''Zombie Scenario''. There are also "mini-modes" such as ''Soccer'' and ''Fight Yard'', mainly inspired from community-made mods of ''Counter-Strike''

===Weapons===
There are plenty of new weapons in ''Counter-Strike Online'' and they can be obtained from numerous sources such as events, buying directly from the in-game shop, using the weapon crafting system, or through the "Decoder" system. Instead of skins, each weapon comes with different stats, and each combination can be very useful in certain situations. There are also exclusive anti-zombie weapons that are built specially for fighting zombies; they lso buff weapons that are rare and/or powerful.

===Maps===
Instead of imported maps from ''Counter-Strike'', and ''Counter-Strike: Condition Zero'', ''Counter-Strike Online'' also comes with its own original maps. The main mode that constantly has new maps released for it is Zombie Scenario, which already has five seasons of ladders.

===Characters===
There are also many factions of ''Terrorist'' and ''Counter-Terrorist'', and many new characters are introduced in ''Counter-Strike Online''. They have their own attributes in Zombie Scenario mode.