CS:Legacy - Official Announcement TrailerCounter-Strike 1.6 is getting a full remake, courtesy of the ProMod team. Dubbed CS: Legacy, this remake will be a ground-up rebuild using the official Source Engine SDK. If you arent familiar with ProMod, it was a mod created after the community (mostly unanimously) agreed that CS: Source didnt live up to its potential. ProMod was designed to provide competitive players with a more streamlined, focused experience that revolved around high-level gameplay.Recommended VideosCounter-Strike 1.6 is widely considered to be the best entry in the franchise, so news of a remake from a celebrated modding team is exciting especially when Counter-Strike 2just broke its all-time player record over the weekend. While details remain scarce, the team says the game features fully custom assets and game code as well as rewrites to the renderer, shaders, and various systems.Please enable Javascript to view this contentThe social media announcement is accompanied by a two-minute trailer that shows off some of the maps, movement, and more. The most obvious change is the updated graphics, but its not hard to see a jump from a game first released in 2003. Even though the look of the maps are more polished, dont worry: it still retains that classic, grittyCounter-Strike feel.Introducing CS:Legacy, a fully standalone remake of Counter-Strike 1.6, built from the ground up on Valve's official Source Engine SDK, and our follow up project to CSPromod.The game features fully custom assets and game code, on top of our own major rewrites to the renderer, CS:Legacy (@CSLegacyGame) March 16, 2025The custom graphics system gives the game a more modern look, but if we had to guess, it wont be too demanding even on older systems. The trailer only demoed a few guns, but each had a heavy, visceral sound that fit the original game. Everything weve seen so far suggests CS: Legacy will capture everything that set Counter-Strike 1.6 apart from the crowd and will breathe new life into the competitive shooter scene.The team didnt provide a release date, but says the game is launching later this year in early access. Anyone interested in supporting the team can do so through CS: Legacys Patreon page. Updates are available through most social media platforms, and theres a Discord interested players can join.Editors Recommendations