Following its announcement, news surrounding CS: Legacy was little and far between, leading fans to worry whether they would get a legacy version of the world’s favorite FPS game, but developers have confirmed in the latest post that it is on the way.
While the original version of the game was a mod developed as a side-project, Valve has now taken it under its wing to give the development its deserved attention, to bring back the experience of the original game to the modern age.
Unlike Valorant, CS2 doesn’t get a plethora of in-game element updates from time to time, which tends to be the reason a lot of players get bored, and having a legacy version would allow players on the casual end of the spectrum to relive the older days of the game.
“CS: Legacy is a completely independent, non-commercial project developed on Valve’s public Source SDK Base 2013. We are using the SDK in accordance with Valve’s own publicly available guidelines, Steamworks documentation, and SDK license, which specifically permit the use of any Valve IP for non-commercial Source Engine projects without requiring a separate license from Valve. This is the same framework under which we developed and released CSPromod on Source SDK 2007 back in the day, without encountering any issues,” read their post.
The developers highlighted:
- We use the public Source 2013 SDK, officially provided and maintained by Valve on GitHub.
- We do not sell or charge for the game in any way.
- We do not monetize gameplay or provide unlocks, keys, or in-game items.
- We own 100% of our code and assets — everything from visuals to UI to characters is built from scratch by our team.
- We do not mount or rely on Valve’s game files. Some legacy sound files are in use, but we are ready to replace them if required.
We are yet to get a timeline for the game, but it will be refreshing to move away from the competitive side of CS2 for a while and enjoy the game in its more raw and unrefined version.
