Counter Strike: Global Offensive will hit PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 on 21 August for $14.99 (around £10-£12) and will have a public beta, Valve has confirmed.

“Over the next few weeks we will be releasing a major audio update, play with friends buy csgo skin, new characters, and of course more beta keys,” reads the CS:GO site, in reference to the on-going invite-only beta.

“The two most frequent questions we see asked dealing with access – will there be an open beta and when will pre-orders open up? For pre-orders we hope to open it up about a month before release so roughly July 21st but that is a rough date we will firm up as we get closer,” it adds.

“As for an open beta, where everyone can get a chance to try CS:GO, sometime between the pre-orders and release.”