It was originally stated that Counter-Strike: Global Offensive's beta would start in October….
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The game's Twitter has updated counter-terrorists everywhere that the beta will launch on November 30th.
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The beta will allow gamers to work out bugs and test balancing on de_Dust and de_Dust2. The full game is still expected for a complete launch in early 2012.