In a brief follow-up email with Gabe Newell following their interview, Seven Day Cooldown learned that the SDK is coming "in about a week" for the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive beta!

In addition to this fantastic news, Newell also states that Valve is already talking to MLG (Major League Gaming). It isn't exactly clear from the contest of the email why they are talking to the MLG. It could be for any of Valve's competitive titles from Dota 2 to CS:GO.



The news about the SDK is great. This means that map makers can get a jump start on re-creating those old favorites prior to the game's official launch. fy_pool_day_2013 and fy_iceworld_go are probably going to be the first two maps created.