While Ritual Entertainment and many fans were delighted to hear that the work of Ritual would in fact be released, Ritual Entertainment was not particularly happy with the decision to name their work Deleted Scenes. Shortly after the announcement that Turtle Rock had taken over, it was announced that work done by Ritual wouldn't be scrapped completely, but that the 12 best of the 18 finished missions would be released separately with the title Deleted Scenes to allow players to experience a different approach for the single-player design. See also: Counter-Strike: Condition Zero (Ritual Entertainment design) § DevelopmentĪfter development of Counter-Strike: Condition Zero was handed over to Turtle Rock Studios and their new iteration of the game was announced, it was initially believed that the work previously done by Ritual Entertainment would be scrapped.
