Counter-Strike Co-Creator Arrested For Sexual Exploitation Of A Child
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Seattle police arrested Counter-Strike co-creator Jess Cliffe, 36, early this
morning for sexual exploitation of a child. Police have not yet commented
further on the case.
The arrest record shows that Cliffe, who has been an employee of Valve since
2003, was booked at 1:17am Pacific Time this morning. He was denied bail,
according to the record. Seattle’s local KIRO 7 news reports that he has not
been charged with a crime.
Cliffe created Counter-Strike alongside designer Minh Le in 1999 as a mod to
the critically acclaimed shooter Half-Life. Valve later obtained the rights
to Counter-Strike, and it has been one of the most popular multiplayer games
in the world for nearly two decades.
UPDATE (9:47pm): Valve says it has suspended Cliffe, telling Kotaku: “We are
still learning details of what actually happened. Reports suggest he has been
arrested for a felony offense. As such we have suspended his employment until
we know more.”
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CS的製作人之一的 Jess Cliffe (36歲) 今天一早因性剝削兒童而被西雅圖警方逮捕。警
方還沒有對此發表看法。
Cliffe 自2003年起一直都是 Valve 的員工，逮捕紀錄顯示 Cliffe 是在今天一早太平洋
時間 1:17 am 被逮捕，目前被拒絕保釋。西雅圖當地的媒體 KIRO 7 報導指出他目前
還沒有被控有罪。
Cliffe 在1999年時和 Mihn Le 一起製作了 Counter-Strike 這遊戲，其為 Half-Life 的
MOD。 Valve在之後就取得了CS的版權，而它也在之後近二十年來成為最受歡迎的多人線上
遊戲之一。
Valve表示己經將 Cliffe 停職，同時向 Kotaku (本新聞媒體) 表示：我們還在了解實際
上發生了什麼事。有報導指出他因為重大罪行被捕，所以我們先將其停職以待更多細節。