VoodooExtreme has recieved word from Valve Software that development of Counter-Strike: Condition Zero (the single player CS game) has moved to Gearbox:

Valve is proud to announce primary development of Counter-Strike: Condition Zero has moved to the Dallas, Texas offices of Gearbox Software, creators of the award-winning Half-Life expansion products and the soon-to-be-released Half-Life PlayStation 2. In addition to the team at Gearbox, several CS1 developers have been recruited to lend their talents to the creation of CS: CZ.

I saw this coming. Just to prove that we don't steal news blatently, we do have something other sites don't! The CS1 "developers" currently at Gearbox are Barney (inferno, aztec, vertigo, frantic), Hobbit (prodigy, office), Postman, and MikeZilla. There may be a few more that I've missed on IRC, but at least we know some. Thanks for the news, Billy!

If you recall, Valve originally licensed work to Rogue and then pulled the plug. Valve started development on their own (or so they say) and have now handed the driving wheel over to Gearbox. Gearbox made OpFor and Blue Shift, both for Half-Life, so they know the engine. But do they know CS? We shall see! Note that cliffe says that, and I quote, "the CS Team is in on the development."