General OFAC Information and Guidance. OFAC administers a number of different sanctions programs. The sanctions can be either comprehensive or selective, using the blocking of assets and trade restrictions to accomplish foreign policy and national security goals.
Beta was the first popular home video system. There was U-matic video tape before that. Also, of the more popular formats, Beta came first, the following year (1976) VHS came out, and Laser Discs two years after that. It took Beta and VHS to make home video popular.
Before the public beta, Valve invited professional Counter-Strike and Counter-Strike: Source players to play-test the game and give feedback. At E3 2012, Valve announced that Global Offensive would be released on August 21, 2012, with an open beta starting roughly a month before that.