Gamers world-wide are in for another visual treat and experience as they can be the ones to lead the assault into the simulation videogame battleground set in the background of the late Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden's abode in Pakistan.

Fans of the online game Counter Strike will now have new choice to click on a software map named fy-abbottabad in reference to the city where a US military team killed the infamous Al-Qaeda leader in a May 2 raid to be the setting of their game.

According to gaming websites, gameindustrybiz.com and AFP, the map program described as a creation by 'Fletch' had been downloaded more than 6,400 times from gamebanana.com website as of late Monday.

The creators made a virtual version of the compound where the US Navy Seals held its final assault for the said mastermind of the September 11 terror attacks in New York City.

The software creators behind Fletch said the map was just inspired by the location where Osama was taken down by the US Special Forces.

Criticism

Some online users have criticized Fletch and said it is still too early to make it into the game. Nevertheless, the creators said it was not made to dishonour anyone.

"What a lot of people don't seem to understand is that the only thing this map has in common with Osama is location," Fletch said in a blog post at gamebanana.com.

"I can see how people would think it is in bad taste, but honestly if that's your opinion you may as well protest the whole game (as well as many others)."

Counter-Strike games made by Washington State-based Valve Software allows people to play online as members of terrorist or counter-terrorist groups with 'maps' for missions such as assassinations or the saving of hostages.

Fletch indicated the map made available was an interim creation and the "real update" was nearly completed.

"I find it a lot more enjoyable than this (fy-) version,' Fletch wrote. 'The idea is that the T's (terrorists) have returned to destroy sensitive information before it can be located and taken away."