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Rate Half-Life 2 Episodes Aren’t "Episodes"

Original at Game Reviews external link    13 hours ago

 AZ - Taking a break from slaving over Half Life 2: Episode 3, Valve’s Doug Lombardi admitted that perhaps the trilogy of Half-Life 2 expansions aren’t really ...

Rate PC game review: The Orange Box

Original at The London Reviewer external link    14 hours ago

By alexa These comprise: Half-Life 2, HL2 Episode One, HL2 Episode Two, Portal and Team Fortress 2. The Orange Box was essentially a platform for the release of HL2 Episode Two as the previous episodes of Half-Life had already been released in ...

Rate glenngunnerzero @ 2008-10-07T10:39:00

Original at Glenn external link    19 hours ago

My computer could play them probably now but stuff like Half Life 2 I havn't tried yet since my computer specs havn't adjusted for almost 5 years minus some more Harddrive space. I've also been thinking about a Xbox 360 but I don't want ...

Rate System Requirements of PC game-Half Life 2: Episode One

Original at Colors from India external link    20 hours ago

By Sujeet Following are the System Requirements of PC game -Half Life 2: Episode One. Minimum: 1.2 GHz Processor, 256MB RAM, DirectX 7 level graphics card, Windows 2000/XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection Recommended: 2.4 GHz Processor, ...

Rate Games time forgot: Blue Shift

Original at Destructoid external link    20 hours ago

By Anthony Burch A few weeks back, I talked about Opposing Force, the awesome mod for the original Half-Life which told the events of Black Mesa through the perspective of a marine named Adrian Shephard. While Adrian's story was interesting and fun in ...

Rate Modwatch Interviews: The Portal Prelude Team

Original at GameOnYou UK external link    Tue, Oct 7

By Daniel Mitchell Last year the ever popular Valve released Portal, albeit packaged in between two other top-notch games; Half Life 2 Episode 2 and Team Fortress 2 (not to mention the addition of the first two chapters of the Half-Life 2 tale). ...

Rate DDOS attackers appear in US court

Original at Heise Online external link    Tue, Oct 7

 Germany - Gembe is thought to have broken into the internal network of US games producer Valve and stolen the source code for the game Half Life 2. ...

Rate The PC Centric Extravaganza 10.07.08

Original at 411mania.com external link    Tue, Oct 7

 TX - After three days of testing Half Life 2, Gabe Newell's cousin gouged out his own eyes, turned his bloody face to the sky and began screaming, ...

Rate This Week in Gaming History

Original at Escapist Magazine external link    Mon, Oct 6

 NC - Although the main stars of 2007's Orange Box were theoretically first person shooters Half-Life 2: Episode Two and Team Fortress 2, it quickly became ...

Rate DDOS attackers appear in US court

Original at Current IT news from heise online external link    Mon, Oct 6

 UK - Gembe is thought to have broken into the internal network of US games producer Valve and stolen the source code for the game Half Life 2. ...

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Rate GAME MODS NOW FREE ON STEAM

Original at GameIndustry.com external link    Sun, Oct 5    5 related articles

 DC - To celebrate the launch of MODs on Steam and give gamers an easy entry into the world of Source MODs, Valve is offering Half-Life 2: Episode One for just ...

Rate Terms Explained: Half-Life HL, HLTV, HLDS, Steam, HL Mods Counter ...

Original at Gaming LAN external link    Sun, Oct 5

By Srinivas DMS Half-Life is the game designed by valve software ltd. It is a first person shooter game. Its basic game play consists of some players playing against each other and shooting, similar to quake but there are many differences. ...

Friday, Oct 3

 

Rate Valve Releases Source Mods for Free on Steam

Original at DailyGame external link    Fri, Oct 3

 - Releasing the mods is good but not surprising news; one of PC gaming's most popular shooters, Counter-Strike, was created using a Half-Life mod. ... PC] Source MODs Available this Weekend on Steam 411mania.com all 3 news articles

Rate "Episodes" Was Bad Choice of Phrasing for Valve

Original at CS external link    Fri, Oct 3

By Zips I think a lot of folks in the games industry saw the same problem that we did with Half Life 2 in that making a 20-hour game with rich graphics, story etc. is a really expensive proposition both in time and money. And some have started making games about the same length as Episode II, but they have...

Wednesday, Oct 1

 

Rate LBP Developers Were Working on Portal-like Game

Original at DigitalBattle external link    Wed, Oct 1

By Rajiv Ashrafi Fans of Portal must have spent hours on the quirky Flash version which was released prior to the V… Half-Life: Portal. Had fun playing Portal? Wished the gun would be available in Half-Life 2? Wish no more for Primo… Valve’s Portal Not ...

Tuesday, Sep 30

 

Rate Video game reviews

Original at northernstar.info external link    Tue, Sep 30

 IL - By DAN STONE Half-Life 2 is one of the best games ever made. Say what you want about the Counter Strike mod for the original, but HL2 improved upon ...

Wednesday, Sep 24

 

Rate Newell: We’ll Be Supporting PS3 In The Future, Still Interested In Wii, Talks Episode 3

Original at eXophase.com, the Gamer's Phase external link    Wed, Sep 24

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By x3sphere Gabe Newell Talks about Valve’s Plans [1UP] While developer Valve has no plans to bring the latest round of Team Fortress 2 content updates over to the PlayStation 3 as it is doing with the Xbox 360, it is considering to ramp up PS3 support in the future, per a recent interview with site 1UP. De...

Thursday, Sep 18

 

Rate Steam DRM Vs Spore DRM [Digital Rights Management]

Original at Kotaku external link    Thu, Sep 18

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By Brian Crecente But Electronic Arts isn't the only company to ever use a built-in online copy protection system. A small company called Valve, publishers of such indie titles as Portal, Half-Life 2 and Team Fortress 2, knows all about the ups and downs of DRM and copy protection.

Wednesday, Sep 17

 

Rate Google Entering Game Industry Through Valve

Original at Kotaku external link    Wed, Sep 17

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By Mike Fahey So the folks at Forbes are thinking that Google could become a big name in the games industry, and now rumors are swirling about the internets that they are planning on doing just that in the way of all giant corporations with way too much money - buying someone else. In this case, the target is...

Tuesday, Sep 9

 

Rate Only One Man Can Save Us From The Large Hadron Collider [Half-life]

Original at Kotaku external link    Tue, Sep 9

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By Luke Plunkett Get this to Gordon Freeman. He'll know what to do." Crowbar, headcrab, and Half-Life strategy guide shipped to CERN [Reddit, thanks Timmo!]

Thursday, Sep 4

 

Rate Red vs. BlueVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at The Wertzone external link    Thu, Sep 4

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By noreply@blogger.com (Adam Whitehead) A while back I reviewed the game Halo, which ripped off Half-Life, Larry Niven and/or Iain M. Banks and Unreal Tournament but wasn't as good as any of the originals. Nice vehicles though. I also mentioned that the game inspired a web-based comedy series called Red vs. Blue. Since the number of pe...

Friday, Aug 22

 

Rate Left 4 Dead To Follow Portal, TF2's Example [Games Convention 2008]

Original at Kotaku external link    Fri, Aug 22    1 related articles

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By Michael McWhertor Taking a page from the book of Portal (and Half-Life 2, really), Doug Lombardi from Valve told us that Left 4 Dead would feature subtle hints fleshing out the game's back story. Graffiti and scratches peppered the walls of the zombie filled city, with messages to and from survivors scrawle...

Thursday, Aug 21

 

Rate Fracture Impressions - How Is This Different Than Halo?

Original at Kotaku.com external link    Thu, Aug 21

By Yagami Ichigo It's a Zombie mod to Half-Life 2. lawlz. As for the article, I'd have to agree with LittleBigPlaneteer. Halo was a fun game, but it's not nearly the best FPS I've ever played, In my opinion anyway. That's what people seem to forgot, ...

Friday, Jul 11

 

Rate Today in Joystiq: July 11, 2008

Original at Joystiq external link    Fri, Jul 11

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By Ross Miller Filed under: PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360 Part of this year's Into the Pixel collection is a sketch from "Half Life EP3" (wonder what that could be), coming to Xbox 360, PC and PlayStation 3. We're not exactly surprised to learn there's concept art for Episode 3, but it's still...

Tuesday, May 6

 

Rate Valve thinking about a Left4Dead PS3 port, but admits it's harder than 360

Original at PSPSPS external link    Tue, May 6

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By Al W If we learned one thing from The Orange Box, it's that Valve doesn't really work all that well with the PS3. It actually farmed out the task of porting Half Life 2, the two episodes, Portal and Team Fortress 2 over to an EA in-house team and although they still made a decent effort, it was obviou...

Tuesday, Apr 29

 

Rate Wertzone Classics: StarCraft

Original at The Wertzone external link    Tue, Apr 29

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By Adam Whitehead StarCraft's influence on multiplayer gaming has been colossal. Battle.net, Blizzard's online multiplayer service, grew by 800% after the game's release, and several million people play the game regularly even today, giving it a serious claim to have the greatest longevity of any game...

Thursday, Mar 13

 

Rate PC Games From The Orange Box Flying Solo Into Retail April 9 and 11

Original at steampowered.com external link    Thu, Mar 13

By valve March 13, 2008 - Valve, creators of Half-Life® 2 and Counter-Strike®, today announce the retail launch dates for the stand-alone, PC versions of Team Fortress® 2, PortalTM, and the Half-Life 2: Episode Pack are April 9th in North America and April 11th around the globe.

Friday, Mar 7

 

Rate Half-LIfe 2: The Orange Box - Xbox360 - Ivory_Soul

Original at Game Revolution external link    Fri, Mar 7

The Good: All 5 games are solid and stand on their own, Portal is one of the most clever games ever made, HL2: EP2 evolves the story wonderfully, TF2 is a blast, HL2 and EP1 live up to their age, cleverly planned achievements, not having to deal with Steam Half-Life 2=9.0/10

Sunday, Feb 24

 

Rate Half-Life 2: Episode Three Storyline

Original at Arbiter's Judgement external link    Sun, Feb 24

By Juxtapose ActionTrip has reported that Valve is still figuring out the story of the upcoming Half-Life 2: Episode Three. That's right. We have a full trilogy of episodic content which takes forever to be released despite the fact that the purpose of episodic content is to expediate development time...

Thursday, Jan 31

 

Rate Team Fortress 2 Review for the PC

Original at Aeropause external link    Thu, Jan 31

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By Balaji Sivaraman The Orange Box, released in October last year, was highly anticipated for a number of reasons one of which was Team Fortress 2, the long awaited follow up to the class based multiplayer shooter, Team Fortress Classic. The original TF: Classic was initially released as mod for Half Life and...

Tuesday, Jan 29

 

Rate Valve Offers Up Steam Online to Devs for Free [Developer]

Original at Kotaku external link    Tue, Jan 29    1 related articles

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By Brian Crecente Developers and publishers are spending more and more time and money cobbling together all the tools and backend systems needed to build and launch a successful title in today's market," said Gabe Newell, president of Valve. "Steamworks puts all those tools and systems together in one fr...

Sunday, Jan 13

 

Rate Half Life 2 Portal -Standalone version

Original at Number 1 soft external link    Sun, Jan 13

Half.Life.2.Portal.*STANDALONE*-[370mb]-. For all of you who do not have a rapid share account and have to use the “free” crapola, here is Direct Linked HTTP mirrors, boy are they fast and free ! But very annoying Evil or Very Mad Link ...

Tuesday, Jan 8

 

Rate How To: Half Life 2 Mods For Dummies

Original at KnowFree v1.0 external link    Tue, Jan 8

By tech-geek How cool would it be to build your own levels and customized weapons for Half-Life 2? This book will get you ready to mod so you can enjoy the ultimate gaming experience. You'll find out how to create your own maps, strategically place ...

Saturday, Dec 8

 

Rate Opinion: Half-Life: Blue Shift - Completed

Original at Economy of Effort external link    Sat, Dec 8

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By *Legion* Next up is Gearbox’s little-known third Half-Life expansion, Decay. While Decay was only officially released as an added chapter to the PlayStation 2 port of Half-Life, a mod team has been hard at work porting it to the PC (I previously stated on this blog that the mod was a Source-engine mo...

Thursday, Sep 27

 

Rate Valve's Orange Box bundle goes gold

Original at The Tech Report, LLC external link    Thu, Sep 27

The Orange Box game bundle that will include Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Team Fortress 2, and Portal, as well as Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode One, has gone gold, Shacknews reports. The site has received official confirmation from ...

Monday, Jul 30

 

Rate Half-Life 2 Riot Act v1.0 Mod

Original at GameSpot external link    Mon, Jul 30

This single-player mod places you in the shoes of a member of the civilian resistance imprisoned in Nova Prospekt.

Monday, Jun 25

 

Rate Half-Life 2 Infiltration v1.2 Mod [PC]

Original at GameSpot external link    Mon, Jun 25

This lengthy single-player mod begins at the end of Half-Life 2.

Rate Half-Life 2 Zombie Master Beta v1.1.2 Mod [PC]

Original at GameSpot external link    Mon, Jun 25

This version includes the ability to mute players, as well as several bug fixes and game tweaks.

Wednesday, Jun 6

 

Rate Half-Life 2: The Orange Box Interview 1 [Xbox 360 PlayStation 3 PC]

Original at GameSpot external link    Wed, Jun 6

Get the inside story on Team Fortress 2 in this exclusive interview!

Wednesday, May 30

 

Rate Free Half-Life 2 games via Steam for ATI Radeon owners

Original at Joystiq external link    Wed, May 30

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By John Bardinelli In a brilliantly concocted promotion, Valve announced today that owners of ATI Radeon graphics cards can score a handful of free games via Steam. Half-Life 2: Lost Coast and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch are among the freebies, and the promotion includes discounts on other games as well. In add...

Thursday, Feb 1

 

Rate Games - Half-Life 1.5 + CounterStrike 1.5 + HL 1.1.1.0 Patch

Original at Demonoid external link    Thu, Feb 1

Category: Games Subcategory: Windows Quality: Full Game Language: English Uploaded by: macboy9000 Size: 1001.86 MB.

Monday, Oct 16

 

Rate Source engine now available for 360 developers

Original at Xboxic external link    Mon, Oct 16

By Nino It looks like the progress on the Xbox 360 port of Half Life 2 is coming along nicely. VALVe has announced that the Source engine, the one Half Life 2 uses, is now available for other Xbox 360 developers as well. Developers are now able to license the engine for their own games and it [...]

Rate Valve offers Source for 360

Original at GameSpot external link    Mon, Oct 16    1 related articles

Version of Half-Life 2 engine optimized for Microsoft's console now available as developer middleware.

Tuesday, Oct 3

 

Rate Valve Evaluating Future of Episodic Content

Original at GameDAILY BIZ external link    Tue, Oct 3

 - Oct 3, 2006 Valve's Gabe Newell (right) says he's looking to evaluate how Half-Life 2's episodic content has been received before going past Ep. III. ...

Thursday, Sep 7

 

Rate Half-Life 2: Portal Viral Website In DOS Mode

Original at Playfuls.com external link    Thu, Sep 7

Remember the good old DOS command prompt? If not, or if you never even had the geekish pleasure of working in MS-DOS, here's your chance to practice a bit, and at the same time take part in the latest viral marketing campaign - this time centered

Tuesday, Sep 5

 

Rate Opinion: Half Life 2's Developer Commentary

Original at Waxy.org external link    Tue, Sep 5

There have been a couple earlier attempts at in-game commentary, most notably the "Developer's Cut" of The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (2004), a game that sounds awful but is widely considered one of the best modern first-person shooters. Valve was clearly inspired b...

Tuesday, Aug 15

 

Rate Good game comes to those who wait

Original at Houston Chronicle external link    Tue, Aug 15

Fans of the Half-Life franchise are used to waiting, but for once they don't have to. Half-Life 2: Episode One, the next chapter in the story of crowbar-wielding physicist Gordon Freeman, is here, a year and a half after Half-Life 2.

Friday, Jun 2

 

Rate PC Game Review: Half-Life 2 - Episode 1

Original at Blogcritics external link    Fri, Jun 2

By Armin Siljkovic Half Life 2 has sold millions of copies and won countless awards for its excellent achievement in creating a cinematic gaming experience. The official sequel, Episode 1, used to be called "Aftermath," but developer Valve chose to split it up in three Episodes, released over two years. The...

Sunday, May 21

 

Rate PC Game Review: SiN Episode 1 - Emergence

Original at Blogcritics external link    Sun, May 21

By Armin Siljkovic The original SiN game came out at about the same time as Half Life, in 1997. And as Half Life stole all the attention, not much was left for SiN, witch was a mediocre game, all things considered. Now the first of several episodes has been released via Steam, and sports a few hours of game play for r...

Thursday, Jul 28

 

Rate And the winner will be …

Original at Los Angeles Times external link    Thu, Jul 28

Best Boss--Halo 2 - Scarab Battle Best Graphics--Half-Life 2 Best Multiplayer Game--Halo 2 Best Shooter--Halo 2 Best Sound Design--Halo 2 Best Voice Performance - Female--Half-Life 2 - Merle Dandridge Best Voice Performance - Male--Halo 2 - David Cross Game of the Year--Halo 2


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