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Half-Life 2 Episodes Aren’t "Episodes"
Original at Game Reviews
• 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 ...
PC game review: The Orange Box
Original at The London Reviewer
• 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 ...
glenngunnerzero @ 2008-10-07T10:39:00
Original at Glenn
• 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 ...
System Requirements of PC game-Half Life 2: Episode One
Original at Colors from India
• 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, ...
Games time forgot: Blue Shift
Original at Destructoid
• 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 ...
Modwatch Interviews: The Portal Prelude Team
Original at GameOnYou UK
• 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). ...
DDOS attackers appear in US court
Original at Heise Online
• 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. ...
The PC Centric Extravaganza 10.07.08
Original at 411mania.com
• 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, ...
This Week in Gaming History
Original at Escapist Magazine
• 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 ...
DDOS attackers appear in US court
Original at Current IT news from heise online
• 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. ...
GAME MODS NOW FREE ON STEAM
Original at GameIndustry.com
• 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 ...
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Terms Explained: Half-Life HL, HLTV, HLDS, Steam, HL Mods Counter ...
Original at Gaming LAN
• 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. ...
Valve Releases Source Mods for Free on Steam
Original at DailyGame
• 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
"Episodes" Was Bad Choice of Phrasing for Valve
Original at CS
• 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...
LBP Developers Were Working on Portal-like Game
Original at DigitalBattle
• 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 ...
Video game reviews
Original at northernstar.info
• 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 ...
Newell: We’ll Be Supporting PS3 In The Future, Still Interested In Wii, Talks Episode 3
Original at eXophase.com, the Gamer's Phase
• Wed, Sep 24
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...
Steam DRM Vs Spore DRM [Digital Rights Management]
Original at Kotaku
• Thu, Sep 18
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.
Google Entering Game Industry Through Valve
Original at Kotaku
• Wed, Sep 17
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...
Only One Man Can Save Us From The Large Hadron Collider [Half-life]
Original at Kotaku
• Tue, Sep 9
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!]
Red vs. BlueOriginal at The Wertzone
• Thu, Sep 4
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...
Left 4 Dead To Follow Portal, TF2's Example [Games Convention 2008]
Original at Kotaku
• Fri, Aug 22
• 1 related articles
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...
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Fracture Impressions - How Is This Different Than Halo?
Original at Kotaku.com
• 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, ...
Today in Joystiq: July 11, 2008
Original at Joystiq
• Fri, Jul 11
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...
Valve thinking about a Left4Dead PS3 port, but admits it's harder than 360
Original at PSPSPS
• Tue, May 6
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...
Wertzone Classics: StarCraft
Original at The Wertzone
• Tue, Apr 29
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...
PC Games From The Orange Box Flying Solo Into Retail April 9 and 11
Original at steampowered.com
• 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.
Half-LIfe 2: The Orange Box - Xbox360 - Ivory_Soul
Original at Game Revolution
• 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
Half-Life 2: Episode Three Storyline
Original at Arbiter's Judgement
• 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...
Team Fortress 2 Review for the PC
Original at Aeropause
• Thu, Jan 31
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...
Valve Offers Up Steam Online to Devs for Free [Developer]
Original at Kotaku
• Tue, Jan 29
• 1 related articles
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...
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Half Life 2 Portal -Standalone version
Original at Number 1 soft
• 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 ...
How To: Half Life 2 Mods For Dummies
Original at KnowFree v1.0
• 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 ...
Opinion: Half-Life: Blue Shift - Completed
Original at Economy of Effort
• Sat, Dec 8
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...
Valve's Orange Box bundle goes gold
Original at The Tech Report, LLC
• 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 ...
Half-Life 2 Riot Act v1.0 Mod
Original at GameSpot
• Mon, Jul 30
This single-player mod places you in the shoes of a member of the civilian resistance imprisoned in Nova Prospekt.
Half-Life 2 Infiltration v1.2 Mod [PC]
Original at GameSpot
• Mon, Jun 25
This lengthy single-player mod begins at the end of Half-Life 2.
Half-Life 2 Zombie Master Beta v1.1.2 Mod [PC]
Original at GameSpot
• Mon, Jun 25
This version includes the ability to mute players, as well as several bug fixes and game tweaks.
Half-Life 2: The Orange Box Interview 1 [Xbox 360 PlayStation 3 PC]
Original at GameSpot
• Wed, Jun 6
Get the inside story on Team Fortress 2 in this exclusive interview!
Free Half-Life 2 games via Steam for ATI Radeon owners
Original at Joystiq
• Wed, May 30
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...
Games - Half-Life 1.5 + CounterStrike 1.5 + HL 1.1.1.0 Patch
Original at Demonoid
• Thu, Feb 1
Category: Games Subcategory: Windows Quality: Full Game Language: English Uploaded by: macboy9000 Size: 1001.86 MB.
Source engine now available for 360 developers
Original at Xboxic
• 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 [...]
Valve offers Source for 360
Original at GameSpot
• Mon, Oct 16
• 1 related articles
Version of Half-Life 2 engine optimized for Microsoft's console now available as developer middleware.
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Valve Evaluating Future of Episodic Content
Original at GameDAILY BIZ
• 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. ...
Half-Life 2: Portal Viral Website In DOS Mode
Original at Playfuls.com
• 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
Opinion: Half Life 2's Developer Commentary
Original at Waxy.org
• 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...
Good game comes to those who wait
Original at Houston Chronicle
• 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.
PC Game Review: Half-Life 2 - Episode 1
Original at Blogcritics
• 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...
PC Game Review: SiN Episode 1 - Emergence
Original at Blogcritics
• 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...
And the winner will be …
Original at Los Angeles Times
• 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