Listen in as industry professionals from SoftImage and Valve talk about their collaboration on the groundbreaking video game Half-Life 2 and the ... video.aol.com

Developed by Valve. This is a pretty cool technology demo, showing off the engine's HDR rendering. It contains just one level, playable in less ... video.yahoo.com

By rss@youtube.com (0northkakalaka0) Author: 0northkakalaka0 Keywords: hl2 HL2 Half Life half-life two episode one level levels map maps custom mod mods first early middle valve VALVE steam STEAM Added: April 17, 2009

By rss@youtube.com (halflifehelpline) None Author: halflifehelpline Keywords: Valve Half-life Half life history german hacker stole HL2 source code and leaked it HL Added: April 12, 2009

Valve designers on continuing the story. gamevideos.1up.com

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Valve unveils its new Portal technology. video.aol.com

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By rss@youtube.com (Solodkin8) One of the trailers created by Valve Corporation to Advertise Team... Author: Solodkin8 Keywords: Half Life Team Fortress Heavy half life pyro Added: March 4, 2009

By rss@youtube.com (fortheswarm1) Valve owns this game not me, all work goes to them. Author: fortheswarm1 Keywords: gordon freeeman valve gman havok alyx vance Added: March 3, 2009

By rss@youtube.com (StarongBahd) Yeah, I know the bonk song fad is pretty old, I was just bored and... Author: StarongBahd Keywords: Bonk Song Bonkgyver MacGyver Theme Team Fortress two scout scoot hoovy Valve Half Life Added: March 3, 2009

By rss@youtube.com (CabooseJr) Author: CabooseJr Keywords: Half Life Portal The Orange Box Team Fortress Classic TFC TF2 Valve Steam Scout Bonk Sandman Energy drink baseball force of nature Caboose Jr blur what you gonna do slam pendulum boink need dispenser here Added: February 26, 2009

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By rss@youtube.com (L3D0) From Valve (the creators of Counter-Strike, Half-Life and more) comes Left 4 Dead, a co-op action horror game for the PC and Xbox 360 that casts up to four players in an epic struggle for survival against swarming zombie hordes and terrifying mutant monsters. Set in the immediate aftermat...

By rss@youtube.com (SpikyIdiot) No Commentary] [Playthrough #9] Chamber 18 is hell, a few reasons why is in this part. Author: SpikyIdiot Keywords: Portal The Orange Box SpikyIdiot Spiky Gamer Steam Valve Half-Life Episode One Two Three Team Fortress Playthrough Added: February 16, 2009

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By rss@youtube.com (garudoh) Entry 450 in an on-going video series that offers a selection of musical tracks from various titles throughout gaming's history. Half-Life Year: 1998 Platform: PC Developer: Valve Software Publisher: Sierra On-Line Inc. Video source: Speeddemosarchive.com For more info on the game, f...

By rss@youtube.com (snortmyshorts) Part 2 of the Nightmare House remake playthrough. Played by me :) Author: snortmyshorts Keywords: snortmyshorts Half Life Nightmare House Valve Added: February 9, 2009

By rss@youtube.com (StarongBahd) Author: StarongBahd Keywords: Left Dead Fail Little Kid six year old Half Life Valve Steam zombies Added: January 11, 2009

By rss@youtube.com (Fincut81) This is the latest Cinemtaic Mod by FAKEFACTORY, adding true HDR to Half-Life² and the Episodes. Author: Fincut81 Keywords: Half-Life² Half Life Valve Steam Episode One HDR HD Game gameplay 720 720p high quality mod fakefactory ingame action explosion hoovercraft

By rss@youtube.com (zhrooms) Author: zhrooms Keywords: Half-Life Half Life Black Mesa Opposing Force Blue Shift Episode Adrian Shepard Gordon Freeman Alyx Vance G-Man Valve Xen One Two Orange Box Team Fortress Portal Garrys Mod Gmod EP1 EP2 EP3 HL HL2 HL3 City 17 Barney Source 720p HD Added: December 29, 2008

By Valve Valve 2 min - 2008-11-09 E3 2003: Half-Life 2 video of the a Kleiner's Lab scene (different of that of the released game and contested like fake)

By rss@youtube.com (archnophobia) Half-Life 2: Episode One is the first in a trilogy of episodes that serve as the sequel for the 2004 first-person shooter video game Half-Life 2. It was developed by Valve Corporation and released on June 1, 2006. Originally called Half-Life 2: Aftermath, the game was later renamed to Episo...

By rss@youtube.com (Sleepydragn1) The Half Life 2 Official Trailer. All credit goes to Valve, I only re-uploaded it to youtube. Half Life 2 is copyright Valve Software. Author: Sleepydragn1 Keywords: Half Life Trailer half life two Half-Life Half-Life: half-life trailer official valve video Sleepydragn1 Valve

By rss@youtube.com (jess568667) Team Fortress 2 Music (Remix) Team Fortress 2 is a product Valve Software and Steam www.steampowered.com for more info Thanks and enjoy Author: jess568667 Keywords: Team Fortress Music (Remix) Techno Heavy Spy Sniper Pyro Engineer Soldier Scout Medic Demoman Half Life Steam Valve

By rss@youtube.com (mrGlitch2000) Author: mrGlitch2000 Keywords: Steam Half Life Source Garry's Mod Gmod Valve Physics Combine Gordon Freeman G-man Alyx Eli Kliener Breen Performing Art Entertainment News Arts Short Film Trailer TV Video Game Advertising Web Series Added: October 3, 2008

By rss@youtube.com (caboose4545) The Tank Trailer for the New upcoming game Left 4 Dead. A scary shooter straight from the minds of Valve who brought you Half Life, Portal and the famous Team Fortress 2. Author: caboose4545 Keywords: left dead valve zombies shooter fps scary horror crazy Added: September 21, 2008

By rss@youtube.com (Slancko) This is a video of Alyx's reaction when you destroy the gunship in Episode One. I really enjoyed this scene, and it shows a lot of the things that I love about Alyx. Author: Slancko Keywords: Alyx Vance Half-Life Episode One gunship reaction Merle Dandridge Valve Added: August 16, 2008

By rss@youtube.com (NewOrder915) part of the orange box package. my own review of why this game is one of the best mp games Author: NewOrder915 Keywords: THE ORANGE BOX MULTIPLAYER FIRST PERSON SHOOTER VALVE TEAM FORTRESS COUNTER STRIKE HALF LIFE EPISODE TWO ONE BEST PC Added: June 20, 2008

By rss@youtube.com (Katliam7) This game "Portal" will be given at with the Half Life2 Episode2 package. Author: Katliam7 Keywords: Portal Half Life Valve Sierra Trailer Added: March 3, 2007

By noesis Mod Your World DVD training series will put you on the fast track to designing, building and integrating 3D characters, props and maps into your favorite video games- beginning with Half Life®2. Working with industry leaders like Valve® and with Softimage® Noesis Interactive dissects...

By Christopher Grant When Valve announced Left 4 Dead 2 during Microsoft's E3 2009 press conference -- less than seven months after the release of the award-winning original -- gamers were, perhaps rightfully, shocked. This was the same Valve that spent nearly ten years iterating on Team Fortress 2 and whose...

By DigiQ8 Gamasutra had an interview with Laidlaw and fellow Valve writer Erik Wolpaw. Laidlaw made some comments on Gordon Freeman's development as a lead character and how it has more to do with his external interactions rather than internal mechanisms. So we were trying to do a thing where it wasn...

While we all wait for Valve to release the PC version of the demo for Left 4 Dead 2, be comforted knowing that the folks from the Half Life 2 mod Zombie Panic Source have just released version 2.0! If you already have the game installed, not to worry.

By Valve Oct 8, 2009 - Valve, creator of best-selling game franchises (such as Half-Life and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced Scavenge, the fourth game mode to be included in its upcoming zombie thriller, Left 4 Dead 2.

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By Christopher Grant Randy Pitchford has a thing for making headlines. Referring to the hugely popular Steam digital distribution platform, the Gearbox boss recently told Maximum PC "I don't trust Valve." Having started his company making Half-Life expansions, Pitchford quickly couched that statement s...

By Michael McWhertor I love Valve games, and I do business with the company," Pitchford notes. Borderlands is currently available for pre-sale through Steam. "But, I'm just saying, Steam isn't the answer. Steam helps us as customers, but it's also a money grab, and Valve is exploiting a lot of people in a way that...

By Michael McWhertor Valve has made a hire that should perk up the ears of the Warcraft III mod community, as "IceFrog," the current developer of ultra popular Defense of the Ancients Allstars, has found gainful employment at the house of Half-Life. What exactly the DotA dev will be doing at Valve, we don't yet k...

By Valve Oct 5, 2009 - Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Half-Life and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced a $25 Mil consumer advertising plan for its upcoming action thriller, Left 4 Dead 2 (L4D2).

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By Ben Gilbert Though the Japanese aren't exactly known for their love affair with first-person shooters, Team Ico director Fumito Ueda can name at least one that he digs: Half-Life 2. Speaking to G4TV (through a translator), Ueda named the Valve-developed sequel when asked which games he has had an em...

By valve October 1, 2009 - Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Half-Life and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced its studio co-founder and president, Gabe Newell, will be visiting Australia next week to meet local game de...

A team looking to recreate the story outlined in the Raising the Bar book released by Valve shortly before Half-Life 2, has posted their first major media update since formation.

Also announced was the release of Crash Course for Left 4 Dead, next Tuesday: Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Half-Life, Portal, ... and more »

In similar fashion to ATI's deal with Valve in providing coupons for copies of Half Life 2 upon launch when purchasing select DirectX 9 based ATI graphics ...

Faliszek said while speaking to Planet Half-Life. He added, "It's an interesting place that is not covered in a lot of video games. ... and more »

To be honest I can't remember what the official word from Valve is regarding this. I thought they had said that it would continue after EP3, but I'll be honest with you, I am starting to think that EP3 will be the end of an era. Let's hope it's just silly emotions of an old fool.

2) They can shorten the game, releasing it as episodic content. We've seen Valve do this with Half-Life 2 over Steam, and we've seen a large number of $10 ...

Gamasutra When he joined Valve during development of Half-Life, Laidlaw said his biggest contribution was simply in assuring the team that the problem was both common ... GDC Austin: Half-Life, Portal Scribes Talk Writing ProcessGamasutra

Valve is considering porting the most popular Left 4 Dead PC mods to Xbox Live, it's told OXM. Talking in the mag's issue 50 cover feature, the Half-Life ...

Valve Software, another Seattle-area software company and the makers of the classic "Half-Life" and "Counter-Strike" first-person shooter games, ... and more »

There is a fan mod called Black Mesa Source that is a complete remake of Half-Life, as if it was done in Half-Life 2's generation. You should wait for that. ...

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By Luke Plunkett For all Valve's expertise in the software field, the studio has always lagged behind in one crucial area: merchandise. In particular, action figures, and in particular, Team Fortress 2. Well, Half-Life as well, but people have done that. And it's "people" - not Valve - that are behind these...

Left 4 Dead (L4D) is a new action title from Valve, creators of the Counter-Strike and Half-Life games, and promises to redefine the co-operative genre as ... and more »

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By Stephen Totilo Keighley's third guest, Valve writer Chet Faliszek, talked over a live gameplay demo of part of Left 4 Dead 2's Dark Carnival campaign. The section he showed matched material I reported about from my visit to Valve earlier this week, but Keighley himself did command from the stage for me to...

By Brian Ashcraft Poker Game Kept Gabe Newell From Naming Valve "Gearbox" [UPDATE - Story isn't true.] Gabe Newell went down to New Orleans, he was looking for a name to steal. He was in a bind 'cos Half-Life was way behind, and he was willin' to make a deal. He came across this young man playing poker and playin' it...

By Stephen Totilo This wrench was awarded to Gearbox by Sierra to commend the company on its development of Half-Life: Opposing Fronts. Pitchford said Half-Life developer Valve got a crowbar version of this statue for their game.

By Stephen Totilo UPDATE: 6:17 PM - A Valve spokesperson cast doubt on this story today, saying Pitchford and Newell did not meet until after Valve shipped Half-Life, meaning this poker match couldn't have happened. Kotaku has contacted Pitchford for clarification.]

By Luke Plunkett Also on sale is the "Valve Complete Pack", which bundles *deep breath* Counter-Strike, Team Fortress Classic, Day of Defeat, Deathmatch Classic, Half-Life: Opposing Force, Ricochet, Half-Life, Counter-Strike: Condition Zero, Half-Life: Blue Shift, Half-Life 2, Counter-Strik...

By www.hlgaming.com - We have Cookies Tonight's revealing episode of GameTrailers TV takes viewers inside Valve as we showcase brand new Left 4 Dead 2 footage, including a never-before-seen campaign that's quite literally a carnival of zombie action! We also deliver detailed information and new gameplay footage from Le...

By www.hlgaming.com - We have Cookies A young gamer who is deaf went to Valve for a tour. Gabe took the time to sit down with them. Watch the videos and be amazed. At one point they tell Gabe that he should add a feature into gaming so that deaf users could tell others as they are playing. The main thing you get from these videos is Valve car...

By Michael McWhertor Valve founder Gabe Newell discusses this character in a newly uploaded YouTube video, which appears to be from that focus test. In it, Newell speaks of a hearing impaired character that Alyx "had a crush on" well before her first meeting with protagonist Gordon Freeman. According to Newel...

By Luke Plunkett Another is an all-new type of zombie: the "common-uncommons", as Valve call them. These are specific to each level, with an example being the "mud men", fast, crawling zombies in the Swamp level that sound a lot like the fast zombies from Half-Life 2.

By Owen Good In an interview with CVG, Valve's Doug Lombardi says the experiences of putting Half-Life on PS2 and Orange Box on PS3 have put them off Sony development for the near future. Still No PS3 Interest From Valve [CVG via TheSavePoints, thanks Meredith B.]

By MJCS-gTFC- Source: Half-Life Fallout Related: Zombie Panic Zombie Panic fans, We released a very minor update to Valve today. You can view the changelog here as always to see the changes.

By Major Xolin It seems like the “Cabal” strategy used by the designers at Valve for creating Half-Life is second nature for today’s games. However, at the time, I am sure the horizontal creation process of multiple experts in various fields was revolutionary at the time. That is probably what makes Half...

By Luke Plunkett All games included with The Orange Box - those being Half-Life 2, HL2 Episodes 1 & 2, Portal and Team Fortress 2 - will now work with the novel controller. And Valve's other big shooters, like Left 4 Dead and Counter-Strike, will "soon" be supported as well.

 MA While we're on the subject of great bundled gaming, you might want to consider The Orange Box from Valve. Games included are Half Life 2, Half Life 2: Episode 1 and 2, Team Fortress 2, and Portal. That's 5 games for $19.99 brand new. Wow. ...

Rumors were buzzing at E3 over what Valve would unveil. The show seemed ripe with possibility. Half-Life Episode 3? What about Portal 2? Nobody ... rawgame.blogspot.com

 CA Finally, Valve's warming them up. by Micheal Mullen on Monday, June 15, 2009 Valve took a big chance on creating a game that wasn't in line with its Half-Life franchise. Left 4 Dead presented players with a team-based game that still let them us their ...

His leaving inspires Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington to leave Microsoft as well. Gabe and Mike go on to form Valve Corporation, later releasing an onslaught of best sellers including Half-Life, Team Fortress, Counter-Strike, and Portal. ...

By Ben Gilbert Half-Life 2 developer Valve Software is remaining unsurprisingly cagey in conversations about Half-Life 2: Episode 3. Speaking with G4, the company's managing director Gabe Newell said, "There are very good reasons why we're not talking about Episode 3, which I can't talk about yet."

 CA Newell also told Kotaku, "Doing a sequel in one year is new for Valve. But providing ongoing support for our titles after the initial launch isn't - it has been part of our philosophy since Half-Life was released ten and half years ago," said Newell, ...

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Using the Half Life 2 Source Engine from Valve, this is the Xbox360 version of the popular role player. www.tiscali.co.uk

 CA Doing a sequel in one year is new for Valve. But providing ongoing support for our titles after the initial launch isn't - it has been part of our philosophy since Half-Life was released 10 and half years ago. We see no reason to change that and will ...

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Even Valve ('Half-Life,' 'Counter-Strike') probably wouldn't be able to not charge for it. In this case, it will set you back $12.99 on the PS3 and 1000 MS ... and more »

 PA Doing a sequel in one year is new for Valve. But providing ongoing support for our titles after the initial launch isn't - it has been part of our philosophy since Half-Life was released ten and half years ago, We see no reason to change that and will ...

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While the Valve faithful were probably expecting an update on what was happening with the third episode of Half-Life 2 episodic content, or something about ... Are angry fans using Left 4 Dead 2 to unfairly make Valve into a ...Examiner.com

 CA By Marcus Yam, published on June 10, 2009 at 4:00 PM Valve is unquestionably one of the very best developers in its domain of 3D action shooters. The games maker has yet to miss a mark with its Half-Life, Team Fortress, Portal or Left 4 Dead games. ...

Doug Lombardi, vice president of marketing at Valve Software -- known as the groundbreaking backers of the "Half-Life" shooter series -- said digital ... and more »

 UK The largest independent games distribution network is Valve Software's Steam, which has 21 million users and 700 games. Doug Lombardi, vice president of marketing at Valve Software -- known as the groundbreaking backers of the "Half-Life" shooter ...

 UK Valve is anentertainment software and technology company founded in 1996 and based in Bellevue, Washington. The company's portfolio of entertainment properties includes America's Army 3, Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Day of Defeat, Team Fortress and ...

Last November, Valve Software blew away gamers once again with the release of its zombie-themed first-person shooter, Left 4 Dead. For the uninitiated, Valve is infamous for the Half-Life franchise, releasing the initial installment on the PC back in ...

Zeno Clash is powered by the Source Engine, the Valve Software engine used for Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead. Apparently ACE is leaning towards XBLA because Source is better suited for the 360 than the PS3.

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We want to wait and weed through the comments, I'm already getting e-mails, and I'm responding to them," Valve's Chet Faliszek said. "Looking back, was the Orange Box a ripoff?" He said, on initial complaints at having to "buy" Half-Life 2 again in ...

 IL Unlike the sequels to Half Life which were released years after the release of the original, Valve announced at this year E3 a sequel to Left 4 Dead would be coming in November of 2009. This appears to have upset a portion of the community of players ...

 UK Valve has revolutionised PC gaming with its online games service, Steam. Since the company launched in 1996, it has continually developed lucrative and applauded series of games such as Half-Life. The company also was a pioneer of sorts with its ...

While many were tipping that Valve's E3 offerings would revolve around the highly-anticipated conclusion to the Half-Life 2 saga. Instead, the developer threw us a curve ball with the announcement that Left 4 Dead 2 was in development, ... Valve fans rebel against Left 4 Dead sequel Develop

I've played all of them since Half-Life, all the way up to your most recent, Left 4 Dead. I own The Orange Box, and I still bought Portal: Still Alive on XBLA for the new puzzles. You deliver a consistently amazing multiplayer experience, ...

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 UK Though it seems Half Life 2: Episode 3 is the real thing Valve is leaving for dead, and it's an enormous shame. Had it been shown off at E3, it's likely one of these ten spots would be dedicated to it. Alas, the coveted position six goes to Left 4 Dead ...

Worst: No Half Life 2: Episode 3 announcement - I was really looking forward to hearing about it and was sure that they would have something to show since it's been so long since episode 2. I won't even go into the whole Valve controversy because I am ...

He pointed out that Valve has always experimented with different types of development and distribution. "With the various things we've done -- Half-Life 2, the big splash game that takes forever; or the episodic content; or the [Team Fortress 2] ...

 India Valve is known best for games such as Counter-Strike and Half-Life and for its content delivery platform, Steam. The company has also worked on the development of Left 4 Dead and now Valve announces that Left 4 Dead 2, the sequel to Left 4 Dead, ...

According to Gamespot, "Last week, Valve offered a brief teaser announcement that it would be party to the 2009 Electronic Entertainment Expo, sparking waves of speculation as to what, exactly, the Half-Life 2 maker would have on hand to show. ...

Gamespy.com  CA I've contacted Valve for comment -- denial or otherwise -- but have yet to hear back from the studio. Valve has not publicly discussed its E3 presence (or lack thereof), though the rumor mill has continued to hope against hope Half-Life: Episode 3 ...

 CA A state-of-the-art game like the latest Half-Life expansion from Valve, Gears of War, or Bungie's stuff is extraordinarily unrealistic compared to a human actor in a human movie, just because of the really fine nuances of human behavior. ...

 CA and I can't really take waiting around anymore to crack some skulls with Old Red (aka the crowbar). Papa needs his Half-Life. Fork it over Valve. 2. Ken Levine and 2K Boston's next game -- Mere whispers in the hailstorm at this point, but I love these ...

 CA Half-Life 2: Episode 3 – When we last left our hero, [SPOILERS WITHHELD]. Valve has yet to do me wrong, and after the climactic battle at the end of Episode 2, my excitement for this game is at a fever pitch. With Team Fortress 2 happily fragging along ...

 UK It's the impermanance of businesses that also acts as a good argument against restritive DRM on PC games and music. If Valve disappear, for example, my copy of Half Life 2 may be unusable. There's nothing in the EULA to bind Valve to release a DRM-free ...

Gamasutra  Australia Or Valve for the cancelled port of Half-Life for the Dreamcast? Regarding the picture, did Phoenix Wright 3 ever come out here at all? Who do we have to sue to get that to happen? I would like to sue developers for games with non-skippable cut-scenes. ...

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Valve are seen as one of the top digital distributors within the industry and their sales data must be very high from Steam alone. Add to that the release of Left 4 dead, critical acclaim for Portal, and the ongoing popularity of the Half-Life games ...

 UK Other notable movers and shakers include Valve, famous for the Half-Life series and which rose from spot 58 last year to 21 this time around. Perhaps the use of its games as a fire safety tool scored it some points? Bungie – of Marathon, Myth and Halo ...

 NC The next Resident Evil should take a cue from the talent at Valve and mimic the Half-Life series' storytelling technique. That is, abandon cut-scenes, or at least don't use them heavily. Use in-game storytelling as much as possible. ...

 UK Left 4 Dead is a first person survival horror game developed by Valve, the same team that brought us the Counter-Strike and Half-Life games. Though you can play the campaign alongside three AI teammates, it'sa game designed specifically for co-op play ...

Activision paid Sierra's debt on April 7, a day after the amount was determined, but decided Valve had been overpaid for a previous claim; consequently, they only paid the Half-Life developer $1967796, falling short by $424135. Valve sues Activision, Activision countersuit to follow...

 UK - Billy Thomson, Billy Thomson All I will say is no game has even come close to Half-Life 2 in this area, Valve is simply years ahead of anyone else. Sometimes as a designer all you can do is tip your cap, say well done and try to learn from the guys at the very top of their game.

It's a clash of the titans today, as Game Politics discovered that Valve is suing Activision, with Activision threatening to countersue the Half-Life developer. Here's the thing: the lawsuit itself actually stems from a 2002 cybercafé licensing dispute ...

The original lawsuit, which we reported on way back in 2004, involved Sierra distributing Valve software at cyber cafes, which led to Sierra preventing Valve from letting players unlock Half-Life 2 early. Speaking for gamers as a whole, Sierra totally ...

The List  CA - Bryn Williams I love you, Valve. Alright, the papercraft wasn't your idea, but I love you anyway. Hey, while I've got your attention, Valve, what's up with the next installment of Half-Life 2? I gots to get my fix, y'hear?!

 NC After taking five years to release Half-Life 2, Valve spent almost eight years in development of Team Fortress 2, announcing the game back in 1998 and releasing it in 2007. Development on StarCraft II started back in 2003 after the release of Warcraft ...

 CA The company has announced that the set will be on sell this weekend via Steam. "The weekend special on Steam is The Orange Box, an award-winning collection of Valve titles including Portal, Team Fortress 2, and the Half-Life 2 family of games. ...

Soft Sailor by John Brownlee posted on April 21, 2009 5:33 am Valve Software's Left 4 Dead is pretty much as good as video game zombie killing gets, and the Half-Life 2 and Team Fortress 2 developer have been teasing for a while that it's going to get better with ...

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 NY Gordon Freeman as Thomas Jefferson: Jefferson is on Rushmore for representing the principles of US democracy. Freeman as a symbol of Half-Life 2 and Valve, likewise represents a broad set of bedrock principles for good games - good story, strong level ...

This has certainly been the case in the PC world. Valve, the highly acclaimed creators of Counterstrike and the Half Life series, have made an industry dampening splash with Steam: an online store where all of their titles, as well as titles from other ...

 NC Episodic DLC is often limited to an extra couple hours of gameplay, which just isn't enough time to do that. That's because games take a long time to develop. When Valve set out to release episodic content for Half-Life 2, gamers were excited about the ...

 CA VIDEO: A fan-made film or viral marketing from Valve? You be the judge in this live-action Half-Life Youtube video. Activision today announced Wii and DS game Space Camp. It's coming to a Nintendo near you this June. SwitchGames has announced that it ...

By Zips Server admins have been causing quite the stir on the Half-Life Dedicated Server mailing lists over these upcoming delistings. The reactions have been mixed and opinions have been flying left and right about what servers should be delisted immediately.

By Zips Steam certainly has a commanding early lead. Valve has made a number of shrewd business decisions such as acquiring Counterstrike and requiring those players to become Steam users. That instantly gave Steam a large installed base. Combined with Valve's outstanding releases of Half-Lif...

By noreply@blogger.com (Adam Whitehead) It just goes to show what two geeks with $500 (Canadian), a PC rendering farm and an obsession with Half-Life 2 can achieve. This is the first part of an apparently intermittent live-action film series set in the Half-Life universe, made with the blessing of original game developers Valve.

By Zips It was mentioned in a weekly news announcement from Valve, so you know this must be good. An independent team has put together a multi-part story based in the Half-Life 2 universe.

Many video game studios would envy the stellar reputation cultivated by Valve Software. They've captivated gamers and industry professionals alike with innovative titles like Half-Life and Portal.Now add zombie thriller Left 4 Dead to the list. The first-person shooter manages to del...

 - Some of the games included in the pack are the recently released Left 4 Dead, Portal, Team Fortress 2, all of the Half-Life games, and a lot more. ... Review: Left 4 Dead for PC Geek.com all 2 news articles

By Earnest Cavalli I'm not saying Left 4 Deadisn't good. It's definitely my new favorite online shooter, but am I the only one left wishing for a true single-player campaign complete with a story that's up to the standards of Half-Life? Image courtesy Valve Software

By Kevin Poulsen In September 2003, the source code for the much-anticipated Half Life 2game turned up online, and Valve's managing director, Gabe Newell, revealed that the company's network had been breached. In a postto the company's web forum, Newell asked for gamer's assistance in finding the hack...

By Emmanuel Petti Ok, I’ll need to take a deep breath for this one. Valve Complete Pack includes the following games for the small price of $99.99: Left4Dead, Counter Strike, Counter Strike: Condition Zero, Counter Strike: Source, Day of Defeat, Day of Defeat: Source, Deathmatch Classic, Half Life, Half L...

By Starlight In September 2003, the source code for the much-anticipated Half Life 2 game turned up online, and Valve's managing director, Gabe Newell, revealed that the company's network had been breached. In a post to the company's Web forum, Newell asked for gamer's assistance in finding the hack...

By Mike Fahey Steam Cloud will be available to all publishers and developers using Steam, free of charge, and Valve will add Cloud support to its back catalog of Steam games. Cloud services are compatible with games purchased via Steam, at retail, and other digital outlets.

By Daimyo FoF: I started modding (in a serious way) with Half-Life 2, I guess the choice was made before the mod development started. I feel comfortable with Source, it has the widest modding community and Valve has a good track of modding support.

By Juxtapose Last fall, Valve Software released The Orange Box to the PC, Xbox 360, and later the PlayStation 3 to critical acclaim, quickly earning top scores across the board rating it as one of the best titles on all the above platforms. ...

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.

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...

 UK - Jun 10, 2008 An advert on a subscriber-only industry website for actors appears to have blown the whistle on the plot for Portal 2. Valve is searching for some voice ...

 UK - Jun 10, 2008 An advert on a subscriber-only industry website for actors appears to have blown the whistle on the plot for Portal 2. Valve is searching for some voice ...

A new update adding support for Steamworks is currently available in beta for Day of Defeat: Source, the popular World War II online action game from Valve, creators of the Half-Life and Counter-Strike games.

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By valve A new update adding support for Steamworks is currently available in beta for Day of Defeat: Source, the popular World War II online action game from Valve, creators of the Half-Life and Counter-Strike games. ...

By Another person pissed off at steam YOU HEAR ME VALVE? DROP STEAM! Jeez, I'm scared to buy another Valve game after I saw the modern terror that is steam.

Phoronix: "Among the Valve Source titles are Counter-Strike: Source, Half-Life 2, Day of Defeat: Source, Portal, and Team Fortress 2..."

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...

gamezine.co.uk Team Fortress 2 update goes live gamezine.co.uk, UK - Apr 30, 2008 Since Valve released Team Fortress Classic nine years ago this month as a free add-on for Half-Life owners, Valve has continuously looked for new ways to ...

Team Fortress 2 update now live Play.tm, UK - Apr 30, 2008 Since Valve released Team Fortress Classic nine years ago this month as a free add-on for Half-Life owners, Valve has continuously looked for new ways to ...

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.

By Kevin P McAuliffe Half Life 2 Episode 2, Team Fortress 2 and Portal to be sold as retail standalones. Already available via Steam, Valve has decided to release Half Life 2 Episode 2, Team Fortress 2 and Portal as standalone retail version (as HL2 and Ep 1 are already available) according to IGN.

By William TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. PLEASE STAND BY....] CENSORED]!" God! Where was I? Oh, yeah. Anyways, I just can't believe that Valve would just let people deal with these problems instead of trying to solve them. I mean, it's their friggin' game, for God's Sakes!

By valve January 29, 2008 – Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Half-Life and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announce Steamworks, a complete suite of publishing and development tools – ranging from copy protection to social n...

By valve Turtle Rock Studios' Left 4 Dead joins a growing list of Valve's game properties which includes the Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Team Fortress and Day of Defeat series of games as well as Portal, introduced as part of The Orange Box.

By Mark Wisecarver Not intended to be rude, just find it ironic that Valve got its birth from former Microsoft developers and now Steam is more pervasive than any Microsoft software. Steam knows what I own, when and how I play what and to boot has one of the boldest E.U.L.A.'s in the business to protect itself.

By Michael McWhertor Valve may not have handled development duties on the contentious PlayStation 3 version of The Orange Box but it now seems more than willing to address whatever issues owners of said version are having. An official feedback thread on PS3 specific complaints has been opened to allow player...

Value for your money Daily News & Analysis, India - Valve Corporation has come out with The Orange Box: a compilation of Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode 1, Half-Life 2: Episode 2, Portal and Team Fortress 2 ...

By Michael McWhertor There's not much to dislike about Half-Life 2. With the exception of its sometimes dreary atmosphere and the deafening silence of empty vessel Gordon Freeman, it gets just about everything right. The screenwriting team at Valve should be commended for fashioning one of the few ongoing st...

By Michael McWhertor Valve just let us know that a demo for Half-Life 2: Episode Two will be available via Xbox Live tomorrow, November 22. The developer also specifies that it's the first demo to be available from The Orange Box, hinting that those with a lack of orange in their library may have an opportunity to...

By Christopher Grant You see, the engine that powers the wonderful worlds of Valve has "been updated with content and tools to create maps, models, and textures for Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Portal, and Team Fortress 2." Yes, we know, that's all well and ...

Half Life 2 reviewed  - I’ll start with Half Life 2 and work my way (eventually) through all 5 games. Half Life 2 was originally released by Valve on the PC in 2004. ... News for nerds, stuff that matters Slashdot The Orange Box Review Slashdot all 3 news articles

By Glen D. Here's hoping that the new The Orange Box patch arrives soon from Valve. In the meantime, you can enjoy other aspects of the wonderful trifecta that features Half-Life 2: Episode Two and Portal along with Team Fortress 2.

Bungie and Microsoft get divorced, Valve Interview Explores Why There Is No Mac Half-Life, FIFA 08 Heading To Mac?, UT3 PC specs released, No UT3 editor for mac?, CMR Mac date "announced".

By linathael@macbidouille.com (Eric) Source : KikizoIn a very interesting interview, Gabe Newell Valve's co-founder, explain why the famous game company developing games such as Half-Life and its famous Counter-Strike mod de Valve, did not release Mac version of its flagships. From the explanation, it appears quite clea...

Half-Life 2 Insurgency Released  - Insurgency (INS) is a total conversion modification using Valve Software's Source Engine. Insurgency immerses you, as the player, into an intense and ... Date Posted: 8:06pm Subject: Half-Life 2 Insurgency Released Ve3d.com all 2 news articles

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...

Free Steam Games for ATI Radeon Owners  - May 30, 2007 Also, those who purchase the new ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT will receive Team Fortress 2, Portal, and Half-Life 2: Episode Two. More information can be found at ... Radeon Card Users Get Valve Games for Free Action Trip all 9 news articles

Half Life developer Valve has announced that its pioneering direct download digital distribution service Steam has surpassed 13 million active accounts, and now offers more than 150 games, applications, movies and demos. Looking further at its stats, Valve says Steam sees over 7 bill...

Valve cancels The Black Box, forces consumers to rebuy content Ars Technica, MA - Those hoping to get themselves Half-Life 2: Episode 2, Team Fortress 2, and Portal via the previously announced Half Life 2: The Black Box are out of luck. ...

Valve has officially cancelled Half-Life 2: The Black Box for the PC, according to a report from IGN. Originally scheduled to ship alongside the more complete Orange Box at a reduced price, it would have contained Half-Life 2 Episode Two, Portal and Team Fortress 2. The company will now foc...

By Joe Martin Valve announces that the code for the next episode of Half-Life is almost finished while we dispel some of the rumours about Portal.

The Valve weekly update reveals that Half-Life 2: Episode 2 is shaping up rather nicely.

Norwich, UK-based Tournament.com has announced a new agreement with developer Valve that makes it the sole official site where gamers can play Half-Life 2: Deathmatch and Counter-Strike: Source matches for cash prizes.

Hacker, customers accuse Valve of coverup Valve Software, the company behind Counter Strike and Half Life, has been accused of covering up a hack of its servers which allegedly exposed the credit card details of thousands of customers.…

If you're one of the nine people on earth who don't own Half-Life 2 and want to check out Counter-Strike Source, Valve is offering the people who do, the ability to invite people to play for free. The catch is that the person who wants to play, has to install Steam and create a user account.

By Michael McWhertor Looks like in-game advertising in Counter-Strike 1.6 has gone gold! That's right, Valve has "shipped" its previously beta-only experiment which would see increased advertising in its ultra-popular Half-Life mod. According to CS-Nation, two maps currently support the new ad spots, D...

Left 4 Dead  - Well, try this: it's only a four-player co-op/multiplayer from Half-Life creators Valve, and (brilliant PC HL multiplayer mod) Counter-Strike: Condition ...

Valve updates us on Team Fortress 2 progress  - Feb 12, 2007 In the wake of the news of further delay for Half-Life 2: Episode Two - and subsequently Portal and Team Fortress 2 - Valve has released a update on TF2 ...

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 UK - Feb 8, 2007 EA has quietly announced another slip for Half Life 2: Episode Two. The Valve-developed shooter will now ship in Autumn this year. When we say quietly, ...

 UK - Dec 14, 2006 revenue, including Valve Software, creators of the Half Life 2 series. From early next year, Valve are set to debut in-game advertising in Counter Strike, but ...

 - Nov 10, 2006 Doug Lombardi of Valve today revealed to CVG that Half Life 2: Episode 2's release has been pushed ... Half Life 2: Episode 2 will include Team Fortress 2 and ... Valve delays Half Life 2: Episode One TechSpot 20:37 Half Life 2: Episode 2 pushed back (0) Xboxic all 5 news articles

 - Nov 10, 2006 Valve's Doug Lombardi told CVG today that Half-Life 2: Episode ... This obviously affects Team Fortress 2 and Portal, which all form part of mouth-watering ...

By Todd Tanner Valve Software announced today that a version of the Half-Life 2 engine dubbed ... Now we have the Source engine being throw to developers to use as a ... Along with Episode 2 comes Portal and Team Fortress 2, two new games that many PC ...

 - Oct 16, 2006 Half-Life 2 is scheduled to be released on the Xbox ... as a pair of new games, Portal and Team Fortress 2. As ... for comment on when or if the Source engine would be ...

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

 TX - Oct 12, 2006 but also why we think that Valve has been ... We administrate Linux based Counter Strike servers and ... religious daily followers of the Half-Life Dedicated Server ...

 - 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. ...

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...

Valve Software's hit shooter game Half-Life 2: Episode Two will be released next year instead of Christmas time as originally announced before.

By Brian Ashcraft In an interview with Eurogamer, Valve's Gabe Newell craps all over Hollywood's lame attempts to bring Half-Life to the silver screen. Eurogamer: Talking of Hollywood, has anyone from the movie world come up with a decent Half-Life movie script yet? Gabe Newell: They all sucked!

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...

By ryan I've gotta say, well done Valve. This is another great and revolutionary game. Your story line is wonderful and the endings to the game, although they give little new information to the not-so-observant, are excellent starters for their follow-ups. Don't stop.

By Jimmy I really can't wait for the expansion/negt HL game to come out i have all of the previous games and i love every single one of them..I ending really pissed me off too...I will be thinking about it for days now..THANX VALVE!!!!!...

By Kyleman The Half-Life series is also awesome, I create levels for Half-Life 2 as another hobby of mine, and thinking of making it into a career with Valve Software (creators of Half-Life 2). I hate the the Halo series simply because it's ...