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Unofficial Half-Life Remake Looking Prettier By The Year
Welcome to my third annual post on new media for the Half-Life fan-created remake Black Mesa (formerly known as Black Mesa: Source). It doesn't appear to be any closer to release than it was when I wrote about it in 2006 and 2007, but the new screen shots, released on the original game's ten year anniversary, are worth a peek. More »
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Comment by DigiMish: I think it's clear that upon release of the mod, Valve will just hire them and release it themselves. 18 Responses | Other threads
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Frets On Fire For The Blind
Although you might expect music based games like Guitar Hero to appeal to visually impaired gamers, they do tend to rely on on-screen cues which makes following a tune difficult/impossible. More »
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Half-Life's G-Man Gets Even More Frightening
The G-Man from Half-Life series has long been one of the spookiest figures in gaming for me. His mysterious motives and menacing disposition were the cause of many a nightmare while I was playing through the first game. Welcome to my new nightmare. Byron Mallett was screwing around with implementing some motion capture data in Source when something went horribly, horribly wrong. I'm not sure if this alleviates my fear of the G-Man or raises it to an all new level. Either way, thanks for sharing Byron!
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By Mike FaheyComment by JojoTheSlayer: Hay, everyone has have a childhood. Where do you think he got the nick G-Man :). more » | Other threads
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Zombie Panic Source Brings Zombies, Panic To Source
Don't be jealous of the Germans. We can all have some fresh Source engine content to play, now that the Zombie Panic Source mod has gone live. The Half-Life 2 modification brings zombie versus human gameplay to Source earlier than Turtle Rock Studios' own Left 4 Dead will, but it probably won't, as a free product, arrive with the same amount of polish. The premise is fairly simple—a team of humans must fend off a zombie invasion, with one player taking the role of zombie virus carrier, adding to his or her zombie horde by taking out the opposing team. Each faction has its own quirks and abilities, naturally, to make the whole affair (hopefully) balanced and replayable. Regardless of the spitshine on this one, more zombie games are never, ever a bad thing. More »
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Comment by FancyRat: @blackadvent: Sucks how that game, along with HL2 DM, has gone the way of Halo 3 and most of XBL... more » | Other threads
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Source SDK Adds Sweet Orange Box Support
The latest edition of the Source software developers kit adds support for the three most recent releases from Valve in Portal, Team Fortress 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode Two. You may know them collectively better as The Orange Box. That means we should be on the receiving end of a slew of new Portal and Team Fortress 2 user created maps courtesy of the Hammer World Editor and fabulous machinima nearing the levels of Valve's internally created TF2 character class clips courtesy of the Faceposer tool. More » -
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Flash As A Viable First-Person Shooter Platform?
It may not have the complex geometry capabilities or, say, ability to actually shoot at things of something like the Unreal Engine 3.0 or Source platform, but this tech demo for a 3D first person engine built in Flash Player 10—codenamed "Astro"—using Papervision3D is pretty impressive. I fully expect Quake to be ported to Flash within the week. Any longer and I'll have no faith in Earth's programming geeks. More »
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Comment by qubique: I would guess that you guys have seen this game: [www.rasterwerks.com] (Phosphor) Sorry if this link is in some way a repost.. more » | Other threads
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Left 4 Dead Gameplay On PC Gamer
PC Gamer has the first gameplay video of Turtle Rock Studios' Left 4 Dead, the four-player co-op survival horror game built on Valve's Source engine. Their video podcast shows the editorial team taking on some Valve staffers in a humans versus infected match. The first-person team shooter looks like a more frenzied take on the Resident Evil: Outbreak series or, if you prefer, Counter-Strike with zombies. Left 4 Dead looks to add some interesting elements to the genre—like the ability to rescue your fallen teammates—and looks extremely intense. Like surfing down a lava flow from a pack of rabid lava wolves while "Doing The Dew" intense. More »
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Comment by temporaryscars: Looks fun, but I must scoff at the idea of zombies running. more » | Other threads
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Mario Vs. Luigi: Source
The best thing about Garry's Mod is that you can do almost anything, like gory copyright infringement without the legal penaly. Plus it allows you to fulfill your long-running fantasy of finally shutting up that loudmouth sonofabitch Luigi with a Steyr TMP. Alice finds all the good stuff on the internet. -
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The Ballad Of Black Mesa
Part iPod advertising aesthetics, part Stomp, part Garry's Mod showcase, this clip from Mighty Crane Films is a gun-popping, Strider-killing tour de force that everyone and their mother just sent in. Must see YouTube fodder. Thanks to our tipsters (and their moms) for the flood of goodness.
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Comment by Diamond-Dog: @ZachariahMessia: The other person was just pointing out that the beat in the background (especially the beginning) sounds similar to... more » | Other threads
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The Black Mesa Source Teaser Trailer
This is the very definition of tease. No gameplay, no characters, just a look at the gorgeous remade environments from the first Half-Life. A higher res version of the teaser is available at the official Black Mesa Source web site.
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Comment by Spiffyness: As amazing as the graphics are... nobody's even mentioned the music! The stuff on the main page is VERY... more » | Other threads
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Comment by jisf0rjosh: Scazza, its up more than down. I can't recall one time in the past week that it hasn't been... more » | Other threads
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goldeneye
Goldeneye Source Beta Live
After suffering a last minute delay, the beta version of Goldeneye Source has been released. A remake of the classic Nintendo 64 shooter built from the ground up to take advantage of Valve's Source engine, Goldeneye Source is available for download from the official site (or any of its many mirrors). More »
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Comment by Huckleberry: EA doesn't have the Bond license anymore. I think Activision picked it up. they hold the rights until... more » | Other threads
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Comment by Cameroo: Ugh, Why'd someone hack somthing thats fan made, and so many people put so so much time and love into?... more » | Other threads
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By brownlee2Comment by UltraMagnus: $49.95 on Steam. $39.99 boxed at Fry's. Tough decision. more » | Other threads
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By kotaku.comComment by Piccoro: I like this video better. Explains server side hitboxes which is the wireframe you see. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=232561780437418298... more » | Other threads
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By kotaku.comComment by Robotticus: I wonder what Havok thinks about all this... more » | Other threads
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By kotaku.comComment by Roflgoat: This looks WAY different from what it turned out to be. more » | Other threads
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By kotaku.comComment by Norellicus: Hold the phone, this is going to be 360 onry? I'm really tired of producers releasing FPS games on consoles but... more » | Other threads
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valve
Counter-Strike Pricing Changes Enter Beta This Week
Valve has announced that their upcoming Counter-Strike worldwide dynamic pricing system will start testing soon, but when we can expect this to hit the masses is still an unknown. From the Valve weekly update: More »
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Comment by PetiePal: Anyone else think it's time for a "class system" like DoD? then you just pick your class, get your weapons... more » | Other threads
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By kotaku.comComment by Miktar Ezekiel Dracon: The preorder button is not available for all countries - the UK regions cannot preorder. more » | Other threads
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Comment by jiggs: LIke Darkened Flame says, there is no supply. The whole pricing scheme is just based on demand. That is a... more » | Other threads
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By kotaku.comComment by MoreTypingOfTheDeadPlease: good to see i'm not the only one who still plays Pepper II. I'll be going for the Wild Gunman world... more » | Other threads
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By kotaku.comComment by SeriousStu: This has been live for quite some time. I remember finding it while doing a random search for a Portal's... more » | Other threads
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By kotaku.comComment by Mandinga: You can get a High quality trailer through Steam, it's well worth downloading more » | Other threads
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Comment by Torn: Yea, now I really want to play again. And speaking as the one person who never had a microphone, I'm glad... more » | Other threads
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By brownleeComment by Florian Eckhardt: I did indeed. Thanks for the correction. more » | Other threads
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By brownleeComment by darkened-flame: I can tell you that pirates do it for a myriad of reasons. 1) Theyre lazy. Its much easier (MUCH -... more » | Other threads
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By brownleeComment by packratshow: I just want to know where I can a "Half-Life Stick" like the guy on the left is using. more » | Other threads
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By brownleeComment by Team Fortress 2: Something is not working, I assume. more » | Other threads
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Valve Announces Portals; PS3 & 360 Release of HL2:Ep2
If the resurrection of Team Fortress 2 wasn't enough to tighten your foreskin — maybe you're a cynic, maybe you're just circumcised, maybe you hate fun! — some other exciting news came out of Valve's EA Summer Press Conference. More » -
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Team Fortress 2 Congeals Out Of Vaporware
Huge Valve news came out of the latest EA summer press event: Team Fortress 2 is back! And it's got an approximate release date of later this year, simultaneous with Half-Life 2: Episode 2. More » -
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Valve Patches HL2:EP1 Based on Player Incompetence
Valve is watching you. Every time a lone head crab takes you out, an overweight game designer mashing a Snickers bar between his teeth lets out a long belch then guffaws at you. When you spent five minutes in the crouch position, checking out the denim seams on Alyx's ass, Valve knows. Data gathering statistics are thoroughly embedded into Steam; everytime you do anything, they send back the data to the mothership. More » -
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By brownleeComment by TheBrianIsAstonishing: Is it wrong to say I have zero interest in that because I still play Wolf: ET on a semi-regular... more » | Other threads
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