Players who pick up Final Fantasy XV Windows Edition on Steam before May 1 will receive the Half-Life Pack, allowing…
In August, former Valve writer Marc Laidlaw posted a blog post on his site which outlined a potential story for Half Life 2: Ep…
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I don’t think people say that Mass Effect “feels like sci-fi,” or The Witcher “feels like fantasy.” But people do…
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While most modders are intent on making 2004's Half-Life 2 look better, the guys behind Half-Life 2: Classic are…
Former Valve writer Marc Laidlaw has posted a fictional letter on his site that sure reads like a possible plot…
Last night, we started a playthrough of Half-Life on Kotaku’s Twitch channel. Punchy shotguns and nasty aliens make…
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Here’s a Steam Greenlight campaign, run by fans, featuring a virtual reality mod for a game made by the guys who own…
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LowSpecGamer, who we’ve previously seen destroying games like The Witcher 3, has done something very special to Half-…
The Orange Box is backward compatible on the Xbox One today. You should probably replay Half-Life 2. Just sayin’.
You’re probably wondering what’s taking Valve, a company with nigh-infinite resources, forever to make Half-Life 2: E…
Half-Life 2 has my favorite moment in any game. It’s this:
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This team effort from SourceRuns isn’t your average speedrun, but that’s what makes the way they blow through…
The independently developed Half-Life 2 expansion Prospekt is now Valve-approved. It’ll be available on Steam in February. Created by lone indie dev Richard Seabrook, Prospekt continues the story of Half-Life: Opposing Force and threads its way through the narrative of Half-Life 2.
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Players have been waiting a while for Valve to release another Half-Life game. It’s taken long enough that it’s easy…
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Put it in the trashcan. Something something compliance. *whack*.
A sequel to Garry’s Mod is in the works. The original, a game/tool/sandbox that began as a Half-Life 2 mod, has spawned more player creations than perhaps anything else in Steam (and maybe even PC gaming) history. The new one is still early. Read more here. Read more
When Combine posters pop up in your apartment building, you should think about moving. 3D artist Liam Tart, who’s worked as an environment artist on Alien: Isolation, is remaking a small, familiar section of Half-Life 2 in Unreal Engine 4 to get out of his “usual sci-fi comfort zone.” You can follow his progress here.
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An official Half-Life game from the creator of Deus Ex? Oh to live in the alternate universe where it actually…
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Who knows when or if we’ll get Half-Life 3, Half-Life: Episode 3, or whatever Valve calls Gordon Freeman’s next…