GC 06:Valve’s Doug Lombardi Talks Half-Life 2 Happenings 8/25/2006 7:34:54 PM

We spoke with Valve’s Doug Lombardi to get the latest on upcoming Half-Life 2 episodic content, the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions, and Team Fortress 2 and Portal.

New Half-Life 2: Episode One Launch Teaser # 2 5/26/2006 11:28:26 AM

Find out who really hates zombies...

Half-Life 2: Episode One Part Of A Trilogy 5/25/2006 10:17:07 AM

Valve has revealed some new details concerning their overall plans for Half-Life 2 episodic content. Episode One is the first in a trilogy of episodes that will conclude by Christmas of 2007.

Counter-Strike: Source Update Pending 2/24/2005 10:51:26 AM

Valve is planning on an update for Counter-Strike: Source today, which will include one new map - cs_compound, and a remade map - de_train from Turtle Rock Studios.

New Half-Life 2 Deathmatch Mode Available, GI Server Online 12/1/2004 10:35:43 AM

According to the official Steam website, there's a few new downloads available via Steam including a new Deathmatch Mode.

Valve Bans 20,000 Half-Life 2 Accounts 11/24/2004 10:29:10 AM

Valve bans 20,000 Steam accounts for using illegal CD keys or other questionable means to play Half-Life 2.

Half-Life 2 Hands-On Impressions And Movies 11/16/2004 3:55:27 PM

We get our mitts on the retail version of Half-Life 2 and bring you impressions of the highly anticipated PC game, as well as a bunch of movies!

Half-Life 2 Release Date Revealed! 10/18/2004 1:15:31 PM

Vivendi Universal Games today announced that Half-Life 2 will ship to retail outlets around the world in November. The game has gone gold with a planned retail street date of November 16, 2004.

Half-Life 2 Steam Offers Begin Today, Pricing Announced 10/7/2004 1:25:17 PM

Valve today announced on the Steam homepage that today at 11am PST, the Half-Life 2 Steam offers will be available for purchase.  For those gamers who purchase via Steam will get the final version of Counter-Strike: Source immediately.  Half-Life 2 and the other upcoming Steam titles will be made available upon their release.

Not A Golden Monday For Half-Life 2 8/30/2004 10:25:53 AM

Gabe Newell's post on Half-Life 2 going gold on Monday turns out to be false. Doh!

Half-Life 2 Preload Begins Via Steam 8/27/2004 10:24:47 AM

Valve announces that Half-Life 2 is now available for preload via Steam.

Half-Life 2 Script Leaked? 8/17/2004 10:21:10 AM

According to reports on the Internet, it appears that Valve has accidentally released the full script for Half-Life 2 when they distributed the Counter-Strike: Source beta to cyber cafes last week.

Half-Life 2 Demo Video Blowout 5/13/2004 11:47:42 PM

Today in Vivendi-Universal booth, the press got the VIP treatment with Half-Life 2 and got to skip the enormous lines in VU's and ATI's booths to see the separate Half-Life 2 demos - and get them all in one place.

VU Teams With ATI for Half-Life 2 Demos 5/3/2004 2:00:35 PM

During last year's E3, one of the hardest E3 theaters to get into was the Half-Life 2 demonstration.  The line to get into the theater measured into the hundreds, and some people waited all day just to get a glimpse of this highly anticipated FPS.  To make sure everyone gets accomodated this year, there will be two seperate demonstrations with different content at each.  One theater will be setup at Vivendi Universal's booth, and the other at ATI's.

Half-Life 2 Direct Feed Footage 4/8/2004 6:13:31 PM

While we can't say this footage is actually new, it IS direct feed Half-Life 2 footage.  We've zipped up 3 Bink Video files that is direct feed of what was shown to E3 2003 attendees last year in the Half-Life 2 theater.  While most of you have already seen footage taken from video captures, this is the purest form of the footage that we've seen so far.

Half-Life 2 Bumped To Summer - At Least 2/3/2004 11:31:28 AM

According to an article on CNN Money today, Doug Lombardi, Valve's Director of Marketing said, "is currently targeting this summer for the completion of Half-Life 2".

Half-Life 2 Bundle Redo 10/27/2003 6:46:31 PM

Radeon customers will be getting everything Half-Life due to the HL2 delay...

Half-Life 2 Delayed Once Again 10/7/2003 11:34:20 AM

Reuters is reporting this morning that Half-Life 2 will be delayed until April 2004, after a theft of part of its source code.

Half-Life 2 Delayed 9/24/2003 1:07:52 PM

Yes, we know you're weeping.  HL2 gets pushed back to the holiday season.

Microsoft Touts DirectX 9.0/Half-Life 2 9/10/2003 10:09:07 AM

Microsoft toots its own horn as it drops praise on DirectX 9.0 and Valve Corp.'s upcoming game Half-Life 2.