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  • Blog Post: Modder Adds A Whole Lot Of Doom To Half-Life 2

    What is the one thing Half-Life 2 has been missing all these years? Doom's weapons and enemies, of course. The video below comes from YouTube user GhorsHammer who added Doom's weapons and enemies to Gordon Freeman's world using the always entertaining Garry's Mod. Freeman is used to fighting... More
  • Blog Post: Reader Discussion: Do You Trust J.J. Abrams With Film Adaptations Of Portal And Half-Life?

    Director J.J. Abrams was recently handed the director’s chair for the new Star Wars film, and while at this year’s D.I.C.E. Conference, he announced that a deal had been made with Valve for a series of adaptations based on some of their video game properties. Abrams and Valve president and... More
  • Blog Post: Gabe Newell And J.J. Abrams Talk About Future Collaboration At D.I.C.E.

    Two of the most acclaimed and powerful content creators in entertainment might be joining forces in the future. At their D.I.C.E. keynote, Gabe Newell and Star Trek director J.J. Abrams hinted at some future collaborations. While no specific projects were confirmed, the pair did talk about some of their... More
  • Blog Post: Half-Life 2 VR Head And Gun-Tracking Mod Looks Great

    We recently posted a news story showing off a Half-Life 2 mod that uses a camera to sense player’s head movements, allowing them to carefully peak around corners. A new head and gun-tracking mod has arrived on the scene that puts the previous effort to shame. Oculus Rift developer Nathan Andrews... More
  • Blog Post: Morgan Freeman Cosplays Gordon Freeman In GTA IV Mod

    Have you ever noticed that Gordon Freeman, silent protagonist of the the Half-Life series, and academy award winning actor Morgan Freeman have very similar names? And that neither has anything to do with the Grand Theft Auto series? The mod seen in the video below comes from YouTube user wapeddell ,... More
  • Blog Post: Half-Life Finally Makes It's Way To Macs

    Half-Life originally came out for PCs back in 1998, but the game never released on Mac software even though its sequel did. Finally Mac owners can purchase the original Half-Life through Steam. Could this recent release of the original Half-Life mean that Valve is prepping to announce Half-Life 3? No... More
  • Blog Post: Half-Life Statue Presents A Contemplative Gordon Freeman

    Gaming Heads has announced its newest statue, Gordon Freeman of Half-Life fame. The 1/4 scale statue features Freeman looking at the item in his hand, contemplating what his life has become. Also, I did not edit or crop the photo below. That is one of the images in the gallery. Head here to check it... More
  • Blog Post: Mod Turns Half-Life Into A Dragon Ball Z Fighting Game

    It's a strange match, using the original Half-Life's engine to create a fan-made Dragon Ball Z fighting game, but it looks like it works. Screenshots for the mod show an impressive collection of characters, both obscure and popular, and they are all apparently equipped with signature moves. You... More
  • Blog Post: Footage From Arkane's Canceled Half-Life Game Surfaces

    Half-Life news is like a bigfoot sighting. Something pops up every once in a while, but then it's shot down as a fake or wishful thinking from the true believers. Some footage has popped up that's purportedly from a canceled Arkane Half-Life project, however, and it looks more legit than a guy... More
  • Blog Post: Telltale Would Love To Make A Star Wars Game

    Telltale is currently riding high on the success of its Walking Dead series, but that's not the only hot property that the company would like to work on. That list includes franchises like Halo, Half-Life, and Star Wars. While speaking with Red Bull UK (of all places), Telltale CEO and co-founder... More
  • Blog Post: Half-Life 2 Gets A Jurassic Park Upgrade

    Sadly the best Jurassic Park game might be a mod to a nearly nine-year-old game. Half-Life finds a way in this new Jurassic Park mod for Half-Life 2. A group of devoted fans recently released this trailer for a Jurassic Park mod of Half-Life 2. The trailer looks amazing, and it makes us wonder why no... More
  • Blog Post: Half-Life 2 Gravity Gun Replica On The Way

    After a successful run of replica Portal guns , NECA is looking a little further back into Valve's game library for it's next project. The Zero Point Energy Field Manipulator, or Gravity Gun to those folks who prefer their weapon's names to have fewer than 13 syllables, is from Half-Life... More
  • Blog Post: Kinect Support Coming To Garry's Mod

    Garry's Mod, the sandbox editor for Valve's Source engine, should be getting Kinect support soon. The creator of Garry's mod, Garry, has been posting videos showing off his Kinect experiments and posted on Twitter that an update should be coming through soon. Garry's Mod is responsible... More
  • Blog Post: This Is What Happens When Gordon Meets Chell

    It doesn't matter that Gordan Freeman's timeline doesn't quite match up with Chell's. The two share a common fictional universe, and that's more than enough to allow them to meet. I admit, I don't remember Chell's Portal gun having the ability to evaporate enemies, nor do... More
  • Blog Post: Black Mesa Source Mod Released

    It took eight years, but the Half-Life remake mod Black Mesa Source is now available to download. The project was among the first to be part of Valve's new, community-driven Greenlight process. This total conversion will not require Half-Life: Source to play - only a copy of any Source Engine game... More
  • Blog Post: The New York Times Offers A Glimpse At Valve's Gaming Goggles

    The New York Times has written up a large feature on Valve and its bizarre corporate structure. It offers a few hints about what Valve is working on, as well as some images of its rumored gaming goggles. You can check out the full feature by clicking here , where you can learn about the authors first... More
  • Blog Post: Black Mesa, The Half-Life Remake, Releasing In Two Weeks

    The fan created Half-Life remake, Black Mesa, has been in development for quite some time, and it looks like we will finally be able to get our hands on it a little bit later this month. A countdown timer has appeared on blackmesasource.com pointing to something happening in about 12 days, and a posting... More
  • Blog Post: Week in Review: 7/6/12

    Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. But if you do, you can always read this Week in Review column and catch up on all the big video game news you slept on. Sony Surprises Sony dominated the industry news this week. The most notable announcement... More
  • Blog Post: Rumor: Half-Life 2: Episode 3 Concept Art Appears Online

    Another day, another Half-Life 2: Episode 3 rumor, this time with pictures. A thread has appeared on the Valve fan site ValveTime.net showing off supposed concept art for the next installment in the Half-Life series. It's high-quality art that fits with the Half-Life concept art style, and also has... More
  • Blog Post: Valve Hires In-House Economist To Study Virtual Economies

    Greek economics theory professor Yanis Varoufakis will research the political economy of Valve's in-game currencies and report his findings weekly in the Valve Economics blog . The hire is in-line with Valve's decision to move to free-to-play. Valve sought out Varoufakis after Gabe Newell became... More
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