Tag Archives: Half Life

As the video game industry ages, more and more of its history is being lost, with hours upon hours of important industry moments slowly being forgotten. Fortunately, since last year, the YouTube Channel / documentary creators ‘Noclip’ have been archiving these moments online in the best quality possible. The latest …

This month, Valve celebrated the 25th Anniversary of Half-Life with a pretty major update to the original game. The game now has better support for modern monitors, resolutions and PC hardware, as well as brand-new content in the form of new multiplayer maps. The update can be considered a success, …

We already knew that Valve planned to celebrate Half-Life's 25th Anniversary with a giveaway of the game on Steam. However, the company also had much more planned. Not only has a new documentary been released on the game's creation, but Valve has also given the game a fresh new update, including new content and restored cut content. 

Half-Life needs no introduction. The first-person shooter put Valve on the map thanks in part to the power of its Source Engine, pushing the video game medium forward. If you have somehow not yet experienced this classic, the original Half-Life will soon be free to own on Steam.

Today coinciding with Gamescom, Nvidia is making a bunch of announcements. DLSS is getting another update, bringing it up to version 3.5 with the introduction of a new ray-tracing reconstruction feature. Beyond that, a new wave of games supporting DLSS 3 and other Nvidia features has also been announced.  Three …

Modders have been working on making Half-Life: Alyx playable without a VR headset ever since the game first launched in 2020. Great progress has been made on this front since then and now, the NoVR mod allows you to play the entire game from start to finish.  The NoVR mod …

Over the past decade or so we have seen video game developer and publisher Valve move away from making games, instead focusing on other endeavours such as manufacturing video game hardware while prioritising the continued success of their Steam platform. That being said, Valve is not done making games, with …

Prior to Valve scrapping the Half-Life 2: Episodes concept all those years ago, the team was working on Half-Life 2: Episode 3. Beyond that though, Valve was also licensing out the IP to other studios for future Half-Life Episodes. One of those studios was Arkane. Prior to Dishonored, Prey and …

Earlier this month to celebrate the launch of the Steam Deck, Valve released a game… well, sort of. Aperture Desk Job is a small, 30 minute title set in the Portal universe with mechanics that teach players how to use the Steam Deck controllers. The game itself isn't all that …

The Steam Deck is a couple of months away from shipping out to customers and with this extra time, Valve will be going back to ensure its own games work well on the handheld system. Most notably, there will be updates to Dota 2 and CS:GO, Valve's two most-played multiplayer …

Recently we reported that Valve were shifting their focus from VR to the Steam Deck, with one VR title – Project Citadel – being moved to the handheld. Valve have now officially responded to these rumours. Following the report by Tyler McVicker, which claimed that a Half-Life game tentatively called …

While Valve is known primarily as a software company, the Steam founder has created a plethora of different hardware projects over the course of the past many years. The company’s VR efforts proved to be successful, however in the wake of the interest behind the Steam Deck, it appears as …

Valve finally made its grand return to Half-Life last year with the release of Half-Life: Alyx, which also happens to be arguably the best story-driven VR game created to date. Unfortunately, we could be waiting quite some time for a sequel, as it looks like Valve has lost interest in …

While Steam has been focusing on maintaining its position as the most popular PC storefront, Valve’s video game output on other platforms has very much been seemingly demoted to a secondary focus for the company. In a recent Q&A however, Gabe Newell teased the return of Valve to other systems. …

Last week, Half-Life: Alyx officially turned a year old and one of the lead developers on that game, Robin Walker, teased that fans of the series should be excited about possibility again now that Valve has opened the door for future Half-Life games. Now this week, new leaks are starting …

Black Mesa, the fan-made remake of Half-Life 1, launched to great reception earlier this year after an extensive period in Early Access. The folks at The Crowbar Collective aren’t done improving the game yet though. A few weeks ago, the studio announced a free ‘Definitive Edition' update and now, it …

With everything that has happened in the world since March 2020, it can be easy to forget that Half-Life Alyx actually released this year. Valve's grand return to the Half-Life saga is still one of the best games to release this year and now, we have a full developer commentary …

Black Mesa, the fan-made remake of Half-Life 1, launched to great reception earlier this year after an extensive period in Early Access. The folks at The Crowbar Collective aren't done improving the game yet though, as the team is already working on a big ‘Definitive Edition' update.  This week, the …

As we delve into Half-Life: Alyx – Final Hours more and more, new details about Valve are continuing to come to light. At this point, Alyx is widely excepted as an incredible entry to the series, but many players still hope to see a non-VR Half-Life some day. It turns …

We have known about Source 2 for many years now, in-fact, games like Dota 2 and Artifact already use Valve's spruced up engine. However, the release of Half-Life: Alyx is a far bigger deal for Valve's new tech and with the game now out, the developers are working hard on …

Back in 2016, Valve fans had their interest piqued when Portal references were found as Easter eggs within a new CS:GO game mode, possibly hinting at an ARG with some kind of big announcement at the end of it, similar to the ARG that preceded the announcement of Portal 2. …

Ever since Half-Life: Alyx was first announced as a VR-only title, long time fans of the series have been hoping that modders would add keyboard and mouse support to the game. Not only does at least one Valve programmer think that such a mod is inevitable, but support for keyboard …

Half-Life: Alyx has officially arrived, with the game unlocking on Steam just one hour ago. At the same time, the embargo on reviews lifted, with Alyx swiftly being awarded a ‘Must Play' badge on metacritic based on a 93/100 aggregation score.  Checking in on the metacritic page reveals an overall …

Just a few weeks ago, the Crowbar Collective released a preview of the upcoming 1.0 update for Black Mesa. The release version promises improved graphics, difficulty tweaks, AI improvements and plenty of bug fixes. Now, after a lengthy development period, Black Mesa will officially be leaving Early Access next week. …

Following the announcement of Half-Life: Alyx last year, Valve quickly sold 100,000 Index VR headsets before the end of 2019 and was on track to keep selling at a high rate into early 2020. Unfortunately, stock shortages hit early and while Valve initially anticipated to get on top of the …

We still have a couple of months to go before Half-Life: Alyx comes out, so now is as good a time as any to revisit the older adventures of Gordon Freeman. To celebrate the Lunar New Year, the Crowbar Collective has detailed Black Mesa 1.0 and its upcoming changes, adding …

Following on from the announcement that the Half-Life series would be free to play on Steam right up until the release of Half-Life: Alyx, a group of Valve developers also decided to host an AMA session on Reddit. Several key members of the Alyx development team took part, giving us …

If you missed out on the Half-Life series back in the day, or just never picked up those games for your Steam library, then you are in luck. To promote the upcoming launch of Half-Life: Alyx, Valve is making all previous games in the series free to play.  Half-Life: Alyx …

This has been an exciting year for Half-Life fans, not just because of Valve’s return to the series with Half-Life: Alyx, but also thanks to Black Mesa, which officially began wrapping up content development over the summer. The full version of Black Mesa’s ‘Xen Chapters’ went into public beta just …

Half-Life: Alyx may have skipped its planned showing at The Game Awards but Valve did have something else planned to make up for it. This week, the folks at Tested put up a half an hour video showcasing new gameplay and also talking about how the game works across a …