If you haven't gotten Half-Life 2 by Valve then you're (somehow) in luck. It seems that Valve Corporation has a temporary price reduction of 25% for Half-Life 2 from Steam. Half-Life 2, which follow the exploits of Gordon Freeman, is one of the most highly acclaimed games of 2004. Garnering over 35 Game of the Year awards from various companies, it is one of the great all time staples of the industry.
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Finally, the Half-Life saga can be played on-line, multiplayer, all vehicles, and with additional modes that extend the gameplay beyond mere single-player and Deathmatch combined!
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SEGA announced today that Gearbox Software will develop the first-person shooter title based on the Alien film franchise for the next-generation systems. A press release from SEGA says that "Gearbox Software's FPS Alien title will retain the atmospheric look and feel of the original films while leveraging next-generation technology to create an entirely new interactive Alien experience."

Gearbox Software is the creator of Brothers in Arms and they have also ported Halo to Windows and Half-Life 2 to Xbox.
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New details emerging from Valve's puzzle venture Portal have revealed that that the game's storyline is set in the Half-Life 2 world.

According to a report on 1up, the team beavering away on Portal are in cahoots with Half-Life plot scribe Marc Laidlaw to ensure it the storyline not only slots into the overall HL story arc but also develops the universe where possible.

A new, key female character - presumably the origin of the disembodied voice heard in the Portal trailers - is to be introduced too, level designer Kim Swift explaining that "The origins of this character will be clear... eventually". Discussing Portal in broader terms, Swift also cryptically said that, "Kind of like the rest of the Half-Life games, as you play through it, it should give you some answers as to who you are, but at the same time it raises more questions".
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Valve Software has revealed it's now aiming for a Q1 2007 release for Half-Life 2: Episode Two, so sadly it will miss the originally expected late 2006 launch.

According to a report on EuroGamer, the developer's Doug Lombardi has said that February 2007 is most likely for Episode Two's debut. "You know, our thing is always that we're trying to make really good experiences and so we're going to manage to that rather than the schedule", Lombardi explained when speaking about the delay at the on-going Games Convention in Leipzig.

Half-Life 2: Episode Two will release with Team Fortress 2 and Valve's mind-bending puzzle venture Portal. PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Half-Life 2 - which include Episode One, Two and TF2 and Portal - are expected to materialise at the same time as Episode Two on PC.
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Hero and poster boy for Specsavers Gordon Freeman is about to hit arcades in a brand new first-person shooter called Half-Life 2 Survivor, but sadly the only coins it will be taking are Japanese Yen. Valve's and adventure has been converted for the arcades by Namco and comes in a specially built cabinet equipped with multiple joysticks and foot peddles. Featuring a number of multiplayer options and a story mode, gamers will be able to transfer their progress and kill ratio to slimline ...
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A selection of new shots from the upcoming Half-Life 2 on Xbox have recently been released and, while obviously not comparable to the graphical brilliance of the PC version, show that this console iteration is looking pretty impressive. Console gamers who haven't had the good fortune of playing Half-Life 2 - in which spectacle-wearing hero Gordon Freeman must save the world from alien domination - should be licking their lips at the prospect of finally getting to experience what is widely ...
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Gaming giant Electronic Arts has confirmed that it will publish the Xbox version of Half-Life 2 and Counter-Strike Source for PC. The deal will allow EA to sell boxed copies of Valve's console and PC games both now and in the future, although online sales of the titles will continue to be made through the developer's infamous Steam service. Gabe Newell, Valve's founder and president took a deep breath and said, "By combining EA's unparalleled operation structure and distribution channel with ...
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With the Xbox version of Half-Life 2 now expected to reach the UK in September, we've just uncovered the first ever screens of the game in action - albeit in the form of photos taken of a TV running the game. The shots are currently being hosted over at jeux-france.com and you can view them by . We'd recommend you get over there sharpish as we'd imagine that the combined might of Vivendi and Valve will ensure that the screens will be removed before the day's out. The game itself is said ...
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The much-anticipated release of Valve's PC masterpiece FPS Half-Life 2 for Xbox has finally been pinned down to this summer and, according to reports, could even improve on the PC original in some areas. Save for a multiplayer mode, the Xbox version of Half-Life 2 will feature all the content from the original and will also include a menu option for downloadable content of some description - such as expansion packs and perhaps even the absent multiplayer mode. According to reports, the ...
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