http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/half-life-2/g-2005138888000000035144 en http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-151118.aspx Valve's been quite busy getting ready to roll out some impressive updates to their games and Steam in general: Valve today announced Steam Cloud, a free Steam system that will retain users' saved games and configuration files indefinitely. Half-Life and Half-Life 2 will be the first games to support the service.... The company is also working on several new Steam systems, including a driver auto-updater and calendar functionality. Another feature in the works is a system-requirement checker. The program will analyze your hardware and compare it to multiple games, estimating your performance and recommending upgrades. Valve is also considering storing replay videos and kill-cam screens from games such as Team Fortress 2 and Day of Defeat: Source. news May 30, 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/f/59-levels-to-play-before-you-die-g-l/a-20080318123044359037/g-2005138888000000035144 From the brilliant to the barmy - levels that every gamer needs to experience feature Mar 21, 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/f/gordon-freeman-strongest-personality-in-gaming/a-20080118104744203035/g-2005138888000000035144 How Valve created the most complex and best-realised character in videogames without a line of dialogue. feature Jan 18, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-96081.aspx As if The Orange Box weren't already the best value in gaming, those who have yet to make the $50 plunge can get an even better deal through Valve's Steam service. For a mere $75 gamers can purchase Orange Box and 19 additional titles. If you already have The Orange Box then you can still get some more Half-Life goodness by downloading the game's main tune, Still Alive by Jonathan Coultan at Amazon.com. The entire album is discounted by about $2, available at Amazon for $7.99. news Dec 31, 2007 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-95221.aspx To celebrate Christmas, the Black Mesa team released a new batch of media for the upcoming Half-Life re-creation mod Black Mesa. Included within are a website re-vamp, new high-resolution screenshots, newly revealed areas, new weaponry, and the launch of a devblog. news Dec 25, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/half-life-2/news/dear-criminals/a-20071220152712297086/g-2005138888000000035144 GamesRadar editor responds to car window breaking thievery news Dec 20, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/f/20-kickass-mods/a-20071219132644438089/g-2005138888000000035144 Battle Darth Maul, fly with Goku, see Lara's two big guns and more feature Dec 19, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/half-life-2/review/half-life-2/a-2007121815082070318604/g-2005138888000000035144 One of the greatest first person shooters of all time review Dec 18, 2007 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-89319.aspx The Top 100 Games of All Time! Yes, friends, more than 30 editors located all over the world set aside their ages, allegiances and personal favorites to pick the hundred best videogames that the planet has ever seen! There was fighting, there was mayhem, and there was pizza -- lots and lots of pizza. Now, some of you may proclaim, but your list is different from the rankings you guys did in 2005! Well, of course it is people. Plenty of fantastic games have been released since then, and we have plenty of new folks in our ranks to throw in their couple of cents. We're also not afraid to admit that our tastes change over time too. news Dec 1, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/f/a-ten-step-guide-to-videogame-morphine/a-20071127105621277037/g-2005138888000000035144 Ten games to mellow you out, with no risk of a drug bust feature Nov 27, 2007 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-87558.aspx City 7: Toronto Conflict, is an action packed Half-Life 2 mod with a variety of unique levels and game play. Explore what has become of City 7 in areas like Dundas square, Eaton Center , Mel Lastman square, St. Michael's Hospital and TTC system under the Combine rule. This version features Gordon Freeman as the main character, stuck in Toronto due to a teleporting accident in Kleiner's lab. Try to escape this war torn city by finding any type of teleporting technology and send him back to City 17. Follow the link to view some images and read more. news Nov 23, 2007 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-84478.aspx The NPD Group has released the latest list of the top 10 best selling PC games in the US, this time for the week ending November 3. It seems that despite bad reviews, Flagship Studios have done something right, as people buy Hellgate: London despite many reviewers' opinion that it needed a few more months in production. 1. Hellgate: London - Namco/EA 2. Hellgate: London Collectors Edition - Namco/EA 3. Half Life 2: Episode 2 The Orange Box - Valve/EA 4. Age Of Empires III: Asian Dynasties - Microsoft 5. The Sims 2 Bon Voyage - Electronic Arts 6. Nancy Drew: Legend Of The Crystal Skull - Her Interactive 7. Flight Simulator X: Acceleration - Microsoft 8. World Of Warcraft - Blizzard 9. The Witcher - Atari 10. The Sims 2 Deluxe - Electronic Arts news Nov 15, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/f/alyx-vs-lara/a-2007110111443853033/g-2005138888000000035144 Rule 34: If it exists, there is porn of it. See the footage and find out who comes out on top inside feature Nov 1, 2007 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-77923.aspx The second Orange Box 360 update has been released by Valve! This time, the focus is primarily on Team Fortress 2. What, exactly, have they changed? - Reduced network bandwidth usage in multiplayer. - Improved overall game performance. - Arranged search results to favor preferred host conditions. - Improved searching for ranked games. - Addressed a possible false report of too little storage space on larger hard drives. - Gamernode news Oct 27, 2007 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-77283.aspx CSS SCI FI is a single-player mod for Half-Life 2. Using the latest version of SMOD, which is included, the mod puts the player through 27 intense combat missions set in Counter-Strike: Source maps. Each map contains a unique scripted scenario which is enhanced by random scripting so that the game is never the same twice. Players will fight everything from Striders to slave Vortigaunts, plus a range of Combine enemies armed with many new weapons. news Oct 25, 2007 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-73021.aspx Why doesn't Valve care about Mac gaming? Gabe Newell says there's never any follow through on any of the things [Apple says] they're going to do. Inside Mac Gaming has a slightly different interpretation on that, claiming that Valve's terms for bringing Half-Life 2 to the Mac OS involved a $1 million advance payment from whomever was handling the port, a big buy-in for a game that would sell exclusively to the Mac gamer demographic. news Oct 9, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/f/best-mods-for-co-op-gaming/a-20071005111229282095/g-2005138888000000035144 Single-player is old and busted, check out the new hotness feature Oct 5, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/half-life-2/news/lots-of-half-life-left-at-valve/a-20070927103134107018/g-2005138888000000035144 Will the series ever end? Peer into Half-Life's future with Gabe Newell news Sep 27, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/half-life-2/news/valves-definitive-half-life-moment/a-20070911113738443046/g-2005138888000000035144 You'll never expect the developer to pick this one out news Sep 11, 2007 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-65905.aspx Fortress Forever Mod Team Wrote: These next few months are going to be great for TF fans and halflife2 gamers alike. It is with great pleasure that we announce Fortress Forever will be released this September, and of course it will be free to all halflife 2 owners :). The game will release with 10 core maps featuring 6 different game modes centering around capture the flag, and capture and defend gameplay. Spread the word and get ready for action! news Sep 7, 2007