GamesRadar - Half-Life 2

The Top 7... evil corporations (Feature)

Jul 20, 2009

Yes, your boss is evil. The fritzy coffee machine and the copier are evil. The guy in your department who says, “long lunch today?” is pure evil. There’s probably a sub-cavern in hell with extra bubbly lava reserved for people who say “taskforce,” “mindshare,” “workflow,” “ping,” “team player,” “value add” or “pro-active.” ...

100 reasons fanboys hate shooters (Feature)

Mar 25, 2009

Cue the banjo! It wouldn’t be the Week of Hate without our trademark “100 Reasons” videos. In case you missed it, last year we targeted game platforms. So this year we thought we’d change it up and go after a few popular genres. Up first, the ubiquitous shooter. ...

The 28 Best FPS Games (News)

Jan 3, 2009

From the dystopian corridors of BioShock's subterranean "paradise" to the Strogg-infested space stations found throughout the Quake franchise, First Person Shooters have found countless ways to establish themselves as rich, enjoyable experiences, capturing the hearts and trigger fingers of gamers worldwide.

Even if it's just blasting away wave after wave of demons in Blood, or perhaps saving mankind from itself as you traverse Half-Life 2's City 17, the FPS genre has proven itself time and time again.

Gordon Freeman: Strongest personality in gaming (Feature)

Jan 18, 2008

18th Jan, 2008 [Warning: Like our Portal article from December, this piece features some pretty heady discourse, and also benefits from a visit from Mr. Narrative Theory. If that stuff makes you run screaming, then feel free to run screaming. Also, if you haven't completed Half-Life 2, leave now. This contains some inhuman spoilers.] Half-Life 2 is widely and rightly regarded as a modern classic. In terms of both gameplay and artistry there have been few, if any, games in the FPS genre which ...

Half-Life 2 (Review)

Mar 9, 2006

If Half-Life 2's nerdy protagonist Gordon Freeman is going to save the world, he's gonna need more than the crowbar he began the last game wielding. Thankfully, weapon upgrades in this first-person shooter come lightning quick. Gordon barely gets to take in any the sights and sounds of City 17 (a quarantined, run-down district ruled by gas-masked soldiers apparently called the "Combine") before he starts blasting, bashing, and exploding the living hell out of everything in sight. It's not his ...

Half-Life 2 (Screenshots)

Jan 24, 2006

Half-Life 2 to hit arcades (News)

Dec 1, 2005

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 ...

Half-Life 2 image invasion (News)

Sep 9, 2005

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 ...

EA signs up Half-Life 2 (News)

Jul 19, 2005

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 ...

Half-Life 2: First Xbox shots (News)

Apr 26, 2005

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 ...

Summer Xbox release for Half-Life 2 (News)

Apr 12, 2005

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 ...

Gordon cleans up at the gongs (News)

Mar 2, 2005

It isn't for the cold, hard cash, the groupies or the beanbag chairs that developers do it. The only motivation these pallid, penniless creatures need is to, once a year, eat their own weight in prawn vol-au-vents and shake hands with Jonathan Ross. Which must mean that the fellows from Valve ascended to geek-heaven last night, as they got to greet the host of It's Only TV But I Like It, not once but six times. For at the BAFTA Games Awards in London's glamorous Cafe Royal, Half-Life 2 ...

Half-Life 2 to hit a third format (News)

Nov 2, 2004

Coin-op maestros Taito have revealed that they are porting Half-Life 2 to their new Type X arcade hardware, with a coin-op version of the Valve first-person shooter due to be released worldwide next summer (insert Half-Life 2 release date joke here).The Type X board is based on the architecture of an ATX IBM-compatible PC and makes use of the Windows XP embedded operating system. What that basically means is that PC games can be ported to the platform easily, which could pave the way for more ...

Half-Life 2 console bound (News)

Jun 30, 2004

Doug Lombardi, of Half-Life 2 developers Valve, has given the strongest hint yet that the game may eventually appear on a range of consoles. In an interview yesterday he confirmed that an Xbox version is "is in the works but I can't give you an exact date right now."More pertinently, though, he added, "We're in touch with all the console platform holders and would like to bring the game to as many platforms as makes sense." If the massively-delayed release of the PC version is anything to go ...

"Blast From The Past" (Easter Egg)

Jun 2, 2008

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G-man Sighting (Easter Egg)

Jun 2, 2008

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Gravity Gun to the Rescue (Hint)

Jul 27, 2006

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Restore Ammo for Current Weapon (Cheat)

Mar 16, 2006