Half-Life 2: Episode Two

Valve is launching Half-Life's Gnome Chompski into space for real, for charity

By Alyssa Mercante

News For every person who watches the launch livestream, Newell will donate $1

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Five years later, Valve finally fixes Half-Life 2's non-blinking NPC issue

By Vikki Blake

news There wasn't a dry eye in the house

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Half-Life 2 writer surprised by former colleague’s decision to publish ‘fanfic’ vision for Half-Life 3

By Dan Dawkins

News Bossa Studios' Chet Faliszek on ex-colleague Marc Laidlaw's decision to share a plot outline for Half-Life 3 - and why he won't speak out on history's most-anticipated sequel

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The 25 most inspirational female characters in games

By Ashley Reed, Andy Hartup

Feature Heroes are great, but better when they're girls. Our top heroines are making waves in more way than one.

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Half-Life 3: Ex-Valve writer shares 'fan fiction' that's as close as we'll get to a Episode 2 sequel

By Sam Prell

News Former Valve writer Marc Laidlaw shares his vision for Half-Life 3 which would have tied up (most) of the series' loose ends

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8 boss fights that are way different from the rest of their games

By Ashley Reed

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15 sidekicks who deserve their own game

By GamesRadar Staff

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Just kiss already! Gaming couples that are meant to be

By Maxwell McGee

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Top 7... things you probably didn't know about Half-Life 2

By Lucas Sullivan

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The scariest video game Easter Eggs and where to find them

By Ashley Reed

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Horrific video game monsters that stole our hearts

By Ashley Reed

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Full Steam ahead: The History of Valve

By Jeff Dunn

Valve's history is long and Steamy. Here are all of the details you might not have known...

Valve to (finally) reveal Steam Box plans next week

By David Houghton

Official news on Valve's Linux-based PC/console hybrid coming very soon. Finally. At long last. Says Gabe Newell himself.

If more games had nostalgic historical vintage modes

By David Houghton

Why should sports games be the only ones to get vintage historical game modes? We've sent a few of our favourite shooters and action games back to before TVs even existed.

9 Crazy E3 rumors that were completely wrong

By Henry Gilbert

These rumors all sounded too good to be true. And there was a good reason for that...

Half-Life 2: Return to Ravenholm screenshots surface

By Connor Sheridan

Check your Absorption with these screens for an old Arkane/Valve collaboration...

Gaming's greatest everyman heroes

By Matt Bradford

Champions are made of more than mutant powers and godly origins. Join as we pay tribute to the average men and women who rose above great odds in our countdown of gaming's top everyman heroes...