Items tagged with Half Life

by Paul Lilly - Sat, Jan 25, 2020

Dandy PC Game Deals Are Go With Steam’s Lunar New Year Sale, And Yes Free Half Life

In case you missed it, Steam is currently hosting its Lunar New Year Sale with some nifty discounts on a whole lot of games. The sale is in celebration of the Chinese New Year, this being the year of the rat, and it runs through Monday, January 27, 2020 at 10:00am PST (1:00pm EST). So, you have the entire weekend to... Read more...

by Joel Hruska - Tue, Jan 28, 2014

Could These Leaked Images Be Valve's Source Engine 2 And Left 4 Dead 2?

For years, gamers have wondered when Valve might debut a new version of its Source engine and next-generation games built to run on it. Now, we may have answer to that, thanks to leaked screenshots of what appears to be a rebuilt version of the classic Plantation level. If true, it represents an enormous step forward... Read more...

by Paul Lilly - Mon, Sep 03, 2012

Fans Bring Back Half Life Game Series: Black Mesa Mod Launches September 14th

In a little less than two weeks from now, Half Life fans will have an opportunity to relive (or play for the first time, as it were) Valve's original 1998 title Half Life, albeit reborn and modified using the company's Source engine. The ambitious third-party project is called Black Mesa (previously known as Black... Read more...

by Joel Hruska - Wed, Jul 25, 2012

Valve's Gabe Newell Thinks Windows 8 Will Kill PC Gaming; Plans Penguin-Flavored Future

Valve founder Gabe Newell had a conversation with VentureBeat recently in which the company CEO dropped some rather odd predictions concerning the future of the PC market. Newell took time out of his busy day spent rolling around naked on heaps of money and thinking of things to do besides Half Life: Episode 3 to... Read more...

by Matt Beauvais - Mon, Nov 29, 2004

Half Life 2 and CPU scaling, NVIDIA's SLI in action.

Heya folks! Well it's the start of a new week, and for those of you who are HL2 fans, Valve has mentioned there will be a surprise for the community released this week. CS:S updates? Team-Fortress 2? Releasing the shackles of Steam? Who knows, but I'm personally hoping it's something along the lines of an actual Multiplayer for HL2... CS:S... Read more...

by Matt Beauvais - Wed, Nov 17, 2004

Lite-On SOHW-1633S, Half Life 2 Benchmarks, and more!

I'm back! That's right folks, my faithful internet has been down since Sunday, and because of that I had to sit and stare at my HL2 CD's as they collected dust. Oh well, at least this time wasn't as bad as when my internet was slower than Dial-Up for two months. Before I play HL2 though, I'm here to bring you fine people the news, so let's... Read more...