Half-Life 2

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Pick up the crowbar of research scientist Gordon Freeman, and find yourself on an alien-infested Earth being picked to the bone, its resources depleted, its populace dwindling. You must rescue the world from the wrong you unleashed back at Black Mesa.


GAME INFO publisher: Vivendi Games developer: Valve Software genre: Shooters MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS P1200, 256MB RAM, DirectX 7 compatible graphics card	ESRB rating: M homepage: www.half-life2.com/ release date: Nov 16, 04 (released)	Tweet

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»	May 04, 04 Half-Life 2 Preview A geeky crowbar-wielding scientist with a goatee - that's one way to describe one of the most popular lead characters in the gaming history. Unless you've been on a remote tropical island for the past year (preferably fighting Trigents and mercs)... » MORE

»	May 09, 03 Half-Life 2 First Look "Good morning Gordon!" - exclaims a bald pale-looking scientist, with a grey moustache blossoming under his nose, as he passes you by... This standard, working ambiance in your average high-tech science lab... » MORE

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Aug 17, 2011

GC '011 Trailers: Mass Effect 3, Prototype 2, Battlefield 3 & More
We start things off with the Mass Effect 3 Gamescom 2011 trailer: Crate-related business, as usual it seems. Err, I mean. That was Shepard enjoying his role as Squad Leader in the sci-fi RPG-flavored shooter, Mass Effect 3.

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Jul 07, 2011

Bethesda Reveals 'Dishonored'
Bethesda Softworks reveals a new game, which is currently in development at Arcane Studios - Arx Fatalis, Dark Messiah of Might & Magic. They game carries the title 'Dishonored' a first-person stealth/action adventure, which is going to be uncovered in the August issue of GameInformer magazine.

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May 18, 2011

Today's Controversy: Valve to Show Nothing at E3
Typically before E3, you have to make a bunch of appointments, and if you cover E3, you run from one end of the L.A. Convention Center to the other as fast as you can, having short meetings, and then writing about them as quickly as possible.

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»	May 16, 2011 Today's Controversy: Gabe Newell Gives Huge Interview I'm sure some people will bitch about some of the information given and opinions stated, but Gabe Newell gave one hell of an interview to Develop recently. » MORE

»	Apr 29, 2011 Portal 2 DLC Free, Coming This Summer As we reported yesterday, Valve has revealed the first details about the downloadable content for the FPS puzzle game, Portal 2. The add-on is in development as we speak and is set for a Summer 2011 release. » MORE

»	Apr 25, 2011 Today's Controversy: Valve May Abandon "Isolated" Single Player Someone in Valve let slip that the company probably will abandon "isolated" single player experiences. This is coming from Geoff Keighley, who made this statement after a conversation with Gabe Newell. » MORE

»	Jan 18, 2011 A Paper-style Half-Life 2 Reminder We may or may not have seen this by now, but it's a nice paper flick, amusingly reminding us of the Half-Life 2 story: Thanks, VE3D. » MORE

»	Aug 28, 2010 Half-Life Movie Ideas Sucked Tremendously PC Gamer reports how the creators of a Half-life were not too keen on seeing Hollywood make a movie version of their popular shooter. Not that they haven't considered the idea. » MORE

»	Jun 09, 2010 Half-Life 3 Rumor Madness Wow, this Half-Life 3 rumor madness is slowly starting to get out of hand. Here's what I think. If it turns out Valve has been working secretly on Half-life 3, I wouldn't be in the least bit surprised. » MORE

»	Jun 08, 2010 Half-Life 3 & Source Engine 2 @ E3, Source Claims Here we go again. According to an unnamed source, Valve's big E3 secret is the announcement for Half-life 3, which is reportedly running on the new Source Engine 2. » MORE

»	Jun 07, 2010 Half-Life 2: Episode Three is NOT the 'Surprise' You can cry your eyes out and weep until you're blue in the face, but Valve is not planning to announced Half-Life 2: Episode Three at the E3 2010, despite numerous reports that the company might do just that. » MORE

»	Jun 05, 2010 Half-Life 3, HL2: Ep. Three or Something? After Valve's cancellation of their Portal 2 E3 presentation, the well-known development studio hinted a mysterious announcement for the show via a weird e-mail. » MORE

May 26, 2010

Half-Life 2 On Mac Steam Tomorrow
Now, normally we never post Mac-related news, but I fully admit that this teaser for Half-Life 2 rekindled the old Gordon Freeman spark. Check it out: The Mac version of Half-Life 2 hits Steam tomorrow and will include Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode 1 and Half-Life 2: Episode 2.

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»	Mar 25, 2010 Half-Life 2 Actor Passed Away Here's a bit of sad news, I'm afraid. Actor Robert Culp, who gave his voice to the character of Dr Wallace Breen in Valve's Half-Life 2, passed away yesterday at the age of 79. » MORE

»	Mar 08, 2010 Valve: Portal Was A Test, Portal 2 is A Game Yes, "Portal was a test bed... Portal 2 is a game," as Valve explains to Game Informer. Valve's VP of marketing Doug Lombardi continues to elaborate on the company's recently announced game Portal 2. » MORE

»	Feb 05, 2010 Mornin '10 So, just the other day, I was watching high-res E3 2009 footage from God of War III. Now, normally, it's suppose to be the kind of game that makes you crap in your pants from all of the delicious gaming awesomeness. » MORE

»	Jan 29, 2010 Valve Talks Steam Growth Valve announced that the company had "extraordinary" growth for the Steam service during 2009. "During the last calendar year the platform surpassed 25 million active accounts, up 25% from the prior year," reveals Valve. » MORE

Jan 19, 2010

Half-Life 2: Episode Three Unlikely to Appear in 2010
We stress that this is a rumor. Word has it that Half-life 2: Episode Three will not be released this year, despite the fact that development studio Valve released the last installment in their shooter series almost two and a half years ago.

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»	Feb 23, 2009 New ATI & Nvidia Drivers ATI just released the Catalyst 9.2 drivers, increasing Crysis and Crysis Warhead DirectX 10 performance by up to 20%. Supposedly, these drivers also improve performance in and World In Conflict by 5%. » MORE

Oct 14, 2008

Half-Life 2: Ep. Three... Wait For It
In a recent interview posted on Kikizo, Vavle's Doug Lombardi explains more about their soon-to-be-released PC/X360 title, Left 4 Dead. However, a brief segment of the Q&A also discusses what the development studio means to do with Half-life 2: Episode Three.

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»	Sep 04, 2008 PC Gamers Return to the Orange Box It seems like PC gamers haven't been into anything besides The Sims and WoW for ages. Oh and we mustn't forget those incredibly alluring Nancy Drew games, which occupied the very top of weekly sales charts for many months this year. » MORE

Jul 11, 2008

Half-Life 2: Episode Three Concept Art
This fine piece of artwork for Valve's upcoming title Half-Life 2: Episode Three has just been spotted. The image features a tiny figure of good old Gordon Freeman brandishing his trusty crowbar, surrounded by massive ruins of the Citadel - or so it seems.

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»	Jun 27, 2008 Half-Life 2: Ep. 3 Debuting at E3, Maybe Hm, it's possible that another E3 secret has been uncovered. According to this update, Valve Software might be showcasing Half-life 2: Episode 3 at the E3 this year. » MORE

»	May 02, 2008 Valve Keen on Wii Games and MMOGs Sure, Valve has Half-Life 2: Episode Three on its agenda, but the developer also has a variety of new ideas going around internally. Valve's Doug Lombardi claims that the studio could move away from its traditional FPS genre. » MORE

»	Apr 28, 2008 Valve: No New Portal This Year Early this year we already saw signs of a potential continuation to Valve's remarkable puzzle game, Portal. The original arrived as part of the highly successful Orange Box, and is now available as a separate game too. » MORE

Feb 07, 2008

Valve Still Figuring out HL2: Episode Three
The creative folks over at development studio Valve are still contemplating where to go with the next chapter in the Half-Life saga. Half-Life 2: Episode Three is on its way, sure, but at this point, not even Valve knows what's going on in the game.

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»	Jan 29, 2008 Valve Presents Steamworks Valve just announced the release of Steamworks, the company's free-of-charge suite of tools for any developer to utilize with retail or online PC releases. » MORE

»	Jan 16, 2008 New ATI Catalyst Drivers Owners of ATI Radeon cards can know download the new reference drivers, version 8.1, which offer a variety of performance improvements, new OpenGL multiview support and fixes for numerous titles, including BioShock, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, F. » MORE

Nov 27, 2007

Source Update
Valve released updates for their Source Engine, as revealed on the official Steam web site. As always, updates are applied automatically. They've also highlighted one important fix: Fixed a crash in Half-Life 2: Episode Two when exiting This Vortal Coil That's nice.

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»	Nov 23, 2007 The Orange Box Rox... But Not on PS3 The day after Turkey day is traditionally slow for news and this one is no exception. Still, if you want something to stay away from, 1UP thinks that The Orange Box for the PS3 is a pretty safe bet. » MORE

Nov 12, 2007

Valve Plans to Get 'Pretty Ambitious' With Ep. 3
The team at Valve Software says they are planning something ambitious for Episode Three, the next addition to the Half-Life 2 franchise. This was revealed when Valve's David Speyrer recently commented on the absence of an Episode Three trailer at the end of Episode Two.

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»	Nov 07, 2007 New NVIDIA WHQL Drivers If you don't want to use the beta drivers anymore, NVIDIA offers the new WHQL ForceWare reference drivers (v163.75) for GeForce cards. The update features performance improvements for various games. » MORE

»	Oct 18, 2007 Use Portal Gun in Half-Life 2 Oh wow, this is extremely cool. This page offers instructions on how you can use the gun from Portal in Half-Life 2, Episodes One and Two, and other Source Engine games. » MORE

»	Oct 15, 2007 Mornin' Yesterday was a difficult day for me. It was around 7 o'clock in the evening. I have exhausted every possible TV show that I had on DVD, Half-Life 2: Ep. » MORE

»	Oct 11, 2007 Strong Silent Type I think the artist does a good job of capturing the Half-Life 2 atmosphere. The crowbar is especially well done. AT COMIC: Strong Silent Type » MORE

»	Oct 10, 2007 Orange Box Opens on Steam Today is Wednesday October 10, and if you're a gamer that means just one thing. You're likely hating the fact it's daylight now. No wait, The Orange Box is out. » MORE

»	Oct 09, 2007 New NVIDIA Beta Drivers Over on NZone, you can find the new Forceware beta drivers v163.75. Most notably, these improve compatibility for Half-Life 2: Episode 2, which is coming out tomorrow on Steam. » MORE

»	Oct 03, 2007 Portal, Half-Life 2: Ep. 2 Pre-Loading on Steam Valve sends a short and sweet message. Basically, Portal and Half-Life 2: Episode Two are now pre-loading on Steam. The Orange Box will be available via Steam and at retail outlets beginning next Wednesday, October 10th. » MORE

»	Sep 27, 2007 The Orange Box Turns Gold Great news for Half-Life fans, as Valve sends word The Orange Box for the PC and Xbox 360 has gone gold and will be hitting the stores on October 10. As you may have heard, the Playstation 3 release has been delayed for a couple of weeks. » MORE

»	Sep 26, 2007 Half-Life 2: The Orange Box (360) Screens Valve's Orange Box is set to hit stores in less than one month. It's a nifty little package deal containing Half Life 2, HL2: Episodes One & Two, in addition to Team » MORE

Sep 24, 2007

Valve Announces Orange Box GameStop Deal
Valve sends word that they've teamed up with GameStop to offer Half-Life 2: The Orange Box pre-orders. Pre-ordering from GameStop before October 10 will save you 10% off the regular price and will give you access to the beta version of Team Fortress 2, a game which I'm enjoying quite a bit at the moment.

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Sep 11, 2007

Pre-order the Orange Box, Take Part in TF2 Beta
Right now Valve is spreading the word that gamers can pre-order the Orange Box via Steam. Gamers who pre-order the package before its scheduled release date (Oct 10, 2007) will get a chance to participate in the Team Fortress 2 beta.

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»	Jun 15, 2007 Half-Life 2: Ep. 2 Date Shack confirmed with Valve that the developer's highly anticipated game package, which includes Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Portal and Team Fortress 2, will ship for all announced platforms on October 9, 2007. » MORE

»	Jun 13, 2007 The Painful Truth About PC Games Here's the top-selling software chart, covering the week of May 27th - June 2nd, 2007: 1. World Of Warcraft - Vivendi 2. World Of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Expansion Pack - Vivendi 3. » MORE

»	May 31, 2007 Radeon Card Users Get Valve Games for Free Valve revealed plans to deliver free games via Steam to all owners of ATI Radeon cards. Even now, all owners of ATI Radeon graphics cards may get a free copy of Half-Life 2: Lost Coast and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch through Steam. » MORE

»	May 21, 2007 Half-Life 2 - No Black Box, Just Orange Valve opted to ditch Half-Life 2: The Black Box. In case you forgot, the package was to include Half-Life 2: Episode 2, Portal and Team Fortress 2, but has now been officially canned. » MORE

»	May 15, 2007 Team Fortress 2 Has Cross-platform Support Interestingly enough, Valve has confirmed that they have Xbox 360 and PC gamers playing together in Team Fortress 2, their multiplayer addition being bundled with the second episode of Half-Life 2. » MORE

»	May 10, 2007 Gordon Freeman Goes to the Arctic in Episode 3? Nothing concrete yet, of course. However, according to a report posted at CVG, Valve hinted a strong possibility of a climactic battle in the arctic, set for Half-Life 2: Episode 3. » MORE

May 09, 2007

HL2: Episode Two Black Box Bundle
Judging from this photo, Valve's next chapter in the HL2 saga will be bundled with AMD HD 2900XT video cards. Yeah, Valve and AMD are teaming up once again so that any purchasers of the upcoming accelerator, may get the Half-Life 2: Episode Two Black Box for free.

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»	May 07, 2007 Half-Life 2: Episode 2 Nearing Completion As part of Valve's weekly update, the well-known development studio confirms that the creation of Half-Life 2: Episode 2 is entering its final stage. Right now, we're working hard on putting the final parts of Episode Two together. » MORE

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