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GAME INFO publisher: Sierra developer: Valve Software genre: Shooters MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS P133, 24MB RAM, 2MB Video Card, 400MB HD	ESRB rating: M homepage: www.sierrastudios.com/games/half-life/ release date: Oct 31, 98 (released)

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»	May 26, 2009 In-game Photo Realism in About 10 Years Graphical realism in video games is on its evidently. It's not gonna be here any time soon. Tim Sweeney says in about 10-15 years (great, that means when I'm like 40-45). » MORE

May 01, 2009

Valve Sues Activision
Popular development studio Valve filed a lawsuit against publisher Activision Blizzard. Valve claims Activision recently underpaid royalties to Valve by nearly half a million bucks -- following that, Activision threatened to countersue if Valve attempted to secure those funds.

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»	Apr 02, 2009 Mornin '09 That does it, I think it's time Valve said something about HL2: Episode Three. Anything, guys! Just a few measly crumbs of info or media (or both)! Screw it. » MORE

»	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

Nov 14, 2008

Left 4 Dead Gold
Valve announced that the zombie thriller, Left 4 Dead, has gone gold and is now pre-loading to those who pre-purchased the game via Steam. As revealed earlier, gamers who pre-order L4D through Steam save 10% off the regular price and may pre-load the game so they are able to play at 12:01 am EST on November 18, 2008 when the game is made available.

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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

Aug 02, 2008

Left 4 Dead Heading to PS3
The survival-horror themed shooter Left 4 Dead is coming along nicely and is set to hit Xbox 360 and PC platforms on November 4, 2008. Today, we've found out that EA is going to assume the responsibility of porting the FPS to the PlayStation 3 (similarly to the The Orange Box).

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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 30, 2008 Steam Cloud Approaches Valve Software prepares a major update for its digital distribution system, Steam. Yep, the upcoming Steam update includes automatic driver updates for hardware and an integrated system requirements checker for various games. » 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 09, 2008 Gearbox Working on "Big New Project" Gearbox says they are working on a new game and it's big, according to Randy Pitchford, one of the five founders of the studio. In case you need to be reminded... » 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

»	Dec 13, 2007 Half-Life 3 Hinted? Can you sense the immediate surge of nerdrenaline? Well, don't get too excited just yet. So far Valve hasn't made any official announcements related to a new full-length game in the Half-Life series. » 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 06, 2007 Orange Box Midnight Launch on Wednesday Those of you who've bought Valve's The Orange Box (Half-Life 2 Episodes One and Two, Portal and Team Fortress 2) through Steam will have the bundle made available to you at the stroke of midnight Pacific Time on Wednesday. » 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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Sep 08, 2007

Valve's Orange Box Delayed for PS3
In a chat with Gamespot, Valve marketing director revealed to the online publication that the PS3 version of their upcoming Half-Life 2: The Orange Box (Episode 2 bundled with Portal and TF2) will lag behind the release of the PC and 360 versions "by a couple of weeks.

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»	Aug 06, 2007 id Software Games on Steam Sorry, folks. Things were a bit hectic down here on Saturday, so I overlooked this one, so I guess it's safe to assume most of you've heard of it by now. » MORE

»	Jun 26, 2007 New ATI Catalyst Drivers New Catalyst reference drivers for ATI accelerators, running under Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Linux, are now available over at the AMD/ATI web site. » MORE

»	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

»	Apr 17, 2007 S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Assets Weren't Stolen Despite earlier reports, it has now been confirmed that assets in GSC Game World's FPS S.T.A.L.K.E.R. W.E.R.E. N.O.T. S.T.O.L.E.N. from id's Doom 3 and Valve's Half-Life 2. » MORE

»	Apr 11, 2007 Half-Life 2: Episode 2 Coming in September Valve is telling IGN that Half-Life 2: Episode 2 should see the light of day in September. At the latest. Doug Lombardi [Valve marketing director]: We're looking at the back-to-school timeframe. » MORE

»	Apr 07, 2007 Doom 3, Half-Life 2 Assets in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.? Well, I never. Shacknews is running a story on certain art assets from id Software's DOOM 3 and Valve's Half-Life 2, both of which might've been used for GSC Game World's S. » MORE

Mar 14, 2007

Portal is Kind of Tough
Eurogamer got to play around with the Portal game a bit, which will come bundled with Half-Life 2: Episode 2. You've probably heard about this one; players are required to make portals in order to manipulate objects in the environment and the environment itself to solve puzzles.

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»	Mar 12, 2007 Portal/Half-Life 2 Explanation There's a report over at Planet Half-Life, that clarifies that Portal in HL2: Episode Two is a separate game from Half-Life 2. Right now, the scoop is that Portal does not exist within the Half-Life continuity. » MORE

»	Mar 09, 2007 Half-Life 2: Ep. 2 Gets Two Extra Hours of Gameplay OK, according to Valve, the extra time they spent working on Half-Life 2: Episode Two (it was delayed several times and is currently scheduled to come out sometime in the fall) will be worth it for gamers, as Ep. » MORE

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