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GAME INFO publisher: EA developer: Valve Software genre: Shooters MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS n/a	ESRB rating: T homepage: half-life2.com/ release date: Oct 10, 07 (released)

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»	Jul 21, 2008 Portal: Still Alive Not A Sequel Initial reports on Portal: Still alive were inaccurate. According to a Q&A at GameSetWatch, Valve's Doug Lombardi stresses that Portal: Still Alive is actually a standalone edition of the original Portal game, with extra maps and challenges. » MORE

»	Jul 19, 2008 Mornin '08 Okay, kids, we are about to wrap things up with the, as always, insane amount of E3 stuff, but it is going to take a while since we were severely understaffed for show coverage this year. » MORE

»	Jul 14, 2008 E3 2008: "Portal: Still Alive" to XBLA The sequel to Portal has been confirmed. The story comes via Gamerscore Blog, revealing that "Portal: Still Alive" continues the single-player story from the The Orange Box collection (i. » MORE

May 30, 2008

Mornin '08
You're not really a nerdo unless you've played any one of the following classics more than once: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 1 & 2 Diablo 1 & 2 Half-Life 1 & 2 Portal Doom 3 LucasArts P&C adventure games like Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle, Monkey Island series, Full Throttle, Grim Fandango etc.

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»	May 20, 2008 E3 '08 Exhibitor List Revealed The E3 Media & Business Summit is, once again, an invitation-only event and will be held at the LA Convention Center from July 15-17, 2008. The official list of publishers and developers has just been unveiled. » 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

Apr 23, 2008

Assassin's Creed Top-Selling PC Title
The PC version of Assassin's Creed has topped NPD's weekly PC sales chart (for April 6 to April 12). The rest of the chart features the usual best-sellers (more or less), with C&C 3: Kane's Wrath dropping to eight place, after being in the lead for a few weeks.

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»	Apr 08, 2008 Epic & EA Extend Unreal Engine 3 Deal EA and Epic announced they are extending their agreement to continue churning out games running on the Unreal Engine 3. The initial deal encompassed projects like Army of Two and Medal of Honor: Airborne... » MORE

»	Apr 03, 2008 Levine Says Game Plots Must be "F***ing Stupid," Explains Ken Levine, BioShock guru and creative director at 2K Boston, expressed his views yesterday on how game plots need to be served to a certain type of audience. » MORE

»	Apr 04, 2008 Sonic Unleashed Official, Trailer Released We've already seen a few leaked images from Sonic Unleashed. Although the shots seemed on the level, Sega refused to give any official info on the project. » MORE

»	Mar 28, 2008 EA Amends T2 Offer, Extends Deadline Electronic Arts announced that the company made a few minor changes to its $2 billion buyout offer for outstanding shares of common stock of GTA publisher Take Two Interactive. » MORE

»	Mar 26, 2008 Take-Two to EA: 'No Means No' Take-Two Interactive makes it plain (again!) that the company is not interested in Electronic Arts' offer. There were suggestions recently that EA is determined to turn the whole thing into a hostile takeover. » MORE

»	Mar 27, 2008 World of Warcraft Launching in Latin America After conquering a staggering amount of continents, Blizzard has announced plans to launch a World of Warcraft offensive on the unsuspecting huge piece of land in between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans known as South America. » MORE

»	Mar 24, 2008 Another EA Exec Leaving EA said that Chief Financial Officer Warren Jenson is going to leave the company. Jenson has been EA's CFO since 2002 and, as the company confirmed, he will stay to assist with EA's "fiscal year-end close and financial reporting process. » MORE

»	Mar 22, 2008 Gibson Suing the Pants off of Everybody Having sued Activision, Gibson Guitar went on and filed a lawsuit against retailers Wal-Mart, Target Corp., Kmart, Amazon.com, GameStop Corp. and Toys "R" Us, saying that they should stop selling Guitar Hero. » MORE

»	Mar 20, 2008 Portal Maps From Bethesda Level Designer Well, kids, here's a brand new map pack for Portal. It's no ordinary map pack either. Apart from a fan-made map, there are also maps made by Daryl Brigner - a level designer with Bethesda Softworks. » MORE

»	Mar 19, 2008 The Sims 3 Announced, Screens The day has come when EA announces a third installment in its incredibly popular The Sims series. The Sims 3 is being described as a next-gen flagship PC game, featuring an open living neighborhood and more. » MORE

»	Mar 17, 2008 Prey 2 First Details - Now You See 'Em, Now You Don't During this weekend details emerged about the sequel to Human Head Studios' shooter, Prey. It appears that Radar Group's web site revealed info on Prey 2, as well as one concept art image. » MORE

Mar 18, 2008

Blood Everywhere - Viking: Battle for Asgard Shots
This game is getting gorier by the minute. Sega and Creative Assembly send over a round of new screenshots from Viking: Battle for Asgard, giving us another peek at a bunch of bloody combat scenes that take place during the game.

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Mar 08, 2008

Top 50 Game Developers
What's this all about? Actually, it's a Top 50 Developers' Countdown on Game Developer Research, and it offers a "ranking of the top 50 developers in the areas of sales figures, releases, and average review scores, along with the full set of results from our survey of over 700 anonymous Game Developer- and Gamasutra.

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»	Mar 06, 2008 Crysis Patch v1.2 Available Well, "in a matter of days" turned out to be one day. The latest patch for Crysis is available for download and will update Crytek's sci-fi shooter to version 1. » MORE

»	Feb 22, 2008 Portal 2 On the Horizon Valve Software has hinted more Portal games. This makes us really happy, since it was the top choice in our Game of the Year 2007 Awards. According to a recent statement from lead designer Kimberly Swift, another Portal game is indeed on the way. » MORE

»	Feb 12, 2008 Battlefield, Halo Veterans Set up Dev. Studio Word just reached us that a team of experienced game designers founded a brand new development studio called Tyrant Studios. At the helm of this newly-formed company are Exec. » MORE

»	Feb 08, 2008 More Game Awards, Top Honors to CoD4, BioShock and Orange Box Yep, winners of the 11th annual Interactive Achievement Awards have been announced. The awards were declared during The Academy of Interactive Arts & Science's annual D. » MORE

»	Jan 10, 2008 Valve Buys Left 4 Dead Developer This is a great sign actually. It appears that Valve is so pleased with how Left 4 Dead, the upcoming co-op game from Turtle Rock Studios is turning out, they have actually bought the company. » MORE

Jan 09, 2008

Portal: First Slice Free for GeForce Owners
According to a recent Steam Hardware Survey, more Steam gamers play on NVIDIA GeForce hardware than any other graphics platform. Due to this finding, Valve and NVIDIA entered into an agreement to collaborate on "development, distribution, events, and more.

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»	Dec 17, 2007 Companion Cube On Sale, Sold Out Oh boy! Valve is now selling the promised plush Weighted Companion Cube, along with a bunch of other Portal-related merchandise. And guess what... it's already sold out. » MORE

Dec 10, 2007

Rockstar Exec Becomes Take-Two VP
According to this press release, Take-Two Interactive named Gary Dale as the company's new Executive Vice President. Dale, previously the COO of Rockstar Games, now handles "sales and distribution activities, pursuing business development opportunities, and serving as corporate liaison with all of Take-Two’s publishing labels.

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»	Nov 29, 2007 Crysis Patch Status The first patch for Crysis is under way, according to development studio Crytek. They claim it's not going to be a major update to the game, however (but they do intend to tweak the overall performance). » 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

Gaming Print Mags Fighting A Losing Battle?
The New York Times (oh the irony) is running a piece on how with each passing day in this global information age, the good old print gaming magazines are losing the battle against their online counterparts -- because, surprise, surprise, you can get the information you want instantly online.

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»	Nov 08, 2007 Warner Bros Buys LEGO Star Wars Game Creators Warner Bros announces in a press release that they have bought Traveller's Tales, makers of the exquisite LEGO Star Wars Game, among other things. Go ahead and and let the friction... » MORE

»	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

»	Nov 05, 2007 Bethesda Designer Creates Portal Level Playing Portal was immense fun. Well, it's nice to know some industry veterans have enjoyed the game as much as we did. Bethesda level designer Daryl Brigner, for instance, was inspired by the game and made his own custom map. » MORE

»	Oct 29, 2007 Reviewers Agree: 8800 GT Kicks Ass The NDA has been lifted and reviews of NVIDIA's latest video card, the GeForce 8800 GT, are pouring onto the web. The general consensus? With a price of around $250 8800 GT beats 8800 GTS hands down while coming close to GTX's performance. » MORE

Oct 24, 2007

BAFTA Winners - BioShock Best Game, Wii Sports Gets Most Awards
The BAFTA Video Game Awards have been announced and it just so happens BioShock was recognized as the Best Game. However, it also might be worth mentioning that Wii Sports came out with the most awards, triumphing in categories such as Gameplay, Innovation, Multiplayer etc.

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»	Oct 23, 2007 Transformers - Fastest Selling HD-DVD Movie Ever This press release confirms that the HD-DVD exclusive release of Hollywood popcorn flick Transformers sold 100,000 copies in its first day and 190,000 copies in its first week, which makes it the highest selling HD-DVD movie ever. » 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 17, 2007

Cuddly Weighted Companion Cubes on the Way
Anyone's who's gone through the challenges of Portal knows damn well how comforting it is to have a Weighted Companion Cube at your side. So, wouldn't it be nice to have a plush, cuddly version of one of those to fondle every now and then?

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»	Oct 15, 2007 Is Halo in Churches Wrong? You may recall a report from several weeks back about how certain churches in the US are using Halo 3 to attract young people to the church. The report has since caused quite a bit of controversy, namely because Halo 3 is an 'M' rated title. » MORE

»	Oct 11, 2007 Mornin' Dex, Vader and myself just wrapped up Portal (yes, that's why I'm late with this). What a fun little experience. Not a single human around and yet quite of bit of entertainment to be had. » 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

»	Oct 02, 2007 Portal Preloads Commence Things are beginning to "Steam" up. Valve activated the pre-load for Portal, their 1.10GB first-person puzzle game, giving you a chance to download the game ahead of its release. » 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 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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