In Real Life

You’ll Swear This Half-Life Headcrab Was The Real Deal

You may have seen this years ago, but since there’s a good chance you haven’t, here. See it now. Last week’s story on that awesome StarCraft statue outside Blizzard’s French offices reminded us that the primary artist involved, Steve Wang, is no strange to amazing video game craftsmanship.


May 13, 2012
PC

Tired Of Waiting For Black Mesa? Play This Insane HD Half-Life Mod Right Now

Mark wrote earlier this week about the sorry state of Black Mesa, the ambitious Half-Life remake mod for Half-Life 2. If you simply cannot wait, there’s another way to get a fresh lick of paint on everyone’s favourite particle science facility. And by “lick of paint” I mean “high-resolution texture pack”.


May 4, 2012
News

Valve Knows They Keep You Waiting. There’s Even An Amusing Chart About It.

Nothing’s worse than thinking you’re going to get something cool at a certain time and finding out that there’s going to be some sort of delay. Damn you, delays!


May 3, 2012
Uncategorized

No Half-Life 3 At This Year’s E3

No new Portal or Left 4 Dead announcements either. Valve is attending the annual games conference, but won’t be showing any new games, the company confirmed today. [Joystiq]


April 29, 2012
In Real Life

Numerology Proves Half Life 3 Will Be Announced At E3. Really

Not a day passes we don’t get some “rumour”, wishful thinking, or outright bulls**t about Half-Life 3‘s imminent arrival. This “tip”, sent by “Igor”, now adds numerology to the mix. Hell, it’s at least as reliable as all the other nonsense we hear.


April 26, 2012
In Real Life

Valve’s Gabe Newell Prefers Fans To Make Half-Life Movies, Not Hollywood

Jamie Russel’s “Generation Xbox: How Video Games Invaded Hollywood” revealed why the Halo movie failed. But Microsoft isn’t the only company interested in crossmedia platforms for one of their most beloved franchises.


April 21, 2012
In Real Life

Gabe Newell Updates Interviewer On The State Of (Wink, Wink) Ricochet 2

After asking Valve Software boss Gabe Newell a bunch of questions about the Half-Life games on the new Seven Day Cooldown podcast, an interviewer finally cut to the chase:


March 28, 2012
e3 2012

Every Half-Life Fan’s Worst Nightmare

The moment all Valve and Half-Life fans have been waiting for might be revealed at this year’s E3, predicts YouTube user aekime. But will it be the big reveal everyone is sitting on the edge of their seats for?


March 19, 2012
News

Half-Life, Portal Toys Are About To Get Even Cooler

So far, toy company NECA seems to be doing a pretty good job with a licence for Valve’s catalogue of first-person shooters. But at the end of the day, NECA makes toys for the mass market, so what you’ll be getting will be fairly standard stuff.


March 9, 2012
In Real Life

From Metal Gear Solid To Portal 2, Every Video Game Sounds Better In German

Why would you ever want to play a video game in a language you don’t understand? Once you hear Half-Life‘s G-Man, Metal Gear‘s Psycho Mantis and Portal 2‘s Space Sphere speaking German you’ll understand completely.