In Real Life

This Source Mod Brings Team Fortress 2 And Zelda Together!

Kotaku AU

Team Fortress 2. The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask. When their powers combine you get this – a pixel perfect remake of ClockTown in Source.


July 1, 2011
PC

For The Love Of Modding And Free Things

Now that Team Fortress 2 is free, you no longer have to purchase a game to get the Source Software Development Kit – it too, is free. Happy modding! [Rock Paper Shotgun]


June 23, 2011
Nintendo

Valve Likes What It Sees In Nintendo’s Wii U

Could Valve’s future games finally come to a Nintendo platform? Thanks to the Wii U, a system that appears at least as powerful as an Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3, it sounds like that’s a very real possibility.


June 3, 2011
PC

Half Life 2 Mod Dear Esther To Receive Substantial Overhaul, 2011 Commercial Release

In 2008, Dan Pinchbeck of the University of Portsmouth created an interactive “ghost story” titled Dear Esther using Valve’s Source Engine, and its associated Half Life 2 art assets. The game achieved enormous critical success and established a devoted cult following. Now the title is set to receive a substantial makeover with the help of Indie Fund, and is due to enjoy a commercial release later this year.


May 11, 2011
PC

Now You Can Make Your Own Portal 2 Puzzles (I Said NOW!!)

Valve is opening up Portal 2 to the community today with the beta release of the game’s authoring tools – the same tools Valve uses – a chance for you to get cracking on new maps, puzzles and more.


May 9, 2011
PC

Bin Laden’s Compound Now Available As A Counter Strike Map

Should you lack Kuma War II, which on Saturday published a free episode recreating the raid on Osama bin Laden’s final hiding spot, you may also download a free map of the Abottabad complex created with Counter Strike: Source


March 24, 2011
PC

Hyper-Violent School Shooter Mod Pulled From ModDB

The intentionally, unabashedly offensive School Shooter: North American Tour 2012, designed to be “the most realistic student slaughtering modification ever made”, has lost support from its former host. ModDB, original host of the Half-Life 2 mod – and hundreds of other mods – has pulled School Shooter from its site.


March 17, 2011
PC

Nazi Dinosaur Battles A Reality When Dino D-Day Deploys In April

You know what World War II games need more of? Dinosaurs. Specifically, Nazi dinosaurs, the kind one can send into multiplayer battles, huge cannons strapped to their cold-blooded backs! We’ll do so with Dino D-Day, the long in the making multiplayer mod for Valve’s Source engine.


March 1, 2011
PC

No Regrets From The School Shooter Game That Aims For Columbine Massacre Simulation

What kind of video game would proudly promote the option to wield Columbine shooter Eric Harris’ TEC-9 and Virgina Tech killer Seung-Hui Cho’s akimbo pistols while embarking on a murderous rampage? The unashamed School Shooter: North American Tour 2012, a new game mod “dedicated to being the best school shooting experience an angsty little shit could ever experience”.


October 30, 2010

Meet The Guy Who Remade How We Remake PC Games

Garry Newman has one of PC gaming’s better-known first names – and one of its best grassroots success stories.