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Half-Life 2 Oculus Rift support official

Craig Lloyd, May 10th 2013 Discuss [0]

In the latest update to Valve's classic sci-fi first-person shooter Half-Life 2, the developer added official support for the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, making it the second game from Valve to support the new VR device, with Team Fortress 2 being the first game that received the green light. Read The Full Story

J.J. Abrams and Gabe Newell in talks over Half-Life or Portal movie

Craig Lloyd, Feb 6th 2013 Discuss [0]

During the keynote at the 2013 DICE Summit today, director J.J. Abrams and Valve CEO Gabe Newell sat on stage and discussed storytelling in video games and movies. However, what started off as a friendly critique of each others' work ended with the announcement that they are in talks to make a movie together based on either the Half-Life or Portal series. Read The Full Story

Alleged Half-Life 2: Episode 4 screenshots surface years later

Eric Abent, Jan 14th 2013 Discuss [0]

The Internet loves a good Half-Life rumor, and this next one seems about as good as any. New images from the ill-fated Half-Life 2: Episode 4, otherwise known as Return to Ravenholm, have surfaced today, years and years after the game was canned. The title was in development at Arkane Studios, but in 2007, the project was left in the dust, so we're seeing these new images almost six years after the fact. Read The Full Story

Half-Life Gravity Gun replica going on sale in spring 2013

Craig Lloyd, Dec 18th 2012 Discuss [0]

We've already been treated with Portal gun replicas, which are definitely amazing to say the least, but now it's time for some Half-Life goodies, and it turns out that the same toy company behind the Portal gun, Neca Online, is making Gravity Gun replicas as well. These will be 1:1 scale replicas and are said to release sometime in the spring of 2013. Read The Full Story

Half-Life 3 has reportedly become an open world game

Eric Abent, Sep 20th 2012 Discuss [0]

Anyone who follows video game news knows that there is never any shortage of Half-Life 3 rumors, but this one probably takes the cake as far as extravagant claims go. French gaming site Le Journal du Gamer (via International Business Times) has spoken to an anonymous source close to Valve who claims to have some surprising information on the development of Half-Life 3. According to this source, development on Half-Life 3 has been restarted several times, with Valve's latest attempt at getting it right going in a completely different direction. Read The Full Story

Black Mesa download madness hits the Half-Life gamer universe

Chris Burns, Sep 14th 2012 Discuss [0]

Today the gaming world was reintroduced to one of their most beloved places to do battle with a total conversion remaking of Half-Life 2 by development group Valve Software. After seven full years in development, this release has been not just given away for free on its own, but given away with a full soundtrack as well. This is the fulfilled promise of the Source engine port of Half-Life as made by the developers all those years ago – if you thought Half-Life: Source was awesome, you’re going to have a heart attack today.