Half Life
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Half-Life devs worried Gabe Newell "promised things that they couldn't possibly deliver" for the iconic FPS, but "they just didn't know" that they'd be able to do it yet
By Scott McCrae published
News The game was awarded 'Best Action Game' at E3 1998

Former Valve exec recounts the meeting where Half-Life's publisher almost killed the iconic FPS: "Half-Life would quietly die. I was stunned"
By Kaan Serin published
News Half-Life might have just been an underappreciated gem if ex-CMO Monica Harrington hadn't put her foot down

"Valve would never ship another game": Former exec forced Half-Life publisher's hand by saying Gabe Newell and the team would pivot away from game dev
By Dustin Bailey published
News "I knew Gabe had interesting ideas that had nothing to do with games"

Valve literally gives Half-Life away now, but 27 years ago it was carefully crushing its angry pirates: "None of them had actually bought the game"
By Austin Wood published
News The launch of Half-Life, straight from Valve's founding CMO

Need For Speed speedrunner who broke records using complex Half-Life tech wants to tackle Cyberpunk or Fallout next
By Issy van der Velde last updated
News Streamer Jeepy and one of his moderators explain how he got into speedrunning games with Half-Life's movement tech

Half-Life fans mistake vaccine company founded by FPS stan as an official Half-Life 3 teaser from Valve: "We do not work in this sector at all"
By Anna Koselke published
News This is all happening because of you scientists!

Half-Life 3 once again claimed to be in the works, this time from a voice actor's resume, and features "off-world" gameplay with vehicles
By Hirun Cryer published
News Here we go again

The studio that somehow improved on Half-Life with Black Mesa teases beta tests for its next game
By Hope Bellingham published
News What is Crowbar Collective up to?
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