Half Life 2
Latest about Half-Life 2
Half-Life 2's anniversary update broke a simple speedrunning strat that was in use for 20 years, so Valve has now fixed the 'fix' in a new patch
By Kaan Serin published
News The 20th anniversary update included some annoying changes for speedrunners
Valve was "pretty close to going bankrupt" until it was saved from a pre-Half-Life 2 lawsuit by a summer intern who happened to major in Korean language studies
By Dustin Bailey published
News Gabe Newell's personal finances were on the line too
Half-Life 2: Episode 3 never happened because Valve lead Gabe Newell thought just “pushing the story forward” wasn’t a good enough reason to make a game
By Anna Koselke published
News “We could’ve shipped it, it wouldn’t have been that hard”
20 years later, Half-Life 2 Deathmatch still my favorite online multiplayer FPS of all time
By Joe Donnelly published
Opinion Opinion | You can rip toilets from the wall and kill enemies with them. Enough said?
Valve dev explains why Half-Life 2's eyes were (and maybe still are) the best in the biz
By Kaan Serin published
News The G-Man is creepy for a reason
Half-Life 2 fans praise fan-made prequel set in Combine rebellion years before Gordon Freeman shows up
By Anne-Marie Ostler published
news "Very impressive mod with a fresh setting, but stays true to the core gameplay loop of Half-Life 2"
Half-Life 2 with ray-tracing looks incredible, thanks to NVIDIA's newly open-source tool
By Jasmine Gould-Wilson published
News It's another win for the modding community
The lead writer on Half-Life never understood why he was described as its creator
By Jasmine Gould-Wilson published
News "It was all there when I got there, in embryo”
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