Reddit’s member ‘PRW9264’ has shared an amazing collection of custom retro (NES) boxarts for most modern-day games. Therefore, below you can enjoy the fantastic NES boxarts of Dark Souls, Half Life 2, Team Fortress 2, Portal 2, Assassin’s Creed, Watch_Dogs, God of War, Super Smash Bros, Skyrim and Guitar Hero. The look spectacular and to be honest, we’d love to see such retro versions of the aforementioned games. And since something like that will never happen, enjoy the boxarts! Continue reading Retro Time – Fan Creates NES Boxarts For Modern Games→
Juergen Vierheilig has released the first screenshots from the 2013 version of his amazing – and perhaps the best – graphical mod for Half Life 2. According to Juergen, the download link for the beta version of his Cinematic Mod 2013 will be made available soon. Until then, though, enjoy the screenshots and stay tuned for more! Continue reading Half Life 2 FakeFactory’s Cinematic Mod 2013 – First Screenshots Revealed→
A couple of days ago, Polycount’s member ‘Logithx’ posted three screenshots of his fan-made version of Half Life in Unreal Engine 3. While those shots looked great, the modder claimed that he’d be moving his project to Unreal Engine 4 and today we’ve got the first comparison between these two versions. Continue reading Half Life 2 Fan-Made Remake – Unreal Engine 3 Versus Unreal Engine 4 Comparison→
Escape From City 17 was one hell of a Half-Life fan film. Created by the Purchase Brothers, this short film series (there are actually two parts that can be viewed below) made us wish for a proper Half Life movie. And since we’re not getting one anytime soon, we are really excited about this third part that is currently under production. Continue reading Half Life Fan Film ‘Escape From City 17’ Turns To IndieGoGo For Its Third Part→
Well, let’s be honest here; we’d love to see a Half Life 2 movie. And since this isn’t going to happen anytime soon, we can only satisfy our need for something like that with the fan-made live action short films that have been released in the past few years. Thankfully, a new one got live today, featuring the gravity gun. This short film was written and directed by Sam and Niko, and was produced by Nick Veneroso. Enjoy! Continue reading This Live Action Fan Short Film Gives Us A Glimpes Of What A Half Life 2 Movie Could Look Like→
Silent Hill is still considered among the best horror titles ever released. And since the latest parts of this franchise cannot come close to what its classic ones achieved, a team of modders decided to create a total conversion mod for Half Life 2 that is inspired by them. As its description reads, Alchemilla is attempt to recreate original atmosphere of cult game Silent Hill on the Source Engine. Continue reading Alchemilla Mod Aims To Bring Silent Hill’s Atmosphere To Half Life 2, Demo Now Available→
There is no denying that FakeFactory Cinematic is the best mod for Half Life 2. The aim of this particular mod is to raise the outdated graphical appearance of the Half-Life 2 trilogy to a state-of-the-art level, while giving it a more stressed, darker and minatory look. Cinematic Mod adds an emotional cinematic music soundtrack, optional HD models and unused content from the original games, and the modder behind is currently working on its 2013 version. As you may have guessed, the modder has released a trailer for it that can be viewed below. Enjoy! Continue reading Half Life 2 Still Looks Spectacular – FakeFactory Cinematic 2013 Mod Trailer→
You know what? I really miss the Speedrun marathon. Seriously, I do love speedruns and that marathon was sooooooo good. Ah, let’s hope that next year we’ll get another one. Until then though, the SourceRuns team has managed to beat Half Life 2’s speedrun world record, and finished it in under one and a half hour. This is definitely something worth your time, so go ahead and take a look. Enjoy! Continue reading Half Life 2 Done Quickly – Finished Under One & A Half Hour – New World Record→
Back in February, we informed you about a mod that added Razer Hydra and Oculus Rift support to Half Life 2 and Black Mesa. And today, we are happy to report that this mod – created by Nathan Andrews – is finally available for download as an alpha version. Sounds amazing, right? Well it does but how many of you have that equipment? Still, it’s great to see such an incredible mod getting released, even in its early stage of development. Continue reading Half-Life 2 – VR with Razer Hydra and Oculus Rift Mod Released→
A couple of days ago, we informed you about a Garry’s Mod add-on that would bring the Doom universe to Half Life 2. Well, we’ve got some good news for you today as this add-on has been released and can be downloaded from here. As its description reads, gmDoom is a partial source port of Doom integrated into Garry’s Mod 13. Assets are loaded from an IWAD, and no binary modules are required. You can find below the add-on’s FAQ, as well as its trailer! Continue reading Half Life 2 Meets Doom In This Spectacular Garry’s Mod Add-On – Released→
