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Half-Life 2: Enhancement Mod Promises To Overhaul Games’ Visuals, Will Support POM & Dynamic Shadows

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Half Life 2 is still considered one of the best FPS games to date. Naturally, Valve’s FPS starts to show its age, and that’s why we recommend using mods such the mind-blowing Cinematic Mod. Despite the fact that this particular mod overhaul the game’s visuals (the texture work that has been done to it is among the best we’ve ever seen), a lot of gamers were put off by the alternative models of some characters. If you were one of them, you’ll be happy to here that a team of modders is working on a new graphical mod for Half Life 2 called Half-Life 2: Enhancement Mod. Continue reading Half-Life 2: Enhancement Mod Promises To Overhaul Games’ Visuals, Will Support POM & Dynamic Shadows

Jurassic Life – Jurassic Park Mod For Half-Life 2 – Gets Some New Footage

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Imagine a Jurassic Park game with Far Cry 3’s engine. Now that would be amazing, right? Well, until someone decides to create an open-world game, based on Michael Crichton’s dino-universe, we’ll have to rely on various mods to satisfy our dino fantasies. Jurassic Life is a mod for Half-Life 2, and although there is no release date for it as of yet, the team behind it has released a new video that can be viewed below. It looks cool, though it needs a lot of polish (especially with regards to hit detection, dino models, and animations). Nevertheless, this is the closest we’ll get to a modern-day JP game, so go ahead and enjoy the video! Continue reading Jurassic Life – Jurassic Park Mod For Half-Life 2 – Gets Some New Footage

Half-Life 2: Silent Escape Mod Released

Team Pro-Bones has released an interesting mod for Half Life 2. In Half-Life 2: Silent Escape scientists have organized the project of “Silent Escape” in which they must bring people to a safe place. The main character of the game is Sean who will visit many locations, such as the dark forest, an abandoned mine and evening forest. Silent Escape is also packed with some noteworthy scripted sequences, as well as various high resolutions textures. Continue reading Half-Life 2: Silent Escape Mod Released

Half-Life 2 and Dishonored share someone in common

Ever wondered why Dishonored’s Dunwall looks so close to Half-Life 2’s City 17? Well, that is because these two games share a common art director, Viktor Antonov. Speaking with Eurogamer, Antonov revealed that he was the man responsible for Half-Life 2’s City 17, its suburbs and the alien Combine architecture and technology. Since Valve stopped producing games though, Antonov collaborated with Arkane to do Dishonored. And that’s precisely why Dunwall looks so close to City 17. Continue reading Half-Life 2 and Dishonored share someone in common

Half-Life 2 Cinematic Mod 11 Is Now Available

Juergen Vierheilig released the latest version of his Cinematic Mod for Half-Life 2. As always, some will like it while others might hate it. Still, this is an amazing overhaul for Half-Life 2 and if you haven’t tried it yet, we’d urge you to. Cinematic 11 Mod is a graphical / music total overhaul, as it looks and sounds very different compared to vanilla HL2 and you can view some comparison shots and videos from this latest version bellow. Continue reading Half-Life 2 Cinematic Mod 11 Is Now Available

Super Meatboy Anniversary Pack is now available on Steam; includes Aquaria, Machinarium and Braid

Now this is something that you simply can’t pass by. Super Meatboy Anniversary Pack is now available on Steam and – get this right – includes Braid, Aquaria, Machinarium, World of Goo and VVVVVV. Not only that, but this special pack comes with a 75% discount, which means that you can get all those games – and more – for the price of 22.59 euros. Continue reading Super Meatboy Anniversary Pack is now available on Steam; includes Aquaria, Machinarium and Braid

New Black Mesa Screenshot Released

Black Mesa can be definitely described as the next ‘Duke Nukem Forever’ in the mod-land. This bad boy has been in development for lots of years and although a lot of people think that it’s just a vaporware and nothing more, the team behind it has just released a brand new screenshot from its latest build. Now I’ll be honest here; it does look great. Yeah, this is a Source game but the level of detail is great and can keep up with today’s standards. Let’s just hope that the game will get released… someday… in the next coming years. Enjoy! Continue reading New Black Mesa Screenshot Released

No More Room in Hell Coming to the PC this Halloween

No More Room in Hell’s development team has just announced – via a video – that their latest Half Life 2 mod will be released this Hallowwen. No More Room in Hell is a free multiplayer mod for Half Life 2 and supports 8 player co-op survival horror gameplay with a focus on semi-realism. The mod was inspired by the “Of The Dead” zombie franchise which is were it gets its namesake and you can view its announcement video after the jump. It looks great so make sure to check it out! Continue reading No More Room in Hell Coming to the PC this Halloween

Half Life 2: Zeitgeist – New Screenshots revealed

Northcape Studios released today some new screenshots for their upcoming Half Life 2 mod, Zeitgeist. Zeitgeist is a single player modification, playing in the futuristic 1930s of a fictional time line. In addition, the company released the game’s first video footage which shows the player leaving the escalators at Piccadilly Underground Station, catching a train and being carried into another station. Continue reading Half Life 2: Zeitgeist – New Screenshots revealed

Half Life 2 – Fakefactory Cinematic Mod 11 Trailer

Juergen Vierheilig released a new trailer for the latest version of his mind-blowing Half-Life 2 graphical overhaul, Cinematic Mod. As always, this new trailer looks incredible, although some might not like the look of some new 3D models. Thankfully, Juergen used Alyx’s old model this time around – guess he got tired of all those complaining about it. Unfortunately, we don’t know when Cinematic Mod 11 will actually get released. Stay tuned though for more and for the time being, enjoy the trailer! Continue reading Half Life 2 – Fakefactory Cinematic Mod 11 Trailer