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 The aim of this particular mod is to raise the outdated graphical appearance of the Half-Life 2 trilogy to a state-of-the-art level, while giving it a more stressed, darker and minatory look.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→
Valve’s Marc Laidlaw has released a video teaser of something. In this video, Laidlaw questions himself whether he should ‘do it’. This video shows off an elevator and Laidlaw’s finger is almost touching the button for the third floor. However, towards the end of the video, Laidlaw pushes the ‘L’ button. By putting these two together, we may be witnessing the first official teaser for Left 4 Dead 3. After all, there were some rumors – two days ago – about a counter that appeared on an unknown website all of a sudden. Stay tuned for more, and enjoy the teaser after the jump! Continue reading Valve’s Marc Laidlaw Releases A Video Teaser Of ‘Something’→
Valve announced today that its free-to-play MOBA style title, DOTA 2, is currently available on Mac and Linux. Valve has also released a new update for it, as well as the system requirements for these two versions. The new update comes with some gameplay rebalance tweaks, improvements on the matchmaking system, and various visual and audio enhancements. Continue reading DOTA 2 Is Now Available On Mac & Linux, System Requirements Revealed, New Update Released→
Okay PC gamers, here is some good and some bad news. Good news: Valve has just launched its Summer Sale 2013 program, in which you can find a lot of games offered at really low prices. The bad news: Your wallets will hate you and Steam’s store is currently down due to the high traffic it received (seems to be back online now). Still, we have the list of its first, so go ahead and take a look below. Continue reading Steam Summer Sale 2013 Is A Go→
Valve announced today that the beta phase of DOTA 2 is officially over, and that this free-to-play title is available to everyone starting today. As Valve hinted, in order to ensure the best possible experience for new and existing players, there may be a short wait for you to download the game. “Well screw this, I’m going to download this right now” most of you will say so go ahead and get it from Steam. Continue reading DOTA 2 Is Now Available (For Real This Time)→
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→
The SC Team has released a new version of its co-op mod for Valve’s classic first-person shooter title, Half Life. As its description suggests, this mod lets players fight computer-controlled monsters through the original Half-Life storyline or hundreds of available co-operative scenarios. In addition, the mod comes with a plethora of new weapons, enemies, visuals and gameplay systems. Continue reading Half-Life Sven Co-Op Mod V4.8 Released, Enjoy Valve’s Classic FPS In Co-Op Mode→
The entire Internet was blown away yesterday when a mysterious update for Half Life 2 got out. That update messed up the game, turning all voices into Korean. Naturally, a lot of people thought that Valve has launched an ARG for Half Life 3, especially after a – possible – hint that was featured in the PC Gamer magazine, something that was strengthened by the latest tweet from Valve itself. Well, unfortunately everyone, there is no ARG. Valve’s Korean message did not contain any secret messages after all, PC Gamer admitted that its image was nothing more than a joke and Valve’s Marc Laidlaw confirmed that the update was something that Valve has been doing this for a while as a necessary housekeeping. Continue reading Warning: Valve Did Not Launch An ARG For Half Life 3→
Surprising news everyone. DOTA 2 has entered its open beta phase (meaning that it’s completely free to everyone) and nobody has noticed it. Hell, even Valve has not sent any press release for it as of yet. As we can clearly see below, though, DOTA 2 does not require any beta key at this point. In short, everyone can log into Steam, search for DOTA 2, download and play it. And we can confirm that this is the real deal. Continue reading DOTA 2 Enters Open Beta Phase – Now Available To Everyone [UPDATE: No longer]→
