Call us unimpressed, but Valve has just announced that it won’t be exhibiting at this year’s E3. ValveTime reached out Valve’s Doug Lombardi, asking whether Valve were attending E3 this year in order to show off Half-Life 3. The answer they got was negative, meaning that the vaporware title called ‘HL3’ won’t be announced anytime soon and that Valve won’t be exhibiting at E3. Continue reading Valve Is Not Exhibiting At This Year’s E3→
I’ve got to tell you, modders are really crazy and full of wonderful ideas. Have you ever wondered what a strategy version of Half Life 2 would look like? Well, time to find out. Okay okay, we’ve got to admit that this project seems similar in concept with the Halo: Wars strategy game that was released a while back but still, it’s great seeing classic games in completely different genres. Continue reading Half-Life 2: Wars – Beta 2.0.8 Released→
Now this really interesting. Steam has announced an early access program for a number of upcoming games, with which players can interact with the developers and influence the development of a game. Contrary to pre-order, early access is an immediate purchase of a game and gives the ability to the player to immediately download its latest build and experiment with it. This is precisely what is currently happening with Bohemia’s military sim, ArmA 3, and there are currently 11 more games supporting this new access program. Continue reading Steam Announces Early Access For Upcoming Games, Let’s Players Influence Game Development→
Valve CEO Gabe Newell is to be honoured by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) with the Academy Fellowship at this year’s British Academy Games Awards. The ceremony takes place on 5 March at the London Hilton, Park Lane. Continue reading Gabe Newell to be honoured with Fellowship award on March 5th→
The team behind the Half Life: Dreamcast mod have released a new version of it. In light of the new Linux, Mac, and SteamPipe additions made to Half-Life on Steam, a required update was made necessary for the mod. Therefore, the team behind it has released a new version of Half-Life: Dreamcast that adds full compatibility with the recent Steam changes. Continue reading Half Life: Dreamcast Version 1.1 Released→
Modder ‘skyms2663’ is currently working on Black Mesa: Insecurity, a re-imagining of the Half-Life expansion Blue Shift, created for the Source engine mod Black Mesa. What the modder hopes to achieve is an experience similar to Black Mesa’s. In other words, expect the same gameplay with Blue Shift and better visuals than what Gearbox offered back then. Continue reading Black Mesa: Insecurity is a re-imagining of Half-Life: Blue Shift→
Nathan Andrews has released a new video, showcasing his Half-Life Oculus Rift mod. Half-Life VR adds full head tracking and weapon tracking to Half-Life 2 in preparation for the Oculus Rift dev kit launch. In this video Nathan Andrews is using two hillcrest trackers, the same ones John Carmack used in his E3 and quakecon demos of the early rift prototype. This is full 360 degree, 1 to 1 tracking on both the head and weapon, there are no gimmicks or constraints between where you aim and your field of view. Nathan Andrews mod appears to be also compatible with FakeFactory’s Cinematic Mod. This looks epic, so go ahead and watch it. VR is almost upon us! Continue reading Half-Life VR For Oculus Rift Looks Epically Amazing, New Video Showcases Head & Gun Tracking→
Ah, we all love Gabe Newell. The Creator of Half-Life 2 and Co-founder of Valve, gave his keynote speech at the 2013 D.I.C.E. Thankfully, Variety and Machinima have captured the streamed footage and you can view the entire speech below. The speech starts at 26:47, so go ahead and watch it. Oh, and while we are at it: 26:47 -> 2+6 / 4+7 -> 8 + 11 -> 19 -> 1×9 -> 9 -> sqrt{9} -> 3. Half-Life 3 confirmed. Continue reading Gabe Newell’s D.I.C.E 2013 Speech→
Zachariah Scott has released an amazing Source Filmmaker Short movie that is inspired by Portal 2. As Scott describes, this video was shot on black void, using a rebuild version of glados’ chamber that I put together by hand. The video features music from Lars Erik Fjøsne, however we should also give our thumbs up to JP Neufeld for mixing Glados’ voice to Lars song. In addition, Valve has released a new update for Source Filmmaker, and you can view its complete changelog below. Enjoy! Continue reading Portal 2 Source Filmmaker Short “The Turret Anthem” Looks Stunning, Source Filmmaker Update Released→
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→
