Half-Life News

Apple CEO visits Valve HQ - Report
Tim Cook supposedly spends time at Half-Life, Portal studio in Bellevue, Washington, today; no comment from Valve or Apple on the matter.
News - Posted Apr 13, 2012 10:18 pm GMT
'Dangerous' for Steam to dominate digital PC market - Minecraft creator
Markus Persson praises Valve's digital distribution hub, but says only one major platform is "scary," and EA's Origin hub "does a couple things badly."
News - Posted Mar 16, 2012 2:50 pm GMT
Valve not planning hardware anytime soon
Company not planning to ship "any sort of hardware" in near future; admits "boxes" being built to test Big Picture UI mode for Steam.
News - Posted Mar 8, 2012 11:16 pm GMT
Valve worth $3 billion - Report
Business magazine Forbes finds Half-Life house to be valued in the billions, leader Gabe Newell's net worth estimated to be at least $1.5 billion.
News - Posted Mar 7, 2012 11:41 pm GMT
E3 2011: Valve playing with NECA
National Entertainment Collectibles Association announces agreement with Portal, Half-Life maker for toys, action figures, board games, accessories, and apparel from studio's stable of IP.
News - Posted Jun 8, 2011 6:17 pm GMT
30 million Steam-ed
Valve's digital distribution service hits new milestone on the back of 178 percent user growth; unit sales spike 200 percent in last 12 months.
News - Posted Oct 18, 2010 6:56 pm GMT
Valve opening Mac spigot May 12
Half-Life developer to support Apple's OS with Steam, back catalog next month.
News - Posted Apr 30, 2010 1:20 am GMT
Valve opens up to Macs
Half-Life studio announces full support of Apple's OS for Steam, catalog hits this April; Portal 2 compatibility confirmed; all future games getting simultaneous PC, Mac, 360 release.
News - Posted Mar 8, 2010 10:32 pm GMT
Pitchford opens up on Gearbox, Borderlands a '3-million-unit game'
DICE 2010: Studio president talks success of "looter shooter," outlines the philosophy and profit-sharing that helped his company sell 25 million games worth $500 million.
News - Posted Feb 20, 2010 12:52 am GMT
Half-Life, Portal scribes detail the Valve process
GDC Austin 2009: Marc Laidlaw and Erik Wolpaw go over developer's approach to storytelling and how they don't always know what they're doing.
News - Posted Sep 16, 2009 7:08 pm GMT
Activision, Valve tangle over 2002 lawsuit
Half-Life developer sues Sierra parent company for skimping on arbitrator-assigned multimillion-dollar settlement over royalty rights.
News - Posted Apr 30, 2009 10:53 pm GMT
Valve founder Steams up D.I.C.E.
Gabe Newell keynote address discusses the company's service-oriented approach, reveals Team Fortress 2 comic being made by the developers.
News - Posted Feb 19, 2009 4:31 am GMT
Daily Downloads: Blue Dragon, Mass Effect
New fan kits for Mistwalker and Mass Effect's upcoming RPGs joined by Ragnarok Arena Half-Life mod and Jazz: Hired Guns demo.
News - Posted Aug 28, 2007 1:22 am GMT
Charlie Cleveland's small-game biz
The maker of Half-Life's Natural Selection turns to Zen of Sudoku to pay the bills and explains how casual-game development and Steam will make his next game better.
News - Posted Aug 17, 2006 1:58 am GMT
Tarantino to direct Half-Life movie?
One wild rumor out of Hollywood has the Kill Bill director bringing Gordon Freeman to the big screen. Is it too good to be true?
News - Posted Jan 19, 2006 11:35 pm GMT
Valve opens developer community
Half-Life 2 developer gathers modders, mappers, and modelers for "how-tos" and online discussion.
News - Posted Jul 1, 2005 8:08 pm GMT
Valve and VU end legal dispute, publishing agreement
Parties settle long-standing beef out of court, because as of August, VUG will no longer distribute any Valve titles, and cybercafe rights revert to the developer.
News - Posted Apr 29, 2005 7:53 pm GMT
Valve to shut down WON servers
All online portions of Valve's games to be centralized on Steam service; will force upgrade of Counter-Strike to 1.6.
News - Posted Jul 15, 2004 11:47 pm GMT
Games: Just what the doctor ordered
Quebec researchers use Half-Life, Unreal Tournament to help treat phobias.
News - Posted Oct 20, 2003 7:20 pm GMT
Steam's future
Valve's Erik Johnson comments on the future for the company's download service, after the end of the free beta.
News - Posted Aug 27, 2003 9:31 pm GMT