Half-Life 2

BizSpots: GameFlood, Foundation 9, McGee, Halo and KOF films

King of Fighters gets the big-screen treatment, Turbo Squid's new user-made-content site launches, American McGee's Grimm gets GameTapped, and Peter Jackson might still produce the Halo movie.

Daily Downloads: Half-Life 2 awakened

New Half-Life 2 mod explores the fate of the hero of Opposing Force, joined by C&C3 map and freeware adventure game.

Half-Life 2: Episode Two Q&A - Story, Setting, and Technology

Valve's Erik Johnson fills us in on the highly awaited next installment in the Half-Life 2 saga.

Daily Downloads: SupCom patched

Gas Powered Games' epic-scale real-time strategy game gets patched, while World of Warcraft and Half-Life mods receive updates.

Half-Life 2: Episode Two delayed, final products revealed

PS3, 360, and PC Orange Box editions include original game, both expansions, Portal, Team Fortress 2; slimmer PC Black Box also unveiled; HL2: Platinum "tabled."

No Half-Life 2: Ep. 2 'til summer '07?

Valve's Doug Lombardi reportedly reveals that the PS3, PC, and Xbox 360 editions of the anticipated shooter have been delayed, along with Team Fortress 2 and Portal.

LGF: Ageia's man of Steele

Think faster CPUs and GPUs are the answer to better-looking games? One company thinks they have a better idea. Meet Ageia's Michael Steele.

Half-Life 2: Episode Two pushed to 2007?

Valve's director of marketing is quoted as saying the PC, PS3, 360 FPS has been delayed.

Half-Life 2: Episode Two Impressions

Valve shows off a new Episode Two trailer behind closed doors at the 2006 Games Convention in Leipzig.

Team Fortress 2 Impressions - More Fun with the Classes

Valve shows off a new Team Fortress 2 trailer exploring the strengths and weaknesses of the different playable classes.

The Last Word: July 10-14

The week that was sees Microsoft get its Xbox Live Arcade act together, Sony back off of its controversial PSP ad campaign, and EA drop a bombshell with Team Fortress ...

Half-Life 2: Episode Two - The Return of Team Fortress 2 and Other Surprises

Valve's Gabe Newell drops some major announcements regarding Episode Two, including Xbox 360 and PS3 support and the return of Team Fortress 2.

Half-Life 2: Episode One gold, Two dated, Three announced

First of three expansions to Valve's groundbreaking shooter is set for June 1 retail and online launch; sequels due by end of year and in 2007, respectively.

Retail Radar: Spore DS, Half-Life 2 for PS3 and Xbox 360, Wii Pilotwings, and Duck Hunt?

[UPDATE]: Still more games surface on gaming retailer's database of upcoming releases, including Xbox 360 versions of Burnout 5, Project Offset.

Valve opening Xbox 360 spigot

Legendary PC developer announces Xbox Live-enabled "future games" are in development for the next-gen console.

Half-Life 2: Episode One dated for Japan

Game-localization specialist Cyberfront to build Japanese version, plans near-simultaneous launch with US version.

Valve already prepping Half-Life 2: Episode Two

The second expansion for the ultrapopular PC shooter is in the works and will build on Episode One's cliff-hanger ending.

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?

HL2: Aftermath coming in April

Valve dates the expansion pack for its PC blockbuster; all-inclusive Platinum Edition to launch simultaneously.

Fils-Aime, Newell join D.I.C.E. speaker lineup

Nintendo exec and Valve founder will speak at annual game event, slated for February 2006.

Half-Life 2 heads to Xbox

EA and Valve send out the console version of the acclaimed PC shooter to US retailers; will arrive in Europe by week's end.

GTA 'sticks it to UK awards show

Golden Joysticks handed out in London; San Andreas steals 5, Resident Evil takes 4. PSP and Nintendo also recognized.

Half-Life 2 Hands-On Preview

The acclaimed and best-selling PC first-person shooter is almost here for the Xbox, and we got our hands on the final version to see how it measures up.

Half-Life 2 Lost Coast Hands-On - Touring the Lost Coast

The free tech demo/level for Half-Life 2 is out, and we've got a description of what to expect and what the big deal is.

Half-Life 2 finds Lost Coast

Valve releases single-player level showcasing new tech for Source engine; content designed for high-level PCs.

Half-Life wholly gold for Xbox

Valve finishes development on Xbox port of smash hit PC shooter; final product scheduled for November 15 release.

Valve releases Steam upgrades

Redesigned store gives gamers more options; changes are the first of a series to be released in the coming months.

New 360 games unveiled at X05

Too Human, Crackdown, Alone in the Dark, Superman, new Bioware RPG, and Wolfenstein make their debut at Euro event.

Half-Life 2: GOTY ships to retail

EA's special edition includes Counter-Strike: Source, HL2: Deathmatch, and Half-Life: Source; Steam issues resolved.

WoW fills VUG's coffers

Blizzard's MMORPG boosts VU Games' quarterly revenue by 76 percent; Empire Earth II and Half-Life 2 contribute to stellar sales.

G-Phoria draws crowd, gets games

G4's third-annual G-Phoria event cast aside awards show pretenses in favor of a skate punk vibe and outdoor partying.

Half-Life 2 Lost Coast Hands-On

Valve hands us the crowbar in its soon-to-be-released tech-demo level for the insanely popular shooter.

EA stock rebounds after twin announcements

Deals for mobile games, Half-Life 2 lift stock more than 6 percent.

EA to distribute Half-Life 2, Counter-Strike: Source

Multiyear agreement sees publisher take over retail duties on storied shooter franchise, EA publishing Xbox HL2 in October.

Rumor Control: Xbox 360 shortages and the P$$$3

This week: Microsoft's next-gen dev kit, the 360's preloaded "game," and the price tag for ATI's Half-Life 2 deal.

Valve opens developer community

Half-Life 2 developer gathers modders, mappers, and modelers for "how-tos" and online discussion.

Half-Life 2 E3 2005 Impressions - The Lost Coast at E3

We take an up-close look at high dynamic range lighting in Half-Life 2 at E3 2005.

Half-Life 2 Xbox E3 2005 Hands-On

We take our very first hands-on look at the Xbox port of Half-Life 2.

Xbox Half-Life 2 playable at E3

Following a Steam bulletin, Valve confirms that the console port of its best-selling PC shooter will be on display at E3; The Lost Coast will also be shown.

Rumor Control: Next-gen controllers and Revolution rumblings

This week: Steam gets infected and Team Ninja's next-gen plans.