Half Life Universe

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Μπααα... Η Valve δεν ξέρει να μετράει μέχρι τον αριθμό 3

Έτσι φαίνεται! Και είτε είναι Episode 3, είτε το 3 το ίδιο... την κάτσαμε! Γιαντα δεν βγάζει το 4 απευθείας;

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New Black Mesa: Source Screenshots
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-black-mesa-source-screenshots/
As we said yesterday, Black Mesa: Source’s hype machine seems to have started as the company has been more open to the gaming industry the past few months. And today we are happy to bring you some new screenshots from this highly anticipated mod. Spotted by Insomnia’s member, Praetorian, these screenshots shows off some lovely lighting effects and high-resolution textures that are to be expected from a PC-only game. Contrary to most belief, Black Mesa: Source does not look dated. Enjoy and stay tuned for more!

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Black Mesa: Source Alternative; Enjoy Half-Life with HD graphics and textures

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/black-mesa-source-alternative-enjoy-half-life-with-hd-graphics-and-textures/

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Fan decides to donate $150 if Black Mesa gets released before December, devs accept the challenge
Although most of Half Life fans are disappointed with the whole Black Mesa thing, we do know that you can’t wait to get your hands on it. After last week’s small hype, a fan decided to go ahead and state that he’d donate $150 to the devs’ paypal account if Black Mesa: Source is released before December 1st. Instead of bashing that fan though, James Kane, decided to accept his challenge, hinting that the game would – actually – get released this year.
According to the fan, the donation will not be made if an announcement of a release date occurs before then. The full mod should be released and be made available to everyone by this time for the reward to be redeemed.
Although the topic has been deleted from the official forum, Guru3D’s member ‘The Michael’ has managed to capture a screenshot of it.

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Portal Gun Unboxing

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Θέλω και εγώ! Να βγάζανε 100 τέτοια και να φτιάχνανε μια συλλεκτική! Έτσι πρέπει!

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Μπααα… άμα δεν πυροβολεί portals τι να το κάνεις ....


Half Life 2 Ep: 3 Appears On Gamespot E3 List, But Not How You Want
There's been a bit of rumbling about gamespot.com having a page with Half Life 2: Episode 3 listed as a featured game of E3 2012. While it really wouldn't make sense for Valve to leak this information out to Gamespot of all places, there's actually a much simpler reason for the listing.

If you scroll down on the page that lists Half Life 2 Episode 3 as a featured title, you'll see a video titled The Games of E3 2012: Radio Silence. The video goes on to talk about games that we haven't heard anything about, and how badly they want to see the games at this year's E3.

I'm not sure how this qualifies Half Life 2 Episode 3 as a featured E3 game, but there you go. The E3 video they released is why it is listed on their site in such a manner. While it could still possibly be announced, this unfortunately is not our confirmation. You can view the page below.

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Super Replay: Half-Life - Episode 12

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This is Gabe Newell in His Freshman Year of High School



It's only his freshman year, that's why the Valve co-founder and boss hasn't yet been voted Most Likely to Succeed.

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Half-Life 2 art director finally reveals why he left Valve
To many gamers, Valve is the epitome of good in the gaming industry. They produce great games, they’re heavily involved with and support their community, and Gabe Newell is one of the nicest guys you’ll find in the industry. So one has to wonder, why would anyone leave a company with such a good reputation? The former art director on Half-Life 2 did, and now he’s finally revealed why.

Viktor Antonov was the artistic mastermind behind Half-Life 2′s City 17, its architecture and the Combine’s technology, creating one of the most unique worlds that gaming has ever seen. In a new interview with Eurogamer, he admits why he gave that all up:
“I left precisely when they stopped making epic, triple-As, which was Half-Life 2.” Adding that, “Since then, they were episodes.”

Antonov says that Valve is a wonderful place to work, but that he’s “interested in projects, not in companies.” To him, working on unique projects is what drives him as an artist, and Half-Life 2 was one of those projects.

“I went to Valve specifically for Half-Life 2. I went and I collaborated with Arkane to do The Crossing and Dishonored. I put the project above everything else.”
He goes on to talk about Valve growing much bigger as a company, something which he wasn’t so fond of. His new job at Arkane Studios working on Dishonored is more to his liking, stating that, “what I really enjoy about the philosophy of Arkane is that it’s a small, core team that does risky creative projects. And when I went to Valve, they were a small company. They’ve grown now, they’re much bigger.”

His main reason for leaving, though, was that he just wanted to move on and expand his creative horizons. He says that, “It causes a lot of surprise that anyone would leave Valve. I left Valve, and all my good friends from there, for the specific reason that I had spent six years of my life on one single project, and that’s a lot.”

As an artist, he wanted to express himself in other ways. He’s now done two feature films, three separate games, and an illustrated novel, among other things. Antonov looks back as his time with the company with fondness, though, and says that working with Gabe Newell and crafting Half-Life 2 “was my second education, pretty much.”

While he simply “just moved on,” when asked if he would return to Valve to work on a possible Half-Life 3, Antonov seemed tempted and had this to say before a fellow Arkane art director interrupted him for a joke.

“As of today, of course, I work for Zenimax, so technically that would be an inconvenience!” he grinned. “But… A ha…”