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24 articles tagged as hl2

West of Dead Review

This Western-themed roguelike has style to spare, but falls short on ideas.

July 3, 2020 | 14:00

MSI MPG Z490 Carbon EK X Review

MSI and EK team up to cool the CPU and power delivery on its MPG Z490 Carbon board

July 3, 2020 | 13:00

Hardspace: Shipbreaker Preview

What's the best way to evaluate a game about dismantling spaceships? Break it down.

July 3, 2020 | 09:00

Study: Violence doesn't change game appeal

A new study into violence in computer games has found that violent actions do not make games more appealing to players.

January 19, 2009 | 09:57

Half-Life 2 gets graphical overhaul

Courtesy of hi-res modder FakeFactory, Half-Life 2 has had a massive graphical revamping lately.

January 9, 2009 | 10:37

Half-Life 2: Episode Two

Now we take the story-driven part of The Orange Box out for a spin - but will the game leave us in a whirl, or just dizzy and mildly sick? Could it be the best game in series or even the best game ever? Find out everything you can without ruining the game in our spoiler-free review.

October 11, 2007 | 11:17

$1 Million for Half-Life 2 Mac

Apparently, Valve would have made a version of Half-Life 2, Episodes included, for the Mac - but it would have cost $1 Million to buy the rights for the porting.

October 9, 2007 | 10:55

Gabe Newell says DX10 for Vista was a mistake

Gabe Newell, President of Valve Software, has said that Microsoft’s choice to limit DirectX 10 to Windows Vista was “a terrible mistake”.

August 28, 2007 | 11:31

Steam Community beta upgrade goes live

Steam has been updated with a new community beta function, allowing players to join groups and schedule events. Details of the official bit-tech.net group lay within!

August 7, 2007 | 09:57

Valve cancels The Black Box

Valve's Doug Lombardi told IGN that Half-Life 2: The Black Box has been cancelled.

May 21, 2007 | 07:52

HL2: Episode Two coming in the Autumn

Updated: Valve and Electronic Arts have announced that Half-Life 2: Episode Two, along with Team Fortress 2 and Portal, will ship together this Autumn.

February 7, 2007 | 17:50

Gordon Freeman says "Wiiiiiii!"

What's more fun than playing HalfLife 2? Playing it with a Wiimote, of course!

December 7, 2006 | 15:55

Half-Life 2: Episode One website released

Valve has released the official Half-Life 2: Episode One website with a new trailer, a couple of new screenshots and some juicy plot details.

April 11, 2006 | 15:48

Half-Life 2: Aftermath is delayed

Doug Lombardi speaks out about Half-Life 2: Aftermath falling behind schedule. It will not be ready until sometime in the first half of next year.

November 10, 2005 | 23:04

Splinter Cell:Chaos Theory with SM2.0

Ubisoft Montreal, the makers of the excellent Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, have release patch 1.04 - bringing a Shader Model 2.0 path to the game for ATI's current hardware. There are some surprises inside, read on to see what we discovered...

August 5, 2005 | 00:00

Battlefield 2 by Butterkneter

Game-themed case mods are all the rage these days. So what better way to celebrate the recent launch of Battlefield 2 than with not one but two amazing mods?

July 19, 2005 | 08:50

Half Life 2: Lost Coast HDR overview

High Dynamic Range rendering, or HDR, is the latest must-have graphics feature. Valve's Doug Lombardi talks to us about HDR and Half Life 2: Lost Coast. There's plenty of exclusive eye-candy too!

June 14, 2005 | 09:00

HL2: Aftermath to ship in September

The expansion pack for Half-Life 2 will ship in September, and is due to land on retail shelves as well as Steam.

May 24, 2005 | 10:20

Incredible Half-Life 2 scenes rendered

Take one part 3DStudio, one part in-game models, one-part clever lighting, sprinkle on some clever compositing and then enjoy some of the finest images ever created.

May 11, 2005 | 09:58

Half-Life 2: Lost Coast information Found, ironically

Technical details behind the new Lost Coast level surface on 3D technology forum. Two quality levels of HDR are expected, depending on the capabilities of your video card.

May 3, 2005 | 18:09

Half-Life 2: Lost Coast demos HDR rendering technology

Valve previews High Dynamic Range Rendering with a video of Half-Life 2: Lost Coast, a new tech demo level.

May 1, 2005 | 14:03

It's so scandalous

Do avid hardware enthusiasts tend to make a meal out of every negative tech story that arises?

February 17, 2005 | 00:00

Half-Life 2 Evaluation

The most eagerly awaited game over the past two years is here - we evaluate the real-world performance over the current high-end and mainstream AGP video cards.

December 1, 2004 | 00:00