Former Valve exec recounts the meeting where Half-Life's publisher almost killed the iconic FPS: "Half-Life would quietly die. I was stunned"
Life's original publisher almost abandoned the game and pulled marketing funds, nearly leaving the hugely influential shooter ...
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Half-Life Publisher Sierra Almost Abandoned The Game Before Launch
Half-Life 1 kicked off one of the most influential video game franchises ever, as the title completely changed the way in ...
Half-Life: Alyx, VR’s first — and hopefully not last — killer app, turns 5
It’s trite to say this five years after launch, but Half-Life: Alyx felt like a door being kicked open, revealing what’s ...
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‘Half-Life: Alyx’ is Now Five Years Old. What’s Next for Valve in VR?
Alyx reshaped expectations for VR gaming, Valve remains a quiet yet critical force in the industry. Despite little fanfare, ...
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OG Half-Life publisher Sierra planned to “abandon” the game before Valve threatened them
The original Half-Life was almost abandoned by publisher Sierra On-Line before Valve threatened to reveal their unsavoury ...
Half-Life 2 RTX is struggling on Steam, as players face performance woes
The free Half-Life 2 RTX demo overhauls the classic FPS from Deadlock and Portal 2 creator Valve, but Steam players are ...
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The Dramatic Half-Life Deal That Altered The Fate Of Valve Forever
The terms of the deal, Harrington said, was that Valve would fund all but $1 million of the development costs of Half-Life's ...
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Half-Life 2 RTX is very impressive, but that’s just how I remember the game looking
Back when Valve released Half-Life 2 in 2004, it was probably the best-looking game I’d ever seen. The game’s pre-baked ...
Valve literally gives Half-Life away now, but 27 years ago it was carefully crushing its angry pirates: "None of them had actually bought the game"
Takes you closer to the games, movies and TV you love Issues delivered straight to your door or device Half-Life is $2 on ...
The Half-Life 2 RTX demo is out now and well worth a go… if your graphics card can take it
Head over to the Half-Life 2 RTX steam page and it's available to download. Once in, you can play through Ravenholm, and if ...
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The Half-Life 2 RTX demo proposes a nice visual upgrade and not much else
The demo for RTX gives aglimpse at the mod's comprehensive visual overhaul, though don't expect it to evoke much besides ...
I just went back to Ravenholm in Half-Life 2 RTX — Nvidia’s new RTX remix tech makes it 10x more terrifying
Put it all together (along with those performance bumps thanks to reducing texture sizes by 10% and RTX Remix Runtime giving ...