Half-Life 2's anniversary update broke a simple speedrunning strat that was in use for 20 years, so Valve has now fixed the 'fix' in a new patch
Speedruns are often reliant on the most random, funnily obscure quirks in any given game. You don't need to look further than ...
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The History of the Half-Life Game Series From 1998 to 2020
This feature article looks back on the history of the Half-Life game series from the founding of Valve up to the 2020.
First Look at Valve's New Steam Controller and VR Hardware Revealed
After releasing the Steam Deck over two years ago, Valve is working on a set of new hardware. A recent leak from Brad Lynch, ...
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Valve Reveals Bizarre Origins of Half-Life 2's Gnome Chompski
A simple challenge between Half-Life 2 developers led to the creation of the game's Gnome Chompski prop and its associated achievement, a Valve employee has revealed. Aside from Half-Life 2, the ...
Half-Life 2 testers horsing around with physics props 'to make the 47th playthrough of the game more interesting' probably had no idea it would result in Gabe Newell l…
"Little Rocket Man" is truly one of the greatest bits in videogame history⁠—a challenging achievement in Half-Life 2: Episode ...
Half-Life 3 rumours continue thanks to newest Valve datamines
Yet another Half-Life 3 rumour is making waves amongst fans, but there remains no sign of any actual announcement.
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The story of a single intern saving Steam, Valve, and PC gaming
Newell recalls that the company did nearly go under, but thanks to one summer intern identified as Andrew, things took a ...
Neo-Nazis march in Columbus; hate on Steam: It's the week in extremism
Add Columbus, Ohio, to the places where neo-Nazis have waved swastikas recently. And a Va. senator calls on game platform ...
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Gabe Newell says no-one in the industry thought Steam would work as a distribution platform—'I'm not talking about 1 or 2 people, I mean like 99%'
Steam launched in 2003, initially as a way for Valve to automatically ship updates to players of its existing games. "Gabe [Newell] in particular, he had a pencil sketch of an idea in his head of what ...
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21 Years Ago Valve's Future Was Saved by Counter-Strike 2 Deal. Gabe Newell Made Knife Out of Joy
The contract to develop a game called Counter-Strike 2 was signed back in 2003. To celebrate this success, Gabe Newell - the founder of Valve - handmade a knife with the name of the game.