Half-Life 2: Episode 1
Spotlight
Chatting about Portal and whether Orange Box will return.
We pit EA's port against PC and 360.
Part 2: On Warren Spector, Alyx, and the importance of playtesting.
Gabe Newell and co. on Hollywood, Episode One and future expansions.
Key events
26th March 2015
31st January 2012
4th November 2008
20th March 2008
14th December 2007
1st June 2006
25th May 2006
10th January 2006
11th August 2005
23rd May 2005
27th April 2005
Influential ex-Valve writer Chet Faliszek joins Surgeon Simulator studio
To direct a "PC action co-op game".
Chet Faliszek has left Valve
Portal and Left 4 Dead writer runs out of Steam.
Former Valve employee is suing the company for $3.1m
Alleges developer exploited minors for free labour, discriminated against transgender staff.
After 10 years of waiting, Half-Life 2: Episode 3 seems further away than ever
Vortigone for good?
Half-Life writer Marc Laidlaw leaves Valve
Now a free man.
Valve-approved Half-Life 2: Update headed to Steam
Combine it with the main game.
FeatureMinerva matter: The Half-Life 2 mod that opened the gates of Valve
Adam Foster's two-and-a-half-year job application for the world's most enigmatic game developer.
Screenshots of Half-Life 2 mod Minerva
A single-player story by a fan-turned-Valve-employee.
Acclaimed Half-Life 2 mod Minerva polished up and released on Steam
The mod that bagged Adam Foster a job at Valve.
Gabe Newell named as next AIAS Hall of Famer
Oh they'll induct anyone have they no standards etc..
FeatureRetrospective: Half-Life 2 Episodes 1 & 2
Rise and shine.
Valve on Valve Time: "It's charming. It's kind of a compliment."
Plus, we ask, what's taking Half-Life 3 so long?
Newell: Valve wants its games "more baked" before revealing them
"We're acutely aware of how much we annoy our fans."
10,000 Valve fans stage Half-Life 3 protest
But far less than 50,000 signed up to do so.
Half-Life 3 fan campaign staging mass gameplay session
Up to 29,000 gamers to play Half-Life 2 this Saturday.
"A Call for Communication (Half-Life)" Steam Group passes 10,000 members
But will Valve listen?
Valve's Half-Life dev hampered by Steam?
Impulse maker Stardock draws parallels.
Why Chet Faliszek is Valve's Mr Awesome
"I walk around the hall with my iron fist."
Valve bundles 22 games for USD 99
Includes Left 4 Dead. Bargain!
Steam Cloud to launch this week
Centralise game data starting with L4D.
Chunky Orange Box PS3 patch released
Should remedy many of the problems.
FeatureValve's Doug Lombardi
Chatting about Portal and whether Orange Box will return.
The Orange Box
We pit EA's port against PC and 360.
Use your Portal gun in HL2
Win cake.
Only 25% finished HL2 Ep1
Bizarre. Valve releases stats.
FeatureOpening the Valve
Part 2: On Warren Spector, Alyx, and the importance of playtesting.
FeatureOpening the Valve
Gabe Newell and co. on Hollywood, Episode One and future expansions.
HL2: Episode One released
Available now.
Episode One teaser
Dog's back!
Half-Life 2: Episode One
Eurogamer 4 Valve 2.
Half-Life 2 Episode 1 teasers
It's like Christmas Eve.
Half-Life Episode 3 confirmed
Plus: trailer for Ep 1 now showing.
HL2 Episode One pre-loading
Plus: headcrab plush toys!
New HL2 Episode One video
On EGTV.
HL2: Episode One delayed
While Gabe Newell talks story.
Half-Life 2 will not be required to run Episode 1
Content will be 'richer' too.
Half-Life 2: Episode 2 underway
Valve confirms its existence.
HL2 Aftermath renamed
Valve goes episodic.
HL2: Aftermath release date
And pricing, platinum pack news.
Half-Life 2: Aftermath slips
Who didn't see that coming.
HL2: Aftermath teaser trailer
Expounds expansion a little bit.
Valve spills Aftermath juice
More HL2 goodness coming soon.
HL2 Aftermath retail version confirmed
And Valve is currently shooting for a September release.
HL2: Lost Coast trailer
It's a weighty download, mind, but very pretty indeed. On Eurofiles now.
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For those of you who haven't glanced right lately, we've got some PC FPS treats.
FeatureHalf-Life 2: The Lost Coast
Valve gives a glimpse of its next-gen plans, providing more info on its single Half-Life 2 level for high end PCs.
FeatureHalf-Life 2: Aftermath
Valve releases the first details of its expansion for last year's top PC title.