Browser games are far better than they used to be. Forget about crappy Mario clones in Flash, you can now play the original Half-Life FPS in your browser. This is made possible thanks to Unkle Mike’s Xash3D FWGS game engine, a now-abandoned GitHub project fork of the Xash3D Engine, withRead More →
25th anniversary update brings a load of new features and content to FPS classic Half-Life. I remember when I first heard about Half-Life. It had been out for a few months, and my then-girlfriend was telling me all about the multiplayer modes, which she’d been playing with (it turned out)Read More →
25 years ago, Half-Life took the FPS world by storm. While latterly often overlooked in favour of its successor, the first game has recently been reappraised, both in the form of Black Mesa and in its original incarnation. Certainly as far as Valve seems to have been concerned, Half-Life isRead More →
If you’re desperate for more Half-Life , a new fan-written novel might ease your urges to shoot Combine forces and fantasise about punching Dr Breen… Phase Transition is the title of a 600-page book by Ross Joseph Gardner and Michael Pelletier which tells the story of characters in Half-Life 2‘sRead More →
Half-Life 3 will probably never appear, but what if the G-Man granted your wish for a Half-Life 2 prequel? A bunch of Half-Life news has appeared over the past few weeks, which is worth highlighting for fans of the popular FPS series. Even though I’ve been back in the UKRead More →
A huge archive of previously unseen concept art from several of Valve’s IPs is now available to view online. Valve owns some of the most well-known and influential gaming franchises in existence. This collection includes images from games like Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Left 4 Dead, and DOTA Underlords. Did You KnowRead More →
It’s been in development for some years, but the FPS documentary is almost ready for release. On July 6th, 2023, the final sale for inclusion in the film will be opened, enabling you to get your name included in the credit list. CreatorVC studios has not revealed the final releaseRead More →
The Steam Spring Sale is underway, with an immense number of discounted games, from AAA legends to the latest indie classics. Among those titles are several classics, not least from Valve’s own pantheon. So, you’ve got Half-Life and its various spin-offs; the same with Half-Life 2. There’s also Portal andRead More →
Fancy playing the original Half-Life but not impressed with the graphics compared with modern standards. You’re in luck–there’s a thing called Black Mesa Half-Life: Enriched, a new mod that delivers a graphical overhaul to Gordon Freeman’s original adventure. Developed by a modder called Hezus, the game features: Full overhaul ofRead More →
Half-Life and Half-Life 2, appropriately enough, just won’t die. Despite being 25 years old, the original game has ben remade as Black Mesa, and still has a bunch of mods released for it every year. One of the most notable, Codename: Loop, is a top-down shooter based around the originalRead More →
