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Half-Life 2 Lost Coast Update

by Maarten Goldstein Nov 02, 2005 7:16pm CST tags: Steam, Half-Life 2
A new Steam update is now available, updating Half-Life 2 Lost Coast and the Source Engine. The Lost Coast update fixes a problem with the commentary, and with loading a savegame (where combine models would stand around).
"Unfortunately its a commentary on Valve's QA. They release a tech demo with a single level ... a..."6 Comments

New Garry's Mod

by Maarten Goldstein Nov 01, 2005 7:51am CST tags: Half-Life 2
An updated Garry's Mod is now available, updated to version 9.0.1. The update fixes several bugs found in the 9.0 release, and Linux server admins no longer have to copy over CS and HL2MP content.
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New Garry's Mod

by Maarten Goldstein Oct 29, 2005 6:23am CST tags: Half-Life 2
A new version of the popular Garry's Mod for Half-Life 2 is now available. The biggest new feature in this 9.0 release is support for LUA scripting which allows for on-the-fly gameplay customization.
"i connected to the gary server, and it was playing a fort builder / capture the ball mod. luck..."4 Comments

Half-Life 2: Lost Coast Now Available

by Maarten Goldstein Oct 27, 2005 7:10pm CST tags: Steam, Half-Life 2
It's a damn miracle, Half-Life 2: Lost Coast is now available on Steam. The free add-on offers a new singleplayer level showcasing the Source Engine's High-Dynamic Range lighting.

"I guess I'll join the positive crowd on this one and say that, I personally liked it, I felt it w..."267 Comments

Valve Software Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Oct 25, 2005 5:14pm CST tags: Valve, Steam, Half-Life 2
Mod HQ has a new Q&A with Valve's Erik Johnson, asking him about a wide variety of topics. Questions are about the release of Half-Life 2, Steam, upcoming Counter-Strike: Source (de_nuke and cs_militia, more player models) and Day of Defeat: Source content, the Aftermath expansion and mod team support.
"Speaking of interviews, I want to submit a Q&A for the site I'm starting, dodnation.net ... ..."32 Comments

They Hunger: Lost Souls Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Oct 25, 2005 8:22am CST tags: Half-Life 2
New on GameCloud today is this Lost Souls Q&A, asking Black Widow Games' Neil Manke and Einar Saukas about the newest They Hunger game. Questions are about use of the Source Engine, the premise for the game, gameplay features, weapons, enemies you'll face, the game's distribution and a few other topics.
"Well, he'd got my business. I thought They Hunger was one of the best SP mods ever to use the HL ..."9 Comments

Half-Life 2: Lost Coast Next Week

by Maarten Goldstein Oct 21, 2005 7:14pm CST tags: Valve, Steam, Half-Life 2
This Steam news update has the word that at long last Valve's HDR tech demo Lost Coast is being released next week for Half-Life 2. After that is out, Valve plans to work on an update to the SDK as well as new content for Counter-Strike: Source and Day of Defeat: Source.
"Good stuff. GG Valve. I've been enjoying the hell out of Half-Life 2 and Far Cry recently. Fee..."68 Comments

Half-Life 2 Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Oct 10, 2005 8:00am CST tags: Valve, Half-Life 2
Computer & Video Games has a retrospective Half-Life 2 Q&A, asking Valve's Doug Lombardi and Marc Laidlaw about the choices made when it came to the game's writing, use of physics, humor, Alyx and Dog, and the ending.
"I loved the game - and hated the game at the same time... The game is great because of the phy..."26 Comments

Source Engine Update

by Maarten Goldstein Oct 04, 2005 6:17am CST tags: Valve, Steam, Half-Life 2
A new Steam update is now available upon restarting Valve's content delivery app, offering fixes to the Source and Half-Life 1 engines. The Source Engine update fixes a loading error when trying to debug Source MODs using the SDK, and a Win98 startup crash.
"Now, how about that SDK update so us modders can make use of HDR and commentary tracks. Oh, and m..."6 Comments

Dystopia Update

by Maarten Goldstein Sep 29, 2005 8:48am CST tags: Valve, Half-Life 2
A new update for the Half-Life 2 mod Dystopia is now available. Update #2, which can be installed over the original demo or the demo with update #1, "fixes a range of issues which cropped up since Valve's recent Source engine updates".
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DoD: Source, Lost Coast Previews

by Maarten Goldstein Sep 21, 2005 9:15am CST tags: Valve, Half-Life 2
IGN has some new Valve game previews, going hands-on with Day of Defeat: Source as well as Half-Life 2: Lost Coast. Both articles include new media.
"Man DoD is looking nice. Haven't played in a loooong time but I hope it's more like the old DoD w..."12 Comments

Dystopia Update

by Maarten Goldstein Sep 17, 2005 9:07am CST tags: Half-Life 2
Team Dystopia has released the first patch for their Half-Life 2 mod Dystopia, fixing some crash bugs, and adding a few new options and features. There's a dedicated server update as well.
"I tried the demo of this today...if I had a decent connection; I'd be on this like flies on a hon..."7 Comments

Dystopia Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Sep 15, 2005 7:15am CST tags: Half-Life 2
Also on GameCloud is this Dystopia Q&A. Team Dystopia Robert Crouch is on hand to answer questions about this new Half-Life 2 mod, which you can grab from FileShack.
"I can't stop playing this game... Oh and hi AskedRelic, saw you on a server last night."2 Comments

HL2: Lost Coast Preview

by Maarten Goldstein Sep 14, 2005 9:14am CST tags: Half-Life 2
Over at bit-tech there is a new Lost Coast preview, offering impressions of the HDR add-on for Half-Life 2. For those of you expecting a ton of extra to play seeing how it's taken a while from announcement to release: "Before we received playable code, we asked innocently how many hours of gameplay there would be. In terms of end-to-end gameplay, the answer is measured in minutes, not hours".
""What are the additional features to come to Source after HDR? We're not sure, and Gabe wouldn't ..."46 Comments

Dystopia, Hot or Not?

by Maarten Goldstein Sep 10, 2005 11:17am CST tags: Half-Life 2
A demo version of Dystopia is now available, allowing you to try out this Half-Life 2 cyberpunk mod - "As either Punks or Corp Mercenaries the player will fight through the physical world to gain access, via jack-in terminals, to cyberspace. Cyberspace is a three dimensional representation of the world's network. Inside cyberspace players will launch programs to hack into systems linked to the physical world, fight off enemy hackers or defend critical systems. Gameplay progresses through inter-linked physical and cyberspace objectives". For server admins we have some dedicated server files.
"Very quality game, I've jumped from countless mods to mods on different engines, and this is the ..."90 Comments

Half-Life 2 Aftermath & Lost Coast Preview

by Maarten Goldstein Aug 29, 2005 11:34am CST tags: Valve, Half-Life 2
1UP is doing week-long coverage of Valve Software, and for starters they have a preview of Aftermath and Lost Coast. Includes new screenshots.
"When Gabe's Attack! "Look, I spoke to some people at Microsoft, and as I said, I can't point t..."32 Comments

HL2: Aftermath Trailer

by Maarten Goldstein Aug 10, 2005 8:52am CST tags: Valve, Trailer, Half-Life 2
Valve has released an Aftermath teaser trailer, showing a few brief glimpses from the Half-Life 2 expansion pack. No release date has been announced for Aftermath.
"Something is wrong here. It runs extremely choppy, sound is completely torn apart with static, a..."48 Comments

HL2: Lost Coast Preview

by Maarten Goldstein Jul 28, 2005 2:38pm CST tags: Half-Life 2
Also playable at the G-Phoria awards show last night was Half-Life 2: Lost Coast and GameSpot has impressions of that too. The visual difference isn't just in the high-dynamic-range lighting, as "the textures in Lost Coast are noticeably more detailed and numerous than in the retail game, and in addition to the immediate benefit of making this new level look especially neat, the release will also put these higher-quality assets into the game's SDK so modders can work with them".
"So they can hype this ridiculously small piece of technology and gameplay for 6 months but they c..."18 Comments

Robert Culp Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Jul 26, 2005 5:21am CST tags: Half-Life 2
The green men at GameSpy have posted an interview with Robert Culp, the actor who voiced the character of Dr. Breen in Half-Life 2. Questions are about how he got involved with the game, the Breen character, and his other work.
"They said that Breen believes what he says. I think Breen believes his own bullshit as much as an..."4 Comments

Garry's Mod Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Jul 15, 2005 5:53am CST tags: Half-Life 2
GameCloud has posted a Q&A with Garry Newman, who is the author of the popular Garry's Mod mod for Half-Life 2.
"Didn't know he lived in Walsall. I have a friend that lives, plus that's like twenty minutes away..."2 Comments
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