half-life News

HL PolyFighter Q&A

By Maarten Goldstein, Jan 02, 2002 6:02am PST

There's a Polyfighter Q&A on GameHelper, where the team behind this Half-Life mod answer some questions about it. Though based on the Half-Life...

" and an answer to the questio.... [14:26] <omega> blonde's in texas [14:26] ..."

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New HL Weapons Factory

By Maarten Goldstein, Dec 24, 2001 6:44am PST

Saw on Blues that a new version of the Half-Life version of the Weapons Factory mod has been released. They call it the "most advanced version of...

Mapping for DoD

By Maarten Goldstein, Dec 16, 2001 10:02am PST

The official Day of Defeat site has posted a FGD file, for those interested in creating a map for the upcoming version 2.0 of this Half-Life WW2...

" agreed, caen is a masterpeice but all the other maps are pretty bad"

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Punkbuster Interview

By Steve Gibson, Dec 10, 2001 10:33am PST

Newsgeek has an interview with the developer of Punkbuster (Little old, but we missed it) talking about things you would expect. Havent heard much...

" it did...and it worked a lot better than the built in anti-cheat measures ("nothing at all") ..."

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Day of Defeat 2 Soon

By Maarten Goldstein, Dec 09, 2001 6:39am PST

Version 2.0 of the Half-Life teamplay mod Day of Defeat is out soon, and to celebrate the team has released a lot of new screenshots. Version 2...

" nice JeffK hack, too bad it's sooo year 2000 and not funny anymore"

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HL Mod Expo Report

By Maarten Goldstein, Dec 06, 2001 5:29am PST

Gamehelper has put together a nice little feature about the recent Half-Life mod expo, which showcased several promising mods for Valve's...

"Half Life is the single best FPS ever released. Best in graphics? At its time, yes. Best in ..."

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HL TV Network

By Maarten Goldstein, Dec 06, 2001 3:58am PST

The CPL site has an announcement from Speakeasy and Valve announcing that they have a PC Game Broadcast Network up and running to support 80,000...

"It beats the hell out of downloading the demo and watching it."

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Doug Lombardi Interview

By Maarten Goldstein, Dec 05, 2001 6:43am PST

CPL's World Championship tournament is kicking off real soon, and AVault has done a pre-event inteview with Valve's Doug Lombardi, about Valve's...

Firearms Interview

By Maarten Goldstein, Nov 17, 2001 7:33am PST

HomeLAN Fed has an interview up with Ben Irwin of the Firearms mod. Firearms is a Half-Life multiplayer mod, and JCal asks about the history of the...

HL Mod Expo Announced (Again)

By Maarten Goldstein, Nov 14, 2001 5:43pm PST

Sierra sent along a press release announcing the new date for the Half-Life Mod Expo. The third Mod Expo will be held Thursday, November 29th, from...

"I bet id wishes they could renegotiate the quake engine license to valve for a bigger cut, ..."

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Half-Life SDK v2.2

By Steve Gibson, Nov 08, 2001 5:08pm PST

Valve Software has released the v2.2 SDK for Half-Life that includes voice comm, spectator code, and deathmatch classic code. You can download it...

"Classic quake CTF!!! Omg, I want it so bad. I just might have to do it myself considering the ..."

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Day of Defeat Movie

By Maarten Goldstein, Nov 05, 2001 6:32am PST

Missed this over the weekend, but a preview movie from the upcoming Beta 2 of the Day of Defeat mod for Half-Life has been released. There's a high...

" Yeah well, while other wars were all very derivative, WWIII promises to break the mold with ..."

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