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• Half-Life 2: The Orange Box, Portal: Still Alive, Left 4 Dead 1 & 2 now enhanced for Xbox One X

  New titles have been added to the Xbox One X enhanced backward compatibility library, and it will please many a Valve fan.

• View Half-Life 2's City 17 as an official city map

  Have you ever wondered what Half-Life 2’s City 17 would look like in an atlas? Now you can find out!

• Valve will let fans sell 3D-printed merch for Dota 2, CS: GO, Portal, Half-Life, and Team Fortress 2

  If you thought Valve turning game submissions over to fans was a big deal, buckle up.

• Half-Life 2: Aftermath is a mod which combines content from Episode 3 leaks and prototypes

  A project which combines content from the cancelled Half-Life 2: Episode 3 has been released in the wake of Marc Laidlaw’s “Epistle 3” posted last week.

• Half Life 2: VR mod remasters the original game with weapon interactions for virtual reality

  Praise Modders! A group of folks have restored VR code for Half-Life 2 (HLVR) in order to make it playable on Oculus and HTC Vive.

• Valve's VR ambassador, Half-Life 2 and Portal writer Chet Faliszek has left the company

  Chet Faliszek has left Valve after devoting 12 years to the company.

• Half-life projects "ultimately just starve to death" in Valve's company culture, says alleged insider

  Half-life 3 does not exist and has never existed. A depressing harvest from the latest crop of rumours.

• Half-Life 2 and the rest of The Orange Box comes to Xbox One via backwards compatibility

  Xbox One users can now play Half-Life 2 thanks to backwards compatibility.

• Fan-made Half-Life Opposing Force sequel, Prospekt, is out now

  While we collectively wait for Half-Life 3 to happen, let’s continue the story of Opposing Force.

• Half-Life 2 game Prospekt continues the story of Opposing Force from a new perspective

  Prospekt is a Half-Life 2 game which continues the story of the Gearbox Software-developed Opposing Force, and it is now available for pre-order on Steam.

• Half-Life 2 is 11 years old

  Yesterday was the 11th anniversary of Half-Life 2.

• Half-Life 2 meets Hotline Miami in this free mashup called Half-Line Miami

  You probably already saw this Half-Life 2 and Hotline Miami mashup yesterday. If you have, just pretend you never saw this. Those who missed it, head below.

• Amazon Game Studios developing "ambitious new PC game project"

  Amazon Game Studios is developing an “ambitious new PC game project” according to a recent job listing posted on Gamasutra.

• Half-Life 2: Update mod applies some sparkle to the original title

  Half-Life 2: Update will be available tomorrow, and thanks to the modding community, those who own the vanilla version of the game can apply a visual update to the 2004 title.

• Iconic locations from last-gen games recreated in higher-res and in HD

  Have you ever wondered how would some of the levels in games from the Xbox 360 and PS3 era look if we have infinite hardware power? Well, wonder no more, someone has recreated them in HD, the way they deserve to look.

• The Chuckle Brothers are in Half-Life mod Black Mesa

  UK comedy heroes Paul and Barry Chuckle are in Half-Life mod Black Mesa.

• Half-Life 2 mod NeoTokyo is now finally on Steam

  Those of us who used to play old versions of Counter-Strike back when it was the only competitive shooter on offer, will surely remember hearing about, or even playing the cyberpunk-themed mod, NeoTokyo. The mod was released way back in 2008 but has only now been added to Steam.

• You can now play Half-Life 2 on your Nvidia Shield

  Following Portal, Valve’s classic shooter Half-Life 2 is now available on Nvidia’s Shield.

• Half-Life fan film shows the Combine invasion of Earth - watch the teaser trailers here

  Half-Life: The Fall Down of Evolution is a fan film that tells the events of the Combine’s seven-hour invasion of Earth. A pair of teaser trailers have been released to whet your appetite.