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"That was not going to work for Valve": Canceled Half-Life spinoff game Ravenholm was "great, frankly," says Arkane founder, but it couldn’t survive under Valve's "very clear business plan"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Ravenholm didn't stand a chance

"Valve would never ship another game": Former exec forced Half-Life publisher's hand by saying Gabe Newell and the team would pivot away from game dev
By Dustin Bailey published
News 🌄"I knew Gabe had interesting ideas that had nothing to do wi🔯th games"

Half-Life 2's anniversary update broke a simple speedrunning strat that was in use for 20 years, so Valve has now fixed the 'fix' in a new patch
By Kaan Serin published
News T🙈he 20th anniversary update included some annoying c🌠hanges for speedrunners

Valve was "pretty close to going bankrupt" until it was saved from a pre-Half-Life 2 lawsuit by a summer intern who happened to major in Korean language studies
By Dustin Bailey published
News Gabe Newell's personꦍal finances were on the line too

Half-Life 2: Episode 3 never happened because Valve lead Gabe Newell thought just “pushing the story forward” wasn’t a good enough reason to make a game
By Anna Koselke published
News “We could’ve shipped it, it wouldn’t have🅰 been 🧸that hard”

20 years later, Half-Life 2 Deathmatch still my favorite online multiplayer FPS of all time
By Joe Donnelly published
Opinion O𝔉pinion | You can rip toilets🍌 from the wall and kill enemies with them. Enough said?

Valve dev explains why Half-Life 2's eyes were (and maybe still are) the best in the biz
By Kaan Serin published
News The G-Man is creepy for a reason

Half-Life 2 fans praise fan-made prequel set in Combine rebellion years before Gordon Freeman shows up
By Anne-Marie Ostler published
news "Very impressive mod🦩 with a fresh se✨tting, but stays true to the core gameplay loop of Half-Life 2"
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