Former Valve exec recounts the meeting where Half-Life's publisher almost killed the iconic FPS: "Half-Life would quietly die. I was stunned"
Life's original publisher almost abandoned the game and pulled marketing funds, nearly leaving the hugely influential shooter ...
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Half-Life Publisher Sierra Almost Abandoned The Game Before Launch
Half-Life ’s original publisher, Sierra, almost abandoned the highly influential FPS, nearly pulling its marketing funds ...
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The Dramatic Half-Life Deal That Altered The Fate Of Valve Forever
The terms of the deal, Harrington said, was that Valve would fund all but $1 million of the development costs of Half-Life's ...
Valve CMO threatened the company would walk away from games if it didn't own the rights to Half-Life—'It wasn't an idle threat—we weren't going to take on all of the r…
Game Developer's Conference, and one of this year's most interesting talks was delivered by Monica Harrington, a founding ...
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OG Half-Life publisher Sierra planned to “abandon” the game before Valve threatened them
The original Half-Life was almost abandoned by publisher Sierra On-Line before Valve threatened to reveal their unsavoury ...
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‘Half-Life: Alyx’ is Now Five Years Old. What’s Next for Valve in VR?
Alyx reshaped expectations for VR gaming, Valve remains a quiet yet critical force in the industry. Despite little fanfare, ...
Half-Life: Alyx, VR’s first — and hopefully not last — killer app, turns 5
It’s trite to say this five years after launch, but Half-Life: Alyx felt like a door being kicked open, revealing what’s ...
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Half-Life 2 RTX is very impressive, but that’s just how I remember the game looking
Back when Valve released Half-Life 2 in 2004, it was probably the best-looking game I’d ever seen. The game’s pre-baked ...
Half-Life 2 RTX is struggling on Steam, as players face performance woes
The free Half-Life 2 RTX demo overhauls the classic FPS from Deadlock and Portal 2 creator Valve, but Steam players are ...
The Half-Life 2 RTX demo is out now and well worth a go… if your graphics card can take it
Head over to the Half-Life 2 RTX steam page and it's available to download. Once in, you can play through Ravenholm, and if ...
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The Half-Life 2 RTX demo proposes a nice visual upgrade and not much else
The demo for RTX gives aglimpse at the mod's comprehensive visual overhaul, though don't expect it to evoke much besides ...
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Half Life 2 RTX demo hands-on preview: A massive visual upgrade from the original, but there's a problem
If you are a fan of the Half Life franchise, this time might be great for you as Valve's iconic Half Life 2 now has an RTX ...