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Valve’s Long-Forgotten ‘Ricochet’ Sees Its All-Time Concurrent Player Record Obliterated Thanks to Dedicated Group of ‘Half-Life’ Fans
02 Apr 2025 01:35 GMT
… gathered together to play through Half-Life 2, breaking its concurrent player … for Half-Life, followed by its two expansions, Half-Life: Opposing Force and Half-Life: Blue … released as a mod for Half-Life, Ricochet came out in a …
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Half-Life Fans Are Playing Valve's "Worst" Game For April Fool's Day
01 Apr 2025 20:58 GMT
… greatest, genre-defining hits, like Half-Life, Portal... and Ricochet.
Ricochet 2 … so disappointed. Valve followed up Half-Life with a middling platformer where … years in the future of Half-Life.
Ricochet's measly 95 …
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Mini nuclear reactor rush has a short half-life
31 Mar 2025 15:36 GMT
AI’s ravenous appetite for always-on power has drawn the likes of Google and OpenAI boss Sam Altman into the race to build cheaper atom-splitters. But aspirations to triple nuke power could cost $7 trln, while cheap renewables already benefit from the …
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Valve considered making a 'B title' before Half-Life, until an exec told Gabe Newell 'that's just not gonna work… the company will fail'
31 Mar 2025 14:23 GMT
… saw the 25th anniversary of Half-Life, one of the most … thought the only way that Half-Life was really going to … considering another first-person shooter. Half-Life was after all intended to … Valve would struggle to sell Half-Life until Harrington came up with …
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Valve leads considered making a "mediocre" game before Half-Life to build the team up, but original marketing exec said "if you do that, the company will fail"
30 Mar 2025 13:04 GMT
… nowadays; but the original Half-Life was the most explosive release … recruiting the team to make Half-Life, the studio was headhunting … game to release ahead of Half-Life, which in turn would … also revealed that the Half-Life developers were afraid after its …
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I've Just Discovered This Hilarious Half-Life Trick Valve Used To Boost Sales, & Honestly, More Games Should Try It
29 Mar 2025 09:44 GMT
… and now we remember Half-Life as a groundbreaking beginning to … the initial release of Half-Life in 1998 presented Valve with … plenty of publications that loved Half-Life. That quality is what … and center, like the Half-Life sticker which allegedly started the …
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Half-Life 3 Is A Call For More Series To End
28 Mar 2025 18:05 GMT
… movement for over a decade. Half-Life — the most legendary of its … ] some spin-offs in the Half-Life universe in the future, but … ;s story and really leave Half-Life alone, because it just isn … wouldn't happen with Half-Life because Valve is Valve. It …
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Behind the headlines at Valve's rocky start
02 Apr 2025 12:53 GMT
… and the Valve documentary Half-Life, Harrington dived into elements … began on the original Half-Life.
Harrington explained that … likely secured the success Half-Life enjoyed when the … dealing with Sierra Entertainment.
Half-Life was a resounding success, …
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The most expected computer games in 2025
02 Apr 2025 07:30 GMT
… find Grand Theft Auto VI, Half-Life 3, The Witcher IV, Fable …
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Serena Williams' husband Alexis Ohanian fondly recalls his 'Fight Club'-like experience of being recognized in public
02 Apr 2025 06:40 GMT
… within the popular video game Half-Life 2 using spray paint.
“In … spray that I used in Half-Life 2 to spray on the …