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Published on
November 29, 2024
Garry's Mod, a PC sandbox toolset leveraging Valve's Source Engine, has sold over 25 million copies on Steam, exceeding its creator's initial expectations. Its success spawned popular game modes like Prop Hunt and influenced other sandbox games.
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Published on
November 28, 2024
Valve's Half-Life 2 20th-anniversary update unintentionally broke a speedrunning strategy by adding an invisible wall, forcing a fix that then had to be fixed. This highlights the unexpected impact of updates on established speedrunning techniques.
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Published on
November 20, 2024
A modder combined Half-Life 2's physics into Need for Speed: Most Wanted, resulting in hilarious high-speed races where Gordon Freeman seemingly runs alongside cars, achieving record-breaking times.
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Published on
November 19, 2024
Valve narrowly avoided bankruptcy before Half-Life 2's release due to a lawsuit with Vivendi. A summer intern's Korean translation skills uncovered evidence of Vivendi destroying documents, leading to a settlement that saved Valve and changed PC gaming history.
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Published on
November 18, 2024
Valve's Gabe Newell reveals Half-Life 2: Episode 3's cancellation stemmed from a lack of compelling reasons beyond simply continuing the story, prioritizing Left 4 Dead instead, and ultimately failing to find a strong enough justification for its development.
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Published on
June 5, 2024
Little Kitty, Big City, an indie game inspired by Valve classics like Portal 2, emphasizes non-violent adventure and caters to both kids and parents, reaching over 100,000 sales within two days despite a Game Pass launch.
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