Over the last few days, one topic seems to have cropped up on several sites I check every now and then. They definitely caught my attention. The subject you might be wondering? Half-Life. Back in November 2004, Half-Life 2 appeared on the PC gaming scene and blew first person shooters into a new and exciting realm. Gordon Freeman was back. This time in a more compelling … [Read more...]
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Team Fortress 2 – now free to play…
There's some good news for PC and Mac gamers who fancy a bit of Team Fortress 2 - you can now play it for free! It was originally released back in 2007 as part of The Orange Box compilation for Xbox 360 and PC, followed by a PS3 version later the same year, and a standalone PC game in 2008. Finally the Mac version arrived in 2010 shortly after Steam appeared for Mac OS … [Read more...]
Portal: I’m here… Come and get me!!
And it's out!!! Yes we know it's not an actual FPS... May be we'll need to update our site and take into account FPP's (first-person puzzler's)... It's first-person... That counts right?! Well, it's out and I'm sure many of you have purchased this already. If not, you are probably too busy playing Crysis. Either way, you still need to buy this! Game of the Year?! Oh … [Read more...]
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Half-Life: Will there be another Episode?!
First, there was Half-Life, taking two years to develop. Then there was Half-Life 2, taking six years. And then smaller Episodes, which Valve said would help them release playable content at a steady and constant pace. They called it HL3... in instalments... Although all episodic games have been packaged with the HL2 title. Confusing indeed. Now, three and a bit years since … [Read more...]
Full-size, fully-working FT2 sentry gun
No matter how annoyed you might get after a bad game of Team Fortress 2, don't start shouting in Valve's office. They're now received a fully functioning replica of a level 1 Team Fortress 2 sentry gun. It can detect movement, track from side-to-side, light up and make authentic sounds, which is obviously just what you need to welcome you when you get to work with a hangover … [Read more...]