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Valve has decided to reconsider its approach to updates for the hero shooter Deadlock. Let us recall that the project is still in the early stages of development, despite the active online.

Valve has officially announced that the SteamOS operating system will be available on third-party devices, not just the Steam Deck. The first such device will be the portable console Lenovo Legion Go S.

NVIDIA brought another treat to CES 2025 by showcasing a visual comparison between the original Half-Life 2 and its upcoming remastered edition.

It looks like Valve is indeed preparing for some kind of announcement. Players have noticed new content in Counter-Strike 2 and compared it to a recent teaser from the official «voice» of G-Man from Half-Life.

Mike Shapiro, the official voice of G-Man from the Half-Life game series, has addressed his subscribers with a mysterious message. In his New Year's greeting, the actor promised some «surprises» in 2025.

Authoritative dataminer Gabe Follower reported that Valve has already begun internal playtests of Half-Life 3. If everything goes well, the announcement of the new game may take place in 2025.

Valve has released its list of the most successful games on Steam in 2024. Each of the two lists features 12 titles that generated the highest revenue between January 1st and December 15th.

Steam has launched a dedicated page with personal year-end highlights for 2024. Players can discover their favorite projects and genres, time spent, and achievements unlocked.

Recently, renowned journalist Jason Schreier reported that there will be two major announcements at The Game Awards 2024. According to him, they will be so significant that players will be left speechless. Rumor has it that one of these projects is Half-Life 3.

Valve has released its latest sales chart on Steam, covering the week of November 26 to December 3. Surprisingly, Cyberpunk 2077 claimed the top spot, boosted by a 55% discount during the Autumn Sale.

At one time, Half-Life 2 became one of the most popular games for speedrunning thanks to the physics of the Source engine. However, Valve recently almost ruined the speedrun by releasing a fixed anniversary edition.

Wolfire Studios and Dark Catt Studios have successfully achieved class-action status against Steam. U.S. District Judge Jamal N. Whitehead granted their motion.

Recently, a new patch for Half-Life 2 was released, bringing various fixes and improvements to the game. It's remarkable that Valve continues to support their project even 20 years after its initial release.

Last week, it was revealed that Valve is working on two new controllers: the Steam Controller 2 and a gamepad for the Deckard VR headset. Recently, the first images of these devices were leaked online.

Today, Steam is such a popular PC gaming platform that it has faced lawsuits over monopoly claims. But for 20 years, almost no one believed that anyone would need the service at all.

The puzzle game Portal 2 was released back in 2011, but even today the graphics in the game do not look outdated. However, a modder with the nickname xoxor4d decided that this is not the limit, and added ray tracing to the game.

Game designer Greg Coomer, often referred to as the «real-life Gordon Freeman» (his likeness was partially used in the creation of Half-Life 2), has left Valve. Reddit users discovered the news after noticing updates to his LinkedIn profile.

The iconic Half-Life 2 celebrated its 20th anniversary with a slew of new content and a free giveaway on Steam. This led to the shooter achieving an online player count that many AAA games can only dream of.

Recently, American activists from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) announced that they had found more than 1.8 million examples of «extremist content» created by users of the platform on Steam. US authorities have already responded to the organization's report.

On November 16, 2004, the second part of the Half-Life series hit the shelves. The development lasted for six years, and it was accompanied by difficulties and scandals. However, in the end, we got an excellent shooter that was ahead of its time. Today, we will recall why Half-Life 2 seemed like a brilliant project 20 years ago, and we will tell you how it is perceived today.