It was choppy, unreliable, and populated almost entirely by screamy mic spammers, but my word, do I miss the days of Half-Life Deathmatch Source. It's one of the enduring images of my own PC gaming ...

Valve Corporation is easily one of the most influential companies in gaming history, with iconic and genre-defining video game franchises including Portal, Half-Life, Counter Strike, and more. While ...

Counter-Strike changed first-person shooters forever with its deliberate team-based combat. Twenty-five years after the game’s official release, one of its college creators reflects. By Calum Marsh ...

Every game engine has its defining, instantly recognizable quirk. When you think of Rockstar's RAGE, you picture the flailing, floppy hit reactions from GTA 4 and Red Dead Redemption 2. With ...

Wishful thinking: Although Valve has not acknowledged that it is working on Half-Life 3, years of data mining have uncovered a growing body of evidence suggesting that it is not only in development ...