Half Life Junkie

Remember you can submit your mod news to news@halflife2.net, or add your mod to our mod listing database here. This week:Kingdoms Collide beta released- Version 1.0 beta released, along with a new trailer.Interview with Raindrop team- Gamer’s Guide to Life recently interviewed the team, in which they discuss inspirations and what modding for HL2 is [...]

Weekend Deal:
Batman: Arkham Asylum - $24.99 USD
Just Cause - $7.49 USD
Batman: Arkham Asylum + Just Cause Bundle - $22.09 USD

Latest News:

R.U.S.E. Public Beta Now Available Via Steam - In the public beta, players will have the opportunity to choose one of the 6 unique factions available in the game (US, UK, GER, USSR, FRANCE, IT) [...]

In a new deal today between Epic Games and Valve, the Steamworks tools are to be integrated for easier use to all Unreal Engine 3 licensees. The Unreal engine has been used for many top titles in the past few years and this move should allow further titles easier compatibility with Steam (and perhaps mods?). [...]

Valve have answered some of your basic questions about their recent Steam & Source games for Mac announcement in the latest post on the Official Team Fortress 2 blog.

Q: I own TF2 on the PC. Do I have to buy it again on the Mac?
A: No. If you own TF2 on the PC, you own [...]

An official announcement from Valve now states that Steam and the Source engine will become available on OSX. Valve’s library of games including Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike, Portal, and the Half-Life series will be available in April this year. Gabe says:As we transition from entertainment as a product to entertainment as [...]

Remember you can submit your mod news to news@halflife2.net, or add your mod to our mod listing database here. This week:Dear Esther revamp nearly complete- The Directors Cut of Dear Esther has hit the 50% mark, with massively overhauled environments.Visage media release- New screenshots shown, along with a weapon model and status report.New Orion Beta [...]

Over at PlanetPhillip.com there is a new mapping competition following on the from success of the Sniperville competition. The only stipulation as part of this competition is that the map involves the Episode 2 enemy, the hunter.The winning map will be the one that creates an interesting scenario using at least one Hunter. I am [...]

It’s official and what most people were expecting, Valve have announced Portal 2 for shipment this coming holiday season. Steam News.The news underlines several words which spell out - drattmannh0nee, which seems to be a new username and password for the BBS which was previously used to find new ASCII art. More soon…

Weekend Deal:

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising - 75% off ($7.49 USD)
Football Manager 2010 - 50% off ($19.99 USD)
Virtua Tennis 2009 - 75% off ($7.50 USD)

News:

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Limited Edition is Now Available - Battlefield: Bad Company 2 brings the award-winning Battlefield gameplay to the forefront of PC gaming with best-in-class vehicular combat and [...]

New update: Added valuable asset retrievalNew sound files found, and alternate ending for final fight with Glados. More details soon.