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EXPLAINED: Gordon freeman - The Real Truth

I got so freaked out by the fact that Gordon Freeman is canonically 27 that I decided to find out how old all the other classic FPS protagonists are, and it didn't make me feel better

Time, Dr Freeman?

PC Gamer

Dev ports Half-Life to the PS1, asks Valve if it's cool with that, and says he'll "make it public" if he doesn't hear back in a month

"Not an emulator and not a demake"

GamesRadar

Elon Musk considered calling OpenAI 'Freeman' because of the bonkers rationale that the Half-Life protagonist represented 'what we are essentially trying to achieve'

Hey, it's better than "Axon."

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"There was an arrogant assumption that players of shooters didn't want and wouldn't care about a story; we just didn't believe this": Go behind the scenes of Half-Life with legendary Valve designer Marc Laidlaw

Retro | We return to the abandoned halls of Black Mesa to uncover how a truly revolutionary video game was created

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Half-Life writer was surprised how few FPS games followed Valve's approach to story: "Medal Of Honor, for instance, and Call Of Duty both followed those principles, but it was inconsistent"

You see bits of Half-Life's narrative design in Call of Duty, but much of Valve's influence came in other forms

GamesRadar

Valve isn't putting Gordon Freeman into any new games, so Deadlock modders have taken matters into their own hands

Close enough, welcome back Half-Life.

PC Gamer

Here's that noir thriller built in the original Half-Life engine you asked for

Blast your way through the neon-drenched city of Prava as you aim to take down its most dangerous gangster.

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Celebrate the holidays the way Saint Nick intended, by blasting through hordes of enemies in the best Christmas-themed FPS mods

How does the Doom Slayer open his presents? He rips and tears until it is done.

PC Gamer

Half-Life 3 hopefuls suffer yet another Game Awards, from a promising trailer that ended up being Control Resonant to a busier-than-usual Domino's branch: "The game was meant to be there"

Nothing ever happens

GamesRadar

Steam Machine Clue Sets Half-Life 3 Fans Alight as Speculation Hits New High

The code name for the Steam Machine was previously left unnoticed but now, fans are believing it's linked to Half-Life 3.

International Business Times UK

'Half-Life 3' Rumours Reignite: Every Leak and Datamine Discovered Over the Last Year

The recent buzz surrounding Half-Life 3 has reignited a few prominent leaks about the upcoming title over the last year. Is the anticipated title really coming soon?

International Business Times UK

Half-Life 3 Leaks Point To Reveal Next Week: Everything We Know About The Previously Cancelled Sequel

The rumour mill is spinning and it points to a Half-Life 3 announcement coming pretty soon. With the game being cancelled years ago, exactly what is going on?

International Business Times UK

A mod that lets you play Half-Life 2 multiplayer as the mercs from Team Fortress 2 is coming to Steam

Wake up and smell the jarate.

PC Gamer

Former Valve exec says the company struggled to sell Half-Life until coming up with the ultimate 'one simple trick' of marketing manoeuvres: slapping a 'Game of the Year' sticker on the box

"Okay, so you've done the game. Now what happens?"

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Gordon Freeman joins a retro pandimensional deathmatch in crossover mod Quake Champions Classic

Joining the likes of Duke Nukem, Commander Keen and the guy from Dusk.

PC Gamer

If you missed it over the holidays, this noir Half-Life 2 mod turns you into a hardboiled detective in Prohibition-era Chicago

The Burton Equation is full of fedoras, Tommy guns, and, oh yeah, time travel.

GamesRadar

A speedrunner just beat Need for Speed: Most Wanted's world record by 90 minutes - by using Half-Life's Gordon Freeman instead of a car

Words fail me...

The Guardian - UK

‘We don’t go to Ravenholm’: the story behind Half-Life 2’s most iconic level

On the 20th anniversary of the seminal game, we look back at the extraordinary moment where sci-fi dystopia turned into tense and terrifying body horror

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Tom’s Guide

Is Half-Life 3 actually going to happen?! New rumors suggest it finally could

A leaked actor’s profile page detailed a Valve title named ‘Project White Sands’ and some believe it could be the mythical Half-Life 3.

PC Gamer

Great moments in PC gaming: That time Valve released three new games on the same day

The Orange Box was a true anomaly.

PC Gamer

Abiotic Factor, a 6-player survival game where you're scientists in a paranormal lab, is rising up Steam's top-sellers chart

Hero of the universe Gordon Freeman? Not this time. In Abiotic Factor, you're one of the lab-coat-wearing nerds in the background.

PC Gamer

Team Fortress 2's latest silly business sees the game crashing because it thought players were Gordon Freeman

Gordon is the 10th class, spread the word.

TechRadar

I just saw what Half-Life 2 should look like in 2024, and I've changed my mind about Nvidia’s RTX Remix tool

Omniverse is still a terrible name, but RTX Remix is extremely cool - so I’m no longer hating on Nvidia’s magical game remake tool.

PC Gamer

The Half-Life vibes are intense in the free Steam demo for co-op survival game Abiotic Factor

And you're even better than Gordon Freeman because you'll actually use your brain for science.

Inverse

25 Years Ago, A Revolutionary First-Person Shooter Permanently Altered The DNA of Video Games

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