Screenshot: Running studios You’d expect a new Bethesda game to be the biggest RPG of the year, but no. Instead, it was like this Baldur’s Gate 3, which officially launched earlier this year to rave reviews. We’ve already written a lot about the game on the site, and you should too Check out these posts ...
New blood interactive A thousand cheers for the old-school FPS revival! Led by New Blood Interactive and 3D Realms (yes, the 3D Realms) there have been a slew of wonderful, ultra-fast 2.5D shooters over the past five years that have so successfully captured the joie de vivre of the mid-’90s while creeping in modern ideas ...
If you have played half-life 2 or source engine mods, you’ve probably seen the in-game model “Corpse01.mdl”. The burned corpse appears several times half-life 2‘s sewers and other parts of the game, and modders have often used it in fan projects. Everything is fine, yes? Well, it wasn’t until recently that fans noticed that the ...
Valve’s classic portal was recently re-released on Steam with some very snazzy new graphics, including ray tracing and DLSS support. This was great news for portal fans, but it’s also great news for fans of all kinds of old PC games. Before we go any further, I’ll explain the technology we’re talking about. RTX is ...
picture: ion storm That Shalebridge Cradle in the third Thief The game remains the scariest experience I’ve ever had playing games. For much of the game, it’s this ominous building that you’ll pass by on your way to other locations in the city. You hear rumors about it, hear its name muttered in fear until ...
gif: Valve / Source VR Mod Team / Kotaku As of last week, playing Valve’s groundbreaking 2004 shooter has been a longtime dream half-life 2 in virtual reality has finally come to fruition. The journey began nearly 10 years ago when a man named Nathan Andrews managed to hack together a working version of the ...
The “BreenGrub”picture: David McGreavy / Valve / Kotaku Avid Valve fan and collector David McGreavy just shared a vast trove of unseen concept art for Half-Life 2: Episode Three and other unreleased Valve projects as part of its efforts to preserve this history for the future. Over a decade ago, Valve began releasing smaller episodic ...
picture: Valve Yesterday, half-life Fans came together at an online event created by the community. The goal? Getting as many people as possible to play the 1998 original half-life on Steam to set a new record for concurrent players. And not only did they manage to do that, but they had fun remembering a game ...
gif: Siri’s Pendrake / Kotaku I’ve probably written this before on this very site, but when someone asks me what my favorite video game is, my standard answer is half-life 2. So any game trying to capture half-life 2The excellent blend of exploration, action, puzzle-solving, and emptiness in caught my attention. And if this game ...
Let go, Valve, I won’t be contained!picture: Valve / Nintendo / Kotaku So, Portal: The Companion Collectiona bundle of Valve’s 3D puzzle platformers portal and portal 2, just released on the Nintendo Switch. But not long after its surprise release during this week’s Direct Mini Partner Showcasea modder called OatmealDome has already found a way ...
