Valve first came up with the Steam Hardware Survey more than 20 years ago because it wanted to know what specs it should target for Half-Life 2
The first public Steam Hardware Survey came in April 2003, but there were private antecedents used by Valve earlier.
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
When it comes to the top earners in the country, athletes have just about everyone beat. And former NFL star Peyton Manning ...
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Half-Life 2: How To Use Rocket Launcher
In Half-Life 2, the rocket launcher is one of the powerful weapons capable of decimating any enemy in its way, and it's also ...
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Valve added an invisible wall to this sewer pipe in Half-Life 2 in their anniversary update - but it only annoyed speedrunners
Valve added an invisible wall to Half-Life 2 in the 20th anniversary update, but it got in the way of some speedruns, so they've since disabled it.
Minerva: Metastasis is the best Half-Life game Valve never made
Half-Life 2 celebrated its 20th anniversary last week, with Valve releasing a hefty update to the original game alongside a ...
Half-Life 3 rumours continue thanks to newest Valve datamines
Yet another Half-Life 3 rumour is making waves amongst fans, but there remains no sign of any actual announcement.
How Half-Life 2's minimum specs led to the creation of the Steam Hardware survey
The Steam survey, which allows users of the platform to reveal their hardware and software specs to Valve so the data can be ...
Former Valve dev reveals the origin behind the iconic Orange Box
In a TikTok ( spotted by PC Gamer ), former Valve writer Chet Faliszek recalled that The Orange Box was almost something way ...
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Valve Reveals Bizarre Origins of Half-Life 2's Gnome Chompski
A simple challenge between Half-Life 2 developers led to the creation of the game's Gnome Chompski prop and its associated achievement, a Valve employee has revealed. Aside from Half-Life 2, the ...
Half-Life 2’s anniversary update makes it a dream to play on Steam Deck for a first timer like me
Having heard about the greatness of Half-Life 2 for decades, so far Valve's masterpiece is living up to the hype on its own ...
NASA awards SpaceX a contract for one of the few things it hasn’t done yet
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy has launched 11 times, all successfully, and is based on the Falcon 9 rocket rated to ferry people into ...
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Forget GTA, The Original Gaming Event Series Is Half-Life
The last five years have been an amazing time to become a Half-Life fan. I didn't own a gaming PC until 2019 but, almost immediately after getting one, the long-dormant FPS series ...