A Half Life movie is one of those projects that’s been rumoured for eons but has always seemed like a slightly dodgy idea. And it seems Gabe Newell and the crew at Valve feel the same. The head honcho behind Half Life, Portal and Left 4 Dead says he wouldn’t trust Hollywood with a Half Life movie and would rather do it himself instead…
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We are not sure how this will affect the “Are games art?” debate, but gaming has just had a little boost in academic circles with the news that Portal is now on the reading list at a US university. Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana has added Valve’s first-person puzzler to the list of required ‘reading’ materials for first-year students.
Apple has pushed out an OS X Snow Leopard graphics update to fix performance and reliability issues with popular Steam titles including Starcraft II and Portal. If you’ve been putting off firing up Software Update, here’s why you should sit patiently and grab the Apple graphics patch…
Portal 2 has had its E3 launch cancelled. Normally that would mean the game was delayed but this is Valve we’re talking about and they’ve released a cryptic press release promising a surprise in place of the planned press conference. Could Portal 2 be joined by Half Life 3?
Steam for Mac has finally gone live with an extra treat for long-deprived Mac gamers and PC folk too: Portal is currently free to download! Read on for details on how to pick up Valve’s perplexing puzzler and the other games that have so far made the jump to Steam for Mac.
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Portal has had another little tweak following the introduction of secret messages and radios that teased the arrival of a Portal sequel, a Half Life sequel or even both. The latest teaser from Valve is an extra 15 seconds added to the ending of Portal. Warning: spoiler ahead…