The Untouchables: Half-Life 2
The first of a series of articles in which we, with the help of developers, dissect some of the most revered games of all time.
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The 2011 Edge Awards: online
Modern Warfare 3, Portal 2 and Dark Souls vie for our best online experience award.
2Places: Aperture Science
Why Valve’s time-ravaged laboratory is a masterpiece of darkly comic but linear design.
2The Making Of: Left 4 Dead
Valve’s co-op take on undead horror redefined online play and scared us witless. Not bad for an apocalypse with just 30 zombies.
2Working (and playing) for Valve
How playing other people’s games might just get you a job making their next one.
Portal 2: Filling The Potato Sack
The behind the scenes story of how a group of indie developers created an ARG to promote another developer's sequel.
The Best Games Of 2000 To 2009: Half-Life 2
Over the holidays we look back at our games of the decade, starting with Valve's milestone in narrative design.
Portal 2 Preview
We return to Aperture's labs to investigate the science and storytelling behind Valve's sequel.
GDC 2011 Preview: Mike Ambinder
Valve's very own experimental psychologist on what biofeedback can bring to games.
Can Sandy Bridge Revolutionise PC Gaming?
Valve and RedLynx on what Intel’s new processor means for gamers.
Valve: Are Games Too Expensive?
Convincing results from pricing experiments on Steam say that just might be the case.
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