I have said it many times but I am finally re-launching this site. More news to follow but I will be setting up a TF2 friendly fire server soon.

Source: Joe.To

Three spooky Counter-Strike: Source maps released together as one map pack just in time for the spookiest time of the year!

Brought to you by the mappers of the joe.to community.

cs_silenthill by AlphaKennyOne
The town of Silent Hill from the game of the same name. Wander through the thick fog and rescue the hostages.

de_fearmansion by Dr. Boo
A mansion, but not just any ordinary mansion. A mansion of FEAR. Lots of scares and creepiness abound.

de_haunts by NIPPER
Based on The Haunted Mansion from Disney World's Magic Kingdom. A true remake of cs_spooks. Watch the ride-through.

Download here.

Well after various re-launch attemps I am attempting to re-launch the site one last time.

News Posting

• Probably why most of you enjoy coming to this site is/was the constant update of news. Now you can post the news like I enjoy doing or summarize the news post and also quote a bit from the mod. Keen writing and communication skills are a must in this position as well as a broadband internet connection to upload pictures.

File Uploads

• Something that HLG has been lacking for some time is a nice selection of downloads. You would be responsible of obtaining, uploading and cataloging files pertaining to Half-Life and related subject matter. A broadband connection is required for this position like all of the others.

Content Reviews

• You can be a news poster, file uploader and do content review or just do content reviews; it does not matter. What does matter is knowledge of the community, what is going on, excellent communication skills and most importantly, great writing skills. With this position you would also be working with me to keep all of the other non-news pages up-to-date.

Some other things to consider before e-mailing me

• Are you able to dedicate a few hours every week to doing your job?


• Are you mature and professional enough to be working here? (You must be 18 or older)


• Able to have fun with this?

If so, please e-mail me at mjcs@hlgaming.com and please include all information that is needed for the task you would like to help out in. (For the file upload position please provide a sample summary of a file and for all other positions a sample news post or review of a mod (one paragraph is fine) will do.)

Thank you all and I hope to be hearing from you soon.

Half-Life Gaming.com is currently looking for help in the following areas:
News Posting

• Probably why most of you enjoy coming to this site is/was the constant update of news. Now you can post the news like I enjoy doing or summarize the news post and also quote a bit from the mod. Keen writing and communication skills are a must in this position as well as a broadband internet connection to upload pictures.

File Uploads

• Something that HLG has been lacking for some time is a nice selection of downloads. You would be responsible of obtaining, uploading and cataloging files pertaining to Half-Life and related subject matter. A broadband connection is required for this position like all of the others.

Content Reviews

• You can be a news poster, file uploader and do content review or just do content reviews; it does not matter. What does matter is knowledge of the community, what is going on, excellent communication skills and most importantly, great writing skills. With this position you would also be working with me to keep all of the other non-news pages up-to-date.

Some other things to consider before e-mailing me

• Are you able to dedicate a few hours every week to doing your job?


• Are you mature and professional enough to be working here? (You must be 18 or older)


• Able to have fun with this?

If so, please e-mail me at mjcs@hlgaming.com and please include all information that is needed for the task you would like to help out in. (For the file upload position please provide a sample summary of a file and for all other positions a sample news post or review of a mod (one paragraph is fine) will do.)

Thank you all and I hope to be hearing from you soon.

Source: Resistance and Liberation

The Resistance and Liberation (RnL) team is looking for a new player animator. The Resistance and Liberation team comprises of a group of highly skilled and professional developers from around the globe who have come together to focus on a comprehensive design goal. Following the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions in their battle to liberate Normandy, RnL aims to deliver an experience more realistic than any other game has portrayed so far, giving the player a totally new gaming experience. We like to be called an Infantry Simulator rather than simply a game.

All our player models are complete; they have been skinned and rigged in XSI. We are looking for a player animator that;

• Has a minimum of 2-3 years experience in animating character models.


• Has a good knowledge and understanding of human anatomy and how it moves.


• You must be able to provide a resume complete with examples of previous works, details of past experience, plus a short summary explaining why you would like to join the RnL team.


• Knowledge of weight mapping and HL2 is a bonus.

If you were accepted on to the development team you would be expected to provide weekly status reports on your progress, and complete the tasks given to you in a timely manor.

Our team is very solid, the core members have been together for years and our goal is to produce the highest possible content. We strongly encourage you to visit our website and check out our latest media

If you feel you have something to offer us and could contribute please fill in an application (http://www.forum.resistanceandliberation.com/newapp.php). We review every application and all are considered. Do not hesitate to apply on the grounds that you may not get in, everyone will be assessed reasonably and you are welcome to apply as many times as you like.

To encourage prospects to apply for our open player animation spot, we've decided to release some new media never seen before. We are also planning to follow this up in a week or so with some work in progress in our "Road To The Feature", a thread found in our community forum. This week we have a render of the lefh18 field gun, a few screens from St Marie Dumont showing the trenches area and a few screens from our climb system in action.

Source: Fortress Forever

Yep, we're getting closer. We've finished a few more playtests, and we have more to come in the near future. All of our servers are now up and running again. Woohoo!

So, it's Saturday. As you know, the FF devs don't do anything except work on FF. Since everyone was so freakin' bored, we figured, "Hey, why not show some more media?"

Huh, not a bad idea. Here you go.

Source: Steam

Valve and Introversion today announced an agreement to deliver DEFCON, a new online strategy game from the creators of the award-winning Darwinia, via Steam, Valve's pioneering broadband platform for games and digital content. In addition, Introversion's first game and cult hit Uplink is now available via Steam.

Introversion, the award-winning, maverick developer of the hit PC game, Darwinia, will be releasing its eagerly-awaited third title, DEFCON, in September 2006 via Steam and at retail outlets around the globe for $14.95. Uplink is now available as a stand-alone title via Steam for just $9.95 and is also included with Darwinia, the 2006 Independent Developer Festival winner, for a package price of $19.95.

"Steam has made Introversion a commercial success, and brought critical acclaim to Darwinia", said Thomas Arundel, commercial director of Introversion Software. "DEFCON is proof once again that the creation of exciting, unique games does not rely on years and years of development, nor a 100 strong dev team. With the release of DEFCON, Introversion continues to demonstrate that indie developers are at the forefront of exciting, innovative gaming experiences."

"As evidenced by the success of Darwinia, Steam is an excellent outlet for independent developers, such as Introversion, who are breaking new ground with the industry's pioneering titles," said Gabe Newell, co-founder and president of Valve. "With over 10 million registered users, the library of games offered via Steam continues to expand with games from all genres."

DEFCON is an online, competitive, multiplayer strategy game based around the theme of global thermonuclear war. The player assumes the role of a General hidden deep within an underground bunker, his mission being to successfully exterminate the enemy's civilian population whilst simultaneously disabling the enemy's ability to retaliate.

Source: Steam

Valve®, creators of the Steam broadband gaming platform, and PopCap Games®, the leading developer and publisher of casual games, today announced an agreement to deliver PopCap's games via Steam.
 
PopCap's titles such as Bejeweled and Zuma are benchmarks of the casual games industry; generating over 175 million downloads and three billion player minutes per month. Steam is the first full-featured broadband platform for the delivery and management of games and digital content, and has pioneered its broadband services to over 10 million customers, generating over six billion player minutes per month, with core titles such as Half-Life® 2 and Counter-StrikeTM.
 
"The addition of PopCap Games' expansive library of leading casual games is an important step for the growth of Steam and direct distribution channels," said Gabe Newell, co-founder and president of Valve. "The benefits of Steam will now be provided to a much wider group of games and game customers. PopCap games by themselves are larger by an order of magnitude than the next-gen consoles online gaming services."
 
"We know that our games appeal to all gamers, and not just some narrow 'puzzle game' niche," said Bryan Fiete, PopCap's co-founder and Chief Technology Officer. "This is a great opportunity to put our content in front of a large and passionate audience. We're thrilled to be the first casual game publisher to distribute our games via this new channel; we're all Steam users here in the studio, and it's going to be very cool to see our own titles up alongside such awesome content as Half-Life 2."
 
Initially, 17 of PopCap's products will be made available via Steam on August 30, 2006. Keeping with PopCap tradition, each PopCap game offered via Steam will be available for a free trial period as well as for purchase. And PopCap collection packages will also be offered.

Source: Fortress Forever

I mentioned a short while ago that we'd brought on another staff member who has been helping out with the pre-beta activities. He's a mysterious man who often goes by the name Eduardo, but he's more commonly known as Phish. He's been spending a lot of time testing in addition to being a utility guy who helps folks with a hodgepodge of tasks. We're happy to have Phish on the FF dev. team.

Although we hit a bit of a snag with the Linux dedicated server crashing issue that was introduced in the recent SDK updates, we've got a pair of windows servers going now so we are getting back on track with the beta plans. More on this soon!

For more chips & salsa, check out our media page.

Source: Forsaken

Media Update - We've added a brand new map Angel, the Civilian HQ ( 5 shots ). We have also added two in-game screenshots, with the first peak of our weapon models in-game and our HUD system - more to follow soon! including action shots from some of our alpha playtests. Check everything out over at our media page.

* We are also currently looking for some additional talented mappers, modellers, texture artists and coders (preferably with shader experience), so if you are interested apply here.