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Half-Life Gaming started out quite weak but has gathered strength against overwhelming odds. For a game that has already had a community (PHL) for so long it is a wonder that sites like this do so well, but we do. On behalf of the entire HLG team I would like to wish you very Happy Holidays.

Source: Eternal Silence

We've kept you waiting for well over a month now, with no new pics or graphic content. Firstly I'd like to wish everyone a merry Christmas and happy holidays. The team has been working though, we dont like slacking , and all this work eventually accumulated and seeing as christmas is only a few days away, we thought it would be a good present for you guys. We have lots to go over, so lets take this one step at a time.

Firstly, new arrivals to the team. I'd like to introduce to you all Sven, a new artist, Duff, our new mapper and C_Sharp, the latest addition to the modelling team. Lastly I would like to re-introduce Syncr0, who used to work on ES1 and recently regrouped with us for concept art.

Secondly, the site updates. Unfortunatly bUsh wasn't able to pull through with those changes in time, although you should be seeing them crop up in the next few days. I also know some of you were misinformed that the site was getting a facelift, the anwser to that would be no. Now for the good news, we have just recently setup a gallery script, fully loaded with all the major ES pics of the different equipment for both sides.

Source: Steam Powered

An update to Steam has been released to fix a problem that a small number of users have experienced when attempting to launch. Users who experienced this bug would see the initial progress bar reach 99% and not progress any further.

Users who are currently in this state should download and run this installer in their current Steam directory.

Source: Riot in Progress

Riot in Progress sp mod for half-life released.
Download: http://www.migandi.org.uk/mods/R.I.P/download.htm
The file is 65 mb and has a footprint of 158 mb installed.

Game Manual: http://www.migandi.org.uk/manual/RIP-Game-Manual.htm
Final Screenshots: http://www.migandi.org.uk/mods/R.I.P/newerpic-2/1.htm

After the "Assault on Roswell" you destroyed the Alien Virus. at least you think you did !, it seems you yourself were infected and have become a carrier of this mind altering disease and are the unwilling host bringing the virus to your place of birth Portown. (a medium sized town on the coast.) With increasing intensity the pains in your head and the epileptic seizures you endure along with the alarming waking nightmares of unknown evil beings bring you to the conclusion you must find a cure or die trying, with most of Portown losing control with the disease, you have become the Avatar and the last hope of civilization, but at the same time you are the Reaper of all despair and destruction. The future is in your hands ultimate evil or ultimate salvation. The choice is yours are you up to it?

After going to see your Scientist friends at the Black Mess-up Facility they confirmed you were indeed infected with an Alien Virus and that they had no cure as yet but said that the head of Black Mess-up wanted someone to return to Portown to contain the Virus and as you spread it in the first place you seemed like the most obvious choice.

He also said that if no cure was found then elimination of all suspected contaminants must be completed and you must take the Red Pill (not the white one) when you have completed this mission!

Source: MysticMDT

I've updated the Sudden-Impact section with new screenshots from the China Campaign. Better quality screenshots will be uploaded when the map is updated.

Also I've uploaded a higher quality version of the Project: Guilty Theme song that you can grab here:

http://www.edgefiles.com/files/11066.html

Source: The CPL

Here's a quick list of where you can find online coverage of The CPL Pentium® 4 Processor Winter 2003 Championship, taking place at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Dallas, Texas, from Tuesday, December 16 to Saturday, December 20, 2003.
I. Official coverage (videos, pictures and HLTV) - cpl.netfire.com
II. Official IRC coverage & webcam - cplcast.com
III. Team Sportscast Network (shoutcast) - tsncentral.com
IV. gotFrag - gotfrag.com
V. Gamers.nu - gamers.nu
VI. Gamer.tv - gamer.tv
VII. SoGamed - Link coming soon...

Source: Steam Powered

Steam will be updated this evening at approximately 7:00 PST. This update will not have any direct impact on any games. The next time you restart Steam you will automatically download this update.

STEAM:

• Fixed bug in create account wizard where it would stall if a failure had previously occurred


• Switch minidump generation back to small memory dumps, instead of full memory dumps


• Localized content caches now mapped into app dependency list dynamically


• Add progress bar for cache validation

SERVER BROWSER:

• Added history tab showing servers most recently connected to


• Added ability to add/remove columns from server lists


• Added secure server & ip address columns (off by default)


• Set bots column to be hidden by default


• Changed location filter control to appear on every page, but disabled when appropriate


• Changed location filter to use '' instead of 'world', to match the other filters


• Double-clicking between column headers in ListPanel now resizes the column to fit the widest text


• Fixed HTML control not laying out properly the first time the scrollbar was made visible

HLDS UPDATE:

• Improved load balancing randomization


• If InstallRecord.blob is not found, it will verify the current install instead
  of starting over from version zero

Source: Destiny Forbidden

Our first news: Our website is up and working perfect thanks to Prozak. We also just released our Public Design Document so read that to get a generalized idea of the mod. Note: I did not include the space section becase I do not feel it is ready to be released, yet.

I am also in the process of hiring new team members so just drop me your application to:
briguy992@sbcglobal.net with Destiny Forbidden Application as the subject. Any and all positions will most likely be accepted.

Source: Sven Co-op

The Sven Co-op site has been updated with:

• Details on why 3.0 hasn't been released just yet


• An image displaying the Sven Co-op Steam menu for the first time


• Sixteen screenshots from various new maps coming with v3.0 (such as AfrikaKorps, a WW2-themed map in which the players do battle with axis forces).


• Information on a couple of previously unannounced features


• The Sven Co-op 3.0 FGD file, so mappers can get an early start on their 3.0 maps.


• And more.

Source: Citizen-132

We are proud to annouce the release of 3 new media screenshots.

The Environmental Concept shows our main character over looking the town of Le Berne. This was done by our concept artist, Taco241.

Polygunner, head of modeling, has completed the concept art AND model of Project Alpha, the virtual "screw up" of the Citizen-132 project.

We hope you enjoy, only two days left in the contest, so keep the entries coming!