More on the half-life 2 craze. Here is a quite open pre review of Half-Life 2 for pc. You can check it out here.

Sorry about the lack of posts. There should be a whole lot tomorrow because the NDA with valve ends. Anyways back to the news.

Well I am getting there with finishing my new map. This was originaly a map for my old mod that really never got off the ground (lasertag). If you want to take a looks and a few or just one screenshot you can also access the site from here. I hope you like how it looks. Give me anything you think should be in there like more things to hide behind and such. You can reach me on IRC irc.gamesnet.net #hlgaming.com.

Files!, Ever had a file that no one would host? Skin, Map, Or anything of that sort? Well look no further HLGaming will soon be introducing a new MAP/Skin hosting system. You email us with a screenshot, description and link to the file, We'll check it out and post it in our files section for you giving you the ability to Link your friends too our site saying "Hey guys go get my map!." I will have this new system setup soon! So come back and check for updates!

Here is some news from planethalflife and things that i have been hearing myself.

• Half-Life 2 is scheduled for a September 30th release.
  
• Yes, you're still Gordon Freeman, and yes, the story assumes you went to work for the G-Man.
  
• Half-Life 2 takes place in a European city called "City 17."
  
• Headcrabs will be back! Although some of the Xen aliens will be your friends?
  
• Barney is back. And so is Half-Life's original writer, Marc Laidlaw.
  
• While the new engine has all sorts of fancy features, it's still designed to work on lower-end machines. Apparently a 700mhz processor and a video card capable of running DX6 is enough, although a 2ghz with a GeForce4 is recommended.
  
• The girl in the promo art is named Alyx, a daughter of a scientist who factors into the story somehow. She's not playable.
  
• Scripted Sequences will be more interactive.
  
• Half-Life 3 is planned, so expect another cliffhanger ending.

If you have any news please send it using the link above

Cillham and the Hostile Intent Beta Testing team have released a new ingame preview of the forthcoming mod Hostile Intent. It's about 2 minutes long and weighs in at 10 megabytes. Enjoy!

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As the retail release date of the popular mod Day of Defeat grows closer, it has gone gold. Here is the official announcment from the DoD Team (from Activision) :

VALVE'S DAY OF DEFEAT GOES GOLD, PREPARES TO INVADE RETAIL SHELVES EVERYWHERE
London, UK - April 22, 2003 - Gamers get ready to finalize war plans and ready the reinforcements as Valve's Day of DefeatTM has gone gold. The multiplayer action-packed WWII game pits players in Axis vs. Allies squad-based combat in Western Europe at the height of the war in 1944. Day of Defeat is powered by Valve's Half-Life® technology and is the first title to be published by Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) under its new strategic partnership with Valve. The title is scheduled for release this May.

Yarrr!!

Pirates, Vikings, and Knights has made it on GameSpy's "Top Ten Mods That Aren't Played".

Although, I think it shoulda been #2 or #1 ;)

Have a look here - #5

For those of you who have never played Pirates, Vikings, and Knights, or have never heard of it, it is a wonderful mod! It has 3 Teams with 3 classes per. Theres muskets, crossbows, giant swords, axes, you name it. It'd be worth your while and mine, if you checked Pirates, Vikings, and Knights out here!

It is now official that there is a Half-Life 2 and will be showing at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (Valve's Doug Lombardi). This is the first official (that we know of) saying from Valve that there will be a Half-Life 2. I know the community will be verry anxious this year. It is scheduled to be release sometime this year at a date not yet known. (Gamer.nl). All I am wondering is if I can get tickets :cool: I will keep you updated as things unfold.
UPDATE:
We will get more informations soon. We are not too sure when the SDK will come out and such

Cyber sent me his Sven Coop map sc_suiciderun the other evening, and I played it. Because it's on this site, it obviously got my approval. Full of surprises, it's worth your time. Go to the Map page to fetch it post-haste.

HomeLAN has interviewed the official CS bot maker, Michael Booth, about the bots he made for Counter-Strike. Here is a small amount of the interview:

HomeLAN - What were the main goals in creating a bot that can realistically play Counter-Strike offline?

Michael Booth - The primary goal was to allow people to enjoy the Counter-Strike experience by themselves, without requiring other players or a network connection. This allows players who are new to Counter-Strike, or who don't enjoy the ultra-competitive nature of the online community, the ability to play this addictive game on their own terms [...].