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This is a selected list of Source engine mods (modifications), the game engine created by Valve for most of their games, including Half-Life, Team Fortress 2, and Portal, as well as licensed to third parties. This list is divided into single-player and multiplayer mods.
Deathmatch Classic – A free, official Half-Life mod by Valve that updates the multiplayer gameplay from id Software's Quake, featuring enhanced textures, models, and lighting. [4] It was released on June 7, 2001, [5] and included in an update to Half-Life a month later. [6] OS X and Linux ports of the Windows game were released through Steam ...
A screenshot of Half-Life 2: Episode One. The high-dynamic-range rendering and Phong shading effects are evident. The Source 2006 branch was the term used for Valve's games using technology that culminated with the release of Half-Life 2: Episode One.
Through Steam, Half-Life 2 had three packages that a customer could order. The basic version ("Bronze") includes only Half-Life 2 and Counter-Strike: Source, whereas the "Silver" and "Gold" editions also include Half-Life: Source and Day of Defeat: Source (ports of the original Half-Life and the Day of Defeat mod to the new engine
Over the following decade, numerous Half-Life games were canceled, including Episode Three, a version of Half-Life 3, and games developed by Junction Point Studios and Arkane Studios. In 2020, after years of speculation, Valve released Half-Life: Alyx, which was developed exclusively for virtual reality headsets.
The standalone version did not use the Source Engine like Half-Life 2. Instead, it was developed for Unreal Engine 3. [14] Counter-Strike: Half-Life: 1999 June 19 2000 November 8 The game received multiple sequels and a Source Engine remake named Counter-Strike: Source. Cry of Fear: Half-Life: 2012 February 22 [15] 2013 April 25 [16] D-Day ...
As developing Half-Life 2 and the original Source engine simultaneously had created problems, Valve delayed development of a new Half-Life until Source 2 was complete. [ 28 ] In 2017, the Half-Life writer, Marc Laidlaw , released a short story that journalists speculated was a summary of the Episode Three plot. [ 26 ]
Episode Three was to be the last in a trilogy of episodic games that would continue the story of the 2004 first-person shooter game Half-Life 2. [1] Episode One was released in 2006, followed by Episode Two in 2007. [2] [3] Valve's president, Gabe Newell, said he considered the trilogy the equivalent of Half-Life 3. [4]