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Looking For Staff
25 Feb 2006 by Josh Hubi | Site News |

Hello and thank you for taking the time to read this post. We are looking into growing into a much bigger fan base. In order to do this, We need some form of staff. One person is not just enough. I can only work solo for just so long. its time to start growing. I need your help. If you think you have what it takes to fill any of the following positions, Please e-mail us at staff@hlgamer.com

News Posters:
- Somebody who can spend a least 2 hours a week to dig up news.
- Must have grammar skills and proper spelling.

Content manager:
- Must have an original mind.
- Must spend 2 hours a week on giving us new content, write tutorials, updating POTD, add files, and so on.
- Must be 15 or older.
- Must have grammar skills and proper spelling

Reviewer:
- Must have high writing skills
- Must be 15 or older
- Must write an review when needed.

Interviewer:
- Must have an original mind.
- Must be 15 or older
- Must generate questions and interview the selected person when needed.

Please list in your e-mail any past work you may have done and state a little about yourself. If you are just right for the job, we will contact you. Good luck.

Half Life 2: Episode 2 Coming
24 Feb 2006 by Josh Hubi | Half-life 2 |

Valve software has confirmed episodic releases as a continuation to the storyline of Half Life 2. The long awaited 'Aftermath' Expansion has been dubbed "Episode 1". But to shake things up a bit, and perhaps to give hope to slavering Half Life fans, Valve has announced they have already been in development on Episode 2 for quite some time.

The current expansion is set to go on sale for $19.99, and the following episodes will most likely follow suit as far as pricing. The first expansion is predicted to be somewhere between 4-6 hours of game play. This is fairly short for all the fans that have waited patiently for some hint of where the storyline is going.

According to Robin Walker at Valve Software, the studio not only has Episode 2 planned, but have been working on it almost as long as they've been working on Episode 1. This is in hopes that we won't have to wait too long for the next chapter. More will be revealed regarding the Citadel and the mysterious G-Man soon, with Episodes 1 and 2.

Facepunch Deathmatch is under way!
14 Feb 2006 by Josh Hubi | Half-Life 2 Modification |

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Hi there, Dav0r here from the newly started Source mod "Facepunch Deathmatch" to start of i'd like to let you know a little bit about the mod.

It is based around the Facepunch Commnunity which most of you find familiar since it is the home for Gmod, the idea sprung up one day in the gmod IRC channel and grew at an alarming rate, after just a few hours we had an entire page of ideas and suggestions listed down.. The main bulk of the mod that begun in my hand was modelling and skinning of weapons, then along came a couple of mappers, a coder and skinners.. Although we lack Animators I'd say we got off to a pretty good start.

Sin Episodes: Emergence Trailer
14 Feb 2006 by Josh Hubi | News Bit |

Ritual have just released an explosive new trailer for Sin Episodes: Emergence, The trailer packed full of explosions, gunshots and charging mutants to sweep you off your feet.

SiN Episodes expands on the role of Colonel John R. Blade, a battle worn hero in charge of HardCorps, an elite strike force with a long history of conflict with SinTEK, a powerful multibillion dollar empire headed up by Elexis Sinclaire, a beautiful, brilliant, and ruthless scientist who is out to remake humanity according to her own twisted vision. Joining Blade on his mission are JC, a HardCorps hacker with a secret to keep, and Jessica Cannon, a fiery rookie who can find her way into any secure facility.

The trailer runs for nearly three minutes showing all kinds of in-game action. The trailer can also be found at:
http://www.sinepisodes.com/index.php?downloads

Aftermath or Episode One?
14 Feb 2006 by Josh Hubi | News Bit |

Half-Life 2: Aftermath, a long-awaited expansion, will take full advantage of the updated Source engine's new effects like High Dynamic Range lighting and improved Depth-Of-Field effects. In a surprise move, Valve has announced that Aftermath will be only the first in a series of episodes to be released via the Steam content delivery system. Pricing (if any) is not yet determined.

This appears to be of a trend for Valve, following the recent release of Ritual Entertainment's Sin Episodes, the continuation of the long-thought-dead SiN series. The SiN series also uses the Source engine, and features cheap, episodic release. Could this be the end to waiting years for game releases? Would you rather pay 20 dollars per piece for 4 pieces of a game as they get made? Or 50-60 total and just wait for the whole thing? Only time will tell when we see how successful Half Life 2: Episode 1 is in the upcoming months.

There is one good thing and bad thing about this name change. The good thing is the fact that there is going to be more then one episode to Half-Life 2. The bad thing is the name change itself. Why cant valve keep it "Aftermath". Its like taking Half-Life Blue Shift and calling it "Half-Life: Episode One"

If valve is coming out with more then one episode, The unique game title will tell each other from apart. "Hey bob? did you play the new half-life Episode where that big thing pops out and blows you up?" Bobs reply is "was it Episode 1, 2, 3 or 4?"; "I don't know bob, I kinda forgot too". We don't want this happening now do we?

In the meantime, we're all looking forward to enjoying Aftermath, and we'll see how it progress's HL2's cliffhanger Storyline.

Sorry For The Lack In Updates.
13 Feb 2006 by Josh Hubi | Site News |

Hello Fellow HLGamers,

I'm sorry for the lack of news, content, and any other type of updates needed at hlgamer.com. I am currently busy working on a new game production called Ultimate Arena. Ultimate Arena is a new FPS for free. Ultimate Arena will be great fragging for free on the internet.

More information about this soon. I will return to updating soon.

Word Of Leak-Free.org's return?
10 Feb 2006 by Josh Hubi | Hosted Sites |

A day ago I have gotten an e-mail from the owner of the popular website leak-free.org that is no longer in service. You may all know of leak-free from back in the time when it was BM:S former home.

Leak-Free is coming to us in a time of need as their host has locked them out and destroyed their key. It looks like Leak-Free is coming back in the game. I am still waiting for their reply to this matter.

More news when it comes.

Steam Friends: Beta
01 Feb 2006 by Josh Hubi | Steam |

Remember the glorious days of when steam release the friends system. A system that gave us the ability to chat with others when the system does not give you a hard time connecting.

Looks like I have great news, Valve has released an beta of the new friends system, a year in the making.

Want to give it a go? you can try out Steam Friends: Beta by adding this line to your Steam.exe launch properties:

-clientbeta steam3friends -beta steam3friends

Its looking great so far and many are very happy for its return!

HL2:CTF Beta 1.7 Released
01 Feb 2006 by Josh Hubi | Half-Life 2 Modification |

HL2: Capture The Flag have released version 1.7 of their mod up for download. There is also news of another Developer .vs Valve match coming up soon:

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After a few weeks of non-stop work and updates, we are bringing another update which boils down a lot of the features we have been adding to the mod throughout all of the beta stages.


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Note that this release is still under the beta tag and features two distinctive game settings along with many other new features. Along with this, even more map revamps and the release of two new maps which you can view on the media page.


Be sure to check out the downloads page for links to the new release.