Valve today announced a $250,000 prize pool for the DreamHack CS:GO Championship at DreamHack Winter 2014.
DreamHack takes place in Jönköping, Sweden from November 27th-29th. Why this event is so special you ask? DreamHack is the largest digital festival in the world, and lays claim to holding the world’s largest LAN party in the Guinness Book of Records.
The team behind the upcoming live action fan film series “Half-Life: The Downfall of Evolution” have launched an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign that seeks to raise $20,000 before the 30th October.
If you have been following Valve employee Marc Laidlaw on Twitter, you might have noticed that his account recently disappeared.
The rumors turned out to be true; we are in fact getting a new store page. The best part – It’s live as this is being written.
The selling of the popular title Minecraft has taken the internet by storm this week. While there has been mixed feelings about this, Garry’s Mod creator, Garry Newman, said he would have done the same thing.
With what’s happening in Eastern Europe now, each side claims that the other is spinning the truth. However, the most recent development is that Russian state media claims that the US has, and continues to spread propaganda.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) are issuing a lawsuit against Valve.
While Valve doesn’t have physical presence in Australia, they still serve clients and customers there. This means that they are bound to Australian law. The ASCC states that Valve has not fulfilled its requirement for mandatory customer guarantees.
Amateur video game filmmaking website Style-Productions.net has launched a competition offering a €300 prize pool for the winning submission.
Get your freaky-stick-with-eyes and magic fairy dust out; it’s mine cleaning time. The Techies are here, and ready to cover the forest and lane with your giblets!
Recently, GoldSrc speedrunner “quadrazid“, previously famous for his 20 minute Half-Life 1 speedrun, uploaded a video of what he calls “Half-Life Backwarding”, which is exactly what it is.
In the short video, quadazid attempts to make his way through various Half-Life levels such as the Hazard Course as fast as he can, but this time facing backwards.
If you thought normal Half-Life speedruns are crazy enough, then this has just taken it to a whole new level.
