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The Next Generation

Today, October 10th 2017, marks 10 years since the release of Half-Life 2: Episode 2. Today is also the day we're announcing something exciting that's coming to LambdaGeneration soon. Rather than go on about things in an article, we created a video instead to talk about, where we've been, thoughts…

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CS: Global Offensive Beta Application Survey Now Available

Other CS: Global Offensive Beta Application Survey Now Available

Aspiring CS:GO beta testers – you need participate in shady giveaways no longer, as Valve have just opened up their online application survey to all willing participants. Over the coming weeks and months, they’ll be selecting survey participants and adding them to the beta. Veterans, newbies – all players alike will have roughly the same chances to get selected (a great improvement over Dota 2’s selection process). Next week will bring the first major participant selection, so head over to the survey and fill it out! Be sure to also check out the original blog post for more information.

And in other news, Valve have offloaded a brand new “Meet the Pros” video (featuring the great Jordan “n0thing” Gilbert), as well as a quick video introduction to CS:GO’s new M4. New content is incoming, so keep an eye on that blog!

Valve Loses Business Director And Reportedly Lays Off Over A Dozen Developers In “Great Cleansing”

Valve Valve Loses Business Director And Reportedly Lays Off Over A Dozen Developers In “Great Cleansing”

UPDATE: Gabe Newell has released a statement responding to these reports (Engadget and Forbes were among those to receive a response):

We don’t usually talk about personnel matters for a number of reasons. There seems to be an unusual amount of speculation about some recent changes here, so I thought I’d take the unusual step of addressing them.

No, we aren’t cancelling any projects. No, we aren’t changing any priorities or projects we’ve been discussing. No, this isn’t about Steam or Linux or hardware or [insert game name here]. We’re not going to discuss why anyone in particular is or isn’t working here.”

And that’s it. It’s a reassuring response, but it all but confirms that the reported layoffs have, in fact, taken place after all.

Valve has one of the highest employee retention rates in the entire video game industry – and just a few years ago, their Jobs page touted a 98% retention rate. But though we haven’t really heard of any significant layoffs from the company, ever since its inception, that doesn’t mean they don’t fire people at all. In fact, according to Gabe Newell (in his first talk at the LBJ School of Public Affairs in Austin), due to Valve’s inherently flat structure and hierarchy, they have to be really aggressive about firing people, and he adds that they haven’t done a very good job with interims or new employees.

But again, we’ve never really seen that process in action. Well, until now.

Monthly Mini-Poll: Graphics In Games!

Other Monthly Mini-Poll: Graphics In Games!

First off, we’d like to apologize for what happened with the previous Mini-Poll, which accidentally overstayed its welcome by one month. Believe it or not, we got so wrapped up in site work and external work (including the exam craze that many of us are currently embroiled in) that we more or less forgot about the poll completely. The good thing is we weren’t the only ones who did. So… surprise!

But we’ve now taken care of that, and we’ve got a new poll for you guys! Read on if you’re interested in advancing the cause of science by even more than two centuries. No mantis DNA included – we’ll leave that for our scientific journal mini-polls.

Bizarre In-Game CS: Global Offensive Whiteboard Surfaces: Indicates An August 2012 Release Date For CS:GO, And More Weird Half-Life And Number 3 References – Could Doctor Breen Still Be Alive?

Other Bizarre In-Game CS: Global Offensive Whiteboard Surfaces: Indicates An August 2012 Release Date For CS:GO, And More Weird Half-Life And Number 3 References – Could Doctor Breen Still Be Alive?

Deep within the VPK caches inside the CS:GO beta’s files lies a cornucopia of currently unused files for CS:GO’s levels. Data-miners like Cnnoi, have managed to find files for CS_Office, and, supposedly, some have even managed to get CS_Office working within the beta. Some files are missing, but the majority of the textures and models are present. Including two very interesting texture files for in-game office whiteboards. What do they contain? Well, we won’t spoil the surprise just yet. Uh… unless you read the title, in which case we did. Just forget the title ever existed, and let’s get on with it.

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