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Left 4 Dead Mod – Cold Case Part I
Posted @ 10:11 PM, September 30 2009, By: BlueWolf72 In Community, Left 4 Dead

What You Have Been Missing: Cold Case pits the survivors in yet another scenario. Their ride to safety has mysteriously crash landed on a remote island somewhere in the north western United States. After hours of waiting, they decide they are the only four survivors from the terrible crash, and they need to find help. However, quickly they realize there is something terribly wrong with this place. The survivors must traverse a large and expansive island. Their goal? To meet up with fellow survivors and get to the only known safe zone; a small military base located on the opposite shore of the island. Only there can they finally find the salvation they desperately are searching for…. or will they?

During their journey, the survivors solve many strange mysteries that surround them. Why did their transport suddenly crash? Why are the infected on this island so quickly mutating? Who is The Mayor, and what role does he play on this island? Who is Agent Orange? It is up to them to find the clues and escape from the infested island.

Upgrades Expect to spend your time hunting for the upgrade tables. By doing so you can upgrade different things about yourself. Between accuracy, speed, and revival amounts you will need them to survive.

Storyline Expect a rich and detailed storyline featuring numerous recordings by voice actors (and myself).

MASSIVE CONTENT! 36 maps in total! 6 full map campaign featuring hours of game play 10 survival maps with dynamically changing atmospheres. Hold some points while waves of infected tear it down, while others force you to run for your life to get to better positions. 2 separate 5 map versus campaigns. Cold Case: Covert Operations, and Cold Case: The Forsaken Each feature their own cooperative and versus maps!

From October 1st  to October 9th , anybody who (Cold Case) pre-registers for the event will be automatically placed in a drawing for some great prizes! Currently up for grabs are some fantastic custom-made t-shirts and 24X36 posters! I will be giving away four of each on October 9th in a random drawing to anybody who pre-registers. This is the first of four prize give-aways I will be holding. If you had already pre-registered, you will be automatically entered to win the following weeks prizes!

I will be setting up a table at GAMEX, (www.gamexpo.com), this year. I will be showcasing the campaign, and allowing people interested to get a sneak peek of the entire package! This will include the survival maps, Cold Case: Covert Operations, and Cold Case: The Forsaken. I will also be selling tickets, and some extra computer cases at the event! If you are interested in playing the campaign before it is made public, head on over to my table! I will be located in the artists section in the back of the convention.

LEGO My Fort!
Posted @ 4:49 PM, September 23 2009, By: BlueWolf72 In Community


One of the many new aspects of HalfLife2.net is to show off the community aspect of amazing gamers out on the web.  So today I bring you Lego's and Team Fortress 2.

LEGO My Fort!

The amazing video is hitting the world wide web like a Lego storm.  Since many gamers love Team Fortress 2 and Lego's why not make a video of it and let the many sites that cover video games post it up on the news section and promote it for you.  Job well done Migor1989!
It’s a Plane
Posted @ 9:58 PM, September 13 2009, By: BlueWolf72 In Community, Left 4 Dead, Left 4 Dead 2


So, the story starts off when the boycott started and many gamers joined the cause. Valve aka Gabe Newell decided to fly out the two lead members of the boycott. Side note many are upset that they got a chance to be flown and got the chance to see the DLC Crash Course, along with the other DLC they are working on (secretly) for Left 4 Dead and got to check out some Left 4 Dead 2. Another gamer L4D modder Joe took it upon himself to email Gabe that he deserves to be also flown out to get a tour.

Gabe replied to his email (jokingly) "We are boycotting your mod/campaign". Joe, decided to reply back with "Does...does that mean I have fly you here?". To make this interesting Gabe replied back with "Me and Erik". Joe has now begun a fund-raising blog to raise the money needed to fly Gabe and Erik out to Brisbane, Australia. Joystiq spoke to someone at Valve who suggests that Gabe will honor his agreement. Joe needed to make roughly $2400 to achieve this. Rather incredibly he’s just broken the $3000 barrier. Gabe is asking that the money be donated to Penny Arcade’s Child’s Play charity. Child’s Play raises money for providing toys and games for kids in hospitals around the world.

To some all this seems a tad silly but in the end it has made Valve look to have a sense of humor and ended up getting the community to help Joe which helps Child's Play charity. In the end, Left 4 Dead will be supported and rumor is Crash Course will be released on September 23rd.
Section 8 Contest
Posted @ 8:05 PM, September 2 2009, By: BlueWolf72 In Community, Competitions, Steam Games


Section 8 from Timegate were kind enough to send us some keys as they launch the game on Steam.  Section 8 is a large-scale, sci-fi first person shooter where fast-paced action meets military strategy in the far reaches of the galaxy. Join the epic battle between the 8th Armored Infantry and the Arm of Orion by taking part in fierce squad-based combat across majestic alien worlds.

Winners will be selected Friday. You have 3 chances to win and all you have to do is post some killer taunts.  "My Feet Your Face", so take the time to post some killer taunts you would add to a game like Section 8.  Guns and jump kills will be the fun factor.  So tell us what you would want to say.  In the mean time enjoy the video of Section 8 here.
Steamcast Interview with Gabe Newell
Posted @ 7:24 AM, August 13 2009, By: Hectic Glenn In Community

In Steamcast's latest podcast (created for the Steam powered forums), their fellow forumer Nightcabbage went to visit Valve for a tour. During his stay he got a chance to sit down with Gabe for 30 minutes to answer some of the communities burning questions. About episode 3:
Right now, the Half-Life 2 Episodes themselves are on a third sort of ‘rhythm’ and, you know, we think it makes sense for the product and for what we’re trying to do there and the reason we’re not talking about it is mainly we don’t have anything to say. It’s not like we decided we released too much information, it’s just that if we had information that we were in a position to deliver to people we would and right now we don’t have anything to say about it. And it really is a consequence of these different sorts of rhythms to release schedules which we’re trying out.
Gabe, ever coy about Ep3 but always interesting to hear his thoughts. You can stream or download this episode here or read the full interview transcript here.
Left 4 Dead Boomer Sculpture
Posted @ 12:43 PM, August 11 2009, By: BlueWolf72 In Community

My man Phantasmapants decided to pick up a new hobby while he waits for Left 4 Dead 2. He posted his designs on the Steam Community and has been asked to make all the characters for Left 4 Dead from many users.  As you can see his work was scary at first, but has improved the sculpture to something is great. Lets hope Valve wants one!

Competition: Design your Own Gaming Keyboard & win a Thermaltake Soprano Keyboard
Posted @ 5:35 PM, August 10 2009, By: Hectic Glenn In Community

Thanks to our friends at Thermaltake USA, we have 2 Soprano Aluminum Keyboards to give away for the top two entries of our competition. This competition involves designing your own gaming keyboard to perfectly suit your gaming and every day needs!

All we ask is you take a picture of your keyboard and edit in all your new gadgets and ideas, or alternatively use a stock keyboard image and let your imagination run free. Ensure you make a facility to improve your Halflife2.net browsing and posting but don't be restricted, you could even add a jarate dispenser if you wanted...



Entrants must be registered to the Halflife2.net forums. All entries should be sent to competitions@halflife2.net with your username in the title of the email (one entry per user). Competition close date: 28th August. Any questions please comment, good luck!
Weekend Round Up
Posted @ 3:39 PM, August 8 2009, By: BlueWolf72 In Community, Mods, Steam


Another Saturday and we just wanted to tell you that you matter.  Chet and Gabe were shown the Valve Contest we held and they loved it.  Thanks to the awesome people who entered.  We will be holding another contest soon so be ready.  With the news and rumors that Valve is learning sign language for Half-Life 2: Episode 3 we will posting any news of this fact as soon as we get it. Research & Development Review is up for you to read.  Also, congrats to Xævrex and Taviow for making "chat administer" in our Steam Community.

Mods:

*Half-Life: Wilson Chronicles - The mod is dead but they released all the files for you to use.

*Smashball: Status Update, finally has come check it out.

*Age of Chivalry in Game Developer Magazine. Mods in magazines is always cool.

*L4DMods.com has another good review and mod.  Review: Heaven Can Wait

*PlanetPhillip has a new review and this one is fun:  SP Balcony – Half-Life 2

HL2.net Community:

*For pure epic fun we took the time to play:  MVP for round 1 of TF2 wins copy of Garrys Mod be sure you are on our Steam community page to join the fun. We have more Steam keys to give away.

*Forums:  BREAKING: Best of list published, probably wrong.

*Forums:  Zombies: Your Favorite Way To Kill Them?

*Forums:  My New Bunny

*Raziaar with 24,179 forum posts is this weeks Forum Member Of The Week.

Steam Games:

Steam is fun so many ask what the staff at @ HL2.net are playing and we thought we would share this awesome information with you. Yes we care:

Ennui - Killing Floor

BlueWolf72 - Death to Spies: Moment of Truth

Pi Mu Rho - Left 4 Dead

Samon - Call of Cthulhu

Hectic Glenn - Team Fortress 2

Chris_D - Real Life no Steam for him

DigiQ8 - Tropico 3 Beta & Fallout 3

Evo - Hearts of Iron 3

Kadayi - Mass Effect

Munro - Plants vs Zombies
Playing Half-Life With A Real Gun
Posted @ 4:44 PM, August 7 2009, By: BlueWolf72 In Community

A piece of sheetrock, a handful of accelerometers and a digital projector, you can play Half-Life by firing at the projected screen with a real gun  Thanks to Waterloo Labs I want to fly out to the ranch and try this myself.  Waterloo Labs  is a group of engineers at National Instruments and other nerds in Austin, TX, building awesome DIY projects and sharing them with you on YouTube. Video here!
Gabe Newell: Supporting Deaf Gamers
Posted @ 9:31 AM, August 7 2009, By: BlueWolf72 In Community


A young gamer who is deaf went to Valve for a tour.  Gabe took the time to sit down with them.  Watch the videos and be amazed.  At one point they tell Gabe that he should add a feature into gaming so that deaf users could tell others as they are playing.  The main thing you get from these videos is Valve cares about the gamer and the community.

Part One

Part Two

Part Three
Halflife2.net Design Your Own Special Infected Winners!
Posted @ 9:06 AM, August 4 2009, By: Hectic Glenn In Community

Many thanks to everyone who entered our competition to design your own special infected for Left 4 Dead! We were sent some superb entries which made it very difficult to pick just 2 winners from all the great ideas we were sent. Our two winners for the competition are:
  • Finger - Entry called "Widow"
  • Hunter-Killer - Entry called "The Digger"
Both winners win a copy of Left 4 Dead for their impressive entries in this competition. You can see their special infected designs below!



You can see all the entries for this competition right here, including Zombieturtle01's The Mimic and Dr0ndeh's The Magpie who were close runners up! Enjoy.
Weekend Round Up
Posted @ 1:00 PM, August 1 2009, By: BlueWolf72 In Community, Mods

Mods

What a week in mods. I bet most of you missed them from playing all of those video games.  So allow me to highlight the week that you missed:

Insurgency is at it again.  The upcoming update, to be released on Steam in August, will feature a long list of bug fixes and new features.

I Hate Malls... via L4dmods.com is going to be a mod for L4D.  The teaser trailer can be viewed here.   Valve is supporting the team behind this project.  The voice actor for Francis is helping the team.

My man Phillip found a good mod and took the time to play it and showcase it.  The name of it is "Mission Improbable".  Check it out and play it.

Many have yet to play Research and Development.  So, I demand it that you take the time and download this surprising, marvelous, stunning mod.  Enjoy our forum thread about Research and Development as well.

Our very own Glenn-Master took the time with Firearms: Source with a nice update and interview.

HL2.net Community

Corp. Sheepo took the time to create a Poll

CptStern found some crazy Anime

Video Dump & Image Dump, join the fun

Contests

Last month we held 3 contests and some of you won.  The idea behind the contests is for everyone.  Small or Big, Old or Young.  You have to register and be part of the site.  You have to enter the contest and make a effort to want to win. In August there is going to be contests again so be ready.
We Are Up, Time To Win
Posted @ 3:02 PM, July 24 2009, By: BlueWolf72 In Community, Steam Games


So, we had some site downtime and now that we are back up I want to see what everyone did with their free time, since you were not able to visit your favorite site halflife2.net. Our awesome site technicians are still at work to make sure it doesn't go down again, so in the meantime, please "comment" to this "*EPIC*" news post with stories detailing what you did to pass the time.

You can explain with words, images, or art that best describe what you did while we were down. The two individuals who best explain will win:

Keys to Killing Floor. Thanks to Alan from Tripwire I have 2 keys and will be giving them away to the best suck up.  I will send you a private message via the forums with your key.  Let the suck up begin!

headerkf

Halflife2.net Competition – “Reminder” Win a free copy of Left 4 Dead
Posted @ 12:35 PM, July 23 2009, By: BlueWolf72 In Community, Left 4 Dead


Remember, courtesy of Valve Software we have 2 copies of Left 4 Dead to give away for the best two entries for our competition...

Design your own special infected boss! You can design your special infected using image editing software (like photoshop) or sketch a highly detailed drawing, scan and send it to us. Your creation must have a name and an explanation of how it would be a pain in the side of the 4 survivors!



Entrants must be registered to the Halflife2.net forums. All entries should be sent to competitions@halflife2.net with your username in the title of the email. Competition close date: 1st August. Good luck!
ASCIIpOrtal Updated
Posted @ 11:24 PM, July 20 2009, By: BlueWolf72 In Community


If you remember my previous post about ASCIIpOrtal some of you stated he had an awesome voice to go along with the video.  Some stated he sounded like Kermit and Joe points this out in the latest video.

Since the last update he has been in touch with the community and now has a team of beta testing staff helping him make ASCIIpOrtal come to life.  So without warning, please enjoy the latest video of ASCIIpOrtal Second Video. Follow this this project on Joe 'Cymon' Larson's site.  Note his site is down at the moment but will be back up soon.
  • Menu
  • 100,000 views of the first recording
  • New Views
  • Switches
  • Map Editor
  • Sounds Effects
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