Half Life

It may not be Half-Life 3 but it's the next best thing, right? Well, that's if the rumours are indeed true, as word came out that Valve is preparing to announce Half-Life: Alyx at this year's The Game Awards on Thursday, 12 December 2019.

Saber Interactive, the company you know from their zombilicious shooter World War Z, have already revealed they offered to develop Days Gone's multiplayer, but their CEO Matthew Karch says they also pitched a Half-Life 2 remake to Valve.

Epic Games store made huge splashes as it barged into the digital distribution market. Some loved it, some hated its policies and the latter prompted Epic to update some of them. The latest update is the change to their refund policy.

Erik Wolpaw, the man who co-wrote Portal 2, both Half-Life 2 episodes and Left 4 Dead is back at Valve two years after he left the company. Wolpaw follows his colleague writer Jay Pinkerton who also returned to Valve in July last year.

When it comes to digital game downloading, Steam is most certainly a household name but Valve are looking to go even further with two streaming apps dubbed the Steam Link and Steam Video, both of which come with Android and iOS support.

Valve's court case dating back to 2014 has come back to haunt them, when Australian judiciary found Steam's refund policy to be misleading. The High Court of Australia has dismissed Valve's appeal, which means they owe Aussies $3 million.

Final Fantasy XV: Windows Edition will be available via Origin, Steam and the Windows 10 store. The game's PC demo will go live on all those platforms on 26 February 2018. Each store will offer different pre-order bonuses.

Half-Life: A Place In The West - Chapter 3 is a fan-made comic that uses Half Life IP. Valve is in no way involved in the creation of the comic. The third chapter is out now exclusively on Steam and it builds on the events of the previous books.

Blessed are the modders. Half-Payne puts the titular Max Payne in Gordon Freeman's shoes on the day of Resonance Cascade. After about a year in development the mod is nearing completion, and what is up for inspection now looks beyond promising.

This Saturday, I list five games with the most memorable aliens, in honour of the movie Alien: Covenant launching in theaters. No probing here guys, just good clean fun.