To commemorate Episode One's 20th anniversary, New Times mod announces their Steam Store page with a release date of 2026. The 2.0 update will include major improvements to the chapters, Steam Achievements and lots of art enhancements. Wishlist below!

Today, June 1st, Half-Life 2: Episode One turns 20 years old! Happy Birthday to Valve's first episodic structure entry of a trilogy of expansion packs/episodes for Half-Life 2.

THE CAKE WAS A LIE!!!! #portal

The Half-Life 2 mod Raising the Bar: REDUX drops another devblog, showcasing a lot of mapping progress, concept arts, 3D art and more. A reminder they are always hiring, learn more and reach out below.

Thank you for participating the JABRONI BRAWL: EPISODE 3 LambdaGeneration Gamenight! 🎮 That was an awesome night, I hope you guys embraced the CHAOS! 👀 See you in the next one! 😀

California State Assembly passes the 'Protect Our Games Act' "games released/resold after January 1, 2027, must provide at least 60 days' notice before terminating service [...] and ensure users can continue accessing the game (providing an alternative version or a patch) and must offer refunds.

User M47RHhNTQx has remaked the legendary DOOR STUCK in Blender! Watch it in the link below and follow them on our platform for future stuff!

The new Steam Workshop Update that was in the beta for a while is finally out for everyone on the Steam platform. Browse easily and faster across all Workshop pages. Read more below!

New video on the LambdaGeneration YouTube channel! Remember Estranged: Act 1? There are multiple games now. Let's dive into them! youtu.be/7B2W2nqdV-0

Valve has increased the Steam Deck OLED prices of both models. 512GB from $549 to $789 USD and 1TB from $649 to $949 USD "These new prices reflect the current state of component costs and other global logistical challenges across the industry as a whole."

JABRONI BRAWL: EPISODE 3 - LAMBDAGENERATION GAMENIGHT 🎮 This Saturday we're playing JBEP3. Join us and embrace the chaos! 🤪 📆 Sat 30 May 🕖 7PM GMT / 8PM BST / 9PM CEST / 3PM EDT / 2PM CDT / 12PM PDT 📍 Join via gamenight.lambdageneration.com 🎙 discord.lambdageneration.com

Kane Pixels, director of Backrooms movie, said on an interview that Portal franchise was 'the strongest influence over' for the film/series.

Cruisin' White Forest #halflife #animation

"Earth isn't yours to conquer..." #halflife #invincible Credits: 🎨 jvlie77a 🎨 Elke1131 🎨 marco198 🎨 YisusNine09

Another user saw yesterday's post and did some experiments and assured "the Puck is not an immediate fire hazard." "Tried multiple different chargers, metal objects, pin combinations and angles. Current didn't increase no matter what. Next step is to try a long term test."

Be aware of letting anything metallic touch your Steam Controller's Puck! As reported by Toikka, their "smartwatch's metallic strap accidentally touched Puck's exposed contacts and started sizzling due to a short circuit."

Valve moves to dismiss Counter-Strike gambling lawsuit in New York. Valve states: “Part of the appeal of many popular collectibles [...] is the possibility of opening a sealed package and being surprised with a rare item. … No legislature or court has ever deemed that act illegal gambling.”

Almost 6 months ago, the Half-Life community gathered around for a possible Half-Life 3 announcement throughout the entire November and December of 2025. How is your hopium?

Valve has given some updates to the Steam Tags by adding, editing and removing a lot of tags across the Steam Store. Check out all the new/removed tags and other changes below!

User UnhealthyGrapejuice managed to get Half-Life (on Xash3D engine), to run on the Nintendo64! Watch it on the video below! Read the description for more info and to get the source code/ROM!

Thank you for participating the DAY OF DEFEAT: SOURCE LambdaGeneration Gamenight! 🎮 We explored the awesome maps that the Day of Defeat: Source community provided, and we can't wait to go back someday and explore more!💥 See you in the next one! 😀

"We tried to warn them..." May 16, 200- Happy Resonance Cascade Day!

Are you still there? #portal #portal2 #chellportal #fanart #art #artwork #portalfanart #valve #videogames #turretportal

A Reddit user was having shipment issues with their Steam Controller and the Steam Support came for the rescue to gift any game of their liking as a customer gesture to compensate for the trouble. Has your Steam Controller arrived safely yet?

The Half-Life mod "Half-Rats: Parasomnia" is leaving Steam Store. The devs said the game didn't fulfill their vision and will never be completed. "An unfinished project to remain public any longer would be a great disservice to all of us." An unfinished 2.0 update is available on Moddb. More below

DAY OF DEFEAT: SOURCE - CUSTOM MAPS - LAMBDAGENERATION GAMENIGHT 🎮 This Saturday we're playing DoDS. Join us for some awesome custom maps! 🪖 📆 Sat 16 May 🕖 7PM GMT / 8PM BST / 9PM CEST / 3PM EDT / 2PM CDT / 12PM PDT 📍 Join via gamenight.lambdageneration.com 🎙 discord.lambdageneration.com

The Steam Community Market has finally got a fresh new look! With recent Steam Workshop page receiving updates, Valve is now bringing a big list of improvements to the Steam Market with better listing, search feature, filtering, asset data of the item and more!

Mann Versus Zombies is the new Team Fortress 2 mod where you'll be fighting endless waves of horrific creatures! Yes, 'COD Zombies'! The Steam version will feature solo survival or coop with 8 players, perks, Workshop and more! Wishlist now below!

The Entropy Zero 2 prequel mod, Progenitors, has published a very nice development update about the technical side of the project. They shared some of the challenges the team have been facing, lots of early gameplay of the assassin, scenes, story and more!

There's a secret within a secret in the HLYOTD demo that has mostly been missed. Take a scientist to this door and he'll open for you revealing both a button to the hidden Quake level. But you can also hit use on this computer and listen to a clip from Ricky Gervais XFM show. #halflife #spyro

This month we've got two amazing cosplayers showcasing their work, one as a Combine Elite soldier and the other making lots of variants! Have you done any cosplay in the past? Then share it on the site with us! Combine Elite; elitecombine0114 Combine Variant/Phoenix; asalutor unit-0681

Reservations for Steam Controller will be open again on May 8th! More details about the reservation details and extra info below!

The 'Stop The F' mod published a fresh game showcase video! "The project aims to recreate and reimagine F-stop, a canceled prequel to Valve’s Portal." Watch the video and wishlist on Steam!

VANCE, the Half-Life 2 mod that re-imagines the story where Gordon rejects G-Man's offer, publishes a new article called "A New Era". They talk about the mod's rebrand, all development progress they made with some concept art and OST. If you want to help, reach out!

Black Mesa: Classic has shared a massive dev update on ModDB! In their latest article, they showcase lots of progress made on maps, new rendering engine, 3D art, animations, sound design and others! There's a lot to dig into, so read it and watch it all in the link below!

After being sold out in 30 minutes~, Valve is working to getting more in stock and will have an update on expected timeline soon. Did you manage to get your Steam Controller yesterday?

On May 5th, 2015, Black Mesa was released on Steam as Early Access (without Xen).

Steam has updated their Hardware tab on the Home page with some hidden secrets. Credits womble_tc

Moby Francke, an ex-Valve artist, has shared some early dev videos of "Invasion", a pre-release design concept of Team Fortress 2. Animations are done by Miles Estes. All shared on his Instagram.

Thank you for participating the COUNTER-STRIKE LambdaGeneration Gamenight! 🎮 We have planted the bombs and successfully rescued the hostages great work team! See you in the next one! 😀

Gabe Newell shows up in a promotional video of 'Leviathan' from Oceanco, one of the yacht companies he acquired recently.

Planned on fixing an old thing I did, ended up just creating a brand new illustration. #HalfLife #GMan #Fanart #Art

The Portal modding community ThinkingWithPortals has launched a new website! @msleeper.bsky.social They've rewritten the website from scratch to replace the old and clunky phpBB and Wordpress forums. Check it out all below!

The folks over Tripmine Studios are doing the first part of their AMA, see what the community asked in their Steam announcement below!

Half-Life: Sleep-Deprived, a Half-Life 1 mod, shared some dev news regarding story changes, progress on the chapters and more! The mod is still in early dev and there might be a playable demo this year, but the author said not to quote on them, so don't tell theml

In the latest Garrys Mod public update, you can now mount both Black Mesa and Military Conflict Vietnam Source games! This patch also includes 4K resolution fixes, game network improvements and Combine APC set as a built-in vehicle!

COUNTER-STRIKE - LAMBDAGENERATION GAMENIGHT 🎮 This Saturday we're playing CS. Join us for some good old stock defuse and hostage rescue maps!💥 📆 Sat 2 May 🕖 7PM GMT / 8PM BST / 9PM CEST / 3PM EDT / 2PM CDT / 12PM PDT 📍 Join via gamenight.lambdageneration.com 🎙 discord.lambdageneration.com

Garry's new game s&box has finally released on Steam! "Play, create, and share games, explore community creations, and experience endless sandbox fun with powerful modern tools."

YouTube kept showing me these 'Source Engine is really creepy you guys!' videos. Made a video response. youtu.be/aElKrIyfShI

It's confirmed: Steam Controller is now available for $99 / 99€, tech reviews are up and it's coming this May 4th. Are you getting one?