Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar is one of the finest videogame books I've ever read. It covers the early days of Half-Life, runs through the “mod movement” led by Counter-Strike, and then goes ...

A full Half-Life 2 remake, ... Raising the Bar was abandoned in 2016, but has since been picked up by a new modding team, which is now working on the ongoing Raising the Bar Redux.

Maybe Half-Life 3 is dead, but there’s a new fan-made campaign for Valve’s superb FPS sequel, serving as an unofficial Half-Life 2 spin-off. ... Raising the Bar Salvation, ...

The images came from Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar, ... one reader was in possession of concept art for the video game that was previously never been released to the general public.

Half-Life 2 is 20 years old this November and still features prominently in top PC game lists. But how did Valve’s sci-fi shooter and videogaming’s most silent protagonist capture our hearts yet again ...