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Adam Foster joins Valve

Jul 17, 2008 MINERVA 77 comments

Creator of the Minerva: Metastasis starts Ep3 work this October.

Particle editor documentation on VDC

Jul 03, 2008 Source Developers 0 comments

Mike Durand has added Valve's internal documentation for Source's particle editor to the Valve Developer Community wiki.

Particle, Material and Commentary editors released

Jun 10, 2008 Source Developers 1 comment

Released, that is, but barely usable. All the same: launch with -tools to access them.

Forums opened

Jun 03, 2008 Source Developers 2 comments

I've opened group forums. Be nice... (50 characters)

The Monad - HL2/Source machinima

Apr 02, 2008 Source 31 comments

The network has consumed society. What will change take? A machinima by Sam Goldwater.

Unreal Engine 4 "will exclusively target consoles"

Mar 13, 2008 Unreal Engine 3 113 comments

Any PC version made will "follow after" releases on the next generation of consoles.

Valve's GDC presentations available

Feb 29, 2008 Source 7 comments

Four of the presentations given by Valve at the Game Developers Conference are now available from their publications page.

Source SDK Base - Orange Box released

Feb 24, 2008 Source 29 comments

Source mods can now run from the Orange Box engine code without requiring an Orange Box game.

Source SDK beta with Ep2 game code released

Jan 24, 2008 Source 44 comments

Access Orange Box game code and other beta updates with "-beta srcsdk0122".

Noesis Interactive Video Tutorials

Jan 12, 2008 Source 0 comments

Texturing, modelling and animation tutorials now available!

Port UT3 mods to the PS3 next week

Jan 03, 2008 Unreal Tournament 3 14 comments

Mark Rein has announced that UnrealEd 3 is due to be updated with PlayStation 3 support next week.

UT3 coming to the 360 with mod support

Nov 15, 2007 Unreal Tournament 3 3 comments

"Finding a way to incorporate user created mods" behind delay.

City 7: Toronto Conflict released

Nov 10, 2007 Half-Life 2 5 comments

Single-player Half-Life 2 mod "City 7: Toronto Conflict" has been released. Download it here.

Portal now on ModDB

Nov 10, 2007 Portal 3 comments

Valve's Orange Box puzzle game Portal now has an entry on ModDB. Upload your maps for massive damage!

SOFTIMAGE|XSI Mod Tool 6 available

Aug 14, 2007 By Varsity 14 comments

The XSI Mod tool is a free and largely unrestricted version of Avid's professional modeling package that exports to Source and XNA. There's...

Make Something Unreal returns!

Sep 04, 2006 By Varsity 25 comments

That's right folks, the second $1 000 000 MSU modding competition has been announced! This time around your target is the upcoming Unreal Tournament...

Garry's Mod to be sold through Steam

Apr 13, 2006 Garrys Mod 95 comments

Garry's Mod, the Source-powered physics sandbox famed across the games industry, is to be sold over Steam for $10 US, with profits split evenly between...

Winning IGF 2006 mods announced!

Mar 24, 2006 By Varsity 16 comments

This year's Independent Games Festival was a little more independent than normal: it was the first to include a category for mods. Seventeen mods...

MINERVA: Metastasis Part 2 released

Mar 03, 2006 MINERVA 9 comments

Experiment shall continue; further data sought. Upon completion, peer review followed by publishing; discoveries communicated to a greater audience. Infiltrate....

Darwinia Photo Contest - the results are in!

Dec 22, 2005 By Varsity 17 comments

ModDB's latest competition is over, and it's time to announce the winners in all five categories! The Darwinia Photo Contest challenged ModDB...

Source SDK beta available

Nov 22, 2005 By Varsity 18 comments

A beta version of the Source SDK is now available through Steam. To access it, add -beta sdk to your Steam shortcut when you next launch it. Remove the...

Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 goes standalone with Steam

Nov 21, 2005 Red Orchestra 18 comments

Following hot on the heels of Darwinia, this month's PC Gamer UK carries the news that the celebrated WWII UT2004 mod Red Orchestra, which won the...

Metastasis Part 1 released

Sep 02, 2005 MINERVA 22 comments

The true method of knowledge is experiment. So, strapped to the underside of a stolen Combine helicopter, you're part of my latest scientific investigation....

Nightwatch: Source

Jan 03, 2005 Half-Life: Nightwatch 3 comments

After careful analysis of the technology, the decision has been reached to offer a Source version of Nightwatch in addition to the current release plans....

Promotional material uncovered

Dec 19, 2004 Hostile Waters 0 comments

When Rage went under a lot of superb material disappeared from the public domain. Thankfully it is not all lost. We've dug up several promotional...

Hostile Waters makes the news

Dec 10, 2004 Hostile Waters 0 comments

Following the site's launch, the following other sites have run news items on HW:ModDBHalf-Life GamingHalf-Life 2 Files (Filefront)HL2 Mod CentralMarks-ServersHalf-Life...

Hostile Waters website is live!

Dec 08, 2004 Hostile Waters 7 comments

hostilewaters.hlgaming.com Remember Carrier Command? Rage did. They remembered it so well they stripped it down, sexed it up and released it in the form...

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