Valve Community

Planet Half-Life is the daddy of them all. It’s been online longer than most and is generally updated daily.

This is the official home of Valve. There’s not much to say about this except that the People is worth a read. There is also a jobs page for those with “skillz”, experience and ambition!

SteamPowered is the home of Steam, a digital distribution platform. The website offers visitors the ability to buy and download games, interactive with other Steam users. There are always special offers and weekend specials. The site also contains support forums, stats and everything else a users needs to know about Steam! It’s also available in 17 other languages besides English.

“Welcome to the Valve Developer Community. Whether you’re building a “Triple-A” commercial project or a mod for Half-Life® 2 , you’ll want to sign up as a Valve developer today. It’s free to join, and open to anyone working with the Source Engine and the Source SDK.”

Podcast 17 is a weekly verbal tour of the Half-Life community. It covers everything related to the Half-Life universe and features lively, informative recordings.

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Interlopers has been online since 2004. It posts selected Steam game news but its focus is on content creation. The main part of the site is its forum, where visitors discuss a wide range of gaming topics. A recent new feature is Portfolios that has been a great success. In addition to this there are also tutorials, articles and downloads.