A Source SDK update is available and will be applied automatically when Steam is restarted. The changes include:

A free demo of Half-Life 2 will be released later today. Featuring some of the amazing digital actors and physical gameplay that has made Half-Life 2 the leading contender for Game of the Year 2004, the demo takes players through some of the early levels of the game and later transports them to the area of the game known as Ravenholm. The demo will debut on ATI.com , and requires a Steam account to install.

Good news for all Xbox and PC playin' GTA fans. GTA San Andreas will be available for Xbox and PC. We know this because Rockstar Games today confirmed the street dates for Xbox and PC versions of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. More info at GameConnect

Counter-Strike: Source and Source Engine updates are available and will be applied automatically when Steam is restarted. The changes include:

A platform update is available and will be applied automatically when Steam is restarted. The changes include:

Now you can experience Anarchy Online totally free of charge. You don't pay for the software. You don't pay any subscription. All we ask is that you register prior to January 15th. How about that for a Christmas present!

WindowsX released a nice tool for Half-Life 2 with the following features:

Special scripts and fixes
Apply Bullettime mode with "t" key
Apply elevator fix with "v" key
Disable auto-save feature
And many more!

Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch and Source Dedicated Server updates are available and will be applied automatically when Steam is restarted. The changes include:

After the great success of their Far Cry Benchmark, HardwareOC released a new program that allows you to benchmark your system with today?s most popular FPS-game, Half-Life 2. The program does not modify any registry-entries or configuration files, so it is completely safe to use. It contains 5 built in demos; you can set filtering methods, resolutions and much much more.

Enter the mind of the ultimate Vigilante. Interrogate criminals using their own ruthless methods. Participate in non-stop, intense action ripped from the pages of Marvel's darkest stories. Where justice ends, Punishment begins!

Doom 3 will have bullet time! 11 levels, four new monsters, three new weapons.

Gamer's Hell reports a new movie from the Quick Done series which started with Quake years ago has been added in our download area. David 'marshmallow' Gibbons played Half-Life 2 from the beginning to the end in 2 hours, 57 minutes and 35 seconds. All demos are captured to AVI by David Rickard, appended into one file and compressed to one 320x240 version. More details can be found here. Don't forget to check out the other Quick Done movies from Quake (12 minutes and 23 seconds), Doom 2 (14 minutes and 41 seconds) and Half-Life (57 minutes and 52 seconds). Enjoy :)

Josh ?b0rg? Holmes (the editor of VIA?s official games website VIA Gamers Arena) has been busy, very busy, creating a second Doom 3 Deathmatch map that even surpasses his first VIA VGA DM1.

Since the release of the full Source SDK from VALVE (developers of Half Life 2 and Counter Strike Source), programmers and modders have been experimenting with the source code lately. I myself with trying to make my own modification for Half Life 2. While viewing the source code, I noticed several comments and code related to Team Fortress 2, a game which was supposed to be released years ago.

3DGamers reports Square-Enix has issued an updated official benchmark tool for Final Fantasy XI, their massively multiplayer online RPG. As before, the benchmark provides an indication of how well your system is suited to the game, and this third installment offers "Tavnazian Archipelago, a new area from the Chains of Promathia expansion pack. The dynamic camerawork was created especially for this version of the benchmark software."

Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, Source SDK, and Source Engine updates are available and will be applied automatically when Steam is restarted. The changes include:

Well for you Unreal Tournament 2004 fans who like World War II games more than the futuristic stuff that is thrown at you in Unreal Tournament 2004 a new MOD called Red Orchestra is out for it and I must say it's an increadible MOD.

AMDZone have thrown up their Half Life 2 benchies for the Official HL2 Deathmatch update! Here's a snip.

Half Life 2 remains to be the hot game this holiday season, and it just got better. We have already looked at graphics benchmarks, CPU scaling, and the hidden multiplayer mode. Well now Valve has enabled the actual Half Life 2 multiplayer full of models and maps and we could not be happier Simply login to Steam and the Half Life 2 multiplayer download is just over 30MB.

Valve has just released the full Half-Life 2 SDK, so the mods that everyone have been waiting for can finally start to show themselves. Along with this they released the surprise they promised to everyone... Half-Life 2: Deathmatch!

The focus of this first-person shooter shifts from that of 007 himself to the corrupt underworld and its criminal masterminds. As an aspiring 00 agent dismissed from MI6 for reckless brutality, you're recruited by Auric Goldfinger in a ruthless war against Dr. No for control of the Bond underworld. A brutal encounter with Dr. No costs you an eye, but Goldfinger's technicians replace it with a gold-hued, synthetic and upgradeable eye, earning you the name 'GoldenEye'. Download the video at GameConnect