ValveTime
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ValveTime is a gaming news website and community about the games produced by Valve. It was originally created as HalfLife2.net when Half-Life 2 was first announced in March 2003. It was renamed to ValveTime in 2012.
History[edit]
HalfLife2.net was founded on March 18, 2003 by Daniel "Munro" Turk[1] upon the announcement of Half-Life 2, intending it to be a news hub for the game as well as a community for fans of the series.[2][3]
HalfLife2.net was heavily involved in the Half-Life 2 ARG that ran in 2004, with a HalfLife2.net user, Merc, sharing photos with its community of his trip to Valve for a playtest that led to the discovery of the ARG.[4] The ARG being aimed towards HalfLife2.net was noted by Valve itself by the congratulatory message of its first unlocked page: "Hello halflife2.net. Your cleverness is noted; you've passed the first test." Around this time, Valve's Greg Coomer also joined the forums,[5] sharing ARG hints and a few pre-release screenshots of Half-Life 2.[6]
On February 28, 2012, administrator Hectic Glenn announced the rebranding of HalfLife2.net to ValveTime,[7] with the new website being launched on Wednesday, March 7, 2012, after a brief delay.[8] A new community-made logo was chosen by the team and announced on May 12, 2012.[9] The new name was chosen after accidentally coming across the available domain after entertaining other names, such as "Valved".[2]
On March 2020, after a cybersquatter took over the former "valvetime.net" domain, ValveTime moved to the domain "valvetime.co.uk".[10]
ValveTime ran a regular series of "News Round-Up" videos on YouTube from March 24, 2012 until September 20, 2016.[11]
ValveTime announced a relaunch on December 1, 2019, coinciding with the announcement of Half-Life: Alyx.[12] However, the last post on the official ValveTime website was a happy New Year message on January 1, 2020 by administrator Chris "Chris D" Deeming,[13] with no subsequent updates as of 2025.
References[edit]
- ↑ Staff page on HalfLife2.net (2007) (archived)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 About page on ValveTime
- ↑ 20 Years of Half-Life on LambdaGeneration (November 19, 2018)
- ↑ Back from another... trip to Valve! on ValveTime (June 23, 2004)
- ↑ Hi. on ValveTime (June 16, 2004)
- ↑ Some new screenshots on ValveTime (August 5, 2004)
- ↑ An Introduction to ValveTime.net on ValveTime (February 28, 2012)
- ↑ Welcome to ValveTime.net on ValveTime (March 7, 2012)
- ↑ The results you've all been waiting for! on ValveTime (May 12, 2012)
- ↑ The valvetime.net domain on March 14, 2020 (archived)
- ↑ ValveTime's YouTube account
- ↑ Relaunch announcement on ValveTime's Facebook page
- ↑ "Happy new year" thread on ValveTime
