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Half-Life 2The Official Half-Life 2 Website
HL SpainSpanish blog covering Half-Life 1 Mods
Ask YahnQuestions put to Valve Employee Yahn Bernier
Weapons of Firearms: SourceWeapons of Firearms: Source
Gamedesign.net Prefabshosted multitudes of prefabs for half-life
SteamDBRecords all changes to steams games and products
Half-Life FusionFrench site dedicated to Half-Life
HL2SpainSpanish site covering everything Source
metrocopComics from Source engines games, specifically Garrys Mod.
Weapons of Black MesaWeapons of Black Mesa
Official twitter for TF2Official twitter for TF2
Half-LifeThe Official Half-Life Website
WallwormModeling tools for Max
Weapons of Counter-Strike OnlineWeapons of Counter-Strike Online
Jinx's MapsGreat little site with some good tutorials and resources on Half-life
/r/DotA2/r/DotA2
/r/AskMappers/r/AskMappers
Team Fortress 2The Official Team Fortress Website
Weapons of Day of Defeat: SourceWeapons of Day of Defeat: Source
Texture StudioOld texture resource for Half-Life, contains some tutorials
isolated-design.deA good resource for GoldSrc modding tutorials
Dota WikiEncyclopedia of Dota
LambdaGenerationA great community fan website for all things Valve related with a primary focus on that which is Half life. Gives great exposure for new mods.
Source RunsSource runs is a great site documenting and supporting community members who attempt record breaking speed runs through GoldSrc and Source Engine games.
Alien Swarm:Single Player BlogGreat Blog based on the Single player conversion mod for Alien Swarm
/r/Sourceengine2/r/Sourceengine2
Official twitter for DOTA2Official twitter for DOTA2
/r/steam/r/steam
Black MesaBlack Mesa is a re-envisioning of Valve Software's classic science fiction first person shooter, Half-Life. Powered by Source Engine, You will re-visit the inaugural role of Gordon Freeman and his memorable journey through the Black Mesa Research Facility.
ContaminatedDefacto place for everything half-life around its release. Closed only to re-open as Planet Half-life.
HLDS 101Cool resource explaining how to use the Half-Life Dedicated Server
/r/Hammer/r/Hammer
Weapons of Half-LifeWeapons of Half-Life
Weapons of Left 4 Dead 2Weapons of Left 4 Dead 2
Nems ToolsExtremely useful tools for Source modding
VosseyActive French Modding Community
Persistence of VisionTutorials on creating movies in half-life
Half-Life: AlyxThe Official Half-Life: Alyx Website
SlackillerTutorials, textures and maps for Source
Counter Strike: Global Offensive, Counter Strike: SourceThe Official Counter-Strike Website
HL ImprovementThriving Modding Community
Mortal DevGreat website with links to useful resources
Thinking with PortalsThe Official Portal Website
Weapons of Left 4 DeadWeapons of Left 4 Dead
FacepunchGreat website with plenty of tutorials many of which focus on Garry’s mod but none the less a very useful website
/r/csmapmakers/r/csmapmakers
/r/L4D2/r/L4D2
Petes PlaceOld coding tutorials
100 Half-Life 1 Mods100 of Half-Life 1's best Mods hand picked by Andrej Mernik
Half-Life Beta ProjectNice little russian site covering Half-Life designed around the old steam colors.
WavelengthSource, GoldSrc tutorials, inactive forums, mostly defunct, use the wayback machine to get some missing pages
The WadfatherContains some useful links to tutorials
Half-Life DeathMatch GuideGuides for succeeding in HL1DM
No DrawGreat Blog detailing concepts when it comes to TF2 map creation
Where is Gordon FreemanThis website is a timeline documenting the range of fascinating events that have happened between Gordon Freeman’s most recent appearance in 2007 and his yet-to-be-announced next appearance in the franchise.
Map CoreLegendary Half-life Based Mapping Resource with a Vibrant community
Botmans BotsDecent starting point for modding the SDK
Half-Life.orgSome interesting articles to read here
Halflife2.filefrontHuge collection of downloads for Half Life and Source
RadiumOld Map rating and review site
modsentryGreat resource covering popular game mods
hlcodersOfficial mailing for Half-Life Coders
Weapons of InsurgencyWeapons of Insurgency
Half-Life Programming Planetplenty of good old tutorials here for Half-Life
Counter Server MapsAnother unfortunately dead resource that supplied plenty of downloads and tutorials
dying2killAustralian & NewZealand based Gaming Community
Weapons of Team Fortress 2Weapons of Team Fortress 2
/r/Portal2/r/Portal2
Modding AreaGreat French community for Modding resources.
Planet Half-LifeOnce one of the greatest sources for everything HL2, is now shutdown with Gamespy’s closure
nashalifeRussian Modding site for Half-Life
CeskemodyCzech Modding site with both GoldSrc and Source Content
The FixxxerGood collection of coding tutorials here
Action Half-LifeUseful maps and Tutorials (use the wayback machine to navigate)
Half-Life LibraryThis site focuses more on user generated content like custom maps, modifications, videos, models, clans and more for all of Valve's games.
HL2 Mods.ruA Russian Mod Review site for Source Games
Left 4 Dead WikiEncyclopedia of Left 4 Dead
Weapons of Insurgency 2Weapons of Insurgency 2
Weapons of Counter-Strike: Global OffensiveWeapons of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Background RadiationUnfortunately dead, this site provided prefabs back in the day
Handy VandalDecent oldschool resource for half-life modding
Half-Life 2 ModsA collection of all known mods for HL2
Half-Life 2: Episode 1The Official Half-Life 2: Episode 1 Website
SourcedcHad some decent Mapping tutorials, Worth a look.
pcosmos.caCollection of Half-Life and Opposing Force Mods
Official twitter for Valve SoftwareOfficial twitter for Valve Software
Half-Life ArrangementFew small tutorials for Source
Sven Co-opGreat website with a very active community for the Sven Coop Mod
Counter MapUseful maps and Tutorials for CS 1.6 and CS:S
Half-Life MuseumA good break down of Half-Life and Half-Life 2, unfortunately it is no longer live.
EditLifeOne of the older sites dedicated to mapping and resources. No longer live :(
Half-Life PortalGerman site covering Valves games
SDK NutsOne of the older HL2 modding websites
A Working PigHalf-Life 2 Deathmatch maps and utilities
The Razzer TutorialsTutorials for Source mapping (Deutsch)
Half-Life Nostalgia ProjectCollection of screens and info prior to the release of Half-Life. another victim to gamespys untimely demise.
Mr Funeral ModsTalented Source Modder with good quality Tutorials
HalfLife Control UnitGreat web resource for Half-Life
VERCVERC Collective (Valve Editing Resource Center) website no longer exists but can be traversed on the wayback machine, Predecessor to VDC
Half-Life FalloutOne of the better communities for Half-life content
HLFXActive Russian Modding Community
Alien Swarm WikiEncyclopedia of Alien Swarm
/r/Portal/r/Portal
Half Life ZoneSmall site for Half life related content
half-life.ruActive Russian Modding Community
Gaming-Models.deDownload free models for use in your mods
Counter-Strike PlanetGreat old mapping resource for Counter strike.
/r/csworkshop/r/csworkshop
InterlopersHL2 News, Tutorials and forum with a thriving community
Left 4 Dead 2The Official Left 4 Dead 2 Website
SFMLabDownload free models for use in your Source Filmmaker shorts
Halfwit 2HL2 mapping and tutorials, general information
Team Fortress WikiEncyclopedia of Team Fortress
The Mighty AtomGreat little selection of some of the harder to find resources on Half-life
tophattwaffleExcellent tutorials on Source mapping
Weapons of Half-Life 2Weapons of Half-Life 2
/r/SFM/r/SFM
Half Life ExpressOld site for news on Half-Life
Mods InsideRussian Mod community providing forums, files and reviews.
Half-Life Codingone of the best original resources for Half-Life Coding
/r/valve/r/valve
TenFourOnce a great review site.
TWHLSource, GoldSrc tutorials, active forums, friendly community
Half-Life HQOnce a very busy site for Half-Life
RvanhoornHalf-Life 2 Map Editing Optimization Guide
Amphibian ModsAnother great resource for modding, unfortunately lost in Valvetime
Weapons of Counter-StrikeWeapons of Counter-Strike
HL CollectionRussian Mod hosting site dedicated to Half-Life
Half-Life Physics ReferenceThe Half-Life Physics Reference is a wonderful site with un-official documentation on the GoldSrc Engine.
Counter-ScriptThe #1 Counter-Strike Scripting Site... now gone :/
nextwishOld site with useful info on modding for GoldSrc
Half-Life WikiAnother great wiki covering Half-Life
Editing ArchiveThe Archive serves as a gathering point for people interested in games and game development. The Archive has various features to help unite the community, and bring them together.
Half-Life 2: Episode 2The Official Half-Life 2: Episode 2 Website
valvenewsOld site for news on Half-Life
Design 3 (Noesis)Big collection of high quality Source engine tutorials (paid)
/r/sourceengine/r/sourceengine
Half-Life SDK2 ResourcesGood site for getting up and running with the old SDK
Game EditFew small tutorials on HL1 mapping
Dota IIThe Official Dota 2 Website
ModMaticMod review site from the developer of Minerva
hl.loessVery useful list of mods for Half Life
Official twitter for L4DOfficial twitter for L4D
Level Design TheoryBlog documenting single player map creation for Half-Life 2 and other Source Games
Resource CodeOld site with large collection of coding tutorials written in German
ValvetimeGreat source of news on everything Valve related.
Half-life Coding IndexOld site indexing the coding tutorials available for half-life
WorldCraft OnlineTool for creating Hammer maps from a 2D perspective
/r/SourceEngineTest//r/SourceEngineTest
Run Think Shoot LiveA great community website for all things valve related. Focused on mods, tutorials and the expression of the community. Previously known as Planet Phillip.
Half Life Saganot useful for modders but a must read for those interested in the half-life Universe
VDCThe Valve Developer Community is the official Source SDK Documentation
3rdLifevery hard to crawl but was once a great tutorial resource
HL2 CodingProgramming Tutorials for HL2
Mapping BaseGreat German community for Mapping resources.
NetdayMap hosting site including but not limited to Valve Games
The 303Tutorials for Source
The SnarkpitHost for maps, tools and tutorials, active community
Half-Life ComicComical take on the Half-Life Universe
Steam ReviewSite covering interesting facts about Steam
LeakfreeSome useful tutorials on mapping with Source
Half-Life CreationsUseful Community for modding tutorials
Weapons of Source Film MakerWeapons of Source Film Maker
ChaincraftOlden goldie here with some very useful modding tips on goldsrc
Appalachian Killing GroundsOld site with large collection of tutorials
/r/TF2/r/TF2
World of Level DesignTutorials on Mapping for many platforms
Half-Life ProgrammingGreat resource for Half-Life coding
/r/SourceMods/r/SourceMods
SRCDSSource Dedicated server resource
hl2modcentralA site that had a wealth of useful tutorials but unfortunately lost.
NerdChowCoding tutorial for Half-Life
Day of Defeat WikiEncyclopedia of Day of Defeat
hlds_linuxOfficial mailing for Half-Life Dedicated Servers on Linux
Weapons of Vampire the Masquerade: BloodlinesWeapons of Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines
Valve Developer Unionthe Valve Developer Union’s goal is to preserve the toolset and knowledge for modding Quake-based games, including games built off Valve Corporation’s GoldSrc and Source engines.
Weapons of Counter-Strike: Condition ZeroWeapons of Counter-Strike: Condition Zero
3kliksphilipTalented CSS and CS:GO Mapper with a wealth of Tutorials
Phineas BotBots for Half-Life and tutorials
hlds_announceOfficial mailing for Half-Life Dedicated Server Announce
Grinder74Another Polish community dedicated to Half-Life
ModdbHuge Database of Mods, tools and tutorials, thriving community and useful rating system
KV File GeneratorOnline tool that automatically generates a formatted .kv file based on your selection for CS:GO
Half-Life WikiEncyclopedia of Half-Life
Half-Life Editing ResourceSimilar to VERC, decent collection of tutorials here as well as downloads
Half Life Machinima WikiEncyclopedia of Half Life Machinima
Arbitrary ImpositionSite dedicated to the Gman and his sightings
The WallGerman Mapping community with a wealth of Tutorials
Weapons of Counter-Strike: SourceWeapons of Counter-Strike: Source
Mach IIIDecent site from the old days covering Half-Life
SourceWikiOnce had some good coding tutorials and offered help, unfortunately lost.
hldsOfficial mailing for Half-Life Dedicated Servers
The Orange BoxThe Official Orange Box Website
The Weapons Workshopprovided downloads to Hl Models.
Official twitter for CS:GOOfficial twitter for CS:GO
Garrys BlogFrom the creator of Garrys mod comes Garrys Blog...
HL2DBAnother lost site that had some promise back in the day.
/r/Portalmaps/r/Portalmaps
/r/CounterStrike/r/CounterStrike
csgo_serversOfficial mailing for CS:GO Servers
Type 3 studiosSource Engine mapping and tutorials
Official mailing listsAsk questions related to mapping, coding and steam services through each mailing list, view the archives as well!
ModDotaGreat resource for modding Dota II
/r/Halflife/r/Halflife
Weapons of Day of DefeatWeapons of Day of Defeat
Counter Strike WikiEncyclopedia of Counter Strike
HalfLife.netAnother Half-Life website from back in the day
Combine OverWikiComprehensive information on Half-life and Portal
Podcast 17Another great collection of podcasts on anything steam, valve or source related
SteamcastGreat collection of Podcasts on everything VALVe
ammahlsTutorials for Sven Co-op
UbermicroCommunity of tutorials on mapping and modding
Steampowered ForumsThe Original Official Steam Forums
Plague FestGreat mapping and modding community
ChaosincarnateTools and Tutorials for Source Modding
HL2DM UniversityHalf-Life 2 Deathmatch based community resource.
EGIR.DKProvided a vibrant forum and tutorial collection back in the day
CS:VelocityOnce another vibrant community from the Counter Strike golden days
MaxofS2DGifted movie maker and modeler who worked extensively with Source...
Garry's Mod WikiWiki with useful information for developers and gamers playing with Garry's Mod
Left 4 DeadThe Official Left 4 Dead Website
Half-Life Beginners guideDecent attempt to make it easier for newbs to come to grips with the SDK
WunderboyVery useful Tools and Tutorials for Source Modding
Half-Life Mods WikiEncyclopedia of Half-Life Mods
GoldSrc GoldExhibiting and preserving the great look and feel of Goldsource engine games & mods from days gone bye.
hl2worldNo longer exists but was once the defacto source of tutorials for HL2 Modding
When its doneSome tutorials on HL1 development
Game BananaOne of the original game modding websites (previously known as FPS Banana)
MapeadoresSpanish modding Tutorials
Planet FortressTeam Fortress Based fan site
headcrab.plPolish community dedicated to Half-Life
69th VlatitudeGood oldschool tuts and resources can be found here
Half-Life [GameHut]Old site with walkthroughs on half-life
taz00Some useful source modding tips can be crawled here
gamewagLinks to plenty of mapping and modding tutorials based on Source
Vanilla Capsuledecent pipe tutorial for Hammer
CITY17.RUAnother unfortunate victim of disregard, CITY17.ru was a great site dedicated to everything Half-life.
scmapdbTutorials for Sven Co-op