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Name	Service
Valvetime	Great source of news on everything Valve related.
Half-Life Coding	one of the best original resources for Half-Life Coding
Weapons of Counter-Strike Online	Weapons of Counter-Strike Online
gamewag	Links to plenty of mapping and modding tutorials based on Source
Half-Life Creations	Useful Community for modding tutorials
Weapons of Counter-Strike: Source	Weapons of Counter-Strike: Source
/r/SFM	/r/SFM
/r/csworkshop	/r/csworkshop
Halflife2.filefront	Huge collection of downloads for Half Life and Source
Texture Studio	Old texture resource for Half-Life, contains some tutorials
SRCDS	Source Dedicated server resource
/r/Sourceengine2	/r/Sourceengine2
Phineas Bot	Bots for Half-Life and tutorials
Background Radiation	Unfortunately dead, this site provided prefabs back in the day
Mortal Dev	Great website with links to useful resources
Weapons of Insurgency 2	Weapons of Insurgency 2
Half-Life Arrangement	Few small tutorials for Source
HL Improvement	Thriving Modding Community
modsentry	Great resource covering popular game mods
Official twitter for DOTA2	Official twitter for DOTA2
Weapons of Left 4 Dead 2	Weapons of Left 4 Dead 2
Game Banana	One of the original game modding websites (previously known as FPS Banana)
taz00	Some useful source modding tips can be crawled here
/r/sourceengine	/r/sourceengine
Steamcast	Great collection of Podcasts on everything VALVe
Weapons of Black Mesa	Weapons of Black Mesa
The Snarkpit	Host for maps, tools and tutorials, active community
No Draw	Great Blog detailing concepts when it comes to TF2 map creation
The Mighty Atom	Great little selection of some of the harder to find resources on Half-life
Half-Life Mods Wiki	Encyclopedia of Half-Life Mods
Combine OverWiki	Comprehensive information on Half-life and Portal
Half-Life SDK2 Resources	Good site for getting up and running with the old SDK
Rvanhoorn	Half-Life 2 Map Editing Optimization Guide
Black Mesa	Black 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.
Half-Life Beta Project	Nice little russian site covering Half-Life designed around the old steam colors.
ammahls	Tutorials for Sven Co-op
Mach III	Decent site from the old days covering Half-Life
HLDS 101	Cool resource explaining how to use the Half-Life Dedicated Server
Half-Life Beginners guide	Decent attempt to make it easier for newbs to come to grips with the SDK
Moddb	Huge Database of Mods, tools and tutorials, thriving community and useful rating system
EditLife	One of the older sites dedicated to mapping and resources. No longer live
NerdChow	Coding tutorial for Half-Life
Half-Life 2: Episode 2	The Official Half-Life 2: Episode 2 Website
/r/Portalmaps	/r/Portalmaps
Botmans Bots	Decent starting point for modding the SDK
Mods Inside	Russian Mod community providing forums, files and reviews.
Weapons of Half-Life	Weapons of Half-Life
Half Life Saga	not useful for modders but a must read for those interested in the half-life Universe
/r/TF2	/r/TF2
SDK Nuts	One of the older HL2 modding websites
Garry's Mod Wiki	Wiki with useful information for developers and gamers playing with Garry's Mod
half-life.ru	Active Russian Modding Community
Grinder74	Another Polish community dedicated to Half-Life
/r/valve	/r/valve
When its done	Some tutorials on HL1 development
Ceskemody	Czech Modding site with both GoldSrc and Source Content
Modding Area	Great French community for Modding resources.
Planet Fortress	Team Fortress Based fan site
3rdLife	very hard to crawl but was once a great tutorial resource
Counter Strike: Global Offensive, Counter Strike: Source	The Official Counter-Strike Website
GoldSrc Gold	Exhibiting and preserving the great look and feel of Goldsource engine games & mods from days gone bye.
Half Life Express	Old site for news on Half-Life
Petes Place	Old coding tutorials
VERC	VERC Collective (Valve Editing Resource Center) website no longer exists but can be traversed on the wayback machine, Predecessor to VDC
Weapons of Source Film Maker	Weapons of Source Film Maker
/r/SourceEngineTest/	/r/SourceEngineTest
Podcast 17	Another great collection of podcasts on anything steam, valve or source related
Thinking with Portals	The Official Portal Website
Official twitter for TF2	Official twitter for TF2
ModDota	Great resource for modding Dota II
HL2 Mods.ru	A Russian Mod Review site for Source Games
Appalachian Killing Grounds	Old site with large collection of tutorials
/r/Hammer	/r/Hammer
/r/Portal	/r/Portal
Arbitrary Imposition	Site dedicated to the Gman and his sightings
The Orange Box	The Official Orange Box Website
tophattwaffle	Excellent tutorials on Source mapping
CS:Velocity	Once another vibrant community from the Counter Strike golden days
Dota II	The Official Dota 2 Website
ModMatic	Mod review site from the developer of Minerva
isolated-design.de	A good resource for GoldSrc modding tutorials
Netday	Map hosting site including but not limited to Valve Games
Weapons of Half-Life 2	Weapons of Half-Life 2
Weapons of Insurgency	Weapons of Insurgency
Weapons of Counter-Strike	Weapons of Counter-Strike
The Razzer Tutorials	Tutorials for Source mapping (Deutsch)
Contaminated	Defacto place for everything half-life around its release. Closed only to re-open as Planet Half-life.
Half-Life: Alyx	The Official Half-Life: Alyx Website
Half-Life Physics Reference	The Half-Life Physics Reference is a wonderful site with un-official documentation on the GoldSrc Engine.
SteamDB	Records all changes to steams games and products
Half-Life Museum	A good break down of Half-Life and Half-Life 2, unfortunately it is no longer live.
Type 3 studios	Source Engine mapping and tutorials
The Wadfather	Contains some useful links to tutorials
/r/Halflife	/r/Halflife
Half-Life Nostalgia Project	Collection of screens and info prior to the release of Half-Life. another victim to gamespys untimely demise.
Weapons of Team Fortress 2	Weapons of Team Fortress 2
Game Edit	Few small tutorials on HL1 mapping
TenFour	Once a great review site.
Ask Yahn	Questions put to Valve Employee Yahn Bernier
Weapons of Day of Defeat: Source	Weapons of Day of Defeat: Source
Slackiller	Tutorials, textures and maps for Source
Dota Wiki	Encyclopedia of Dota
dying2kill	Australian & NewZealand based Gaming Community
Half-Life Comic	Comical take on the Half-Life Universe
Weapons of Day of Defeat	Weapons of Day of Defeat
/r/CounterStrike	/r/CounterStrike
Half-Life Programming	Great resource for Half-Life coding
KV File Generator	Online tool that automatically generates a formatted .kv file based on your selection for CS:GO
The 303	Tutorials for Source
CITY17.RU	Another unfortunate victim of disregard, CITY17.ru was a great site dedicated to everything Half-life.
Nems Tools	Extremely useful tools for Source modding
Persistence of Vision	Tutorials on creating movies in half-life
hlcoders	Official mailing for Half-Life Coders
Team Fortress 2	The Official Team Fortress Website
Half-Life	The Official Half-Life Website
Half-Life HQ	Once a very busy site for Half-Life
Where is Gordon Freeman	This 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.
Wavelength	Source, GoldSrc tutorials, inactive forums, mostly defunct, use the wayback machine to get some missing pages
Official mailing lists	Ask questions related to mapping, coding and steam services through each mailing list, view the archives as well!
/r/AskMappers	/r/AskMappers
Mr Funeral Mods	Talented Source Modder with good quality Tutorials
Half-Life 2 Mods	A collection of all known mods for HL2
Level Design Theory	Blog documenting single player map creation for Half-Life 2 and other Source Games
Map Core	Legendary Half-life Based Mapping Resource with a Vibrant community
Half-Life 2: Episode 1	The Official Half-Life 2: Episode 1 Website
Gaming-Models.de	Download free models for use in your mods
Design 3 (Noesis)	Big collection of high quality Source engine tutorials (paid)
Counter-Strike Planet	Great old mapping resource for Counter strike.
/r/SourceMods	/r/SourceMods
World of Level Design	Tutorials on Mapping for many platforms
Source Runs	Source runs is a great site documenting and supporting community members who attempt record breaking speed runs through GoldSrc and Source Engine games.
/r/csmapmakers	/r/csmapmakers
Weapons of Firearms: Source	Weapons of Firearms: Source
Leakfree	Some useful tutorials on mapping with Source
Left 4 Dead	The Official Left 4 Dead Website
Weapons of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	Weapons of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Editing Archive	The 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.
headcrab.pl	Polish community dedicated to Half-Life
HL2DM University	Half-Life 2 Deathmatch based community resource.
Mapping Base	Great German community for Mapping resources.
100 Half-Life 1 Mods	100 of Half-Life 1's best Mods hand picked by Andrej Mernik
hlds	Official mailing for Half-Life Dedicated Servers
HL Collection	Russian Mod hosting site dedicated to Half-Life
metrocop	Comics from Source engines games, specifically Garrys Mod.
hl2world	No longer exists but was once the defacto source of tutorials for HL2 Modding
Chaincraft	Olden goldie here with some very useful modding tips on goldsrc
Steam Review	Site covering interesting facts about Steam
Half-Life Programming Planet	plenty of good old tutorials here for Half-Life
Jinx's Maps	Great little site with some good tutorials and resources on Half-life
69th Vlatitude	Good oldschool tuts and resources can be found here
nashalife	Russian Modding site for Half-Life
WorldCraft Online	Tool for creating Hammer maps from a 2D perspective
HL Spain	Spanish blog covering Half-Life 1 Mods
HL2DB	Another lost site that had some promise back in the day.
HL2Spain	Spanish site covering everything Source
Alien Swarm:Single Player Blog	Great Blog based on the Single player conversion mod for Alien Swarm
A Working Pig	Half-Life 2 Deathmatch maps and utilities
Official twitter for Valve Software	Official twitter for Valve Software
/r/DotA2	/r/DotA2
hl2modcentral	A site that had a wealth of useful tutorials but unfortunately lost.
HalfLife.net	Another Half-Life website from back in the day
Garrys Blog	From the creator of Garrys mod comes Garrys Blog...
Mapeadores	Spanish modding Tutorials
Sourcedc	Had some decent Mapping tutorials, Worth a look.
The Weapons Workshop	provided downloads to Hl Models.
Alien Swarm Wiki	Encyclopedia of Alien Swarm
Wunderboy	Very useful Tools and Tutorials for Source Modding
Half-Life [GameHut]	Old site with walkthroughs on half-life
TWHL	Source, GoldSrc tutorials, active forums, friendly community
Day of Defeat Wiki	Encyclopedia of Day of Defeat
Half-Life Library	This site focuses more on user generated content like custom maps, modifications, videos, models, clans and more for all of Valve's games.
HLFX	Active Russian Modding Community
Gamedesign.net Prefabs	hosted multitudes of prefabs for half-life
Official twitter for CS:GO	Official twitter for CS:GO
Half Life Machinima Wiki	Encyclopedia of Half Life Machinima
3kliksphilip	Talented CSS and CS:GO Mapper with a wealth of Tutorials
Planet Half-Life	Once one of the greatest sources for everything HL2, is now shutdown with Gamespys closure
Half-Life Portal	German site covering Valves games
Left 4 Dead Wiki	Encyclopedia of Left 4 Dead
Half-Life Wiki	Another great wiki covering Half-Life
The Fixxxer	Good collection of coding tutorials here
/r/Portal2	/r/Portal2
/r/L4D2	/r/L4D2
Resource Code	Old site with large collection of coding tutorials written in German
Half-Life Editing Resource	Similar to VERC, decent collection of tutorials here as well as downloads
Action Half-Life	Useful maps and Tutorials (use the wayback machine to navigate)
HalfLife Control Unit	Great web resource for Half-Life
Weapons of Left 4 Dead	Weapons of Left 4 Dead
scmapdb	Tutorials for Sven Co-op
Half-Life Fusion	French site dedicated to Half-Life
HL2 Coding	Programming Tutorials for HL2
/r/steam	/r/steam
Left 4 Dead 2	The Official Left 4 Dead 2 Website
Half Life Zone	Small site for Half life related content
hlds_announce	Official mailing for Half-Life Dedicated Server Announce
Official twitter for L4D	Official twitter for L4D
Halfwit 2	HL2 mapping and tutorials, general information
Ubermicro	Community of tutorials on mapping and modding
Counter Strike Wiki	Encyclopedia of Counter Strike
Radium	Old Map rating and review site
SFMLab	Download free models for use in your Source Filmmaker shorts
The Wall	German Mapping community with a wealth of Tutorials
csgo_servers	Official mailing for CS:GO Servers
Counter Server Maps	Another unfortunately dead resource that supplied plenty of downloads and tutorials
LambdaGeneration	A 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.
Steampowered Forums	The Original Official Steam Forums
Plague Fest	Great mapping and modding community
Amphibian Mods	Another great resource for modding, unfortunately lost in Valvetime
VDC	The Valve Developer Community is the official Source SDK Documentation
Half-life Coding Index	Old site indexing the coding tutorials available for half-life
Vanilla Capsule	decent pipe tutorial for Hammer
Valve Developer Union	the 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.
valvenews	Old site for news on Half-Life
EGIR.DK	Provided a vibrant forum and tutorial collection back in the day
pcosmos.ca	Collection of Half-Life and Opposing Force Mods
hl.loess	Very useful list of mods for Half Life
Handy Vandal	Decent oldschool resource for half-life modding
Counter-Script	The #1 Counter-Strike Scripting Site... now gone :/
Half-Life DeathMatch Guide	Guides for succeeding in HL1DM
Half-Life Fallout	One of the better communities for Half-life content
Half-Life Wiki	Encyclopedia of Half-Life
Chaosincarnate	Tools and Tutorials for Source Modding
nextwish	Old site with useful info on modding for GoldSrc
Sven Co-op	Great website with a very active community for the Sven Coop Mod
SourceWiki	Once had some good coding tutorials and offered help, unfortunately lost.
Counter Map	Useful maps and Tutorials for CS 1.6 and CS:S
hlds_linux	Official mailing for Half-Life Dedicated Servers on Linux
Run Think Shoot Live	A great community website for all things valve related. Focused on mods, tutorials and the expression of the community. Previously known as Planet Phillip.
Vossey	Active French Modding Community
Half-Life 2	The Official Half-Life 2 Website
Wallworm	Modeling tools for Max
Weapons of Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines	Weapons of Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines
Interlopers	HL2 News, Tutorials and forum with a thriving community
Team Fortress Wiki	Encyclopedia of Team Fortress
Facepunch	Great website with plenty of tutorials many of which focus on Garrys mod but none the less a very useful website
Half-Life.org	Some interesting articles to read here
MaxofS2D	Gifted movie maker and modeler who worked extensively with Source...
Weapons of Counter-Strike: Condition Zero	Weapons of Counter-Strike: Condition Zero

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