GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. One of Valve's most popular games, 1998's Half-Life, could have been the one and only game the company ever released, until a deal was struck that ...

Synthesis of Corruption channels Half-Life with eerie accuracy, but does its homage cross into imitation? Read our full review.

Cinematic cutscenes were all the rage in 1998. Konami had just dropped Metal Gear Solid, adding more nuance to stealth-based games, along with codec-guided cutscenes that helped bring protagonist ...