The Orange Box Updates

Valve boss to receive UK award for his "outstanding and exceptional contribution to games."

Developer to discuss virtual reality port of Team Fortress 2 and why the technology could become more mainstream at event in March.

First part of Source-powered community mod will be released next week; initial release will stop at Lambda Core level, offering 8-10 hours of gameplay.

Seattle software giant brings on Greek economics theory professor Yanis Varoufakis to assist company in managing its in-game economies.

Developer says something "brand new" coming to shooter in 2012; Meet the Pyro short also on the way for later this year.

Valve confirms this week's security breach potentially exposed encrypted credit card numbers, passwords, addresses, more.

GDC Online 2011: Erik Wolpaw, Marc Laidlaw, and Ted Kosmatka explain the rules behind writing for Half-Life's Gordon Freeman and Portal's Chell, set the record straight on Portal 2's rumored rape scene.

GDC Online 2011: Telltale Games design director Dave Grossman lays out different ways for developers to share the storytelling duties with their players, and how to make them still feel in control.

Square Enix and Airtight Games showing off Kim Swift's next project during Saturday panel at Seattle-based gaming convention.

[UPDATE] PC, Mac editions of Orange Box pack-in will soon be solely monetized by Mann-conomy microtransactions.

National Entertainment Collectibles Association announces agreement with Portal, Half-Life maker for toys, action figures, board games, accessories, and apparel from studio's stable of IP.