Source+Engine

=﻿**Source Engine**= The source engine is a gaming physics engine created by Valve. The engine debuted with the release of [|Counter Strike:Source]and later the Game of the Year [|Half Life 2]. These two games sold millions of copys and gained Valve fame. Other notable games also by [|Valve] that include the [|SOURCE engine] are: [|Left 4 Dead], [|Team Fortress 2], sandbox creator Garry's Mod, [|Day Of Defeat: Source], the puzzle shooters [|Portal] and [|Portal 2], and also, the MMORPG [|Vindictus] developed by NEXON

=﻿Counter Strike: Source= Counter Strike: Source is an FPS Shooter developed by [|STEAM] using the SOURCE engine. This is the fourth release of the Counter Strike series, after Counter Strike 1.6, Counter Strike, and Counter Strike: Condition Zero. This game is protected by the Valve Anti Cheat (VAC) and protects players from being affected by hackers. However, VAC does not stop you from exploits in the Source engine, which is where the very popular game mode Surf is created. There are many game modes that CS:S servers use, some including Bot servers, where you are pitted against CPU's programmed to play the game with you, either on your team or against you. Surf, where an exploit in the SOURCE engine allows you to slide across walls with the correct gravity, allowing you to fly endlessly at incredible speeds.

The spawn area of a popular surf map, "surf_greatriver_xtream"

Zombies is by far the most popular game mode as it has the most players playing it at one time. The game mode has two seperate modes, Infection or CPU Infection. Infection is when one player is turned into a zombie and must infect others with their knife (Which on others' screens, isn't shown) and CPU infection where a team of zombies that are CPU controlled attack you and you must defend yourself from them using weapons bought from the store.

=﻿Half Life= The award winning Half Life series is based on the controversies of Black Mesa, a fictional company that Gordon Freeman worked for. One of Black Mesa's projects created zombie-like creatures that take over the Black Mesa facility, and the US Military are dispatched to contaminate the outbreak. Gordon is blamed for this outbreak and soon must fight against both the creatures and the military. Half Life 2 features much of the same but with improved graphics, weapons and vehicles.

Half Life 2: Episode 1

Half Life 2 also released episodes, adding onto the story of Half Life 2. Half Life: Episode 1 & 2 are currently the only episodes out right now, however, people claim Valve are fast on the works of Half Life 2: Episode 3, either that or Half Life 3.

=﻿Left 4 Dead= Left 4 Dead is a co-operative multiplayer online horror first person shooter video game. It was developed by Turtle Rock Studios, which was purchased by the Valve Corporation during its development. The game features four human player charecters, and four zombie player charecters. The four human characters are: Louis, Francis, Bill and Zoey, where as the four zombie player charecters, which are only available to play with the use of hacking tools or versus mode are: Boomer, Smoker, Hunter and Tank. There are four campaigns in the original game, with an extra campaign added in an update during 2009. The campaigns are in order, and each campaign has four stages,apart from the second campaign update which only has two, they are: No Mercy, Crash Course, Dead Air and Blood Harvest.