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LambdaGeneration earlier broke the news that the Dota 2 Client had been Leaked with references to actual HL2: Episode 3 Code which has recently been verified by Steam user barneyinblue:

If these environmental type weapons are indeed now part of the Half Life universe, the future looks very interesting for one Gordon Freeman.
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It looks like Valve is up to something as Portal has been updated with the rather sinister update: “Changed radio transmission frequency to comply with federal and state spectrum management regulations”
Steam User Darth Tealc has managed to decode the in game audio samples from the newly added Portal radio that is scattered in each level, [...]

Ahh Phishing, sounds like something you do on a boat with a few mates and beers but in the Steam world, it can create havoc for unsuspecting users.  The specific changes to the client include:

Steam Client

Added contact email account verification by request and on new account creation
Improved account security with verified contact email to prevent [...]

If you are new to Steam and the Half Life series in particular, this weekend is the perfect time to experience the complete Half Life universe.  You can get 66% off the Half life complete pack which makes it US$16.99 or grab selected individual Half Life Titles on the cheap.
I have had most of the [...]

Steam hasn’t died!  Just some scheduled downtime taking place.  If you are in OZ, you will probably be asleep or at work anyway unless you are completing a marathon gaming session.
Beginning at 6:00 pm Pacific time Thursday August 6th, we will be performing software maintenance on some Steam servers. We expect the resulting downtime to [...]

Here are some impressive lego creations from Half Life fan ORRANGE™

Steam user Sub-Zero1324 has released an impressive early alpha mod which shows huge potential.  Source: This Steam Thread and the new Half-Life 2 Deathmatch Revolution website.
Valve has released a beta SDK and it has various fixes for hl2DM.  All slam issues are now fixed and also the third person animations are fixed as well as [...]