Before Half-Life changed gaming forever, its own developers weren’t sure they could pull it off but Gabe Newell had faith.

It had been shown at E3 in 1998, with a release date of September that year and a $30 price tag, but at some point after that it was delayed and subsequently thrown down the memory hole. A demo ...

The mission, originally played live on stage at E3 2003, was the world's first look at the sequel. With a runtime just under nine minutes, the demo was a vertical slice created to introduce the ...

Sometimes it takes twenty years to settle a bet. The Halo 2 demo shown off at E3 2003 is finally playable by the public. As part of a broader celebration of Halo 2’s 20th anniversary ...

343 Industries announced that the Halo 2 and the Halo 3 E3 demos will be recreated and made available to Halo: The Master Chief Collection players soon. These demos were never included in the ...

But unlike most demo stations, it was dark in there. And fairly quiet. People were seated at stations with headphones, and the tone was serious — almost somber for an E3 demo. I was there to ...