Half-Life World has a review of Valve's SDK 2.0.
Something to tide you over until the next patch.. aye! I'm also a pirate.. maties!
Examples of the games mod authors can now create are strategy games, action games, fighting games, isometric RPG's and more. Half-Life has the largest online community and has the best development environment for Mods. With the new tools, much better Mods can be made and therefore a lot more people will download and play them. This is why Valve backs the Modification community. SDK 2.0 contains everything in the 'ProSDK' which was only obtainable under NDA, and much more. You can now access Valve's new networking system and has a new user interface toolkit (VGUI). The new patch is still free of charge as ever, downloadable from sites and mirror sites worldwide, and will soon be on the covers of your local magazines. NOW is the best time to start making that Mod you were thinking of doing - y'know that idea you had knocking round the back of your head - get to it and have your game played by thousands!
Something to tide you over until the next patch.. aye! I'm also a pirate.. maties!