Valve is notorious for providing support to the gaming community in the form of� well, free stuff. Just recently, Valve made popular shooter Team Fortress 2 free-to-play. Now, in another gesture of appreciation to their fans, Valve is now making the Source SDK free as well.
If you�ve been living in a cave and don�t know what the Source SDK is, it�s basically a complete package of the tools you need to make your own games (or mods) with the Source engine. All that�s missing is a bit of creativity.
Before, gamers had to purchase a game that used the Source engine in order to gain access to the Source SDK. Now, however, that may no longer be the case.
It�ll be interesting to see the creative stuff that budding game enthusiasts come up with now that the Source SDK is free.