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Half-Life 2 is 20 years old and has been updated with Steam Workshop support and developer commentaryIt’s free to keep this weekend, too
It’s free to keep this weekend, too
Image credit:Valve
Image credit:Valve
Half-Life 2just turned 20 years old, and to celebrate Valve have released an update for their classic first-person shooter. In brief: they’ve recorded developer commentary; they’ve added Steam Workshop support; Episodes One and Two are now part of the package; and there are some bug fixes and new graphics options.
Grab it before the end of the weekend (November 18th at 6pm GMT) and it’s also free to keepon Steam.
If you’re not familiar with the story of Half-Life 2’s development, the answer is: a lot happened. Valve also partnered with Secret Tape to produce a two-hour documentary on the subject:
Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary DocumentaryHalf-Life 2’s 20th anniversary documentary.Watch on YouTube
Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Documentary
Half-Life 2 had a bustling modding community back when, just as its predecessor did, and it’s great that Steam Workshop support has been added even if it’s late. (Steam Workshop itself was only created in 2011.) It’salready filling up with work now.
The full list offixes and rendering optionsis too long for me to include here. There are changes to support ultrawide monitors and high FOV settings, increased spawn points in multiplayer maps to thwart players who are a quickdraw with a toilet, and some limits lifted within BSP files allowing for modders to place more brushes and models within their own levels.
Valve did a similar set of revisionsto celebrate the original Half-Life’s 25th anniversary last year. Next year will be the 20th anniversary of Day Of Defeat: Source, so I’m looking forward to the three hour-long documentary about that.
