Half-Life 2
2004 video game
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| November 2024 | On the game's 20th anniversary, Valve made Half-Life 2 temporarily free on Steam, updated the game to incorporate Episode One, Episode Two, and Lost Coast, improved graphics and controls, restored lost content, fixed bugs, added developer commentary, and released a two-hour making-of documentary. The game reached a new peak of 64,085 concurrent players on Steam. |
| 2023 | Nvidia announced Half-Life 2 RTX, a collaboration with fan developers to add ray tracing and graphical upgrades using Nvidia's Remix tools. |
| 2022 | Fans discovered that a corpse texture in the game originated from a real medical textbook photograph, which sparked criticism of the game's art assets. |
| September 2022 | Fans released Half-Life 2: VR Mod after a decade of development, allowing the game to be played in virtual reality. |
| January 2022 | Valve updated Half-Life 2 with a new interface designed for the Steam Deck device. |
| 2020 | After canceling Episode Three and several Half-Life projects, Valve released Half-Life: Alyx, a prequel to the series. |
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