Half-Life 2 RTX demo arrives March 18, RTX Remix modding suite leaves beta
Mod tools introduce DLSS 4, multi-frame gen, RTX IO, ray-traced subsurface scattering, and more
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Viktor Antonov, the artist behind Half-Life 2's City 17 and Dishonored, dies at 52
"Welcome to City 17... it's safer here."
How Half-Life 2's minimum specs led to the creation of the Steam Hardware survey
Things were very different back in 2003
How a summer intern saved Valve from bankruptcy and shaped the future of gaming
Vivendi turned a petty matter over Counter-Strike licensing into "World War III"
As Half-Life 2 turns 20, Valve celebrates with a free to download weekend, new Episode 3 footage reveal
Valve releases new two-hour documentary, Raising the Bar reprint coming in 2025
What just happened? Valve is celebrating Half-Life 2's 20th anniversary with a massive update, a temporary free giveaway of the full game, and a bundle including the two episodic expansions and new developer commentary. Additionally, a two-hour YouTube documentary sheds light on the canceled third expansion, revealing new details for fans.
Nvidia is giving away a custom GeForce RTX 4080 Super to celebrate Half-Life 2's 20th anniversary
Rise and shine, Mr. Freeman, the alien invasion is properly ray traced this time
Fan-made Half-Life 2: Episode 3 project gets free demo, available now on Steam
Based on series writer Marc Laidlaw's "Epistle 3" draft from 2017
Path tracing mods for Deus Ex, Dark Messiah, and Half-Life 2 show stunning progress
Nvidia adds ray reconstruction to RTX Remix path tracing mod framework
RTX Remix open beta will let modders add ray tracing to classic games later this month
Nvidia shows off new footage of the Half-Life 2 RTX Remix fan remaster
Nvidia shares an early look at Half-Life 2 RTX, a community-led RTX Remix project
Modernizing a nearly 20-year-old fan favorite
We've played Lego Star Wars and Lego Batman, how about Lego Half-Life 2?
WTF?! As one of the most beloved PC games of the last two decades, Half-Life 2 has received an innumerable amount of mods and conversions. Users have strived to enhance its graphics, add virtual reality support, introduce ray tracing, and build custom episodes. One modder even replaced all of the game's audio with his own voice. However, transforming Valve's classic into a Lego game is an innovation we haven't seen before.
Half-Life 2: Episode 2 VR mod arrives today with more improvements
Highly anticipated: After a decade of development, a mod is making the entire Half-Life 2 story playable in VR, including the two expansion episodes. While still technically in beta, the mod has received frequent updates and lots of praise. The developers are extensively focusing on comfort features to accommodate various VR gameplay styles.
Well-regarded Half-Life 2 VR mod adds support for Episode One, Episode Two coming soon, too
A recent update also added several QoL features for improved gameplay
Modder runs Half-Life 2 natively on a Raspberry Pi 4 and Apple M2 Silicon
Project proves Source engine games can run well on Arm systems
The modders behind the excellent Half-Life 2 VR port reveal Episode One to arrive in Q1
Delve further into Half-Life 2's story in full VR in only a matter of weeks
Half-Life 2: VR Mod is worth the ten-year wait it took to get it to beta
The core game is playable in VR beginning to end, but Episodes 1 and 2 need a bit more time
Valve rolls out a beta patch for Half-Life 2, includes long-awaited bug fixes and Vulkan support
Valve preps Half-Life 2 for the Steam Deck's launch
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'Half-Life 2: VR' is coming to Steam for Oculus and Vive
Time, Dr. Freeman? Is it really that time again?
