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Half-Life 2 reimagining Raising The Bar: Redux releases its next chapter soon


Sometimes, I like to daydream about what games could have been like if they’d taken another direction during development. Raising The Bar: Redux is exactly that, a reimagining of Half-Life 2 as though Valve never dropped their original concepts for the sci-fi shooter sequel. The next instalment in the modding project to bring that abandoned game to life, Division 2, is releasing soon. You can watch the fairly hefty trailer for Raising The Bar: Redux: Division 2 below.


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Half-Life 2 remake, based on Valve's abandoned beta, gets new chapter

A Half-Life 2 remake, which takes the abandoned beta version of Valve's seminal FPS game, and uses old design documents and concepts to create an entire, full-length shooter, is due to receive a new chapter, revitalising the famous Raising the Bar project and giving us something to enjoy as we wait - and wait - for Half-Life 3.


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Half-Life's most-hated spin-off Hunt Down the Freeman gets a 'sequel'

Portal and Half-Life writer hopes for "a 3 of something" from Valve

Half-Life 2 mod turns Valve FPS into disgusting Scorn-like horror game

Half-Life's most-hated spin-off Hunt Down the Freeman gets a 'sequel'

Half-Life spin-offs like Blue Shift, Opposing Force, and Half-Life Alyx are some of the best-loved games in the Valve shooter series, but one Steam FPS game, Hunt Down the Freeman, has been the subject of ridicule, ire, and countless memes ever since it launched in 2018. Now, the story of an HECU soldier trying to kill Gordon Freeman has an unofficial joke 'sequel' from the same modder behind the highly non-Valve 'Half Life Episode 3.'


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Portal and Half-Life writer hopes for "a 3 of something" from Valve

Portal, Half-Life, and Left 4 Dead writer Erik Wolpaw hopes that Valve will one day make "a 3 of something," as he discusses ideas for a possible Portal 3, and reflects on his work at the FPS game, Steam, and Dota 2 developer.


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Half-Life 2 Update

An update has been released for Half-Life 2, Lost Coast, and the Episodes.

- Update to DXVK Version 2.0