Half-Life 2 News

Half-Life 2: VR Mod beta makes the classic shooter fully playable in VR

Half-Life: Alyx demonstrated that Valve's first-person shooter series could work in virtual reality, but who knows when Valve will release another one. Thankfully some modders have stepped in to fill the void. There's now a publicly playable beta of Half-Life 2: VR Mod available on Steam that makes the nearly 20-year-old shooter playable with a headset and motion controllers.

Valve showed us what the world of Half-Life could look like through a VR headset with Half-Life: Alyx. Now some hard-working modders are ready to show us even more. Half-Life 2: VR Mod entered open beta today and is now playable for free on Steam, so tell Gordon Freeman to take off his glasses and strap a computer to his face...
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This killer mod finally made me OK with never getting Half-Life 2: Episode 3

For a nerdy scientist, Gordon Freeman quickly proved himself a capable warrior. Xen creatures couldn't kill him. The US military couldn't stop him. Striders couldn't zap him. Assassins, attack choppers, explosions, radioactive waste, interdimensional monsters, and even an entire army of Combine soldiers couldn't stand in his way...
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Seems I'll be replaying Half-Life 2 again soon but this time in VR

Half-Life 2: VR Mod is on the way and will hit official Beta on Steam on September 16th, so I guess I'll be playing it all over again then.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/08/seems-ill-be-replaying-half-life-2-again-soon-but-this-time-in-vr

Update to Half-Life 2 and Episodes

An update has been released for Half-Life 2 and its Episodes.

- Fixed UI scaling issues when docking the Steam Deck
- Fixed broken control states when external controllers are connected