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Here's a full hour of Arkane's canceled Half-Life game




Two years ago, game documentary channel Noclip produced a fascinating look at Ravenholm, a canceled Half-Life spin-off that was in development at Arkane before the studio made Dishonored. That documentary included some footage of the canceled game along with interviews with multiple developers at Arkane. Today Noclip has published a much longer look at Ravenholm: the full hour of footage it captured in 2020...
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A Half-Life 2 mod brought a Star Fox voice actor out of retirement

A Half-Life 2 mod has managed to bring back Star Fox voice actor Estelle Ellis, who played Krystal in Star Fox Adventures, and hasn't done any acting since 2005.

Half-Life 2 is a pretty good game, sure, but the most common criticism about the Valve developed title is that there just aren't enough hot blue foxes in the game, which is absolutely the truth. Thankfully, in 2017, a mod was released that replaces Alyx Vance with probably the most famous blue fox, Krystal, though only her model. Now though, modder Gagnetar is working on an update to the mod that has somehow managed to bring Estelle Ellis out of retirement, and provide a complete rework of Alyx's lines.

Over on the official fan site dedicated to the popular fox, Krystal Archive, a post was shared detailing the mod. "For that extra bit of polish, Gagnetar even took the trouble to rewrite some of the lines to fit better with Krystal as a character in the game world, rather than simply doing a word-for-word recreation," reads the post.

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Half-Life 2 - Update

An update has been released for Half-Life 2, Episode One, Episode Two, and Lost Coast.

- Updated localization strings and captions

Half-Life 2 - Update

An update has been released for Half-Life 2, Episode One, Episode Two, and Lost Coast.

- Fixed corrupted models on OSX
- Fixed some controller glyphs in HUD hints

Half-Life 2 and Episodes - Update

An update has been released for Half-Life 2, Episode One, Episode Two, and Lost Coast.

- Fixed support for external controllers on Deck
- Restored missing Commentary menu items
- Fixed some stuttering on level transitions
- Added chapter icons for Steam Deck UI