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An update has been released for Half-Life 2

- UI and Input support for Steam Deck verification.

Half-Life 2's UI is being quietly redesigned

s preparations for the imminent Steam Deck launch continue apace, Valve has quietly released a beta update for Half-Life 2 that rejuvenates its interface to make it more accessible on the upcoming handheld—and on modern desktop displays...
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Valve updates Half-Life 2 with new UI ahead of the Steam Deck's launch

The Steam Deck is almost here, and Valve is busying itself with the final launch preparations for its handheld gaming PC, including updates to its own library of classic games. The developer has already turned its attention to Half-Life 2, deploying its largest patch in over 10 years. However, a more recent update found in its beta branch reveals Valve (much like The G-Man) still has plans for Gordon Freeman.

As spotted by gabefollower, Half-Life 2 now features a refreshed user interface that's undoubtedly made for the Steam Deck. The text in the game's main menu and in-game HUD is larger, with the latter featuring bigger selectable areas to accommodate touchscreens and the portable PC's touchscreen.

Half-Life 2: Episode 1 & 2 have also received this same update, and it's possible that we could see other Valve favourites like Team Fortress 2, CS:GO, and Portal get similar overhauls.

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Half-Life 2 getting a new UI in prep for Steam Deck

Valve continue burning the midnight oil as it's getting close to the Steam Deck launch now. Their classics continue getting updated, with Half-Life 2 getting a new UI.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/01/half-life-2-getting-a-new-ui-in-prep-for-steam-deck

What if: Half-Life 2 Episode 3 came out in 2007?

Everybody had it marked in their calendars. Go back to yours, you'll have done it too - a big, red marker pen circle encompassing all 12 months of 2007, and a lambda symbol above it. "Half-Life 2 Episode 3 probably releasing here, remember to play", you'll have written below it in the excited scrawl of a child adding a Super Soaker to their Christmas list.

But like that water-based weapon, which you fondly imagined tearing through at least one dermal layer as you put yourself to bed on Christmas eve, it never did arrive, did it? Valve didn't even have the decency to fob us off with a book and some chocolates, they just let the year conclude without a damn thing happening. And the next one. And the subsequent 13 after that.

In those intervening years, we've at least been able to piece together what its developers had planned for Half Life 2 Episode 3. In 2017, long-time series writer Marc Laidlaw cunningly imparted its plot under the guise of fanfic, giving fans the resolution Valve never offered.

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