Half-Life 2 News

Snag basically every Valve game for an unreal 96% off

Valve's The Orange Box is filled with some of the best PC games ever made: Half-Life 2, Team Fortress 2, and Portal are industry classics and essential for anyone with a passing interest in the medium, if you haven't played them you absolutely must. So what if we told you the collection is just $2 in the current Summer Steam sale, and what if we added that for just a few extra pennies, you can snag Half-Life 2 and over a dozen more Valve classics in one of the best deals going right now.

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Huge Half-Life 2 prequel mod explores fallout from the Seven-Hour War

A new Half-Life 2 prequel has been developed for the FPS game, as a group of fan developers has released a brilliant-looking expansion that aims to fill the gap between the two games. Focusing on the fallout of the original Combine invasion and the Seven-Hour War, this is a shorter campaign in the spirit of Valve's own HL2 Episode One and Episode Two. If you want a lore-friendly addition to the world of Half-Life 2, or need something to fill the space until Half-Life 3 arrives (which it will, one day, surely) check this out.

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New Half-Life 2 speedrun will make Valve cry

Half-Life 2 speedruns are pretty surreal. In the almost 20 years since Valve's iconic FPS game first arrived on PC (by the way, guys, if you're reading this, feel free to do Half-Life 3 any time now, yeah?) almost every aspect of Gordon Freeman's trek through City 17 has been pulled apart, glitched, broken, and exploited. Now, a new and highly frenetic run of Half-Life 2 Episode 2 has arrived, proving that, with the right moves and a lot of good luck, you can beat the entire Steam shooter in less than ten minutes. It's enough to make a game developer weep.

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Half-Life 2 Remastered is testing on Steam

Half-Life 2 Remastered, which is expected to upscale, revive, and relaunch Valve's classic FPS game using the more modern CSGO Source engine, is being tested on Steam, potentially pointing to a release in the near future. From the same creators as Half-Life 2 Update, Remastered is not a full remake in the vein of Black Mesa, but rather an enhanced and visually overhauled version of the original Half-Life 2, though it seemingly has the go-ahead and blessing from Valve itself. Maybe this is what we need while we wait on Half-Life 3.

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Entropy : Zero 2 the excellent Half-Life 2 mod adds Linux and Steam Deck support

After being in Beta since late last year, Half-Life: 2 mod Entropy : Zero 2 has now released the full Native Linux and Steam Deck support.

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