Half-Life 2 review
20 years ago, Half-Life 2 was the recipient of two of PC Gamer's highest review scores ever: 96% in PC Gamer UK, and 98% in the US version of the magazine, which at the time published separate reviews. ..
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Half-Life 2 News
20 years ago, Half-Life 2 was the recipient of two of PC Gamer's highest review scores ever: 96% in PC Gamer UK, and 98% in the US version of the magazine, which at the time published separate reviews. ..
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A summer intern once saved Valve from a near-fatal lawsuit after a publisher 'decided to go World War 3' on it, and it all hinged on one email
First Spotted by 80 Level, Secret Tape's massive documentary on the development of Half-Life 2 contains an almost unbelievable story of how Valve was saved from legal and financial ruin thanks to the actions of a single summer intern, paving the way for PC gaming as we know it today...
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November 18, 2024 Update
- Fixed issue where NPC reactions to the player's flashlight and some incidental dialogue would not play after switching between episodes.
- Fixed amount of bloom applied after switching between Episode One and Episode Two.
- Fixed the FOV setting not applying until you got the HEV Suit if you started a new game and watched the intro sequence.
- Fixed issue where HUD messages for pickups and responses to some console commands would display multiple times after switching between episodes.
- Fixed scaling for Aim Assist at very high or very low framerates.
- Fixed issue where the gamepad weapon selector UI could be stuck on after relaunching the game with no gamepad connected.
- Fixed non-workshop mods displaying their title as "Half-Life 2" on the main menu.
- Improved load times when switching between episodes or when adding and removing workshop content.
- Workshop - Fixed some mods that were tagged to load as Episode One data but were being loaded as Episode Two mods.
- Workshop - Better handling for addons that are corrupt.
- Workshop - Fixed support for weapon mods that reskin the Stunstick.
NOTE: There is now a public "beta" branch for Half-Life 2 that will periodically receive updates before they go live to all players.
Half-Life 2 peaks at 64k players
Half-Life 2 has peaked at 64,085 concurrent players on 17 November 2024 which is 20 years after release.
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Despite being a 20 year old single-player game, Half-Life 2 just hit an all-time high concurrent player count thanks to that anniversary update
Crikey, Half-Life 2 just turned 20 this week, but despite that, and even thanks to that, it's just hit a new concurrent player count peak.