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Half-Life 2 and the episodes get a Beta with Vulkan (DXVK) and more

Valve has put up a Beta for Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode One and Half-Life 2: Episode Two as they prepare more of their own games ready for the Steam Deck.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/10/half-life-2-and-the-episodes-get-a-beta-with-vulkan-dxvk-and-more

Play Now For Free - Half-Life Series

Half-Life: Alyx is coming in March, and we are celebrating early by making all games in the Half-Life Series FREE to play for Steam users, from now until the day it launches!

If you already have Steam installed, you can click the following links to start playing now!
Half-Life
Half-Life 2
Half-Life 2: Episode One
Half-Life 2: Episode Two

If you don't have Steam, you can download it here.

Half-Life: Alyx is set before the events of Half-Life 2 and the episodes, but the games share characters and story elements. The Half-Life: Alyx team believes that the best way to enjoy the new game is to play through the old ones, especially Half-Life 2 and the episodes, so we want to make that as easy as possible.



Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode One, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Half-Life 2: Lost Coast, and Half-Life: Source Updates Released

Updates to Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode One, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Half-Life 2: Lost Coast, and Half-Life: Source have been released. The changes include:

  • Fixed a hitch when saving games
  • Fixed SteamVR running when entering the settings menu
  • Fixed missing sounds on combine soldiers
  • Fixed NPCs not blinking

Half-Life 2: Episode One updated

We have updated the public release of Half-Life 2: Episode One. This update contains all the changes from the recent beta, thanks to the whole community for their help with testing and suggesting new features.

Changes in this update are:
  • Converted Half-Life 2: Episode One to the new SteamPipe content system, for optimized delivery of the game
  • Added support for Linux operating systems
  • Added support for Virtual Reality devices, in particular Oculus Rift
  • Numerous bug fixes contributed by community members

Half-Life 2: Episode One updated

We have updated the public release of Half-Life 2: Episode One. This update contains all the changes from the recent beta, thanks to the whole community for their help with testing and suggesting new features.

Changes in this update are:
  • Converted Half-Life 2: Episode One to the new SteamPipe content system, for optimized delivery of the game
  • Added support for Linux operating systems
  • Added support for Virtual Reality devices, in particular Oculus Rift
  • Numerous bug fixes contributed by community members