Half-Life News

All of Half-Life's textures were created by a single person, new making-of documentary explains

Half-Life turns 25 years old tomorrow, with new maps and updates to celebrate. Valve also reunited the game's original developers for an hour-long making-of documentary in which its original programmers and artists reminisce about creating the first-person classic at a time when many of them had never shipped a game before.

Chief among the revelations within is that all of Half-Life's textures were created by a single person, Karen Laur.

Half-Life came out 25 years ago tomorrow and to celebrate Valve ahve released an anniversary update. It includes four new multiplayer maps, updated graphics settings, and fully verified Steam Deck support. It also includes some new multiplayer models and skins, including proto-Barney and the original design for Gordon Freeman, pictured above.

Half-Life is free right now, as Valve celebrates the game's anniversary. While no one can argue with a free game, we at PCGamesN love the Steam series so much that we're always talking about mods for each entry, so I've put together some wacky, brilliant, and overhauling community projects that new and old players alike really need to give a try.

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Gabe Newell on why game delays are OK: 'Late is just for a little while. Suck is forever.'

Famed Nintendo director Shigeru Miyamoto once said, so the story goes, "A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad." Did he really utter those words? Apparently not. But Valve founder Gabe Newell shares the sentiment: He said so, in very plain terms, in the new Half-Life 25th anniversary documentary that released today on YouTube...
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Valve celebrates Half-Life's 25th Anniversary with unexpected update

Named Game of the Year by over 50 publications, Valve's debut title, Half-Life is celebrating its 25th Anniversary, and to commemorate it, Valve has unexpectedly released an update.

The update contains plenty of extra content, such as the mini-campaign Half-Life Uplink, originally released as a CD exclusive for magazines and hardware manufacturers.

It comes with four new multiplayer maps built by Valve's level designers. The maps are Contamination, Pool Party, Disposal, and Rocket Frenzy.