Half-Life News

Counter-Strike 2 is hiding a very secret Half-Life reference

Counter-Strike 2 and Half-Life - two pillars of the PC FPS game. While the long-awaited sequel to CSGO is expected to arrive later this year, Half-Life 3 remains a myth, an essence, a shooter that exists only in theory, and embodies all of our departed videogame dreams. But it seems that Valve hasn't forgotten Half-Life and its silent hero Gordon Freeman entirely, as Counter-Strike 2 seemingly contains a very subtle, very secret reference to the world of City 17 and Black Mesa. All you have to do is look very, very closely.

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After playing Half-Life with this new ray tracing mod, I need a cold shower in a dimly lit room

I've played the original Half-Life through to completion more times than I can remember. However, until very recently it's fair to say that I hadn't slipped back into Gordon's HEV Suit for a fair few years. I'd played Half-Life in all its forms and, simply put, I was out...
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Free Half-Life overhaul makes Valve's FPS feel like a modern shooter

A new Half-Life overhaul is here, aiming to be spiritually in keeping with Valve's 1998 FPS game, while improving and changing some core mechanics to feel closer to a modern, 2023 shooter. Called Half-Life Mmod, it might look awfully similar at a glance, but subtle tweaks to the visuals, gunplay, AI, and SFX make this arguably the definitive way to play.

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Ageing FPS Half-Life gets free overhaul, but not from Valve

A revolutionary product of its time, the first Half-Life game from Valve doesn't need a touch-up, but what if it got one that was incredibly in keeping with the FPS game's original release on Steam, and what if it was coming out very soon? Well, lucky for you I can answer both those questions, as Half-Life does have an overhaul mod coming to Steam for free and, would you look at that, it's coming very soon too.

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Half-Life's raytracing mod is great because it makes the game look old in a new way

A new Half-Life mod adds raytracing to Valve's venerable first-person shooter, a shiny slap of 2023 lighting technology in a 1998 game. I normally think such anachronistic upgrades look awful but this one works for me. Rather than just slam fancy modern tech into an old game, the mod wants to change the whole look. And it succeeds in a surprising way: by making the rest of Half-Life look older.