half life 2 Are getting Major Updates In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the classic title. In addition to Steam Workshop support directly within the game, Valve has fixed bugs and restored some content, added new graphics settings, updated gamepad controls, and more. You can also get the game for free on steam As of November 18th at 1PM ET. After this its price will be $9.99.
Valve is now also including the Episode One and Episode Two expansions with the base game. they will be accessible from half life 2 menu, and Valve says that “you will automatically advance to the next expansion after completing each.” You'll also be able to access the Steam Workshop within the Extras menu, meaning you'll no longer have to leave the game to enable the mod.
Valve says it has also made massive updates half life 2Maps, which will “fix long-standing bugs, restore content and features lost over time, and improve the quality of some things like lightmap resolution and fog.” There's also a new option to play with the original launch day blood and fire effects, and Valve has updated half life 2“matches” the gamepad controls of last years half life 1 anniversary update,
If you want to use an older version of half life 2It's still an option: You just have to go back to the “publicly visible beta branch called 'Steam_Legacy'” and grab a “pre-20th anniversary build,” Valve says.
As it coincided with the 25th anniversary celebration of the original half lifeValve has also released a free documentary about it half life 2 that you can Watch for free on YouTubeAccording to the documentary's YouTube description, here's what you can expect: “We've called back with members of the HL2 team to talk about the game's development, from how we almost lost our money to when we got hacked. What if it was gone, what if” when we were sued by our publisher, the birthplace of Steam, and much more.
In addition to the documentary, Valve has also shared videos of Old community of the game – including the one he planned to bring By E3 2022 But at the last moment decided not to show. Valve also added 3.5 hours of new developer commentary to the game.
And the company is printing an expanded second edition of raising the bar Book about game development, including “The half life 2 The story in development, with never-before-seen concept art from episode one and episode two, ideas and experiments for a third episode that never came to fruition. The book will return to print in 2025.
maybe soon we will meet half life 3Perhaps?