It is easy to think of Half-Life 2 as a static masterpiece—a fixed point in gaming history that arrived in 2004 and stayed there. But if you’ve been playing it on Steam recently, you aren’t playing the game that shipped two decades ago. As highlighted in this fascinating deep-dive video,Read More →
Could Gordon Freeman’s services be called upon again? Almost certainly, if the Half-Life 3 rumours are anything to go by… I never imagined I’d ever be writing about Half-Life 3 in anything but wistful tones. Thoughts of a game that never was, of lost opportunities. Of a story unfinished. YetRead More →
You’ve probably seen mention of RTX Remix. But what is it? Over the past few months, RTX Remix has been linked to a succession of classic PC games. Half-Life 2, Portal, Tomb Raider, and others have been reported to be under revision by development teams using this modding platform, withRead More →
Half-Life 3 will probably never appear, but what if the G-Man granted your wish for a Half-Life 2 prequel? A bunch of Half-Life news has appeared over the past few weeks, which is worth highlighting for fans of the popular FPS series. Even though I’ve been back in the UKRead More →
The Steam Spring Sale is underway, with an immense number of discounted games, from AAA legends to the latest indie classics. Among those titles are several classics, not least from Valve’s own pantheon. So, you’ve got Half-Life and its various spin-offs; the same with Half-Life 2. There’s also Portal andRead More →
Many years ago, a collegaue introduced me to “Concerned”, probably the most famous of all the Half-Life 2 comics. Written by by Christopher C. Livingston and featuring a lead character called Gordon Frohman, the series was a collection of often hilarious observations about the HL2 world and odd events inRead More →
Let’s hope Valve doesn’t go all “Nintendo” on this one. The Source VR Mod Team is hard at work developing a Half-Life 2 VR mod that will be free for all gamers who own a Steam copy of Half-Life 2. Some games never die, and the scene over at RavenholmRead More →
If you ever wanted to play Doom and Half-Life 2 at the same time (we know, you only just realised how amazing that would be) a new in-development mod will almost make that happen. Developed by Penggrin and set to be hosted on ModDB, the “main goal is to recreatRead More →
Despite launching in 2004, Half-Life 2 still looks pretty good. But it arguably suffers when placed alongside unofficial works like Black Mesa. Coming to the rescue and bringing things up-to-date is the Half-Life 2: Overcharged mod, which brings a ton of new visual and gameplay features to Gordon Freeman’s adventuresRead More →
