Valve simply launched a twenty fifth anniversary replace for Half-Life that provides an entire bunch of recent content material, some welcome quality-of-life upgrades, and even Steam Deck assist, in line with an announcement on the Half-Life web site. Additionally, you possibly can obtain the sport without cost for a restricted time.
Let’s begin with the added content material. The sport now consists of Half-Life Uplink, a “mini-campaign” that was initially accessible solely on CDs from magazines and {hardware} producers, the corporate says. There are 4 new multiplayer maps that Valve says “push the bounds of what’s doable within the Half-Life engine.” Valve additionally added maps and multiplayer character fashions from a CD referred to as Half-Life: Additional Knowledge.
Valve added some new settings, too, together with the flexibility to play with a widescreen FOV and assist for “a correct gamepad config.” The sport’s UI has been up to date in order that it scales for bigger screens. (“We constructed most of these items for 640×480 CRTs and apparently a few of you’ve gotten upgraded since then,” Valve says.) And Half-Life is now Steam Deck Verified, which means it ought to work properly on the Steam Deck with none fiddling. (May very well be an awesome sport to take a look at on the just-launched Steam Deck OLED!)
You actually ought to try the entire adjustments and the intensive checklist of patch notes — this can be a meaty replace. There are a pair essential notes on the finish: the anniversary version is now “the definitive model” of Half-Life, Valve says, however the outdated model of the sport continues to be accessible on a “steam_legacy” beta department. Valve may even be “decreasing the visibility” of Half-Life: Supply.