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 website. Additionally, you possibly can obtain the sport at no cost for a restricted time.
Let’s begin with the added content material. The sport now contains Half-Life Uplink, a “mini-campaign” that was initially obtainable solely on CDs from magazines and {hardware} producers, the corporate says. There are 4 new multiplayer maps that Valve says “push the boundaries of what’s potential within the Half-Life engine.” Valve additionally added maps and multiplayer character fashions from a CD known as Half-Life: Additional Knowledge.
Valve added some new settings, too, together with the power 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 things for 640×480 CRTs and apparently a few of you may have 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 a fantastic recreation to take a look at on the just-launched Steam Deck OLED!)
You actually ought to try the entire adjustments and the intensive record of patch notes — this is a meaty update. There are a pair necessary notes on the finish: the anniversary version is now “the definitive model” of Half-Life, Valve says, however the {old} model of the sport continues to be obtainable on a “steam_legacy” beta department. Valve will even be “decreasing the visibility” of Half-Life: Supply.