Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update Adds Restored Content, Steam Deck Support, & More
Valve is celebrating the birthday of one of its most beloved games (and there are a lot of them to pick from) this weekend as it’s the, and the original game is getting a big update.
Gordon Freeman’s cosmic 1998 adventure became the stuff of legend, and Valve expanded upon it with Half-Life 2, the Portal games, and the VR game Half-Life Alyx. It’s considered one of the most important shooters of all time. Now it’s got a little better as it’s receiving Steam Deck and controller support, lost missions, new multiplayer maps, and even some visual upgrades to suit modern PCs.
Valve also put out a documentary on YouTube that reunites the team behind the game. You can watch that here.
The game is currently free on Steam if you’ve somehow not got around to playing it.
You can read the expansive patch notes on the Half-Life website, but the highlights are below.
Originally released as a CD exclusive for magazines and hardware manufacturers, this mini-campaign was built by the Half-Life team right after the game went gold. As this was many people’s first experience with Half-Life, we thought it was finally time to bundle it with the main game—no sound card purchase necessary.
Built by Valve level designers, these new maps push the limits of what’s possible in the Half-Life engine.
Two-foot-thick steel doors block off access to this contaminated waste facility, which has questionable scientific goals at best. Strap on a gluon gun and roast all intruders.
Enjoy a relaxing stay at this abandoned Xen outpost built around a cluster of soothing healing pools free-floating in space. How do you breathe here? It doesn’t matter!
Processing Area 3, a massive radioactive waste plant gone quiet. Tons of room for you and your colleagues to do
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