Half-Life will get an enormous replace for its twenty fifth anniversary

Valve simply launched a twenty fifth anniversary replace for Half-Life that provides a complete bunch of recent content material, some welcome quality-of-life upgrades, and even Steam Deck assist, in response to an announcement on the Half-Life web site. Additionally, you’ll be able to obtain the sport totally free 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 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 doable 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 items for 640×480 CRTs and apparently a few of you’ve got 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. (Could possibly be an excellent sport to take a look at on the just-launched Steam Deck OLED!)

You actually ought to take a look at all the modifications and the in depth checklist of patch notes — it is a meaty replace. There are a pair necessary notes on the finish: the anniversary version is now “the definitive model” of Half-Life, Valve says, however the outdated model of the sport remains to be obtainable on a “steam_legacy” beta department. Valve may also be “decreasing the visibility” of Half-Life: Supply.