{"id":126790,"date":"2024-11-17T06:18:24","date_gmt":"2024-11-16T23:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126790"},"modified":"2024-11-17T06:18:24","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T23:18:24","slug":"valve-celebrates-half-life-2s-20th-anniversary-with-a-big-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126790","title":{"rendered":"Valve celebrates Half-Life 2\u2019s 20th anniversary with a big update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>It\u2019s <em>Half-Life 2<\/em>\u2019s 20th anniversary, and in celebration, Valve has released a special update that adds the Episode One and Episode Two expansions to the base game so you can play it all straight through, along with <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YCjNT9qGjh4&amp;t=2s\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:a two-hour documentary;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">a two-hour documentary<\/a>, developer commentary, and much more. The game is also free on <a data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/220\/HalfLife_2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Steam;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Steam<\/a> until November 18. Valve\u2019s <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.half-life.com\/en\/halflife2\/20th\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:announcement;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">announcement<\/a> itself is an interactive experience \u2014 grab the gravity gun at the bottom of the page and you can pick up just about anything on the screen and toss it around (including <em>that<\/em> can, which you can then put in the trash).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery map in <em>Half-Life 2<\/em> has been looked over by Valve level designers to fix longstanding bugs, restore content and features lost to time, and improve the quality of a few things like lightmap resolution and fog,\u201d the team says. The release notes are extensive, including updates to the graphics settings, gamepad controls and the Steam Deck menu. Valve&#8217;s also published some <a data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CaHtOISsLT4&amp;t=7s\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:old;cpos:4;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">old<\/a> <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:5;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8CoMdbnJwvE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:demo;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:5;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">demo<\/a> <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:6;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wU4yPEFXzo0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:videos;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:6;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">videos<\/a> from <em>Half-Life 2<\/em>&#8216;s development.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 540px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-loader\" style=\"padding-bottom:56%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img caas-lazy has-preview\" alt=\"An image of two orange books side by side showing the front and back covers of the 2025 second edition of Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/5fY1jb1I7EC9BvyblYHuZQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MA--\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2024-11\/443db920-a441-11ef-af5f-99c02aa28b19\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An image of two orange books side by side showing the front and back covers of the 2025 second edition of Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/5fY1jb1I7EC9BvyblYHuZQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MA--\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2024-11\/443db920-a441-11ef-af5f-99c02aa28b19\" class=\"caas-img\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\"><span class=\"caption-credit\"> Valve<\/span><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The anniversary celebration also brings good news for anyone who didn\u2019t manage to snag a copy of <em>Raising the Bar<\/em>, the 2004 behind-the-scenes book that\u2019s since become a coveted collector\u2019s item: an expanded second edition is coming in 2025. This new version adds concept art from Episode One and Episode Two, plus \u201cideas and experiments for the third episode that never came to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/pc\/valve-celebrates-half-life-2s-20th-anniversary-with-a-big-update-174316547.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s Half-Life 2\u2019s 20th anniversary, and in celebration, Valve has released a special update that adds the Episode One and Episode Two expansions to the base game so you can &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126790\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8630],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=126790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126790\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=126790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=126790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=126790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}