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The first Half-Life is available for free until November 20th [UPDATE: It’s free]

John Papadopoulos — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 18:23:16 +0000

Now here is a pleasant surprise. Valve has just made the first Half-Life game available for free on Steam. Until November 20th, PC gamers can visit its Steam store page and acquire their free copy. Half-Life is Valve’s debut title which originally came out in 1998. This was one of the first FPS games that … Continue reading The first Half-Life is available for free until November 20th [UPDATE: It’s free] →

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Gamescom 2023’s app may have leaked a new Half-Life announcement

John Papadopoulos — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 06:23:07 +0000

Half-Life fans, here is something for you today. It appears that the official mobile app for Gamescom 2023 may have leaked an upcoming Half-Life announcement. According to the app, Valve will be present at Gamescom 2023. Not only that, but the app contains the Half-Life tag, suggesting a new HL announcement. Now I’d strongly recommend … Continue reading Gamescom 2023’s app may have leaked a new Half-Life announcement →

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Half-Life Alpha is coming to the Doom/GZDoom Engine

John Papadopoulos — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 09:47:37 +0000

Modder ‘QuakerCraft’ has announced his plans to bring Half-Life Alpha to the Doom/GZDoom Engine. This mod aims to bring the alpha version of Valve’s classic shooter to the Doom Engine, so basically think of it as a demake. For those unaware, Half-Life Alpha was a GoldSource Engine project that aimed to bring back the maps … Continue reading Half-Life Alpha is coming to the Doom/GZDoom Engine →

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Half-Life gets a Full Path/Ray Tracing Mod, available now for download

John Papadopoulos — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 22:36:39 +0000

Modder ‘sultim_t’ has released a must-have mod for all Half-Life fans. As the title suggests, this mod brings real-time full path tracing to Valve’s classic first-person shooter. sultim_t is the man behind the Path Tracing mods for Doom, Serious Sam TFE and Quake. This is an incredible mod and below you can find a video that … Continue reading Half-Life gets a Full Path/Ray Tracing Mod, available now for download →

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Here is one hour of gameplay from Half-Life Source with Ray Tracing

John Papadopoulos — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 16:16:05 +0000

In the past few days, modders have been experimenting by using the Ray Tracing effects of Portal RTX in other various games. And below you can find a video, showcasing Half-Life Source with some experimental Ray Tracing effects. Now what’s really cool here is that you can already download this beta RTX Mod. However, we … Continue reading Here is one hour of gameplay from Half-Life Source with Ray Tracing →

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Here is Half-Life re-imagined as a classic Doom game

John Papadopoulos — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 04:57:57 +0000

Now here is something really cool. Modder ‘LoliKololi’ has released a mod that attempts to re-imagine the original Half-Life as a classic Doom game. In short, this is a GZDoom total conversion mod for Doom, and it looks retro-cool. Surprisingly enough, it also retains the art style of Half-Life, and feels exactly like what you’d … Continue reading Here is Half-Life re-imagined as a classic Doom game →

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Half-Life: Enriched Alpha Version 0.65 available for download

John Papadopoulos — Sun, 23 Oct 2022 17:27:56 +0000

Earlier this month, we informed you about a graphical overhaul for the original Half-Life game, called Half-Life: Enriched. And today, we are happy to report that a new alpha version of it is available for download. Half-Life: Enriched aims to rework all of the original Half-Life maps in the single-player campaign. The final version will … Continue reading Half-Life: Enriched Alpha Version 0.65 available for download →

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Half-Life: Enriched announced, graphical overhaul for the original HL game

John Papadopoulos — Sun, 09 Oct 2022 11:58:23 +0000

Modder ‘Hezus’ has announced a complete overhaul mod for the original Half-Life game, called Half-Life: Enriched. In addition, the modder has shared some screenshots that you can find below. According to its description, Half-Life: Enriched aims to rework all of the original Half-Life maps in the single-player campaign. Since this mod will rework all of … Continue reading Half-Life: Enriched announced, graphical overhaul for the original HL game →

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Half-Life Source: Remastered V2 available for download

John Papadopoulos — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 15:10:21 +0000

Modder “Stane” has released a brand new version of the Half-Life Source: Remastered Collection Mod Pack. This pack features numerous mods that aim to improve the graphics of Half-Life Source. Version 2.0 features the following new mods (alongside the ones that were present in its previous versions). Half-Life: Source Fixed High Quality HL1 Sounds AMMO … Continue reading Half-Life Source: Remastered V2 available for download →

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Operation Half-Real is a Half-Life-inspired free game in Unreal Engine 4

John Papadopoulos — Tue, 24 May 2022 10:14:43 +0000

Modder ‘gclocker’ is working on a Half-Life-inspired free game in Unreal Engine 4, called Operation Half-Real. As the title implies, this free game aims to create a Half-Life experience in Unreal Engine 4, and below you can find the first gameplay footage from it. From what we can see, this fan game will be using … Continue reading Operation Half-Real is a Half-Life-inspired free game in Unreal Engine 4 →

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