Half-Life 2 receives an update 17 years after its release

One of the most legendary games of our generation, the Half-Life 2, has just received a Beta update no less than 17 years after its official launch. This update, rolled out just before midnight today, involves adding the access to the Vulkan API, adjustments have been made to the game’s HUD (image scaling, screen format, etc.), and they have also used all of this to patch some existing bugs in the game.

According to speculation, this update would arrive for Half-Life 2 to become a verified game for the Steam Deck, so it could have undergone slight changes to adapt to the low resolution of the console, improve performance and control by means of a controller. It is indicated that the expansions Half-Life 2: Episode One and Half-Life 2: Episode Two also benefit from this update.

“1998. HALF-LIFE is an impact on the games industry with its combination of frenetic action and continuous, absorbing storytelling. Valve’s debut title was honored with more than 50 awards that considered it the game of the year until it became” The best PC game ever “, an award granted by PC Gamer magazine, and has sold more than eight million units worldwide.

TODAY. All the suspense, the challenges and the emotional charge of the original, coupled with surprising realism and great manageability: Half-Life 2 opens the doors to a world in which the presence of the player influences everything around him, from the physical environment to the behavior and even the emotions of friends and foes.

The player once again takes the lever from scientist Gordon Freeman, who finds himself on an Earth infested by aliens, deprived of all its resources and in which less and less population remains. Freeman finds himself involved in the unenviable role of rescuing the world from the evil he unleashed on Black Mesa. And a lot of people he appreciates are counting on him. “

via: @SteamDB