{"id":1204285,"date":"2023-11-17T18:05:38","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T23:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1204285"},"modified":"2023-11-17T18:05:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T23:05:38","slug":"valve-celebrates-25-years-of-half-life-with-feature-packed-steam-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1204285","title":{"rendered":"Valve celebrates 25 years of Half-Life with feature-packed Steam update"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/hl25-800x541-1.png\" alt=\"It's been a while since I've seen some of those once-ubiquitous logos...\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/hl25.png\" class=\"enlarge-link\" data-height=\"825\" data-width=\"1221\">Enlarge<\/a> <span class=\"sep\">\/<\/span> It&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve seen some of those once-ubiquitous logos&#8230; (credit: <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"caption-link\" href=\"https:\/\/half-life.com\/en\/halflife25\">Valve<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div><a name=\"page-1\" \/><\/div>\n<p>This Sunday, November 19, makes a full 25 years since the original <em>Half-Life<\/em> first hit (pre-Steam) store shelves. To celebrate the anniversary, Valve has uploaded a feature-packed &#8220;25th anniversary update&#8221; to the game on Steam, and made the title <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/70\/HalfLife\/\">free to keep if you pick it up this weekend<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Valve&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/half-life.com\/en\/halflife25\">25th Anniversary Update<\/a> page details a bevy of new and modernized features added to the classic first-person shooter, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Four new multiplayer maps that &#8220;push the limits of what&#8217;s possible in the <em>Half-Life<\/em> engine&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>New graphics settings, including support for a widescreen field-of-view on modern monitors and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogons.org\/viewtopic.php?t=47313\">OpenGL Overbright lighting<\/a> (still no official ray-tracing support, though\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gaming\/2023\/02\/black-mesa-gets-shiny-free-half-life-ray-trace-mod-adds-subtle-splendor\/\">leave that to the modders<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Proper gamepad config out of the box&#8221; (so dust off that <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/civis\/threads\/gravis-gamepad-pro-usb-how-good-is-it.746582\/\">Gravis Gamepad Pro<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Steam networking support for easier multiplayer setup<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gaming\/2021\/10\/valves-deck-verified-badge-will-show-which-games-run-well-on-steam-deck\/\">&#8220;Verified&#8221; support<\/a> for Steam Deck play (&#8220;We failed super hard&#8221; on the first verification attempt, Valve writes)<\/li>\n<li>Proper UI scaling for resolutions up to 3840&#215;1600<\/li>\n<li>Multiplayer balancing updates (because 25 years hasn&#8217;t been enough to perfect the meta)<\/li>\n<li>New entity limits that allow mod makers to build more complex mods<\/li>\n<li>A full software renderer for the Linux version of the game<\/li>\n<li>Various bug fixes<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Removed the now very unnecessary &#8216;Low video quality. Helps with slower video cards&#8217; setting&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"image shortcode-img center large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/map_disposal.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"One of four new multiplayer maps added to &lt;em&gt;Half-Life&lt;\/em&gt;'s 25th anniversary update. \" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/map_disposal-640x400-1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/map_disposal.jpg\" class=\"caption-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">One of four new multiplayer maps added to <em>Half-Life<\/em>&#8216;s 25th anniversary update. <\/a> (credit: <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"caption-link\" href=\"https:\/\/half-life.com\/en\/halflife25\">Valve<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In addition, the new update includes a host of restored and rarely seen content, including:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1985017#p3\">Read 5 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1985017&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Ars Technica &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1985017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Valve celebrates 25 years of Half-Life with feature-packed Steam update<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge \/ It&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve seen some of those once-ubiquitous logos&#8230; (credit: Valve) This Sunday, November 19, makes a full 25 years since the original Half-Life first hit (pre-Steam) store shelves. 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