We already knew that Valve deliberate to have a good time Half-Life’s twenty fifth Anniversary with a giveaway of the sport on Steam. However, the corporate additionally had far more deliberate. Not solely has a brand new documentary been launched on the sport’s creation, however Valve has additionally given the sport a recent new replace, together with new content material and restored lower content material.
Half-Life simply acquired an enormous replace. You can declare the sport free of charge proper now on Steam and people who already personal the sport will in all probability need to give it a re-install. For starters, Valve has added Half-Life Uplink to the sport, a mini-campaign that originally shipped as a CD unique included in magazines again within the day.
On the multiplayer aspect, Half-Life Deathmatch has acquired three previous maps beforehand solely accessible on the Half-Life: Further Data CD, in addition to 4 model new maps designed by Valve to push the sport engine to its absolute limits. The Ivan the Space Biker, Prototype Barney, Skeleton and Too Much Coffee Man participant fashions have additionally been re-added to the sport.
The new replace additionally contains new graphics settings, supporting high-resolution UI upscaling and help for contemporary high-res screens, together with ultrawide shows. The sport now helps controllers and Steam Networking out of the field and naturally, it has been Steam Deck Certified too.
Finally, there’s additionally a brand new hour-long documentary accessible to observe on YouTube, going over the early days of Valve and creating the sport from the bottom up.
KitGuru Says: I cherished Half-Life: Deathmatch as a younger PC gamer so I’m actually joyful to see this replace bringing new maps, alongside the return of misplaced single-player content material.
