Added dozens of new sprays formerly available only on the "Half-Life: Further Data" CD.Added Ivan the Space Biker, Prototype Barney, Skeleton, and Too Much Coffee Man as player models to Half-Life Deathmatch.Added three old Half-Life Deathmatch maps formerly available only on the "Half-Life: Further Data" CD: doublecross, rust_mill, xen_dm.Added four all-new Half-Life Deathmatch maps: contamination, pool_party, disposal, and rocket_frenzy.Half-Life: Uplink - the original standalone Half-Life demo - has been added to the game, and is accessible through the "New Game" menu.Now Verified on the Steam Deck (and our native Linux runtime has been set as the default).The full Half-Life 25th Anniversary patch notes are below: New Content Oh, and there's a Half-Life Franchise sale on too, with deep discounts on nearly every game in the series, including Alyx-the only exclusion, for some reason, is Team Fortress Classic, which remains full price at $5.
If for some reason you don't already have Half-Life in your Steam collection, now's the time. But since we're deep in the nostalgia test chamber anyway, this would be a very good time to read our in-depth look at the history of the greatest game never made-and to keep your fingers crossed that maybe, just maybe, 25 years has been a long enough wait.Įven without the Half-Life 3 announcement, this update is a lot-as you'd expect for such an important anniversary-and until November 20, it's all free.
Hope springs eternal, and of course some folks are having fun with it in the Half-Life subreddit, but alas Valve remains as tight-lipped about it as ever. The only thing missing amidst all this is any sign of the Holy Grail of gaming: Half-Life 3. Just imagine what kind of world we'd be living in today if this had stuck. That's right, folks, this is Gordon Freeman and Barney Calhoun as they were meant to be. The update also features a bunch of restored content including the original Half-Life main menu art, the OG Valve intro video, multiplayer maps and skins from the retail-exclusive Half-Life: Further Data expansion, and Ivan the Space Biker and Proto-Barney, the original lead characters from Half-Life alpha builds.