But not Ravenholm… never Ravenholm

For three years, Filip Victor has been working onHalf-Life 2: Update, a community-made standalone version ofHalf-Life 2that seeks to “fix up, polish, and visually enhance [the game] without ever changing the 2004 original’s core gameplay, or time-tested style.” Noble endeavor.

There’s abrochureexplaining the improvementsbut, in short: better lighting and shadows, high dynamic range, environmental fog, enhanced environment details, and fixes for bugs “including bad triggers causing scenes and battles to not cue properly, or strange-looking character animations breaking believability and player immersion.” Community commentary is in, too.

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WhenHalf-Life 2: Updatearrives on Steam tomorrow, you’ll need a copy of the original game to download and install it. Definitely something to add to my replay list. Maybe yours too.

The opening area of the Whisper mission, in a small grove.

The Divide in the Cosmodrome, where the Guardian was resurrected.

A holofoil Ribbontail, as seen in collections.

The Phoneutria Fera hand cannon, inspired by the Season of the Haunted armor set. It has a unique, galactic glow.

Three Fuses appear in a match of Apex Legends' Wild Card mode.

Mad Maggie opens a supply bin and an item with a symbol indicating infinite ammo appears.

Legends slide through a zipline in King’s Canyon in Apex Legends.

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The Yeartide Apex tex Mechanica SMG with a Holofoil glow.