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Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update

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Re: Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update

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Post by deelowe »

bjord wrote: post #5

Aside from just generating tons of goodwill, does anyone have any insight into why Valve would do this? Obviously, I think it's great regardless of the motivation, but are there rumblings of Half Life 3 that I've missed or something?

Because Valve does whatever it feels like doing and honestly, I love them for it. I wish more companies would follow in their footsteps (e.g. not going public), but few have the luxury of being founded by someone who was already set for life financially at the time.

Re: Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update

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Post by tshaddox »

dom96 wrote: post #8
bjord wrote: post #5

Aside from just generating tons of goodwill, does anyone have any insight into why Valve would do this? Obviously, I think it's great regardless of the motivation, but are there rumblings of Half Life 3 that I've missed or something?

Half Life 3 already happened and it was called Half Life: Alyx.

And was played (and playable) by almost no one, sadly.

Re: Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update

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Post by xd1936 »

bjord wrote: post #5

Aside from just generating tons of goodwill, does anyone have any insight into why Valve would do this? Obviously, I think it's great regardless of the motivation, but are there rumblings of Half Life 3 that I've missed or something?

More content for their Steam Deck handheld?

Re: Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update

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Post by ender341341 »

dom96 wrote: post #8
bjord wrote: post #5

Aside from just generating tons of goodwill, does anyone have any insight into why Valve would do this? Obviously, I think it's great regardless of the motivation, but are there rumblings of Half Life 3 that I've missed or something?

Half Life 3 already happened and it was called Half Life: Alyx.

Alyx was really good (though I'm a wuss and couldn't finish it) but not a continuation of the cliffhanger that we've been sitting on for 16 years since episode 2.

Re: Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update

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Post by vbeeaz »

dom96 wrote: post #8
bjord wrote: post #5

Aside from just generating tons of goodwill, does anyone have any insight into why Valve would do this? Obviously, I think it's great regardless of the motivation, but are there rumblings of Half Life 3 that I've missed or something?

Half Life 3 already happened and it was called Half Life: Alyx.

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Re: Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update

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Post by SteveNuts »

ender341341 wrote: post #14
dom96 wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Half Life 3 already happened and it was called Half Life: Alyx.

Alyx was really good (though I'm a wuss and couldn't finish it) but not a continuation of the cliffhanger that we've been sitting on for 16 years since episode 2.

When/if HL3 is announced, I actually believe it might break parts of the internet.

Re: Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update

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Post by evanjrowley »

Just a few days ago I downloaded a Half-Life PS2 ROM because it looked like the only way to get decent analog stick support for the game.

After purchasing a Steam Deck earlier this year, Half-Life was one of the things I was really looking forward to. It was pretty disappointing once I realized the gamepad support wasn't quite there.

The update claims they've improved this and verified it for the Steam Deck. So excited to give this a go later this weekend.

Re: Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update

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Post by simlevesque »

evanjrowley wrote: post #18

Just a few days ago I downloaded a Half-Life PS2 ROM because it looked like the only way to get decent analog stick support for the game. After purchasing a Steam Deck earlier this year, Half-Life was one of the things I was really looking forward to. It was pretty disappointing once I realized the gamepad support wasn't quite there. The update claims they've improved this and verified it for the Steam Deck. So excit…

Yeah, FPSs on the couch is fun. I love playing HL2 on my Xbox Series S.
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