Half-Life 2 originally released on PC twenty years ago in 2004 and still might be the greatest single-player FPS ever made. Valve is celebrating their landmark game with a 20th Anniversary Tribute video, and talking about the RTX remake the mod community is working on, featuring ray-tracing and NVIDIA DLSS 3.5. Half-Life 2 was a visual benchmark when it released, and still looks good for its age, but this RTX remake will make it look like a modern game, and the proof is in the video. It’s impressive.
Half-Life 2 RTX doesn’t have a release date yet, but will be free for all owners of Half-Life 2 on Steam when it comes out. Also, all the Half-Life games are heavily discounted on Steam right now, and Valve is giving away Half-Life 2 for free while the sale is going on. The current free version comes with the Episode 1 and Episode 2 expansions, plus its own set of graphical enhancements. If you haven’t played Half-Life 2 before, you really should. It’s aged like fine wine.
Check out the 20th Anniversary Tribute video below:
The fight for freedom begins anew. Experience the award-winning game that has captivated millions of players worldwide with its immersive story, thrilling combat, and mind-bending physics, fully overhauled with full ray tracing, new hand-crafted, physically based textures, enhanced high-poly models, and updated lighting, all in stunning 4k.
Half-Life 2 RTX is a free DLC for all Half-Life 2 owners developed by Orbifold Studios, a collective of passionate, community-assembled developers behind Half-Life 2: VR, Half-Life 2: Remade Assets, Project 17, and Raising the Bar: Redux.
Half-Life 2 RTX is using the latest version of RTX Remix leveraging NVIDIA technologies including full ray tracing, NVIDIA DLSS 3.5 with ray reconstruction, and Reflex to bring one of the greatest video games of all time to life in a whole new light.
November 16th marks the 20th anniversary of Half-Life 2. Back in 2004, Half-Life 2 left an unforgettable mark on a generation of gamers. Learn more about the development team at Orbifold Studios and their challenging journey to bring full ray tracing, remastered assets, and DLSS 3.5 with Ray Reconstruction to one of the greatest games of all time.
Half-Life 2 RTX is developed by Orbifold Studios. The modders are rebuilding materials with Physically Based Rendering (PBR) properties, adding extra geometric detail and leveraging NVIDIA technologies including full ray tracing, DLSS 3.5, Reflex, and RTX IO to deliver a fantastic experience for GeForce RTX gamers to this classic.
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