Half-Life 2 Remastered is testing on Steam

Half-Life 2 Remastered, which is predicted to upscale, revive, and relaunch Valve’s basic FPS game utilizing the extra trendy CSGO Supply engine, is being examined on Steam, probably pointing to a launch within the close to future. From the identical creators as Half-Life 2 Replace, Remastered shouldn’t be a full remake within the vein of Black Mesa, however moderately an enhanced and visually overhauled model of the unique Half-Life 2, although it seemingly has the go-ahead and blessing from Valve itself. Possibly that is what we want whereas we wait on Half-Life 3.

Reportedly in improvement by Filip Victor, who beforehand co-created Half-Life 2 Replace in 2015, Half-Life 2 Remastered strikes the sci-fi shooter over to a extra superior model of Valve’s Supply engine, particularly, the one which powers CSGO. Victor is allegedly a licensed creator, which means that they’ve been granted entry and use of Valve’s engine and recordsdata by the corporate itself. Certainly, Half-Life 2 Replace, just like the HL1 remake Black Mesa, was launched on Steam.

Now, it appears that evidently Half-Life 2 Remastered is getting the identical therapy, whereas additionally present process a public take a look at. A latest replace within the Steam backend reveals that a number of new ‘depots’ – which discuss with groupings of recordsdata and executables – have been added to Half-Life 2 Remastered. These depots are labeled as ‘public’ and hooked up to variously sized downloadables, one in every of which is 9.52 GB, whereas the opposite is 20.31 GB. You possibly can see the updates, as they seem on SteamDB, beneath:

Half-Life 2 Remastered is testing on Steam: An image showing Steam updates to Half-Life 2 Remastered

Probably, this implies a brand new demo model of Half-Life 2 Remastered is being made obtainable, and will quickly roll out both to a choose group of gamers or all the Steam market. Alternatively, this may very well be the primary backend replace in preparation for the sport’s full launch. Both means, it appears to be like like Half-Life 2 Remastered continues to be very a lot within the works, and hopefully arriving sooner moderately than later.

Within the meantime, try among the greatest old games, to feed your Half-Life nostalgia. You may additionally need to hear concerning the “brutal” assembly one Left 4 Dead creator had at Valve, or the mysterious new Valve project teased by Crew Fortress 2 actor John Lowrie. Alternatively, strive among the different greatest single-player games on PC.

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