Half-Life 2 is 20 years old and has been updated with Steam Workshop support and developer commentary

(Steam Workshop itself was only created in 2011.) It’salready filling up with work now. The full list offixes and rendering optionsis too long for me to include here. Valve did a similar set of revisionsto celebrate the original Half-Life’s 25th anniversary last year.

November 16, 2024 · 1 min · 43 words · Ronnie Powers

Half-Life 2: Episode 3 could have featured an ice gun and blob monsters, as seen in new documentary footage

“We could have shipped it. The discussion of Episode 3 begins at 1h 52m, with concept art and eventually in-game footage. The in-game footage is all taken from test arenas and tech demos, not finished parts of the game. There are two main features of the episode discussed. They are blobs, like liquid droplets, which can change shape, separate, and sluice around environments. They could absorb other enemies or physics objects, and squeeze (or fall) through grates....

November 16, 2024 · 2 min · 238 words · Amanda Bond

All livestock in Farming Simulator 25

There are also new baby animals you’re free to purchase and raise for profit. All Farming Simulator 25 livestock listed: Farming Simulator 25 has atotal of 11 animals. Two of which - the Water Buffalos and Goats - are new. There are also Deer in the background of the game, but these are a passive feature. Certain breeds are more profitable to sell as they are bred specifically for sale rather than produce....

November 15, 2024 · 1 min · 194 words · Joseph Le

Black Ops 6 Zombies Terminus easter egg walkthrough

Peck then gives you instructions to head to the Bio Lab and interact with the main central chamber. Doing so revealsNathan Aguinaldo, a truly tragic character and the brother of my favourite Operator, Maya Aguinaldo. Saving Nathan from his Bio Lab prison requires finding a three digit keypad code scattered throughout Terminus. The code is randomised per playthrough and hidden in some pretty obscure places. Alas, upon his release you’ll see that Nathan isn’t in the best of states....

November 15, 2024 · 2 min · 349 words · Eric Carey

Brilliant autobattler Mechabellum has a new unit in stealth aircraft Phantom Ray

Plus more in update 1.1 Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in. This is a lie, of course. I havent been ‘out’ ofstrategyautobattlerMechabellumsince I started playing around the 1.0 launch backin September. Its a stealth block, too. Didnt even see it coming. As for default tech, youve got some range and fire rate unlocks, alongside an oil drop. The headliner here is the stealth buff, which cloaks the Phantom Ray by default until it attacks....

November 15, 2024 · 1 min · 136 words · Nathan Williams

Blizzard just quietly released Warcraft 1 and 2 remasters, and they look like Zynga games made by a blind duck

If something needs doing, it’s worth doing right Well, that was quick. The chest is availableon Battle.net, where itll set you back 34.99 / $39.99. If youre just after the older titles, theyre 9 / $10 and 12.59 / $15 respectively. Warcraft 2s multiplayer is apparently fully intact, with legacy custom maps compatible and playable. Both feature remastered assets. Customize your army to play with the visuals you prefer." I think the remasters look like dogwater....

November 14, 2024 · 1 min · 105 words · Joshua Davis

Classic shooters Unreal and Unreal Tournament are now free and preserved on the Internet Archive

CTF on Facing Worlds, anyone? That fan site are leading the way in making the now-free games easier to download and install. Archive.org is great, but it’s not always the most user friendly of libraries. So the gang of Skaarj custodians have created two installers that will do everything for you. Here’sone for Unreal Goldandone for Unreal Tournament. I tested it for Unreal Tournament and, yup, everything looks lovely. The reasons for this are obvious, considering Epic has its own store that directly competes with Steam....

November 14, 2024 · 1 min · 116 words · Michael Miranda

Fiddly parkour is the secret sauce that makes every moment of Deadlock compelling

Valve could have stopped there and Id probably still be hunched over Deadlock every evening. Thats plenty enough to keep your fingers busy, even before we get to the properly fiddly stuff. But thats just the tip of the Icefrog. you might wall jump, and you might wallcornerjump to go twice as high. Threading these techniques together can feel tremendously satisfying. But Deadlock turns that genre pitfall on its head!...

November 14, 2024 · 1 min · 204 words · Kristin Moore

All crops in Farming Simulator 25

Of these are three new flowering plants and two new grains. This includes the five new crops:Rice, Long Grain Rice, Green Beans, Peas and Spinach. you could also check out the ‘Prices’ menu from here to see when crop prices peak and plateau. From our experience playing, the data shown there seems to be accurate. That rounds up our guide on all returning and new crops in Farming Simulator 25....

November 13, 2024 · 1 min · 88 words · Donna Fisher

Black Ops 6 Zombies Liberty Falls easter egg walkthrough

It’s an awesome weapon that sucks zombies into its gears and grinds them up. This is a necessity for upping the strength of your weapons. Unlock the zipline and take it across to the roof of the Savings and Loans building. You now need to charge this thing by taking it to aDark Aether Field Generator. When the canister’s dropped in the trap, an Aether storm cloud will appear nearby on the map....

November 13, 2024 · 2 min · 240 words · Robert Gordon

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake review: a world in the palm of your hand

The Archfiend Baramos, as evil as he is mysterious, is up and about. Hes got ill designs on the world. Your Dad tried to stop him, and he died. He fell into a volcano. We absolutely cant be having that. This is, more than anything else, a game about Going On An Adventure. The overall impression is that of looking down into a model village the size of a medium sized country....

November 13, 2024 · 2 min · 422 words · Darren Burns

GOG are doubling down on game preservation, and making it easier to see which games run well on modern PCs

In one sense, they’ve turned from a game preservation champion into a slightly dustier, DRM-less Steam. Theyll also come with offline installers and, of course, no DRM. To kick things off, over 100 games are being relaunched with Good Old Game status. Anyway, you canread the full list here.

November 13, 2024 · 1 min · 49 words · John Romero

Here’s the updated system requirements for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, and it looks like a big’un

as a play on “were you born in a barn?” whenever either of us left the lights on before leaving the flat. This doesnt make too much sense now I think about it, but such things rarely do. A more accurate jab, in hindsight, might have been “you been runningS.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobylat full specs or something? First up, theres the 160GB SSD space requirement - a whole 10GB interest on the previously reported size....

November 13, 2024 · 1 min · 127 words · Sharon Duffy