Half-Life 2 might be the new "Can it run DOOM?" It may be hard to believe, but Valve's magnum opus is now 19 years old which some would argue even makes it worthy of the "Retro" moniker. To show how ...

While it's looking less and less likely that a third installment will ever see the light of day, there are still plenty of fans who will always return to 2004's Half-Life 2 and maybe even the first ...

Given that it was such a genre-defining game, Valve had been surprisingly hushed this week despite it being the 20th anniversary of Half-Life 2. Consider that silence well and truly broken now, as it ...

At GDC 2025, Nvidia shared a progress update on the Half-Life 2 RTX mod, and part of that was an announcement that a free demo of the visually-overhauled title was coming on March 18. That day has ...

Dominik Bošnjak is a freelance writer from Croatia. He has been writing about games for as long as he can remember and began doing so professionally circa 2010. If he was forced to pick a favorite ...

Half-Life 2 is now free to own until November 18 as part of the game's 20th Anniversary update. Episode One and Two have also ...

Half-Life 2 reaches over 50,000 concurrent players on Steam for the first time, its highest peak since records began. Valve makes Half-Life 2 free with updates on its 20th anniversary to celebrate the ...

It's been an 20 years since Valve released Half-Life 2, one of the most influential first-person shooters in the history of gaming. To mark the anniversary, the developer and publisher has made a ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Twenty years ago this month, Valve released Half-Life 2. The company is celebrating the anniversary with a 20th anniversary update that includes new ...

The hotly anticipated Half-Life 2 RTX launches its demo today, March 18, and IGN sat down with its developers to discuss how they reimagined Valve’s 20-year-old masterpiece using Nvidia's RTX Remix ...

Half-Life 2 is one of the best loved FPS games in the genre's history, even with its cliffhanger story still unresolved nearly two decades since its last episodic expansion launched. Unsurprisingly, ...

The surprise update includes a full commentary track for the base game, significant graphical and gameplay updates, and a whole lot more. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...