The mod itself is free, but requires a copy of Half-Life 2 to play. Itll be interesting to see if the move to will help the PC. For a look at what's new and improved in Half-Life 2: Update, check out the comparison video above. Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch. Mod developer Filip Victor says earlier versions of Half-Life 2: Update have been downloaded more than 250,000 times and that the mod has been in development for more than three years. In addition to a number of graphical tweaks and stability additions, Half-Life 2: Update also includes new commentary from the community, sourced from interviews, analysis of the game and publisher Prima Games' behind-the-scenes book Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar. Most are surprisingly subtle this is not a total overhaul of the original, but seemingly designed to bring out the best from Valve's seminal shooter. Designed to take fuller advantage of what more recent updates to the Source engine can do, this apparently final version of the community-made mod includes graphical updates and 'countless' bug fixes, plus a new fan commentary mode. In addition to a number of bug and behavior fixes, the community-made mod updates Half-Life 2 with all-new lighting, shadows and other visual effects. So no, this is not an official Half-Life 2 update, but it has got the nod for a free standalone Steam release tomorrow. Half-Life 2: Update is a new standalone mod released through Steam today that aims to improve on the original game released by Valve in 2004.

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