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Valve Updates ‘Half-Life’ on 25th Anniversary, Grab It for Free for a Limited Time [Video]

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With Half-Life turning 25 today, Valve has dropped a little something special in the form of a major update for the classic FPS. Touted as “the definitive version” of Half-Life, this 25th Anniversary Update adds a whack of goodies, including widescreen support, Steam Deck support, updated graphics settings and more. Not only that, but if you haven’t already, you can grab Half-Life for free on Steam for a limited time!

Alongside graphical updates, lighting fixes and controller support, the 25th Anniversary Update includes added content from Half-Life: Uplink (the 1998 demo of Half-Life), as well as four new multiplayer maps. Valve has also restored some content for “the true nostalgia-seekers”, which includes the original main menu artwork, along with some early prototype player models from the alpha builds of the game.

Still not enough? Valve also got the original development team together for a 25th anniversary retrospective, which you can see below.

Valve has also archived the “Pre-25th Anniversary Build” of Half-Life to a publicly visible Beta branch named “steam_legacy”, just in case you decide to delve into the game prior to this new definitive version.

And as mentioned, for the rest of the weekend, you can grab Half-Life for free to keep. It’s just the base game, so the Opposing Force and Blue Shift expansions aren’t included. Those, however, alongside several other entries in the series, are heavily discounted until November 21, so get moving!

 

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Upcoming “Unholy Alliance” Update for ‘Cult of the Lamb’ Adds Local Co-op and More [Teaser]

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Cult of the Lamb players will be getting more free goodies later this summer with the Unholy Alliance update. Coming August 12, the update introduces a brand new playable character in the Goat, which coincides with the game allowing local co-op.

With the Unholy Alliance update, the entire Cult of the Lamb campaign will be playable in local co-op. Players will also be able to enjoy special 2-player versions of existing mini-games, such as Fishing and Knucklebones, as well as choose from a selection of weapons, tarot cards, curses, and corrupted relics as your cooperative crusades progress.

The Lamb and Goat can also swap weapons, deal extra damage when fighting back to back, and even deliver a critical hit when their attacks are in sync. Good news for those who prefer to stay alone in their corner: they will be able to benefit from various new powers.

In addition to the addition of cooperative play, the Unholy Alliance expansion adds several tarot cards, relics, buildings, fleeces, character traits and quests, as well as the addition of new secrets to discover.

More information on the update will be released as the launch date creeps closer. Cult of The Lamb is available now on PC via Steam, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series, and the Nintendo Switch.

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