TeaserPlay is back at it again, and their latest project is a Half-Life 2 remake in Unreal Engine 5. Not just cut scenes, they recreated City 17 from Half-life 2 in Unreal Engine 5 using Lumen, Nanite and Ray-Tracing. They attempted to give the overall picture of a possible remake and clarify the expectations of the game’s fans for Valve.
While we wait for the Apple virtual reality headset, the much anticipated Half-Life 2 VR mod public beta has now launched on Steam. If it’s your first time hearing about this fan-made project, this mod essentially adds support to the original 2004 PC gaming classic by Valve Software, complete with tracked motion controls that enable players to physically walk around, pick up objects or climb ladders.
There’s Jurassic Life, and then this creepy Half-Life 2 mod that transforms Valve’s FPS into a horror game with G-Man never leaving your side. It was created by a modder called ALLOS, and G-Man can appear from just about anywhere, including suddenly from walls or buildings or if he gets near you for too long, the game automatically disconnects into a white void.
Many already know that the Half-Life Snow War mod isn’t the latest or greatest, and has in fact been out for nearly two decades now. For those who have never heard of it, when this mod is installed you basically connect to a Snow-War server and given one snowball. To get more, just press the ‘make snowball’ button, limited to a maximum of three unless you find a ballbag power-up.
The fan-made Half-Life Alyx Levitation mod had some gameplay revealed as part of the PC Gaming Show. This 7-minute clip basically follows Alyx exploring an abandoned skyscraper and mining facility, complete with combine soldiers as well as headcrab zombies causing problems.
This Half-Life TikTok voice mod basically replaces the intro narrator, which some know as the tram announcer, with the infamous robotic sounding text-to-speech voice. It was all made possible by a modder who goes by “TheFloofierLove” online, and it only took them 2-days to complete. Interested? The mod can be found on GameBanana, and installing it won’t take long at all.
Crowbar Collective’s Black Mesa, a stunning Half-Life 1 remake, has just gotten a new “Definitive Edition”, and it begins open beta on Steam as of today. In addition to graphical updates, several Black Mesa chapters also were fine tuned, most notably, “On a Rail,” in which the rocket silo is getting tweaked. Current owners of Black Mesa 1.0 can access the Definitive Edition beta by simply right-clicking the title in their Steam library and selecting Properties where “public-beta” appears in the dropdown menu. Read more for two videos and additional information.
As many already know, Half-Life: Alyx is a virtual reality first-person shooter set between the events of Half-Life (1998) and Half-Life 2 (2004). Players take control of Alyx Vance who is on a mission to seize a superweapon belonging to the alien Combine. This latest mod lets you enter the world of BioShock Rapture in virtual reality, if you’re brave enough that is. Called “Return to Rapture,” the mod is focused on Andrew Ryan, the founder of Rapture, who holds a suitcase with the key to ADAM (a genetics-manipulating chemical) and BioShock’s iconic plasmids.
Want to play Half-Life: Alyx, but can’t get your hands on a virtual reality headset? If so, then you’re in luck, as a developer has just released a mod, called ‘Pancake FPS Starter Kit’, that not only lets you play in non-VR mode, but also adds the ability to add custom weapon scripts. If you happen to use the base mod, there will only be weapons from Half-Life 2. Read more for a video and additional information.
Half-Life: Alyx was released today, and it just might be the best adventure virtual reality game yet. It takes place before the return of Gordon Freeman in Half-Life 2, and players control his ally Alyx Vance as she, along with her father Eli Vance, fight the Combine, an alien empire that has conquered Earth. Players use virtual reality to get supplies, use interfaces, throw objects, and engage in combat with gravity gloves, which also allow players to manipulate gravity. Read more for a video review and additional information.