A new Half-Life update fixes one of the most iconic error codes in Valve's signature game, 25 years after the shooter's first release.
Half-Life's 25th anniversary has brought us a slew of new material. We've seen character returns, new maps revealed for Half-Life Deathmatch, and a full-length documentary about Valve and the making of the seasonal FPS (First Person Shooter) . But as Gordon Freeman, Black Mesa, and the G-Man celebrate their 25th birthdays, a secret new Half-Life update is making a fundamental change to the seasonal sci-fi. Half-Life 3 may never happen, but after a quarter of a century, the original game is still getting love from its creators.
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A new Half-Life update, which comes among many small and large fixes provided by Valve around the 25th anniversary, finally fixes this particular animation issue.
You can see it in all its shiny, refreshed glory thanks to a quote from Twitter user Vinícius Medeiros/X:
25 years later, and Valve is still tweaking and improving Half-Life down to the smallest detail. Some of the bugs will be left untouched, though – they're now part of Half-Life, they give it character. Still, speaking of Valve and the technical turmoil, a former Left 4 Dead developer says the zombie shooter was "broken" when it launched in 2008.
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Source: pcgamesn.com
