
The event page the notification linked to has since been removed, and as of press time, shows an error message. Thing is, as PC Gamer notes, there isn't a Half-Life Collection available on Steam - but there is a Half-Life Complete offering. This includes Half-Life, Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode One, and Half-Life 2: Episode Two.Īn interesting notification was sent to Steam users yesterday, stating the Half-Life Collection would be free-to-play.Īs noted by various Steam forum users, the notification described a Half-Life: Alyx event where the Half-Life Collection would be free until the game's release. Valve is celebrating the upcoming release of Half-Life: Alyx by making all games in the Half-Life Series free to play for Steam users until the VR title is released. Moreover, Black Mesa has the achievements.You can now play each game in the Half-Life series free.

It is also worth noting that several characteristic of the Half-Life 2 functions were introduced such as the ability to use binoculars and accelerate. Talented guys from Crowbar Collective approached the recycling of the legendary shooter really special and didn’t change the script and the gameplay. Black Mesa completely uses it, filling this gap – gamers expect completely redesigned textures, models, shaders and new effects. However, this version didn’t recreate the full potential of such a powerful graphics engine. Immersed in the past, remember that in 2004, Valve released Half-Life: Source – version of the original Half-Life, based, as the name implies, on the engine Source. the first build of Black Mesa marked “Early Access” appeared on the platform Steam. The team was very diligent about the matter, probably that’s why the project was noticed by the Valve corporation and then it became the publisher. The development of Black Mesa lasted about 8 years in the Crowbar Collective studio, consisting of 40 altruists.

It’s about the remaster of the popular game the 1998. This is Half-Life in an updated form, supplemented with a number of innovations and improvements.
