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On May 26, 2010, Half-Life 2, Episode One and Episode Two were released for Mac OS X. [27] In 2013, Valve ported Half-Life 2 to Linux [28] and released a free update adding support for the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. [29] An NVIDIA Shield Tablet-exclusive port for Android was released on May 12, 2014. [30]
The term was not commonly used again until E3 2004, where it gained much more attention when Epic Games showcased Unreal Engine 3 and Valve announced Half-Life 2: Lost Coast in 2005, coupled with open-source engines such as OGRE 3D and open-source games like Nexuiz. By the 2010s, HDR displays first became available.
A screenshot of Half-Life 2: Episode One. The high-dynamic-range rendering and Phong shading effects are evident. The Source 2006 branch was the term used for Valve's games using technology that culminated with the release of Half-Life 2: Episode One.
In 2013, Valve released an update for Day of Defeat, alongside other GoldSrc games developed by Valve, which included versions of the game for Mac OS X and Linux. [1] A major update of Half-Life was released on November 17, 2023. This update carried over to Day of Defeat, providing improved graphics and game options.
Source 2 is a video game engine developed by Valve. The engine was announced in 2015 as the successor to the original Source engine, with the first game to use it, Dota 2, being ported from Source that same year. Other Valve games such as Artifact, Dota Underlords, Half-Life: Alyx, Counter-Strike 2, and Deadlock have been produced with the engine.
And as of 2024 is listed as a part of the Orange Box after Lost Coast and Half-Life 2 Episodes One, and Two were integrated into Half-Life 2 as a part of its 20th anniversary update. [59] The same is true for Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, which was now included with Half-Life 2 following Half-Life 2's 20th anniversary update. [60]
The Halloween updates grew so popular that they would return as an annual event. Valve would have new tricks and treats to trot out each year, including new hats, masks, and even stage bosses.
Half-Life 2: Lost Coast is an additional level for the 2004 first-person shooter game Half-Life 2. Developed by Valve, it was released on October 27, 2005, as a free download for owners of Half-Life 2 on Steam. Players control Half-Life protagonist Gordon Freeman as he travels up a coastal cliff to destroy a Combine weapon in a monastery.