In the finished Half-Life 2, there's a section where Gordon and Alyx are fighting through City 17 trying to reach Barney, and come to a destroyed bridge. You end up dropping down to the canal before a ...

Early builds of Valve's Half-Life 2 originally spent far more time in the sewers, so much so that it led straight back to the Citadel.

In games where you're often battling enemies, it's good to have some powerful weapons in your arsenal. After all, the better ...

Please don't, though. Half-Life 2's 2003 beta reveals the mystery behind a City 17 river that once led players to the foot of the Citadel ...

From the classic physics chaos of Half-Life 2 to Halo Infinite’s beautifully ... from the haunted streets of Ravenholm to the ominous Citadel, standing over City 17 like a steel and glass ...

After what feels like eons of waiting, the Half-Life 2 RTX demo is finally here. You can try two levels of the fan-made enhancement to Valve’s epochal FPS right now, turning the classic shooter ...

TL;DR: Half-Life 2 RTX is a remaster by Orbifold Studios using NVIDIA's RTX Remix, transforming the classic game with modern PBR objects and ray-tracing. The demo, available for GeForce RTX owners ...

It has been more than 20 years since the first time Half Life 2 was released. With no Half Life 3 on the horizon, fans and enthusiasts are finding interesting ways to build a modern-looking Half ...

Something to look forward to: Nvidia has spent years showcasing how its ray tracing technology can enhance classic games like Quake 2 and Portal. As development continues on a fan-made Half-Life 2 ...

Cameron Faulkner (he/him) is Polygon’s commerce editor. He’s a product expert who began writing about tech and gaming in 2013, and migrated from The Verge in 2023. The demo is roughly two ...