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'Half-Life 2' Breaks Concurrent Players Record on Steam Amid 20th Anniversary Celebrations

Valve's Half-Life 2 has broken its own concurrent players record following the release of the 20th anniversary update.

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More people are playing Half-Life 2 now than at any point since Steam started keeping track

Not bad for a 20-year-old game.

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Half-Life 2 gets a major 20th Anniversary Update and bundles Lost Coast with episodes —the game is now free on Steam until November 18

Half-Life 2 gets a 20th Anniversary update that bundles the Episodes and Lost Coast into the main game while making several across-the-board additions and improvements to in-game visuals, though not to the level of a full port to a new engine.

Tom’s Hardware

20 Years Later, One Notoriously Troubled Game Still Feels Revolutionary

Today, 'Half-Life 2' is remembered as one of the best shooters ever, but in the chaotic lead-up to its launch, it was easy to imagine the game was doomed.

Inverse

Creator of 'Steamworld' Franchise Announces Layoffs, Cancellation of Projects

Thunderful Group announces another round of layoffs and the cancellation of game projects as part of restructuring efforts.

Player One

Valve gets the original Half-Life 2 development team back together for a huge 20th anniversary update—and the game is now free for the weekend on Steam

The surprise update includes a full commentary track for the base game, significant graphical and gameplay updates, and a whole lot more.

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Industry Giant 4.0 is open for business in Steam Early Access

Grow from solo farmer to industrial mogul in the latest iteration of the classic business sim.

PC Gamer

One of last year's best PC survival games is coming to PS5 next year, and now it's got a 2-hour demo

Forever Skies' PS5 demo will let you grab an exclusive airship skin, too

GamesRadar

10,000 glowing Steam reviews in, anime Stardew Valley-like Fields of Mistria reveals "major update" with, oh my goodness, mounts to ride around on

Spotted horses, pink cows, purple llamas, and more

GamesRadar

Avowed quietly put out the PC requirements and file size and I'm pleasantly surprised

Avowed has some reasonable recommended PC settings and a file size that will make you breathe a sigh of relief during a packed release window.

Windows Central

Obsidian quietly adds Avowed system requirements to the Steam listing and that 75 GB storage target seems downright reasonable

SSDs, breathe easy. For now.

PC Gamer

Avowed will be available on Battle.net, which means you can buy it for about 1.4M gold in WoW if you want to

Grind one RPG to play another.

PC Gamer

Steam accused of 'normalizing hate and extremism in the gaming community' in new ADL report

The Anti-Defamation League says it's found "millions of examples of extremist and hateful content" on the platform.

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How to use Farming Simulator 25 console commands to give yourself infinite money

A few simple steps will give you access to Farming Simulator 25's console commands.

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One of the next big first-party Xbox games is coming to Battle.net, and it's getting a special steelbook edition

Obsidian Entertainment's Avowed is launching day one on Blizzard Entertainment's PC storefront Battle.net.

PC Gamer

Here are the nominees for PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted

The list is tallied. The Council is convened once more.

PC Gamer

'Forget Celebrations': This War of Mine creators say their 'mission to shed light on the civilian cost of war is far from over' as they announce new DLC for its 10th anniversary

Funds raised by the new DLC will be donated to charity.

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No! Stay with me! – Rare and valuable sneak peeks into countless Steam games could dry up as "private branches" spread on SteamDB

SteamDB says private branches are being enabled for "some games"

GamesRadar

"We've given up half the industry to games as a service," says solo city builder dev, and indies are "earning half of what we were earning 4 years ago"

Live service games are "taking half the money, together with old games," Tomas Sala says

TechRadar

Stellar Blade developer says PC sales are likely to “exceed” the PS5 version

Stellar Blade is expected to sell more on PC than PS5.

Windows Central

Cheaters aren't what's spoiling Black Ops 6 the most, it's an infuriating DirectX bug that crashes the game — but there are some things you can try

Black Ops 6 launched with an incredibly annoying DirectX bug that crashes the game, and while it hasn't been fixed, there are things you can try.

Windows Central

Does STALKER 2 have co-op multiplayer and cross-play?

At long last, STALKER 2 is finally almost here. But can you play it co-op, and with people on other platforms?

Windows Central

STALKER 2 release date: Preloads, launch time, and when it comes out on Xbox and PC

GSC Game World's survival horror FPS STALKER 2 is nearly upon us, but when exactly can you play? Here's what we know.

Tom’s Hardware

Steam drops Windows 7 and 8 support with the latest client — users told to ‘update to a more recent version of Windows’ to continue gaming

Valve released the latest Steam client version on November 5, which drops support for Windows 7 and 8. Users are advised to "update to a more recent version of Windows" to continue gaming. SteamOS should work as well.

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