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🛠️ Half-Life 2 update history

Official announcements the developer posts on Steam—patches, new content, and events—sorted by date. Click a title to read the full post.

Latest update · 2025/07/24
🛠️ July 23, 2025 Update
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July 2025

  • 7/24Thu
    🛠️ Patch / update
    July 23, 2025 Update

    Restored speed of the train near the end of Highway 17 to better match the original shipped difficulty. Fixed missing collision that was allowing NPCs to shoot through some walls in Entanglement. Fixe…

February 2025

  • 2/12Wed
    🛠️ Patch / update
    Half-Life 2 - Update

    An update has been released for Half-Life 2 and the Episodes. - Fixed a Linux client crash on launch. - Localization updates.

November 2024

  • 11/27Wed
    🛠️ Patch / update
    November 26, 2024 Update

    Enable support to keep music playing during level transitions throughout the base Half-Life 2 campaign (no convar needed). Added support for displaying an active Workshop campaign name in your Steam f…

  • 11/19Tue
    🛠️ Patch / update
    November 18, 2024 Update

    Fixed issue where NPC reactions to the player's flashlight and some incidental dialogue would not play after switching between episodes. Fixed amount of bloom applied after switching between Episode O…

  • 11/17Sun
    🛠️ Patch / update
    November 16, 2024 Update

    Fixed a crash that could occur in some languages when starting a new chapter. UI - Fixed some weapon icon alignment issues at various resolutions. Workshop - Fixed campaigns set to expand on Episode O…

  • 11/16Sat
    🛠️ Patch / update
    Half-Life 2 20th Anniversary Update

    Half-Life 2 is officially 20 years old, and we're using this milestone as an opportunity to celebrate the community of players who have been enjoying it (or discovering it, or even re-discovering it) …

November 2023

  • 11/17Fri
    🛠️ Patch / update
    Half-Life 2 Update

    An update has been released for Half-Life 2, Lost Coast, and the Episodes. - Fixed a hang where NPC pathfinding could stall forever - Fixed sprinting when using an external controller

January 2023

  • 1/18Wed
    🛠️ Patch / update
    Half-Life 2: Update

    An update has been released for Half-Life 2 and the Episodes. - Minor code maintenance, no customer-facing changes.

November 2022

  • 11/19Sat
    🛠️ Patch / update
    Half-Life 2 Update

    An update has been released for Half-Life 2, Lost Coast, and the Episodes. - Update to DXVK Version 2.0

April 2022

  • 4/14Thu
    🛠️ Patch / update
    Half-Life 2 - Update

    An update has been released for Half-Life 2, Episode One, Episode Two, and Lost Coast. - Updated localization strings and captions

March 2022

  • 3/1Tue
    🛠️ Patch / update
    Half-Life 2 - Update

    An update has been released for Half-Life 2, Episode One, Episode Two, and Lost Coast. - Fixed corrupted models on OSX - Fixed some controller glyphs in HUD hints

February 2022

  • 2/25Fri
    🛠️ Patch / update
    Half-Life 2 and Episodes - Update

    An update has been released for Half-Life 2, Episode One, Episode Two, and Lost Coast. - Fixed support for external controllers on Deck - Restored missing Commentary menu items - Fixed some stuttering…

  • 2/19Sat
    🛠️ Patch / update
    Half-Life 2 - Update

    An update has been released for Half-Life 2 - UI and Input support for Steam Deck verification.

October 2014

  • 10/1Wed
    📢 Announcement
    Half-Life 2 Beta Updated

    The Beta for Half-Life 2 has been updated. This includes Episode 1, Episode 2, Lost Coast, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and Half-Life: Source. Changes include: Fixed default refresh rate when using a Virt…

  • 10/1Wed
    📢 Announcement
    Half-Life 2 Beta Updated

    The Beta for Half-Life 2 has been updated. This includes Episode 1, Episode 2, Lost Coast, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and Half-Life: Source. Changes include: Fixed default refresh rate when using a Virt…

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