Half-Life 2 Patch Notes

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Latest Patch

25.07.23

Jul 23, 2025

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. Fixed issue where Alyx could obstruct the player's path when boarding the teleporter near the end of E

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Previous Updates

25.02.11Feb 11, 2025An update has been released for Half-Life 2 and the Episodes. - Fixed a Linux client crash on launch. - Localization updates.

24.11.26Nov 26, 2024Enable 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 friends list. Added a slider to the settings menu to allow scaling stick sensitivity for gamepads.

24.11.18Nov 18, 2024Fixed 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 One and Episode Two. Fixed the FOV setting not applying until you got the HEV Suit if you started a

24.11.16Major UpdateNov 16, 2024Fixed 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 One loading some Episode Two content. Workshop - Always show the My Uploads page, even if not in d

24.11.15Major UpdateNov 15, 2024Half-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) since November 16, 2004. The complete Half-Life 2 We created a new webpage to showcase all the upd