Half-Life 2: Deathmatch

Steam News · Aug 25

Valve updated a bunch of their older Steam shooters

While Valve didn't seem to publicly celebrate their 30th anniversary, they did at least go back to some older titles to fix them up. Read the full article here:

Steam News · Aug 24

Half-Life 2: Deathmatch Update Released

An update to Half-Life 2: Deathmatch has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Half-Life 2: Deathmatch. The major changes include: Security and stability improvements Fixed a bug where certain custom maps would not load assets correctly on Linux Fixed view snapping with .357 (community fix from speedvoltage)

Steam News · Nov 16, 2024

Half-Life 2: Deathmatch was the best multiplayer mode ever, or maybe I just think that because it's the only one I was ever good at

It sucks when you love a multiplayer game that no one else ever wants to play. As a kid I loved the card game War, but no one would ever play it with me, probably because it's a genuinely terrible game which is entirely luck-based, so it's really just gambling (which may have been why I loved it, now that I think about it). As a teenager I always wanted to play Running Bases (Pickle) but everyone ...

Steam News · Nov 15, 2024

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

November 16, 2024 is the 20th anniversary of Half-Life 2, one of the biggest, most enduring videogames of all time. To celebrate the big birthday, Valve has released a 20th Anniversary Update for the game, which adds Half-Life 2: Episode 1 and Episode 2 to the base game, along with all new commentary tracks featuring the original HL2 development team... Read more.

Steam News · Nov 15, 2024

Half-Life 2 20th Anniversary Update

Half-Life 2: Deathmatch Fixes Fixed player model selection in the options menu. Fixed slam not being able to be detonated if you were too close to a wall Fixed view bob with the SMG equipped. Fixed using the Gravity Gun to yo-yo grenades, sometimes causing the server to disconnect or crash. Fixed missing sound effects for the Gravity Gun. Fixed characters playing a missing animation when switching...

Steam News · Oct 8, 2019

Update Released for Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and the Source SDK 2013 Base

Updates for Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and the Source SDK 2013 Base have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when you restart the game. The major changes include: * Various stability and security updates; * Fixed NPCs not blinking; * Fixed being able to switch weapons while holding a primed grenade;

Steam News · Apr 22, 2019

Have You Played Half-Life 2: Deathmatch

Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time. Toss a toilet at your friend today! , goes the Steam blurb. That does rather capture the spirit of Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, doesn t it? (more…)

Steam News · Jan 23, 2019

Why I love duelling with toilets in Half-Life 2: Deathmatch

We're digging into the PC Gamer magazine archives to publish pieces from years gone by. This article was originally published in 2005. For more quality articles about all things PC gaming, you can subscribe now in the UK and the US .    When Tim was on his super-secret Seattle mission to trick Valve into spilling on Aftermath (PCG 148), the most exciting thing he sent back to Gam...