



Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.Nvidia’s Shield mobile gaming console has two powerful new titles under its belt today – Half-Life 2 and Portal, both from celebrated developer turned platform creator Valve, and both appearing for the first time on Android. It’s chuckle-worthy that Valve is tweaking such an old game in preparation for new hardware, especially since the company said there’ll be no Steam Deck exclusives. Still, it looks pretty intuitive and very console-like.Įveryone assumes this sneaky update exists to make Half-Life 2 easier to play on the Steam Deck, which makes sense considering the device is coming out very soon. Valve reportedly isn’t working on another mainline Half-Life game, so this update is all we will get for now. Valve updated Half-Life 2 user interface, it is most likely done for Steam Deck /IMgqW7sN8k In the general tab, enter “-gamepadui” into the launch options fieldīang, you’re done! Half-life 2 should now open with a brand new UI which you can look at in action below.Select “beta updates” from the dropdown menu.Right-click Half-Life 2’s icon on Steam and select “properties”.Here is how you enable Half-Life 2’s UI update on a desktop PC. It’s not every day that an 18-year-old game gets updates, after all. On Tuesday, well-known Source Engine aficionado Gabe Follower discovered a peculiar interface change to Half-Life 2, which almost certainly exists to make the classic first-person shooter easier to manage on the Steam Deck. For the first time in many years, Half-Life 2 is getting a substantial update,
