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The Half-Life Hangover - HLX Files #17
🕑 Added 2026-02-01 19:58:45 +0000 UTCValve is back from winter break and fresh updates across Counter-Strike 2 and Deadlock dropped new breadcrumbs for Half-Life 3 and the ongoing evolution of Source 2, plus a quick check-in on what the community turned into while everyone was waiting. No dates, no promises, just what changed, why it matters, and what it says about where things are at right now.
Sources:
Datamined: https://github.com/SteamDatabase/GameTracking-Deadlock
HLA Vinyl: https://valvehl.bandcamp.com/album/half-life-alyx
Mods to Play:
Raising the Bar Redux: https://www.moddb.com/mods/half-life-2-raising-the-bar-redux
Raising the Bar Retail: https://www.moddb.com/mods/half-life-2-raising-the-bar-retail
Thrill EX: https://www.moddb.com/mods/thrill-ex
Half-Life Insecure: https://www.moddb.com/mods/half-life-insecure
Special thanks to all the guest starts of this video;
GabeFollower: https://www.youtube.com/@gabe.follower
F4mi: https://www.youtube.com/@f4micom
TravGuy: https://www.youtube.com/@ThatTravGuy
Bringus Studios: https://www.youtube.com/@BringusStudios
DammitJeff: https://www.youtube.com/@DammitJeff
SalemTechsperts: https://www.youtube.com/@SalemTechsperts
Myles Dobson: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6048450/
Comments
Austen maneggio
Based on Valve's historic and current software alongside the time they seem to have post """delay""" (idk what to call it since it was never announced) HLX may be the first video game ever to use upscaling as a bonus instead of the bare minimum to run the game on borderline supercomputers
Jose Rodriguez
This is peak internet content and why I’m still here…. Never let down
Myles Dobson
I mean... HIgh and guArd? That's three letters from Half Life...
marvhus
That's a lot of cameos
CORNCUBE
Oh shit like a million different youtuber jumpscares
CORNCUBE
Gabefollower jumpscare
