Half-Life 2 RTX has been revealed, and it looks fantastic

Half-Life 2’s getting a full RTX reimagining

Nvidia has today revealed that Half-Life 2 RTX is in the works, with Orbifold Studios leading the project. This team is a merger of four of Half-life 2’s top modding teams, who are now working together to rebuild Half-Life 2 with new assets, more detail, Physically Based Rendering (PBR), and full ray tracing. This is possible thanks to Nvidia’s RTX Remix toolset.

When the project launches Half-Life 2 RTX will feature Nvidia’s DLSS 3, Nvidia Reflex, and RTX IO to improve the Half-Life 2 experience. Additionally, the game’s world textures are 8x more detailed than before, and assets like Gordon Freeman’s suit have 20x as much geometric detail. This isn’t a classic game with a ray tracing lighting upgrade, Half-Life RTX is a cutting-edge remake of Half-Life 2.

Half-Life 2 RTX: An RTX Remix Project is being developed by four of Half-Life 2’s top mod teams, now working together under the banner of Orbifold Studios. Using the latest version of RTX Remix, the modders are rebuilding materials with Physically Based Rendering (PBR) properties, adding extra geometric detail via Valve’s Hammer editor, and leveraging NVIDIA technologies including full ray tracing, DLSS 3, Reflex, and RTX IO to deliver a fantastic experience for GeForce RTX gamers.

Half-Life 2 is one of the most highly rated PC games of all time, and this community remaster of Valve’s FPS classic will introduce the game to a whole new generation of players. This fan remake will be a showcase of Nvidia’s latest RTX technologies, and we look forward to seeing more of this project in the future.

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