Half-Life 2 is getting a “cutting-edge ray tracing” overhaul courtesy of Nvidia’s RTX Remix modding instruments, and there is a playable demo approaching 18th March forward of a full launch.
As Nvidia explains it, RTX Remix is a option to “modernise basic video games, enhancing their visuals whereas preserving the core gameplay that makes them particular.” And Digital Foundry’s Alex Battaglia was impressed by the tech’s potential when he took a take a look at Portal RTX again in 2022.
Now although, after a 12 months in beta, Nvidia’s RTX Remix instruments have been formally launched into the wild, gaining the likes of DLSS 4 with Multi Body Era and RTX Neural Rendering alongside the way in which. Extra pertinent to this story, nonetheless, is the information Nvidia’s marking the event by releasing a Half-Life 2 RTX demo, showcasing the expertise’s capabilities, on March 18th.
Half-Life 2 RTX is being launched together with Orbifold Studios, and its impending Steam demo – which is just accessible to homeowners of Valve’s full Half-Life 2 – will particularly function Ravenholm and Nova Prospekt, each given an RTX Remix makeover. A full model of Half-Life 2 RTX by Orbifold is deliberate to launch “at a later date”. And for those who do not have already got Half-Life 2 in your Steam library, you may wish to know there’s at the moment 80 p.c off.
“RTX Remix requires a GeForce RTX GPU to create RTX Remix Mods,” Nvidia notes, “whereas mods and video games constructed utilizing Remix are suitable with any {hardware} that may run Vulkan ray-traced video games.” Full particulars of right now’s launch will be present in Nvidia’s announcement. All of which ought to stand you in good stead for Half-Life 3, which may simply occur in any case.
