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 strategy to “modernise traditional 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 have a look at Portal RTX again in 2022.
Now although, after a yr 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, nevertheless, is the information Nvidia’s marking the event by releasing a Half-Life 2 RTX demo, showcasing the know-how’s capabilities, on March 18th.
Half-Life 2 RTX is being launched at the side of Orbifold Studios, and its impending Steam demo – which is simply out there to house owners of Valve’s full Half-Life 2 – will particularly characteristic 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 should you 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 appropriate with any {hardware} that may run Vulkan ray-traced video games.” Full particulars of at present’s launch might 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.
