With Valve delaying the Steam Deck by almost two months and many of the company's staff being reassigned to its highly anticipated handheld, Citadel isn't expected to arrive for another 18 to 24 months. The presenter said it will 'best showcase what the Steam Deck is capable of.' McVicker describes it as a 'nostalgia-fest.'Ĭitadel is said to have been created with the Steam Deck in mind due to how it's controlled. One of these goes by the codename Citadel, an FPS/RTS-hybrid co-op that combines elements of Left 4 Dead, Alien Swarm, and RTS games.

Sadly for those hoping to see Gordon Freeman's return-as hinted at the end of Half-Life: Alyx-Valve News Network creator Tyler McVicker (via PCGamesN) reports that Valve is instead working on other projects set in the Half-Life universe. There have been rumors that, almost fifteen years since Half-Life 2: Episode 2 arrived, Valve is now working on Half-Life 3, a project speculated about for so long that it's become a meme. Valve seems to have learned from its mistakes and is working to add proper controller support to its back catalog, and thanks to we know the latest to get this treatment is Half-Life 2.Rumor mill: In what is a classic good news/bad news situation, it's been reported that a new Half-Life game is in development, but the bad news is that it's not Half-Life 3 it's an RTS/FPS co-op title designed with the Steam Deck in mind. Reactions were mixed, and Valve failed to capitalize on full integration with its broad library of titles like Left 4 Dead, Half-Life, and Dota. In 2015, Valve released the Steam Controller which is a device that allows keyboard and mouse inputs to easily be bound to any button, enabling couch gaming on any PC game. While the PC version of Half-Life 2 has seen 18 years of maintenance releases and a 64-bit port, controller support has always been a bit half-baked.

Naturally, all of these had outstanding controller support. Over those 18 years, Half-Life 2 saw ports to the original Xbox, the Xbox 360, and the Playstation 3. It also lent serious credibility the ATI’s midrange Radeon 9800, which was in a battle for consumer mind share against the similarly priced GeForce 6600 and its performance in Doom 3, which had been released a few months prior. The modern classic took the PC gaming world by storm with its top-tier visuals, compelling story, unique atmosphere, and ground-breaking gravity gun mechanics. Believe it or not, Half-Life 2 will turn 18 this year.

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