Something is going on with Half-Life. Firstly, there have been a series of updates to the Steam backend of the original game, seemingly hinting at some kind of change or new set of features that might be released to mark Half-Life's 25th anniversary on Sunday November 19. Possibly, this will be full, verified Steam Deck support for the classic shooter, or maybe something else - maybe Gordon Freeman, Black Mesa, and cohort will return for some kind of new chapter. But perhaps more mysterious, on the same day that Half-Life suddenly becomes a free game on Steam - and then stops being a free game on Steam, after Valve seemingly reverses the decision - a new, mysterious Half-Life app appears. I'm not getting my hopes up. We're not talking Half-Life 3 here. But maybe we should start preparing for unforeseen consequences.

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