A demo of Half-Life 2 RTX arrives next week on Steam<p>First announced <a data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/half-life-2-is-getting-an-unofficial-rtx-remaster-130006917.html">back in 2023[/url], NVIDIA is finally releasing a playable demo for
Half-Life 2 RTX. If you own the original game on <a data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" href="
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2477290/HalfLife_2_RTX/">Steam[/url] (and if you don't, <a data-i13n="cpos:3;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/pc/valve-celebrates-half-life-2s-20th-anniversary-with-a-big-update-174316547.html">what's your excuse[/url]?), you can download the preview on March 18. The showcase will allow players to see how <a data-i13n="cpos:4;pos:1" href="
https://www.hl2rtx.com/">Orbifold Studios[/url] has reimagined Ravenholm and Nova Prospekt with ray tracing. NVIDIA says the full release will arrive "at a later date."</p>
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<p>Ahead of the demo's release, NVIDIA is also releasing <a data-i13n="cpos:5;pos:1" href="
https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/rtx-ai-garage-rtx-remix/">RTX Remix[/url], the modding toolkit Orbifold used to remaster
HL2, to the public. The suite is available to <a data-i13n="cpos:6;pos:1" href="
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/rtx-remix/">download today[/url], and includes support for many of the company's latest technologies, including multi-frame generation via <a data-i13n="cpos:7;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/computing/nvidia-announced-dlss-4-will-come-to-all-rtx-gpus-044835926.html">DLSS 4[/url]. Additionally, NVIDIA says RTX Remix features an “easily mastered” interface that allows modders to add fully ray-traced lighting and AI-enhanced textures to older games without fuss. For more dedicated teams, RTX Remix makes it possible to rebuild every asset in a game.</p>
<span id="end-legacy-contents"></span><p>Beside the chance to see
Half-Life 2 in a whole new light, there's another good reason to revisit the game next week. Viktor Antonov,
Half-Life 2's visionary art director, <a data-i13n="cpos:8;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/viktor-antonov-art-director-for-half-life-2-and-dishonored-has-died-according-to-colleagues-203219167.html">passed away in February[/url] at the age of 52. All video games are a collaborative effort, but if there's one person who helped make
Half-Life 2 so memorable, it's Antonov. He designed most of City 17 and the Combine technology that gives the game its unique visual identity.</p>
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