Turning 20 this yr, Half-Life 2 is held aloft as one of many best first-person shooters ever made. Whereas the 2004 recreation nonetheless holds up visually, a group of modders has been exhausting at work giving Valve’s traditional a little bit of a spit-shine.

At CES 2024, the Half-Life 2 RTX Remix venture launched a brand new trailer, displaying the work that’s to this point gone into the Nvidia-powered graphical enchancment. On this occasion, we get to see what Ravenholm seems like in all its shiny glory.

It’s a powerful mod, with the comparisons within the video displaying the distinction between the OG recreation and the RTX remix. We get a glimpse of all that pretty ray tracing, DLSS 3.5 picture upscaling, and remastered belongings. Ooh…ahh, and many others.

Such moody lighting

Ravenholm is among the most infamous sections in Half-Life 2. One thing of a gear shift, this a part of the story turns the sport right into a creepy horror that takes place in an deserted mining city. It’s the place we meet Father Grigori and likewise get to see the harmful energy of the gravity gun whenever you add in a rusty noticed blade.

As for when the RTX venture can be obtainable, there doesn’t appear to be a launch date but. Nonetheless, in response to the Nvidia web site, the open beta for the RTX Remix toolkit begins January 22. Perhaps that’s after we’ll get to play it, or at the least get an replace on when this boosted model of HL2 can be obtainable.

Within the meantime, there’s Portal RTX to take a look at if you wish to go “ooh” and “ahh” at a special Valve recreation for a bit.