Nvidia has announced that a community-made Half-Life 2 RTX Remix title is in early development. The upcoming release will include RTX Support, DLSS 3, and more. A release date has yet to be announced.
Last year, Nvidia released an RTX version of Portal on PC. While the game had high technical demands, it was still a massive hit among fans. Alongside revealing the upcoming title, Nvidia confirmed more details about what to expect from Half-Life 2 RTX Remix.
Half-Life 2 RTX Remix Early Details
Nvidia revealed more information on its official website for the upcoming RTX update. For one, the update will be entirely free for everyone. Half-Life 2’s top four mod teams will be developing the RTX Remix. They will work together under the banner of the newly formed Orbifold Studios.
Orbifold will rebuild every asset with physically based rendering, adding more detail to the engine. They will also utilize complete ray tracing, DLSS 3, Reflex, and RTX IO. Andrew Burnes, a technical creator at Nvidia, revealed more specific details on the work that Orbifold will be doing:
“In Half-Life 2 RTX, average world textures have 8X the pixels, and assets like the suit feature 20X the geometric detail of the original game. You can now see the fabric weavings around the joints of the suit, and the interplay of plastics and metals that compose the chest, leg, and arm pieces.
Every light source bounces around the scene and casts realistic shadows, making Kleiner’s Lab feel like a real place. Orange vats cast light that illuminate dark corners in a vibrant glow, while the liquid inside refracts the entire world through it.
Props are transformed with full ray tracing, like the magnification lens on Kleiner’s desk, which used shaders in 2004 to depict a low resolution reflection of the world. Now, the magnifying glass contains a curved lens that realistically refracts light and bends every reflection, heightening immersion.”
Nvidia also released the first trailer for the upcoming update. Check it out below:
Lastly, Half-Life 2 is available now on Steam. Nvidia will reveal more information about the Half-Life 2 RTX Remix.
