{"id":69323,"date":"2024-11-15T06:14:45","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T06:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/half-life-2-rtx-video"},"modified":"2024-11-15T07:10:32","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T07:10:32","slug":"half-life-2-rtx-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/half-life-2-rtx-video","title":{"rendered":"Half-Life 2 RTX Video Celebrating 20th Anniversary Hits The Spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Can you believe that the original Half-Life 2 was released two decades ago, on 16 November 2004? I&#8217;m feeling VERY old right now, so I watched the new tribute video from NVIDIA, which features the Half-Life 2 RTX mod from developers Orbifold Studios.<\/p>\n<p>The tribute video focuses on the development team at Orbifold Studios, who are dedicated to bringing full Ray Tracing, Ray Reconstruction, and DLSS 3.5 to the 20-year-old game, alongside remastered assets.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s incredible to see the change in graphics. 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