Developer posts and news about this game.
We have released an update for Half-Life: Absolute Zero. Changes in this update are: Restored the fix from November 19th, 2023 for "a3a1" that accidentally got overwritten. Things to note: Please checkout the road map for the current plans for Half-Life: Absolute Zero here. If yo
We have released an update for Half-Life: Absolute Zero. Changes in this update are: Light Switch now works in "a1a0" Improved ladders in Industrial Arts. Improved autosaves in Industrial Arts. There's now doors in "a1a1c" to block the player from progressing in the map without t
We have released an update for Half-Life: Absolute Zero. Changes in this update are: Removed "ammo_9mmbox" from "game_player_equip" in "a3a1" in hopes to fix an error that affects a small subset of players with precaching "w_chainammo.mdl" upon loading the level. Things to note:
We have released an update for Half-Life: Absolute Zero. Changes in this update are: Post-Mortem Maps now available. Things to note: Please checkout the road map for the current plans for Half-Life: Absolute Zero here. If you are having any issues in-regards to starting the game,
Wait a second... Isn't Half-Life: Absolute Zero dead? Yes; in a way you could say it still is. Back on October 11th, 2020, the mod's fate was sealed and Half-Life: Absolute Zero was no more. At least, as the story was told and I believed it! I had no intentions to return back to
We have released an update for Half-Life: Absolute Zero. Changes in this update are: Updated Glock View Model. Updated Shotgun View Model to introduce an updated pump animation to match a recently found older version of the animation. Updated RPG View Model. Updated Gauss Gun Vie
Haha, you're joking right? Half-Life: Absolute Zero can't be dead, right? ....right? Nope, no jokes here. It is completely true, Half-Life: Absolute Zero has ceased development, after almost a decade worth of development. So, why exactly are you guys abandoning Half-Life: Absolut
We have released an update for Half-Life: Absolute Zero. Changes in this update are: Certain debug tracers will no longer be visable Things to note: We are aware of the broken transition from Screams & Whispers to Footfall and it has been addressed in our Chapter Guide since
We have released an update for Half-Life: Absolute Zero. Changes in this update are: Barneys are no longer trigger happy. Headcrabs will be more responsive in tighter areas. Timed damage will now conveniently stop at 1HP when difficulty is set to Easy. Things to note: We are awar
We have released an update for Half-Life: Absolute Zero. Changes in this update are: Renamed “HLAZ.exe” back to HL.exe” in hopes to circumvent incompatibilities with certain Windows 10 installs. This allows for Windows to detect that it is a Half-Life based game and enforce compa
The original Half-Life turned out to look and feel rather different than what originally shown before release. This fan project seeks to give players a different experience more inline with that original design.
We have released an update for Half-Life: Absolute Zero. Changes in this update are: Fixed all monsters stuttering. Fixed standard blood particles emitting too much blood. Fixed silencer disappearing for a little bit after loading a save. The bleeding damage indicator will now no
We have released an update for Half-Life: Absolute Zero. Changes in this update are: Fixed music cutting out on level change. Added in a workaround for the “SV_StartSound: Volume” crash. Fixed zombie state of the player when you’re dead, but not really. Barney will no longer char
We have released an update for Half-Life: Absolute Zero. Changes in this update are: Players can no longer use the security officer’s control panel in “a1a0” to let themselves through without the HEV Suit equipped. Fixed a rare softlock that prevented the player from progressing
We have released an update for Half-Life: Absolute Zero. Changes in this update are: Fixed Medical Stations in Unforeseen Consequences. Disabled Training Course in the New Game menu. A thing to note: Training Course is hard coded in the engine to be the default option for a new g
Wow, it's finally out in SOME capacity! Yeah, yeah it is… It’s hard to believe that it IS out, I’ve been working on it for so long that I’m honestly in shock that it is out. Obviously, it is not quite done, just a little pink in the middle… Eh, who am I kidding, it’s raw. You guy
Why are you guys releasing in active development? What’s the big idea? Well let’s face it, we have 4 months left until the October deadline hits and we still haven’t made much progress since last update. What we’re hoping is that we can get what we have right now in the hands of
Thanks to everyone for the kind words about Half-Life: Absolute Zero. We’ve been working hard for the last eight years to get this project done and in a playable, stable, and feature-complete state, and seeing the positive reaction to the progress we’ve made has been a huge moral
Release Dates, Information, Progress, and more are available in this breath-taking installment of the Half-Life Absolute Zero Updates. Wait... Absolute Zero has a release date? Yes, it's true, Absolute Zero has a release date. It is February 12th, 2019, the 20th anniversary of Ha