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If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. is getting a in celebration of the classic title’s 20th anniversary. In addition to Steam Workshop support directly within the game, Valve has fixed bugs and restored some content, added new graphics settings, updated gamepad controls, and a whole lot more.

You’ll also be able to get the game for free for free through November 18th at 1PM ET. After that, it will cost $9.99.



Valve is also now including the Episode One and Episode Two expansions with the base game. They’ll be accessible from the menu, and Valve says that “you will automatically advance to the next expansion after completing each one.” You’ll also be able to access the Steam Workshop within the Extras menu, which means you’ll no longer have to leave the game to enable mods.

Valve says it also made massive updates to ’s maps, which will fix “longstanding bugs, restore content and features lost to time, and improve the quality of a few things like lightmap resolution and fog.” There’s a new option to play with the original launch day blood and fire effects as well, and Valve has updated ’s gamepad controls to “match” . If you want to access the older version of , that’s still an option: you’ll just have to roll back to “a publicly visible Beta branch named ‘steam_legacy’” and grab the “Pre-20th Anniversary Build,” Valve says.

Like with the 25th anniversary celebration for the original , Valve has al.

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