A Half-Life update is now available that affects Blue Shift through shared resources. Please see the Half-Life update notes for details.

A small update for Half-Life: Blue Shift is now available: Engine

• Fixed bug in skybox image loading
• Fixed bug in demo command processing
• Prevent certain path characters from being used in commands
• Enforce certain extensions be used for files specified in some commands

We have updated the public release of Half-Life: Blue Shift. Changes in this update are:

• Fixed crash when entering certain malformed strings into the game console. Thanks to Marshal Webb from BackConnect, Inc for reporting this.
• Fixed crash when loading a specially crafted malformed BSP file. Thanks to Grant Hernandez (@Digital_Cold) for reporting this.
• Fixed malformed SAV files allowing arbitrary files to be written into the game folder. Thanks to Vsevolod Saj for reporting this.
• Fixed a crash when quickly changing weapons that are consumable. Thanks to Sam Vanheer for reporting this.
• Fixed crash when setting custom decals

We have updated the public release of Half-Life: Blue Shift. Changes in this update are:

• Fixed crash when entering certain malformed strings into the game console. Thanks to Marshal Webb from BackConnect, Inc for reporting this.
• Fixed crash when loading a specially crafted malformed BSP file. Thanks to Grant Hernandez (@Digital_Cold) for reporting this.
• Fixed malformed SAV files allowing arbitrary files to be written into the game folder. Thanks to Vsevolod Saj for reporting this.
• Fixed a crash when quickly changing weapons that are consumable. Thanks to Sam Vanheer for reporting this.
• Fixed crash when setting custom decals

We have updated the public release of Half-Life: Blue Shift. This update contains all the changes from the recent beta, thanks to the whole community for their help with testing and suggesting new features. Changes in this update are:

• Converted Half-Life: Blue Shift to the new SteamPipe content system, for optimized delivery of the game
• Added support for Mac OS X and Linux operating systems
• Enabled Cloud support for save games
• Improved OpenGL rendering pipeline and output to leverage the capabilities in todays GPU
• Numerous bug fixes

We have updated the public release of Half-Life: Blue Shift. This update contains all the changes from the recent beta, thanks to the whole community for their help with testing and suggesting new features. Changes in this update are:

• Converted Half-Life: Blue Shift to the new SteamPipe content system, for optimized delivery of the game
• Added support for Mac OS X and Linux operating systems
• Enabled Cloud support for save games
• Improved OpenGL rendering pipeline and output to leverage the capabilities in todays GPU
• Numerous bug fixes

We have released a Beta update for Half-Life: Blue Shift. Changes in this update are:

• Added correct game sound track, mastered at 44kHz, 128kbit MP3 for better listening experience
• Fixed test microphone button not working

We have released a Beta update for Half-Life: Blue Shift. Changes in this update are:

• Added correct game sound track, mastered at 44kHz, 128kbit MP3 for better listening experience
• Fixed test microphone button not working

Half-Life:BLue Shift, now with 100% more Blue!! Changes in this update are:

• Changed hud color to match originally shipped blue tones

Half-Life:BLue Shift, now with 100% more Blue!! Changes in this update are:

• Changed hud color to match originally shipped blue tones

We have released a Beta update for Half-Life: Blue Shift. Changes in this update are:

• Added support for friendly save names in Half-Life: BlueShift and Half-Life: Opposing Force

We have released a Beta update for Half-Life: Blue Shift. Changes in this update are:

• Added support for friendly save names in Half-Life: BlueShift and Half-Life: Opposing Force

Half-Life: Blue Shift is now available as a Beta. This beta adds Linux and OS X support. This beta involves significant changes for all platforms and your testing is appreciated, please report any bugs to our GitHub page, https://github.com/ValveSoftware/halflife/issues. Linux and OS X users can simply install the Half-Life: Blue Shift application to access the beta. For Windows users right click the game in your Library, choose properties and then go to the Beta tab. Select the SteamPipe beta to start testing. Under windows to opt out of testing simply deselect the beta option on this same page. If you opt into the Beta under Windows please use the Local Files tab in Steam to validate your install once you have opted into the beta.

Half-Life: Blue Shift is now available as a Beta. This beta adds Linux and OS X support. This beta involves significant changes for all platforms and your testing is appreciated, please report any bugs to our GitHub page, https://github.com/ValveSoftware/halflife/issues. Linux and OS X users can simply install the Half-Life: Blue Shift application to access the beta. For Windows users right click the game in your Library, choose properties and then go to the Beta tab. Select the SteamPipe beta to start testing. Under windows to opt out of testing simply deselect the beta option on this same page. If you opt into the Beta under Windows please use the Local Files tab in Steam to validate your install once you have opted into the beta.