# Half-Life 2 July 23, 2025 Update

- Product: Half-Life 2 (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/half-life-2)
- Vendor: Valve
- Date: 2025-07-23
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/220/view/507335122931941414
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/half-life-2/releases/2025-07-23-july-23-2025-update

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- **changed** — Restored speed of the train near the end of Highway 17 to better match the original shipped difficulty
- **fixed** — Fixed missing collision that was allowing NPCs to shoot through some walls in Entanglement
- **fixed** — Fixed issue where Alyx could obstruct the player's path when boarding the teleporter near the end of Entanglement

-  Restored speed of the train near the end of Highway 17 to better match the original shipped difficulty.

-  Fixed missing collision that was allowing NPCs to shoot through some walls in Entanglement.

-  Fixed issue where Alyx could obstruct the player's path when boarding the teleporter near the end of Entanglement.

NOTE: these map updates will not break existing saves but players may need to restart their current chapter if they saved after a progress blocking bug on a previous game version.