During the announcement of Half-Life: Alyx, we thought "Let's make a Half-Life themed event!", so that's what we did.

Starting today, we're introducing the Hazardous Environments event! A 4-day event themed around the Half-Life franchise. In this first day, we're showing off our very own in-house made SFM short film, new community-maps to be introduced into the rotation, and a new set of cosmetics themed around, you guessed it, Half-Life!

There have been many hints and teasers of this update, and some people may even say there was an ARG(?) so, if you're even remotely interested in seeing those and much more, you can join us in our official Discord server.

We very much look forward to working with the community to implement more fun, new, and interesting content in the year of 2020. See you tomorrow for Day 2!

Also, wash your hands!