{"id":1494562,"date":"2026-02-12T06:46:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T06:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/T7vkxDHpZ2Fe8Po7ZDZxPB"},"modified":"2026-02-12T06:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T06:46:07","slug":"valve-isnt-putting-gordon-freeman-into-any-new-games-so-deadlock-modders-have-taken-matters-into-their-own-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/valve-isnt-putting-gordon-freeman-into-any-new-games-so-deadlock-modders-have-taken-matters-into-their-own-hands\/","title":{"rendered":"Valve isn&#8217;t putting Gordon Freeman into any new games, so Deadlock modders have taken matters into their own hands"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>To spare myself the psychic turmoil, I decided to accept years ago that Half-Life 3 will never happen. Best case scenario, I get to be delighted by being proven wrong. Worst case, I&#8217;m sparing myself from the cyclical mass psychosis of reading an imminent Half-Life 3 announcement in whatever tea leaves we&#8217;ve convinced ourselves exist.<\/p>\n<p>But if the studio doesn&#8217;t seem interested in bringing Gordon Freeman out of retirement in the foreseeable future, modders are more than happy to give Gordon some screentime in Valve&#8217;s games whether the company wants to or not. There might not be a new Half-Life on the horizon, but thanks to modder Grelgn, Deadlock can now star the last free man.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\" data-nosnippet >\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\"><iframe data-lazy-priority=\"low\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/86QwSIy4Jv4\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Available <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/gamebanana.com\/mods\/652420\" target=\"_blank\">on Gamebanana<\/a>, Grelgn&#8217;s Gordon Freeman mod is a skin swap for Venator using <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/sharedfiles\/filedetails\/?id=3225380875\" target=\"_blank\">a Freeman model<\/a> originally built by artists Komegatze, TGH, and Bruss for Source 2 Filmmaker use in Half-Life: Alyx. As <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=86QwSIy4Jv4\" target=\"_blank\">a demo video<\/a> shows, Venator&#8217;s firearms-and-crossbow kit feels right at home with Freeman, even if the bespectacled scientist feels a little out of place against the backdrop of Deadlock&#8217;s Cursed Apple.<\/p>\n<p>It <em>will <\/em>mean your game will feature one less <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/moba\/deadlocks-next-hero-is-venator-a-special-agent-of-the-vatican-who-has-2-guns-also-a-grenade-a-bear-trap-and-a-crossbow-that-shoots-holy-stakes\/\" target=\"_blank\">ruggedly handsome muscle-priest<\/a>, which I imagine is a net negative experience for a sizable swath of Deadlock players. Mod according to your priorities, I suppose.<\/p>\n<p>That said, after all the interdimensional travel and time shenanigans Gordon&#8217;s been subjected to, I can&#8217;t imagine he&#8217;d be particularly unsettled by necromancy or lycanthropy or, uh, whatever Seven&#8217;s deal is. Or at least, I can&#8217;t imagine he would show it. Guy&#8217;s pretty unflappable.<\/p>\n<p>I choose to believe he&#8217;d get along excellently with Rem, however.<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, the Freeman mod is just one of many skin swaps available for anyone wanting to turn Deadlock into a MOBA-style Smash Bros. I&#8217;m particularly fond of the one replacing Mo &#038; Krill with <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/gamebanana.com\/mods\/626054\">Donkey Kong and Diddy<\/a>, but I can&#8217;t confirm whether it&#8217;s compatible with the latest update. Don&#8217;t worry, though: It seems like <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/gamebanana.com\/mods\/625513\">Hatsune Miku<\/a> works fine.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"0a6fea0f-edc7-42f7-96a6-27f4f5b24dae\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:661px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:98.94%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"6offQUY4CXebir2TC27dMd\" name=\"kingdom come 2 square\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/valve-isnt-putting-gordon-freeman-into-any-new-games-so-deadlock-modders-have-taken-matters-into-their-own-hands.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"661\" height=\"654\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-pc-games-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"0a6fea0f-edc7-42f7-96a6-27f4f5b24dae\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2026 games<\/strong><\/a>: All the upcoming games<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/moba\/valve-isnt-putting-gordon-freeman-into-any-new-games-so-deadlock-modders-have-taken-matters-into-their-own-hands\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To spare myself the psychic turmoil, I decided to accept years ago that Half-Life 3 will never happen. Best case scenario, I get to be delighted by being proven wrong. Worst case, I&#8217;m sparing myself from the cyclical mass psychosis of reading an imminent Half-Life 3 announcement in whatever tea leaves we&#8217;ve convinced ourselves exist. But if the studio doesn&#8217;t seem interested in bringing Gordon Freeman out of retirement in the foreseeable future, modders are more than happy to give Gordon some screentime in Valve&#8217;s games whether the company wants to or not. There might not be a new Half-Life on the horizon, but thanks to modder Grelgn, Deadlock can now star the last free man. Available on Gamebanana, Grelgn&#8217;s Gordon Freeman mod is a&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/valve-isnt-putting-gordon-freeman-into-any-new-games-so-deadlock-modders-have-taken-matters-into-their-own-hands\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1494563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[748,490],"class_list":["post-1494562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-games","tag-moba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Valve isn&#039;t putting Gordon Freeman into any new games, so Deadlock modders have taken matters into their own hands | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"To spare myself the psychic turmoil, I decided to accept years ago that Half-Life 3 will never happen. 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