Half-Life and Counter-Strike patches on the way

Valve Software has announced that it plans to release the next updates for Half-Life and Counter-Strike, its popular first-person action games, in the coming weeks. In addition to various fixes and tweaks, Half-Life v1.1.1.0 and Counter-Strike v1.5 will both include the Ricochet Mod, the second phase of Valve's recently released anticheat technology. The Ricochet Mod will also be added to the Half-Life software development kit. The new Counter-Strike update will also include a new mission, de_piranesi, which was created by Iikka Keranen.

For more information, take a look at our previous coverage of Counter-Strike.