Knowledge (XXG)

Half-Life (series)

Source 📝

1675: 5008: 6215: 5464: 61: 56: 2023: 6311: 6254: 6328: 6266: 6242: 6294: 1950:, was developed by Cruise Control, a British marketing agency, and released on March 15, 1999. However, Sierra withdrew it from circulation after Sierra and Valve had failed to resolve licensing issues with Cruise Control over the film. The critical reception of the film was very poor. The film's plot was that of a journalist attempting to infiltrate the 1661:
The games have depicted numerous alien races and creatures, many from the Xen border world. Some of the most notable include the Vortigaunts, a highly intelligent alien race that often assists Freeman after he saves them from oppression, and headcrabs, parasitic aliens who latch on to heads and
846:
received a weak but overall positive reception from critics, many reviewers stating that it was fun to play through with a friend, but that the game's more puzzle-oriented gameplay detracted from the overall experience. An unofficial Windows port was released in September 2008.
1301:, the game shared several assets with the 1998 game, including Black Mesa containers, vehicles and scientists, with the Black Mesa logos visible in several maps in the retail version implicitly setting them in the same universe. It was bundled with 1926:
and Gabe Newell announced that they had plans for a game and a film collaboration. Abrams said, "There's an idea we have for a game that we'd like to work with Valve on," while Newell said, "We're going to figure out if we can make a
1296:
story, the game is a multiplayer shooter in which players assume the roles of members of combating teams of the governmental counter-terrorist forces and various terrorist militants opposing them. Due to originally being a mod of
1666:. Other alien species depicted include antlions, human-sized burrowing insectoids; bullsquids, acid-shooting tentacled predators; and barnacles, ceiling-dwelling amorphous creatures who capture others with their sticky tongue. 1259:
feeling it "made both universes smaller", and said later: "I just had to react as gracefully as I could to the fact that it was going there without me. It didn't make any sense except from a resource-restricted point of view."
709:
was received favorably by critics, many citing the game as being as influential on setting expansion pack standards as the original game had been in influencing the overall genre. The game won the Computer Game of the Year
642:, where an experiment accidentally causes a dimensional rift and triggers an alien invasion. Unlike many other games at the time, the player has almost uninterrupted control of Freeman, and the story is told mostly through 1935:
movie together". In an interview in March 2016, Abrams stated that while he has been working on many other projects since, he still has plans to direct these films in the future, with both films in the writing stage.
2870: 3824: 3587: 1619:, an enigmatic and questionable businessman with capabilities and powers beyond any ordinary human being. The expansion packs to the original game introduce other protagonists and characters, such as 3780: 3703: 839:
focuses on two of Freeman's colleagues, Gina Cross and Colette Green, as the two work with other scientists to counter the effects of the dimensional rift and ultimately attempt to close it.
4980: 3907: 1615:, a theoretical physicist working at the Black Mesa Research Facility who serves as the main silent playable protagonist for the franchise. Freeman is hired and put into stasis by the 3564: 3295: 1112:, players control Alyx as she and her father Eli establish the resistance against the Combine in City 17. Described by Valve as its "flagship" VR game, it was developed using the 4744: 1607:
franchise has received critical praise for its in-depth fictional universe, including numerous characters who would go on to become well-known in the gaming sphere. The original
2684: 6373: 2323: 4718: 2759: 1071:
focuses on expansive environments, travel and less linear play. As Freeman, the player travels with Alyx into the surrounding countryside, pursued by Combine forces.
3247: 1885:
made it difficult for projects to gather momentum. Walker said Valve failed to find a unifying idea that provided a sense of "wonderment, or opening, or expansion".
4040: 3944: 3875: 3531: 2856: 4629: 4354: 3388: 3821: 3597: 4259: 4222: 3770: 2504: 5052: 3747: 2943: 2563: 4856: 3717: 2603: 715: 4766: 3147: 3091: 1482:
developed by NuclearVision, and was released over Valve's Steam online delivery system on May 18, 2004, as a promotional game for the then-upcoming
2541: 4977: 4070: 2966: 2467: 890: 655: 3804: 1888:
In the mid-2010s, Valve began experimenting with virtual reality (VR). They built prototypes using their various intellectual properties such as
3893: 2644: 914: 6282: 3225: 2599: 1579:
assets but since has become a commercial product and given users the ability to incorporate other assets. Among notable fan-made campaigns is
789:
and the preceding games in the series. Critics praised the atmosphere and new graphics, but noticed the lack of new content and short length.
6358: 5410: 4655: 3054: 2819: 3003: 3554: 3166: 4960: 4685: 4093: 3498: 3287: 2220: 2040: 4882: 4740: 4161: 2154:
and both of its episodic expansions, sold 3 million units at retail by that time. This put franchise sales at 18.8 million full games (
1838:
that allows for an extra dimension of interactivity in both single-player and online environments. In the episodic games that followed
4919: 4792: 4123: 2417: 4593: 3441: 5396: 2106: 4450: 1850:
engine, and features both the engine's advanced lighting effects, and a new version of its facial animation/expression technology.
2670: 1120:. Players use VR to interact with the environment and fight enemies, using gravity gloves to manipulate objects, similarly to the 6368: 6363: 5727: 4504: 4281: 3974: 1379: 902: 4819: 4331: 3850: 1846:, Valve modified Alyx's AI to allow her to react to player actions. The game runs on an upgraded version of Valve's proprietary 5500: 3410: 2087: 869:. The game had a six-year development cycle, which saw several delays and the leak of the game's source code in October, 2003. 651: 4399: 3331: 5720: 5403: 5360: 5045: 4191: 2059: 2044: 1979: 1965: 1421:
in September 2012, it was approved by Valve for a commercial release. It was fully released on March 6, 2020 for Windows and
1547:), which closely resembles the original zombie from the Half-Life universe, equipped with a crowbar. Gordon also appears in 4708: 4368: 873:
returns the player to the role of Gordon Freeman. Set twenty years after the original game, Earth has been occupied by the
5332: 3265: 2782: 1537:
as an event item along with the Crowbar, possibly due to the game being created on the Source Engine as well. In the game
711: 6232: 4566: 3629: 2745: 6073: 5192: 4030: 3930: 2892: 2250: 2066: 1951: 1854: 956: 639: 3872: 3521: 2709: 755:
was published by Sierra Entertainment. Announced in 2000, the game was initially developed as a bonus campaign for the
6353: 5676: 5467: 4007: 3353: 2292: 1792: 1288: 4619: 3378: 2345: 1078:
s new technologies and gameplay features were praised by reviewers; however, though it was significantly longer than
1023:
reactor core destroys it. It introduced several graphical effects, including new lighting features and more advanced
6300: 6258: 6218: 5248: 5242: 4915: 1874: 1286:. After some cooperation between the original team and Valve's developers, Valve sold the game in retail, retitled 1178: 1163: 337: 328: 314: 35: 4245: 4214: 2395: 2073: 2033: 5890: 5544: 5085: 5038: 3113: 1476: 1024: 669: 410: 258: 2490: 5940: 5690: 5595: 5588: 5136: 5129: 2536: 1815:, where Gearbox demonstrated the game's use of new model sets, which were around twice as detailed as those in 1042: 978: 526: 512: 309: 303: 3739: 3464: 3402: 2055: 6104: 5697: 5581: 5574: 5325: 5163: 5122: 5115: 3012: 2577: 1734: 1652: 1628: 1620: 1598: 1394: 1031:
received a generally positive critical reaction, although the short length was a common point of criticism.
944: 490: 478: 293: 4846: 4529: 4476: 2929: 1861:
games to "solve some interesting collision of technology and art that had reared itself". For the original
6006: 5711: 5537: 5078: 4770: 1674: 1326: 1187: 832: 618: 502: 458: 397: 346: 219: 176: 3077: 1768:
was demonstrated at the 1999 E3 convention, where new locations, characters and the story were revealed.
6184: 5897: 5860: 5828: 5754: 5704: 5551: 5346: 5284: 5092: 2453: 1907: 1803:
on June 16, 2001, and instead released it for Windows on June 12. Afterward, Gearbox began working on a
1348: 1146: 729: 427: 264: 4062: 2980: 3801: 5976: 5782: 5640: 5353: 5268: 5232: 3712: 1847: 1780: 1695: 1581: 1544: 1470: 1444: 1414: 930: 207: 99: 75: 1643:
and the games following it introduce a new, more focused cast of characters fighting the oppressive
785:
also includes a High Definition pack, which upgrades the quality of the models and textures in both
6189: 5626: 5517: 5493: 5316: 5197: 2630: 2607: 1644: 1448: 1237: 986: 874: 815:. The game was again developed by Gearbox and published by Sierra. However, unlike previous games, 375: 4651: 1987:. It was well received by Valve. On August 25, 2010 they released a nearly 15-minute-long sequel. 1425:. It was praised by reviewers, who likened it to an official Valve game. On the review aggregator 6270: 4851: 3086: 3040: 2833: 2123:
games had sold 15.8 million units in retail (9.3m for the first, 6.5m for the second), while the
1663: 1562: 1418: 1370: 1280: 1019:
was released on June 1, 2006. The player controls Freeman as he and Alyx escape City 17 before a
898: 237: 55: 3211: 3017: 4677: 3188: 967:
The player, as Freeman, climbs a cliff to destroy a Combine artillery launcher in a monastery.
5971: 5654: 5647: 5509: 5427: 5389: 5298: 4957: 4594:"Behind the scenes of 'Half Life: Alyx': How Valve revived a classic franchise for the VR era" 3121: 2391: 2315: 2288: 2080: 1882: 1691: 1616: 1406: 1354: 1321: 1232: 1140: 910: 643: 233: 211: 83: 30:
This article is about the video game series. For the scientific and mathematical concept, see
4905: 4101: 3490: 2228: 1292:. Set in various locations around the world with little connection to the events of the main 6194: 6164: 6001: 5986: 5925: 5734: 5558: 5291: 5277: 5099: 4910: 4878: 4153: 3256: 1835: 1749: 878: 800: 688: 436: 275: 88: 4958:
Analysis: Valve's Lifetime Retail Sales For Half-Life, Counter-Strike Franchises Exclusive.
4796: 2527: 1338:
s multiplayer version." Both the standard retail edition and the Bronze digital edition of
1334:, as well as all of the initial digital versions. Some game journalists referred to it as " 881:
race that exploited the events of the first game to invade. The G-Man inserts Freeman into
6129: 5991: 5835: 5761: 5615: 5604: 5432: 5339: 5145: 5013: 4984: 4964: 4002: 3879: 3828: 3808: 3743: 3433: 2386: 2006: 1919: 1890: 1761: 1703: 1517: 1223: 1213: 1105: 1093: 997:, said the approach would allow Valve to release products more quickly after the six-year 929:
content delivery system, a system that eventually led to Valve falling out with publisher
926: 700: 696: 600: 362: 357: 270: 190: 162: 777:, a security guard working at Black Mesa. The game takes place within the early parts of 4440: 993:
story, with the final episode planned for release by Christmas 2007. Valve's president,
6119: 6094: 5876: 5869: 5666: 5486: 5448: 5441: 5171: 5007: 4558: 1741: 1651:, a prominent member of the Resistance and the daughter of former Black Mesa scientist 1612: 1567: 1527: 1507: 1495: 1362: 1272: 1191: 1062: 918: 886: 774: 680: 635: 350: 298: 288: 242: 229: 142: 107: 4295: 3966: 1799:. However, after several months of delays, Sierra terminated the Dreamcast version of 236:
were influential on the FPS genre, and the game inspired numerous community-developed
60: 6347: 6124: 6099: 6058: 5853: 5799: 4823: 3842: 3592: 1831: 1057: 248: 157: 152: 3655: 3434:"Half-Life: Alyx review - VR's killer app is a key component in the Half-Life story" 1531:
when bought on Steam. The Headcrab also appeared in an April Fools event in the MMO
650:
received acclaim for its graphics, gameplay and seamless narrative. It won over 50 "
6246: 6199: 6134: 6068: 6038: 6033: 4391: 3677: 3321: 2462: 1923: 1791:, and it was set to include higher detail models and textures that were double the 1753: 1719: 1572: 1479: 1252: 781:, with Calhoun attempting to escape the facility with a small group of scientists. 4183: 3771:"Analysis: Valve's Lifetime Retail Sales For Half-Life, Counter-Strike Franchises" 1435:
had an average 87/100 review score with 100% approval rating based on 14 reviews.
1346:, while the retail Collector's Edition and the digital Gold edition also included 3822:"Valve readying Half-Life 2 bundles; Counter-Strike: Source available next week." 3621:
The Untold History of Arkane: Dishonored / Prey / Ravenholm / LMNO / The Crossing
3555:"At least 5 Half-Life projects were cancelled before Alyx, including Half-Life 3" 6114: 6109: 6078: 6063: 6053: 5945: 5883: 5792: 5567: 5202: 5108: 4317: 2022: 1827: 1726: 1715: 1707: 1679: 1473: 1121: 1020: 994: 858: 654:" awards and is considered one of the most influential FPS games and one of the 468: 283: 17: 4131: 2796: 2431: 1906:
engine in 2016, with the largest team in Valve's history, including members of
1869:, they explored characters and physics systems, and refined these ideas in the 6154: 5935: 5930: 5305: 5176: 4562: 3970: 3940: 3903: 3619: 3406: 1984: 1648: 1427: 1151: 1117: 371: 4563:"The Final Hours of Half-Life: Alyx - Behind Closed Doors at Valve Interview" 3704:"'The narrative had to be baked into the corridors': Marc Laidlaw on writing 2906: 2262: 6159: 6149: 6048: 6043: 5382: 5207: 5020: 4652:"Valve working with J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot on game and movie collaborations" 4445: 3894:"Black Mesa Source release date revealed, high-res headcrabs due in 11 days" 3775: 3326: 2723: 2319: 1983:. The film combines live-action footage with 3D animation created using the 1788: 1764:, said Valve gave them the project to allow Valve to focus on future games. 1699: 1533: 1013:
saw Freeman being used by G-Man, the episodes would see G-Man lose control.
756: 692: 31: 6253: 3997: 3873:"Portal Easter Egg In Counter-Strike Isn't Teasing A New Game, Valve Says." 2284: 6317: 6241: 4944:, which was bundled with the retail sales of the PlayStation 2 version of 2355: 1779:, was again developed by Gearbox Software and announced by its publisher, 5981: 5633: 5237: 4624: 4363: 4254: 3935: 3898: 3559: 3383: 3049: 2938: 2865: 2754: 2679: 2639: 2499: 1903: 1243: 1113: 1053: 906: 630:, was released on November 19, 1998, and published by Sierra On-Line for 147: 2377: 1067:
It was distributed digitally on Steam and at retail by Electronic Arts.
6144: 6139: 5996: 5961: 5683: 5227: 4678:"Portal, the Movie: Valve, J.J. Abrams Team Up for Future Games, Films" 4578: 3641: 3261: 3220: 3183: 2975: 2828: 2572: 2047: in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. 1971: 1812: 1539: 882: 631: 225: 127: 6334: 3588:"Abandoned Half-Life Episode Featured Magnet Gun, Warren Spector Says" 3125: 2185:
sold 4.2 million units standalone by the same time, while its remake,
1714:
soon after formation, and settled on a concept for a horror-themed 3D
5966: 5821: 4481: 3625: 1501: 66: 5001: 3148:"Valve vs. Vivendi Universal dogfight heats up in US District Court" 4422:
Half-Life 2: Episode One, Chapter V: Exit 17, Developers commentary
3465:"Half-Life: Alyx Gameplay Review: (Almost) Every VR Headset Tested" 5768: 4906:"Trailer: Indie Sci-Fi Short Beyond Black Mesa Channels Half-Life" 4035: 1757: 1673: 1422: 1134: 1001:
development, and that he considered the trilogy the equivalent of
137: 132: 2005:
was released. Directed by Brian Curtin, it follows the character
356:
In 2020, after years of speculation, Valve released its flagship
232:, a scientist who must survive an alien invasion. The innovative 5811: 5482: 5034: 4505:"Half-Life: Alyx Helped Change Valve's Approach To Development" 2009:. The full short film was released online on January 21, 2011. 214:. The games combine shooting combat, puzzles and storytelling. 5025: 4713: 4425: 4326: 4290: 3526: 2901: 2791: 2718: 2426: 2350: 2016: 1457:
series has spurred the creation of several spin-off games for
1413:
developed and published by Crowbar Collective and made in the
1108:(VR) game, on March 23, 2020, for Windows. In this prequel to 835:—two players must work together to progress through the game. 6276: 5030: 4553: 4551: 3288:"Half-Life 2: Episode One gold, Two dated, Three announced" 1834:. It comes packaged with a heavily modified version of the 1730: 1132:
was released to acclaim. Reviewers at publications such as
819:
was released exclusively with the PlayStation 2 version of
4618:
Kelly, Andy; Livingston, Christopher (November 21, 2019).
3522:"Valve Explains Why Half-Life 2: Episode 3 Was Never Made" 2316:"The Gamasutra Quantum Leap Awards: First-Person Shooters" 1974:-based film company, released a five-minute film based on 287:
to further success, with a new setting and characters and
1279:
In April 2000, Valve acquired the rights to the fan-made
5478: 4031:"At 10 million sales, Garry's Mod is still going strong" 1865:, they expanded the role of narrative in FPS games; for 1760:, and announced on April 15, 1999. The Gearbox founder, 1662:
convert humans into mindless zombies, sometimes used as
889:
to combat the Combine occupation. Considered one of the
4709:"J.J. ABRAMS: PORTAL, HALF-LIFE MOVIES STILL HAPPENING" 1543:
there is a playable character (after the addition of a
1227:
series, which takes place in the same universe as the
6230: 3843:"Blow Off Some Steam and Pre-Order Half-Life 2 (PC)" 3491:"Review: Half-Life Alyx is VR's stunning killer app" 2119:
In December 2008, Valve announced that the two main
228:
to critical and commercial success. Players control
6177: 6087: 6026: 6019: 5954: 5918: 5911: 5845: 5809: 5780: 5744: 5664: 5614: 5525: 5516: 5420: 5374: 5315: 5267: 5260: 5220: 5185: 5162: 5155: 5070: 1842:, Valve made minor tweaks to the game's engine. In 1565:, some which have gained recognition on their own. 1009:saw the G-Man transform Freeman into his tool, and 767:was instead released for Windows on June 12, 2001. 185: 171: 120: 98: 74: 48: 4795:. Planet Half-Life. March 15, 1999. Archived from 4769:. Planet Half-Life. March 15, 1999. Archived from 2201:had sold over 12 million copies by February 2011. 1525:. The headcrab is also an unlockable character in 2181:These figures did not account for digital sales. 1783:, on August 30, 2000. Sierra intended to release 4620:"12 big things we learned about Half-Life: Alyx" 3657:Portal 2 (Video Game 2011) - Release info - IMDb 3379:"12 big things we learned about Half-Life: Alyx" 1918:On February 6, 2013, while speaking at the 2013 1241:, was released on October 10, 2007, followed by 921:, and won more than 35 Game of the Year awards. 224:Valve's first product, was released in 1998 for 3931:"Black Mesa Source released – download it now!" 2215: 2213: 1060:on October 10, 2007 as part of the compilation 4530:"Why Valve Gave Up On 'Multiple' Half-Life 3s" 4477:"Why Valve Gave Up On 'Multiple' Half-Life 3s" 2664: 2662: 1881:, but could not settle on a direction and its 1585:, which was designed to extend the story from 1365:which gradually became separate from the main 69:, is a prominent symbol throughout the series. 5494: 5046: 3403:"Half-Life: Alyx for PC Reviews - Metacritic" 1369:games, bar occasional references (such as an 1082:, the length was again a point of criticism. 291:gameplay. It was followed by the extra level 8: 1822:For several years, Valve secretly worked on 955:, a short, playable tech demo demonstrating 4503:Says, Germinalconsequence (July 10, 2020). 2189:was bundled with every sold retail copy of 1733:convention, where its animation system and 1330:, it was bundled in all retail versions of 6023: 5915: 5522: 5501: 5487: 5479: 5264: 5159: 5053: 5039: 5031: 5006: 2704: 2702: 2604:Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences 1551:and the headcrab is available as a pet in 985:In May 2006, Valve announced a trilogy of 716:Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences 385: 45: 3841:Autrijve, Rainier Van (October 6, 2004). 3811:sierrachest.com. Retrieved March 2, 2019. 2107:Learn how and when to remove this message 6374:Video game franchises introduced in 1998 4392:"Havok's Half-Life 2 Marketing Campaign" 3628:. May 26, 2020. Event occurs at 33:00. 2197:reported that, including digital sales, 1970:In early 2009, the Purchase Brothers, a 1898:best suited VR. Their flagship VR game, 6289: 6237: 4658:from the original on September 21, 2017 4262:from the original on September 21, 2017 4225:from the original on September 21, 2017 3947:from the original on September 25, 2012 3929:Cobbett, Richard (September 14, 2012). 3910:from the original on September 22, 2012 3783:from the original on September 12, 2018 3391:from the original on November 23, 2019. 2946:from the original on September 21, 2017 2687:from the original on September 16, 2016 2675:for the Dreamcast officially cancelled" 2600:"AIAS Annual Awards: 3rd Annual Awards" 2209: 1954:and discover what was happening there. 1902:, entered production using Valve's new 1561:has also inspired a number of fan-made 1417:engine. Originally published as a free 1305:in many subsequent packages, including 699:, who fights a new group of aliens and 4922:from the original on November 15, 2010 4859:from the original on February 17, 2009 4632:from the original on November 23, 2019 4569:from the original on November 21, 2019 4194:from the original on December 29, 2008 3750:from the original on February 14, 2013 3413:from the original on February 16, 2020 3334:from the original on February 15, 2012 3298:from the original on November 25, 2013 3057:from the original on November 23, 2014 2470:from the original on December 29, 2008 2398:from the original on November 20, 2008 2295:from the original on November 20, 2012 1922:about storytelling in games and film, 1807:game for the PlayStation 2. The game, 1116:engine and supports all PC-compatible 763:; however, the port was cancelled and 5411:Half-Life VR but the AI Is Self-Aware 4470: 4468: 4334:from the original on November 8, 2012 4164:from the original on January 22, 2007 4154:"Half-Life: Opposing Force interview" 4010:from the original on October 26, 2019 3315: 3313: 3228:from the original on October 11, 2012 3094:from the original on October 31, 2008 865:On November 16, 2004, Valve released 497: 453: 422: 7: 4904:Wallace, Lewis (November 11, 2010). 4818:Brown, Michael (February 17, 1999). 4402:from the original on August 20, 2008 4043:from the original on January 4, 2016 3977:from the original on August 12, 2020 3853:from the original on October 6, 2008 3039:Radcliffe, Doug (October 15, 2001). 2762:from the original on August 27, 2017 2669:Satterfield, Shane (June 16, 2001). 2647:from the original on August 26, 2017 2629:Kirchgasler, Chris (July 24, 2000). 2314:Cifaldi, Frank (September 1, 2006). 2045:adding citations to reliable sources 1875:several attempts to develop further 1235:developed by Valve. The first game, 1176:games have been canceled, including 951:On October 27, 2005, Valve released 687:, on November 1, 1999, developed by 4721:from the original on March 12, 2016 4688:from the original on March 26, 2014 4029:Hillier, Brenna (January 3, 2016). 3534:from the original on March 23, 2020 3501:from the original on March 24, 2020 3489:Robinson, Andrew (March 23, 2020). 3444:from the original on March 24, 2020 2576:. November 24, 2000. Archived from 2544:from the original on March 26, 2007 2507:from the original on March 17, 2014 1910:, a studio Valve acquired in 2018. 1710:. Valve began working on the first 959:(HDR). Consisting of a single map, 773:puts the player in the position of 5026:Combine OverWiki, an external wiki 4845:Walker, John (February 13, 2009). 4747:from the original on March 2, 2007 4743:. Blue's News. February 17, 1999. 4475:Grayson, Nathan (March 23, 2020). 4453:from the original on April 8, 2007 4353:Ajami, Amer (September 11, 2001). 4215:"DC Half-Life Includes Blue Shift" 4073:from the original on July 26, 2008 3740:"Counter-Strike 1.6 Beta released" 3567:from the original on July 11, 2020 3463:Carbotte, Kevin (March 23, 2020). 2873:from the original on June 29, 2011 2489:Wolpaw, Erik (November 24, 1999). 2162:9.5m) and 9.3 million expansions ( 925:was the first game to use Valve's 240:, including the multiplayer games 25: 5397:Half-Life: Full Life Consequences 4885:from the original on July 5, 2012 4767:"Half-Life: Uplink — Page 1" 4213:Trueman, Doug (August 29, 2000). 3892:Senior, Tom (September 3, 2012). 3632:from the original on May 27, 2020 3210:Accrado, Sal (October 28, 2005). 3076:Meer, Alec (September 28, 2008). 2326:from the original on May 11, 2013 2127:expansions had sold 1.9 million ( 2001:inspired independent short film, 1729:. The game was a hit at the 1997 638:, a theoretical physicist at the 374:in her quest to defeat the alien 370:, players control Freeman's ally 6326: 6309: 6292: 6264: 6252: 6240: 6214: 6213: 5463: 5462: 4707:Strom, Steven (March 12, 2016). 4294:. August 1, 2000. Archived from 4244:Stahl, Ben (September 5, 2000). 4130:. April 15, 1999. Archived from 3769:Remo, Chris (December 3, 2008). 3432:McKeand, Kirk (March 23, 2020). 3165:Lee, Garnett (August 29, 2005). 2526:Randell, Kim (August 15, 2001). 2430:. April 15, 1999. Archived from 2139:expansions 1.4 million (all for 2021: 1380:Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 897:was praised for its advances in 891:greatest video games of all time 59: 54: 4879:"Escape From City 17: Part One" 4847:"Escape From City 17: Part One" 4592:Wilde, Thomas (April 4, 2020). 4390:Fudge, James (March 25, 2004). 2354:. July 25, 2005. Archived from 2032:needs additional citations for 1505:bundled with the PC version of 842:Released on November 14, 2001, 256:was followed by the expansions 5404:Half-Life: Escape from City 17 4978:"The Master of Online Mayhem." 4439:Bramwell, Tom (June 6, 2006). 4094:"The Final Hours of Half-Life" 3802:Half-Life Platinum Collection. 3702:Peel, Jeremy (March 1, 2023). 3320:Bramwell, Tom (June 6, 2006). 2855:Kasavin, Greg (June 8, 2001). 2781:Blevins, Tal (June 12, 2001). 2221:"The Final Hours of Half-Life" 1997:In late 2010, a trailer for a 1980:Half-Life: Escape from City 17 1966:Half-Life: Escape from City 17 1959:Half-Life: Escape from City 17 1627:and Black Mesa security guard 1493:have appeared in other games. 747:s second expansion pack. Like 320:, set in the same universe as 313:(2007). The first game in the 1: 3996:Cliffe, Jess (May 18, 2004). 3520:Marks, Tom (March 23, 2020). 2928:Fielder, Joe (May 17, 2001). 2178:3.0m), as of December 2008. 1740:The success led to its first 1655:. Alyx is the protagonist of 1255:, opposed the crossover with 1027:. The story focuses on Alyx. 1005:. According to Newell, where 963:is based on a cut segment of 712:Interactive Achievement Award 6359:Valve Corporation franchises 5193:Black Mesa Research Facility 4967:Gamasutra. December 3, 2008. 4881:. Valve. February 13, 2009. 4793:"Editors Note: Uplink Movie" 3831:Gamespot. September 29, 2004 3586:Turi, Tim (April 24, 2015). 3553:Chalk, Andy (July 9, 2020). 1952:Black Mesa Research Facility 957:high-dynamic-range rendering 640:Black Mesa Research Facility 503:Half-Life Deathmatch: Source 65:The series' logo, an orange 4184:"Half-Life: Opposing Force" 3214:Half-Life 2: The Lost Coast 736:Gearbox went on to develop 327:Over the following decade, 6390: 5249:Half-Life 2: Episode Three 4282:"ECTS 2000: Hands-On With 3998:"CODENAME GORDON RELEASED" 3882:Kotaku. December 12, 2018. 3354:"Half-Life 2: Episode One" 1963: 1596: 1442: 1392: 1270: 1211: 1179:Half-Life 2: Episode Three 1161: 1091: 1052:was released for Windows, 1040: 976: 942: 856: 798: 727: 667: 656:best video games ever made 616: 36:Half-Life (disambiguation) 29: 6208: 5458: 4987:Forbes. February 9, 2011. 4983:October 12, 2012, at the 4741:"Half-Life: Uplink Movie" 3941:Future Publishing Limited 3904:Future Publishing Limited 3045:for PlayStation 2 Review" 2566:Half-Life: Opposing Force 2530:Half-Life: Opposing Force 2493:Half-Life: Opposing Force 2456:Half-Life: Opposing Force 2380:Half-Life: Opposing Force 2183:Half-Life: Counter-Strike 1976:Half-Life 2: Episode One, 1883:flat management structure 1752:, a new company based in 1748:, which was developed by 1746:Half-Life: Opposing Force 1694:, was founded in 1996 in 1625:Half-Life: Opposing Force 1511:features levels based on 1360:Half-Life: Counter-Strike 1318:Half-Life: Counter-Strike 1289:Half-Life: Counter-Strike 1186:, and games developed by 671:Half-Life: Opposing Force 594: 589: 584: 579: 574: 569: 564: 559: 554: 549: 544: 539: 534: 520: 485: 448: 443: 417: 411:Half-Life: Opposing Force 405: 391: 345:, and games developed by 53: 5361:Research and Development 4963:August 10, 2016, at the 4158:Computer and Video Games 2537:Computer and Video Games 1826:. Valve developed a new 1621:Corporal Adrian Shephard 1307:Half-Life: Platinum Pack 1044:Half-Life 2: Episode Two 989:that would continue the 980:Half-Life 2: Episode One 807:The third expansion for 527:Half-Life 2: Episode Two 513:Half-Life 2: Episode One 366:. Set five years before 324:, was released in 2007. 281:In 2004, Valve released 6369:Apocalyptic video games 6364:Valve Corporation games 4916:Condé Nast Publications 3827:April 12, 2019, at the 3250:Half-Life 2: Lost Coast 3013:The Electric Playground 2056:"Half-Life" series 1735:artificial intelligence 1599:Characters of Half-Life 1499:, a special edition of 1247:on April 19, 2011. The 946:Half-Life 2: Lost Coast 915:artificial intelligence 626:Valve's first product, 491:Half-Life 2: Lost Coast 479:Half-Life 2: Deathmatch 210:(FPS) games created by 6007:World Opponent Network 4822:. CNET. Archived from 4820:"Half-Life: The Movie" 4330:. September 19, 2001. 3878:March 6, 2019, at the 3807:March 6, 2019, at the 3682:store.steampowered.com 2606:. 2000. Archived from 2187:Counter-Strike: Source 1683: 1635:(who reappears in the 1363:spawned its own series 1344:Counter-Strike: Source 1327:Counter-Strike: Source 1231:games, is a series of 1188:Junction Point Studios 1150:described it as VR's " 347:Junction Point Studios 34:. For other uses, see 6281:at Knowledge (XXG)'s 5755:Team Fortress Classic 5347:Hunt Down the Freeman 5340:Entropy : Zero 2 4773:on September 25, 2011 4561:(November 21, 2019). 4069:. November 16, 2006. 3387:. November 21, 2019. 2859:Half-Life: Blue Shift 2836:on September 12, 2012 2822:Half-Life: Blue Shift 2785:Half-Life: Blue Shift 2748:Half-Life: Blue Shift 2712:Half-Life: Blue Shift 2346:"IGN's Top 100 Games" 1873:episodes. Valve made 1777:Half-Life: Blue Shift 1686:The developer of the 1677: 1633:Half-Life: Blue Shift 1349:Day of Defeat: Source 1147:Video Games Chronicle 827:is unique within the 731:Half-Life: Blue Shift 428:Half-Life: Blue Shift 274:(2001), developed by 4684:. February 6, 2013. 4092:Keighley, Geoffrey. 3746:. January 28, 2013. 3713:Rock, Paper, Shotgun 2610:on February 20, 2009 2580:on December 29, 2008 2231:on February 23, 2011 2041:improve this article 1836:Havok physics engine 1781:Sierra Entertainment 1737:were demonstrated. 1696:Kirkland, Washington 1445:List of GoldSrc mods 931:Sierra Entertainment 208:first-person shooter 113:Valve (2004–present) 6259:Speculative fiction 6190:Steam Trading Cards 4441:"Opening the Valve" 4250:Dreamcast Hands-On" 4160:. August 15, 2001. 4134:on November 9, 2012 4124:"Half-Life Expands" 4104:on January 16, 1999 3678:"Portal 2 on Steam" 3322:"Opening the Valve" 3118:: The Story so Far" 3082:: The Lost Chapter" 2909:on February 3, 2012 2799:on October 13, 2008 2434:on November 9, 2012 2285:"Awards and Honors" 2265:on February 3, 2012 1811:, was showcased at 1795:of the models from 1678:Valve's co-founder 1453:The success of the 1449:List of Source mods 1311:Half-Life: Platinum 831:series as the only 679:was followed by an 388: 333:games were canceled 6354:Half-Life (series) 6279:Half-Life (series) 4852:Rock Paper Shotgun 4371:on January 3, 2013 3600:on August 13, 2019 3087:Rock Paper Shotgun 3020:on October 3, 2008 2930:"E3 2001 Hands-on 2358:on October 9, 2014 2003:Beyond Black Mesa, 1684: 1664:biological weapons 1465:(sometimes called 899:computer animation 691:. Players control 644:scripted sequences 634:. Players control 386: 234:scripted sequences 6228: 6227: 6173: 6172: 6015: 6014: 5907: 5906: 5655:Aperture Desk Job 5648:Aperture Hand Lab 5476: 5475: 5428:Valve Corporation 5370: 5369: 5216: 5215: 3268:on April 26, 2013 2150:, which included 2117: 2116: 2109: 2091: 1992:Beyond Black Mesa 1948:Half-Life: Uplink 1941:Half-Life: Uplink 1894:, and found that 1439:Third-party games 1405:is a third-party 1355:Half-Life: Source 911:computer graphics 714:of 2000 from the 608: 607: 459:Half-Life: Source 199: 198: 181:November 19, 1998 43:Video game series 27:Video game series 16:(Redirected from 6381: 6339: 6331: 6330: 6329: 6322: 6314: 6313: 6312: 6305: 6297: 6296: 6295: 6285: 6269: 6268: 6267: 6257: 6256: 6245: 6244: 6236: 6217: 6216: 6195:The Steam Awards 6165:Yanis Varoufakis 6024: 6002:Valve Anti-Cheat 5987:Source Filmmaker 5926:Steam Controller 5916: 5735:Counter-Strike 2 5728:Global Offensive 5523: 5503: 5496: 5489: 5480: 5466: 5465: 5333:Capture the Flag 5278:Action Half-Life 5265: 5243:Unreleased games 5160: 5055: 5048: 5041: 5032: 5010: 5005: 5004: 5002:Official website 4988: 4976:Chiang, Oliver, 4974: 4968: 4954: 4948: 4942:Half-Life: Decay 4938: 4932: 4931: 4929: 4927: 4901: 4895: 4894: 4892: 4890: 4875: 4869: 4868: 4866: 4864: 4842: 4836: 4835: 4833: 4831: 4815: 4809: 4808: 4806: 4804: 4789: 4783: 4782: 4780: 4778: 4763: 4757: 4756: 4754: 4752: 4737: 4731: 4730: 4728: 4726: 4704: 4698: 4697: 4695: 4693: 4674: 4668: 4667: 4665: 4663: 4648: 4642: 4641: 4639: 4637: 4615: 4609: 4608: 4606: 4604: 4589: 4583: 4582: 4576: 4574: 4555: 4546: 4545: 4543: 4541: 4536:. March 23, 2020 4526: 4520: 4519: 4517: 4515: 4509:Kotaku Australia 4500: 4494: 4493: 4491: 4489: 4472: 4463: 4462: 4460: 4458: 4436: 4430: 4429: 4418: 4412: 4411: 4409: 4407: 4387: 4381: 4380: 4378: 4376: 4367:. Archived from 4359:Updated preview" 4350: 4344: 4343: 4341: 4339: 4314: 4308: 4307: 4305: 4303: 4298:on March 1, 2012 4278: 4272: 4271: 4269: 4267: 4241: 4235: 4234: 4232: 4230: 4210: 4204: 4203: 4201: 4199: 4190:. May 25, 1999. 4180: 4174: 4173: 4171: 4169: 4150: 4144: 4143: 4141: 4139: 4120: 4114: 4113: 4111: 4109: 4100:. Archived from 4089: 4083: 4082: 4080: 4078: 4059: 4053: 4052: 4050: 4048: 4026: 4020: 4019: 4017: 4015: 3993: 3987: 3986: 3984: 3982: 3963: 3957: 3956: 3954: 3952: 3926: 3920: 3919: 3917: 3915: 3889: 3883: 3871:Nathan Grayson. 3869: 3863: 3862: 3860: 3858: 3838: 3832: 3818: 3812: 3799: 3793: 3792: 3790: 3788: 3766: 3760: 3759: 3757: 3755: 3736: 3730: 3729: 3727: 3725: 3720:on March 2, 2023 3716:. Archived from 3699: 3693: 3692: 3690: 3688: 3674: 3668: 3667: 3666: 3664: 3652: 3646: 3645: 3639: 3637: 3616: 3610: 3609: 3607: 3605: 3596:. Archived from 3583: 3577: 3576: 3574: 3572: 3550: 3544: 3543: 3541: 3539: 3517: 3511: 3510: 3508: 3506: 3486: 3480: 3479: 3477: 3475: 3460: 3454: 3453: 3451: 3449: 3429: 3423: 3422: 3420: 3418: 3399: 3393: 3392: 3375: 3369: 3368: 3366: 3364: 3350: 3344: 3343: 3341: 3339: 3317: 3308: 3307: 3305: 3303: 3294:. May 24, 2006. 3284: 3278: 3277: 3275: 3273: 3264:. Archived from 3257:Planet Half-Life 3244: 3238: 3237: 3235: 3233: 3207: 3201: 3200: 3198: 3196: 3187:. Archived from 3162: 3156: 3155: 3144: 3138: 3137: 3135: 3133: 3128:on July 25, 2008 3124:. Archived from 3110: 3104: 3103: 3101: 3099: 3073: 3067: 3066: 3064: 3062: 3036: 3030: 3029: 3027: 3025: 3016:. Archived from 2999: 2993: 2992: 2990: 2988: 2979:. Archived from 2965:Hodgson, David. 2962: 2956: 2955: 2953: 2951: 2925: 2919: 2918: 2916: 2914: 2905:. Archived from 2889: 2883: 2882: 2880: 2878: 2852: 2846: 2845: 2843: 2841: 2832:. Archived from 2818:Madigan, Jamie. 2815: 2809: 2808: 2806: 2804: 2795:. Archived from 2778: 2772: 2771: 2769: 2767: 2742: 2736: 2735: 2733: 2731: 2726:on June 13, 2011 2722:. Archived from 2706: 2697: 2696: 2694: 2692: 2666: 2657: 2656: 2654: 2652: 2626: 2620: 2619: 2617: 2615: 2596: 2590: 2589: 2587: 2585: 2560: 2554: 2553: 2551: 2549: 2523: 2517: 2516: 2514: 2512: 2486: 2480: 2479: 2477: 2475: 2450: 2444: 2443: 2441: 2439: 2414: 2408: 2407: 2405: 2403: 2374: 2368: 2367: 2365: 2363: 2342: 2336: 2335: 2333: 2331: 2311: 2305: 2304: 2302: 2300: 2281: 2275: 2274: 2272: 2270: 2261:. Archived from 2247: 2241: 2240: 2238: 2236: 2227:. Archived from 2217: 2112: 2105: 2101: 2098: 2092: 2090: 2049: 2025: 2017: 1857:said Valve used 1775:expansion pack, 1750:Gearbox Software 1657:Half-Life: Alyx. 1647:. This includes 1489:Characters from 1467:Codename: Gordon 1409:of the original 1158:Unreleased games 1102:Half-Life: Alyx, 1077: 1025:facial animation 879:transdimensional 833:cooperative game 802:Half-Life: Decay 746: 701:black operations 689:Gearbox Software 652:Game of the Year 437:Half-Life: Decay 389: 387:Release timeline 276:Gearbox Software 89:Gearbox Software 63: 58: 46: 21: 18:Codename: Gordon 6389: 6388: 6384: 6383: 6382: 6380: 6379: 6378: 6344: 6343: 6342: 6332: 6327: 6325: 6315: 6310: 6308: 6298: 6293: 6291: 6288: 6284:sister projects 6283: 6275: 6265: 6263: 6251: 6239: 6231: 6229: 6224: 6204: 6169: 6130:Mike Harrington 6083: 6011: 5950: 5903: 5841: 5836:Dota Underlords 5805: 5776: 5762:Team Fortress 2 5740: 5660: 5610: 5605:Half-Life: Alyx 5512: 5507: 5477: 5472: 5454: 5416: 5366: 5311: 5256: 5212: 5181: 5151: 5146:Half-Life: Alyx 5066: 5059: 5000: 4999: 4996: 4991: 4985:Wayback Machine 4975: 4971: 4965:Wayback Machine 4955: 4951: 4940:Independent of 4939: 4935: 4925: 4923: 4903: 4902: 4898: 4888: 4886: 4877: 4876: 4872: 4862: 4860: 4844: 4843: 4839: 4829: 4827: 4826:on May 31, 2000 4817: 4816: 4812: 4802: 4800: 4791: 4790: 4786: 4776: 4774: 4765: 4764: 4760: 4750: 4748: 4739: 4738: 4734: 4724: 4722: 4706: 4705: 4701: 4691: 4689: 4676: 4675: 4671: 4661: 4659: 4650: 4649: 4645: 4635: 4633: 4617: 4616: 4612: 4602: 4600: 4591: 4590: 4586: 4572: 4570: 4559:Keighley, Geoff 4557: 4556: 4549: 4539: 4537: 4528: 4527: 4523: 4513: 4511: 4502: 4501: 4497: 4487: 4485: 4474: 4473: 4466: 4456: 4454: 4438: 4437: 4433: 4420: 4419: 4415: 4405: 4403: 4389: 4388: 4384: 4374: 4372: 4352: 4351: 4347: 4337: 4335: 4316: 4315: 4311: 4301: 4299: 4280: 4279: 4275: 4265: 4263: 4243: 4242: 4238: 4228: 4226: 4212: 4211: 4207: 4197: 4195: 4182: 4181: 4177: 4167: 4165: 4152: 4151: 4147: 4137: 4135: 4122: 4121: 4117: 4107: 4105: 4091: 4090: 4086: 4076: 4074: 4061: 4060: 4056: 4046: 4044: 4028: 4027: 4023: 4013: 4011: 3995: 3994: 3990: 3980: 3978: 3965: 3964: 3960: 3950: 3948: 3928: 3927: 3923: 3913: 3911: 3891: 3890: 3886: 3880:Wayback Machine 3870: 3866: 3856: 3854: 3840: 3839: 3835: 3829:Wayback Machine 3819: 3815: 3809:Wayback Machine 3800: 3796: 3786: 3784: 3768: 3767: 3763: 3753: 3751: 3738: 3737: 3733: 3723: 3721: 3701: 3700: 3696: 3686: 3684: 3676: 3675: 3671: 3662: 3660: 3654: 3653: 3649: 3635: 3633: 3618: 3617: 3613: 3603: 3601: 3585: 3584: 3580: 3570: 3568: 3552: 3551: 3547: 3537: 3535: 3519: 3518: 3514: 3504: 3502: 3488: 3487: 3483: 3473: 3471: 3462: 3461: 3457: 3447: 3445: 3431: 3430: 3426: 3416: 3414: 3401: 3400: 3396: 3377: 3376: 3372: 3362: 3360: 3352: 3351: 3347: 3337: 3335: 3319: 3318: 3311: 3301: 3299: 3286: 3285: 3281: 3271: 3269: 3246: 3245: 3241: 3231: 3229: 3209: 3208: 3204: 3194: 3192: 3191:on May 22, 2011 3164: 3163: 3159: 3146: 3145: 3141: 3131: 3129: 3112: 3111: 3107: 3097: 3095: 3075: 3074: 3070: 3060: 3058: 3038: 3037: 3033: 3023: 3021: 3001: 3000: 2996: 2986: 2984: 2983:on July 9, 2008 2964: 2963: 2959: 2949: 2947: 2927: 2926: 2922: 2912: 2910: 2891: 2890: 2886: 2876: 2874: 2854: 2853: 2849: 2839: 2837: 2817: 2816: 2812: 2802: 2800: 2780: 2779: 2775: 2765: 2763: 2758:. May 3, 2001. 2744: 2743: 2739: 2729: 2727: 2708: 2707: 2700: 2690: 2688: 2668: 2667: 2660: 2650: 2648: 2628: 2627: 2623: 2613: 2611: 2598: 2597: 2593: 2583: 2581: 2562: 2561: 2557: 2547: 2545: 2525: 2524: 2520: 2510: 2508: 2488: 2487: 2483: 2473: 2471: 2452: 2451: 2447: 2437: 2435: 2416: 2415: 2411: 2401: 2399: 2376: 2375: 2371: 2361: 2359: 2344: 2343: 2339: 2329: 2327: 2313: 2312: 2308: 2298: 2296: 2283: 2282: 2278: 2268: 2266: 2249: 2248: 2244: 2234: 2232: 2219: 2218: 2211: 2207: 2164:Opposing Force: 2135:: 800,000) and 2131:: 1.1 million, 2113: 2102: 2096: 2093: 2050: 2048: 2038: 2026: 2015: 2007:Adrian Shephard 1995: 1968: 1962: 1944: 1920:DICE conference 1916: 1900:Half-Life: Alyx 1762:Randy Pitchford 1725:as licensed by 1704:Mike Harrington 1672: 1601: 1595: 1518:Team Fortress 2 1471:two-dimensional 1463:Codename Gordon 1451: 1441: 1400: 1391: 1277: 1269: 1219: 1210: 1202: 1182:, a version of 1170: 1160: 1106:virtual reality 1100:Valve released 1098: 1095:Half-Life: Alyx 1090: 1087:Half-Life: Alyx 1075: 1047: 1039: 983: 975: 949: 941: 863: 855: 805: 797: 744: 734: 726: 697:Adrian Shephard 674: 666: 624: 615: 601:Half-Life: Alyx 384: 363:Half-Life: Alyx 358:virtual reality 341:, a version of 297:(2005) and the 206:is a series of 194: 191:Half-Life: Alyx 180: 167: 163:Shield Portable 116: 94: 70: 44: 39: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 6387: 6385: 6377: 6376: 6371: 6366: 6361: 6356: 6346: 6345: 6341: 6340: 6323: 6321:from Wikiquote 6306: 6277: 6274: 6273: 6261: 6249: 6226: 6225: 6223: 6222: 6209: 6206: 6205: 6203: 6202: 6197: 6192: 6187: 6181: 6179: 6175: 6174: 6171: 6170: 6168: 6167: 6162: 6157: 6152: 6147: 6142: 6137: 6132: 6127: 6122: 6120:Jeri Ellsworth 6117: 6112: 6107: 6102: 6097: 6095:Michael Abrash 6091: 6089: 6085: 6084: 6082: 6081: 6076: 6071: 6066: 6061: 6056: 6051: 6046: 6041: 6036: 6030: 6028: 6021: 6017: 6016: 6013: 6012: 6010: 6009: 6004: 5999: 5994: 5989: 5984: 5979: 5974: 5969: 5964: 5958: 5956: 5952: 5951: 5949: 5948: 5943: 5938: 5933: 5928: 5922: 5920: 5913: 5909: 5908: 5905: 5904: 5902: 5901: 5894: 5887: 5880: 5877:The Orange Box 5873: 5866: 5865: 5864: 5849: 5847: 5843: 5842: 5840: 5839: 5832: 5825: 5817: 5815: 5807: 5806: 5804: 5803: 5796: 5788: 5786: 5778: 5777: 5775: 5774: 5773: 5772: 5758: 5750: 5748: 5742: 5741: 5739: 5738: 5731: 5724: 5721:Condition Zero 5717: 5716: 5715: 5708: 5701: 5694: 5687: 5677:Counter-Strike 5672: 5670: 5667:Counter-Strike 5662: 5661: 5659: 5658: 5651: 5644: 5637: 5630: 5622: 5620: 5612: 5611: 5609: 5608: 5601: 5600: 5599: 5592: 5585: 5578: 5564: 5563: 5562: 5555: 5548: 5545:Opposing Force 5533: 5531: 5520: 5514: 5513: 5508: 5506: 5505: 5498: 5491: 5483: 5474: 5473: 5471: 5470: 5459: 5456: 5455: 5453: 5452: 5445: 5442:The Orange Box 5438: 5430: 5424: 5422: 5418: 5417: 5415: 5414: 5407: 5400: 5393: 5390:Freeman's Mind 5386: 5378: 5376: 5372: 5371: 5368: 5367: 5365: 5364: 5357: 5350: 5343: 5336: 5329: 5321: 5319: 5313: 5312: 5310: 5309: 5302: 5295: 5288: 5281: 5273: 5271: 5262: 5258: 5257: 5255: 5254: 5253: 5252: 5240: 5235: 5230: 5224: 5222: 5218: 5217: 5214: 5213: 5211: 5210: 5205: 5200: 5195: 5189: 5187: 5183: 5182: 5180: 5179: 5174: 5172:Gordon Freeman 5168: 5166: 5157: 5153: 5152: 5150: 5149: 5142: 5141: 5140: 5133: 5126: 5119: 5105: 5104: 5103: 5096: 5089: 5086:Opposing Force 5074: 5072: 5068: 5067: 5060: 5058: 5057: 5050: 5043: 5035: 5029: 5028: 5023: 5011: 4995: 4994:External links 4992: 4990: 4989: 4969: 4949: 4933: 4896: 4870: 4837: 4810: 4799:on May 4, 2009 4784: 4758: 4732: 4699: 4669: 4643: 4610: 4584: 4547: 4521: 4495: 4464: 4431: 4413: 4382: 4345: 4309: 4273: 4236: 4205: 4175: 4145: 4115: 4084: 4054: 4021: 3988: 3958: 3921: 3884: 3864: 3833: 3820:Thorsen, Tor. 3813: 3794: 3761: 3731: 3694: 3669: 3647: 3611: 3578: 3545: 3512: 3481: 3469:Tom's Hardware 3455: 3424: 3394: 3370: 3345: 3309: 3279: 3239: 3202: 3157: 3139: 3105: 3068: 3031: 3002:Smith, Steve. 2994: 2957: 2920: 2884: 2861:for PC Review" 2847: 2810: 2773: 2737: 2698: 2658: 2621: 2591: 2555: 2518: 2495:for PC Review" 2481: 2445: 2409: 2369: 2337: 2306: 2276: 2242: 2208: 2206: 2203: 2148:The Orange Box 2146:Additionally, 2129:Opposing Force 2115: 2114: 2029: 2027: 2020: 2014: 2011: 1994: 1989: 1964:Main article: 1961: 1956: 1946:A short film, 1943: 1938: 1915: 1912: 1766:Opposing Force 1742:expansion pack 1698:by the former 1671: 1668: 1645:Combine Empire 1629:Barney Calhoun 1613:Gordon Freeman 1594: 1591: 1528:Super Meat Boy 1508:The Orange Box 1496:Peggle Extreme 1440: 1437: 1393:Main article: 1390: 1385: 1284:Counter-Strike 1274:Counter-Strike 1271:Main article: 1268: 1265:Counter-Strike 1262: 1212:Main article: 1209: 1203: 1201: 1198: 1192:Arkane Studios 1162:Main article: 1159: 1156: 1141:Tom's Hardware 1092:Main article: 1089: 1084: 1063:The Orange Box 1041:Main article: 1038: 1033: 987:episodic games 977:Main article: 974: 969: 943:Main article: 940: 935: 887:Eastern Europe 857:Main article: 854: 849: 799:Main article: 796: 791: 775:Barney Calhoun 749:Opposing Force 728:Main article: 725: 720: 707:Opposing Force 685:Opposing Force 681:expansion pack 668:Main article: 665: 663:Opposing Force 660: 636:Gordon Freeman 617:Main article: 614: 609: 606: 605: 596: 592: 591: 587: 586: 582: 581: 577: 576: 572: 571: 567: 566: 562: 561: 557: 556: 552: 551: 547: 546: 542: 541: 537: 536: 532: 531: 522: 518: 517: 507: 506: 499: 495: 494: 487: 483: 482: 474: 473: 463: 462: 455: 451: 450: 446: 445: 441: 440: 432: 431: 424: 420: 419: 415: 414: 407: 403: 402: 393: 383: 380: 351:Arkane Studios 259:Opposing Force 243:Counter-Strike 230:Gordon Freeman 197: 196: 195:March 23, 2020 187: 186:Latest release 183: 182: 173: 169: 168: 166: 165: 160: 155: 150: 145: 140: 135: 130: 124: 122: 118: 117: 115: 114: 111: 108:Sierra On-Line 104: 102: 96: 95: 93: 92: 86: 80: 78: 72: 71: 64: 51: 50: 42: 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 6386: 6375: 6372: 6370: 6367: 6365: 6362: 6360: 6357: 6355: 6352: 6351: 6349: 6338:from Wikidata 6337: 6336: 6324: 6320: 6319: 6307: 6303: 6302: 6290: 6286: 6280: 6272: 6262: 6260: 6255: 6250: 6248: 6243: 6238: 6234: 6221: 6220: 6211: 6210: 6207: 6201: 6198: 6196: 6193: 6191: 6188: 6186: 6183: 6182: 6180: 6176: 6166: 6163: 6161: 6158: 6156: 6153: 6151: 6148: 6146: 6143: 6141: 6138: 6136: 6133: 6131: 6128: 6126: 6125:Chet Faliszek 6123: 6121: 6118: 6116: 6113: 6111: 6108: 6106: 6103: 6101: 6100:Mike Ambinder 6098: 6096: 6093: 6092: 6090: 6086: 6080: 6077: 6075: 6072: 6070: 6067: 6065: 6062: 6060: 6059:Jay Pinkerton 6057: 6055: 6052: 6050: 6047: 6045: 6042: 6040: 6037: 6035: 6032: 6031: 6029: 6025: 6022: 6018: 6008: 6005: 6003: 6000: 5998: 5995: 5993: 5990: 5988: 5985: 5983: 5980: 5978: 5975: 5973: 5970: 5968: 5965: 5963: 5960: 5959: 5957: 5953: 5947: 5944: 5942: 5941:Steam Machine 5939: 5937: 5934: 5932: 5929: 5927: 5924: 5923: 5921: 5917: 5914: 5910: 5900: 5899: 5895: 5893: 5892: 5888: 5886: 5885: 5881: 5879: 5878: 5874: 5872: 5871: 5867: 5863: 5862: 5858: 5857: 5856: 5855: 5854:Day of Defeat 5851: 5850: 5848: 5844: 5838: 5837: 5833: 5831: 5830: 5826: 5824: 5823: 5819: 5818: 5816: 5814: 5813: 5808: 5802: 5801: 5800:Left 4 Dead 2 5797: 5795: 5794: 5790: 5789: 5787: 5785: 5784: 5779: 5770: 5766: 5765: 5764: 5763: 5759: 5757: 5756: 5752: 5751: 5749: 5747: 5746:Team Fortress 5743: 5737: 5736: 5732: 5730: 5729: 5725: 5723: 5722: 5718: 5714: 5713: 5709: 5706: 5702: 5699: 5695: 5692: 5688: 5685: 5681: 5680: 5679: 5678: 5674: 5673: 5671: 5669: 5668: 5663: 5657: 5656: 5652: 5650: 5649: 5645: 5643: 5642: 5638: 5636: 5635: 5631: 5629: 5628: 5624: 5623: 5621: 5619: 5618: 5613: 5607: 5606: 5602: 5598: 5597: 5593: 5591: 5590: 5586: 5584: 5583: 5579: 5577: 5576: 5572: 5571: 5570: 5569: 5565: 5561: 5560: 5556: 5554: 5553: 5549: 5547: 5546: 5542: 5541: 5540: 5539: 5535: 5534: 5532: 5530: 5529: 5524: 5521: 5519: 5515: 5511: 5504: 5499: 5497: 5492: 5490: 5485: 5484: 5481: 5469: 5461: 5460: 5457: 5451: 5450: 5446: 5444: 5443: 5439: 5437: 5435: 5431: 5429: 5426: 5425: 5423: 5419: 5413: 5412: 5408: 5406: 5405: 5401: 5399: 5398: 5394: 5392: 5391: 5387: 5385: 5384: 5380: 5379: 5377: 5373: 5363: 5362: 5358: 5356: 5355: 5351: 5349: 5348: 5344: 5342: 5341: 5337: 5335: 5334: 5330: 5328: 5327: 5323: 5322: 5320: 5318: 5314: 5308: 5307: 5303: 5301: 5300: 5296: 5294: 5293: 5289: 5287: 5286: 5282: 5280: 5279: 5275: 5274: 5272: 5270: 5266: 5263: 5259: 5251: 5250: 5246: 5245: 5244: 5241: 5239: 5236: 5234: 5231: 5229: 5226: 5225: 5223: 5219: 5209: 5206: 5204: 5201: 5199: 5196: 5194: 5191: 5190: 5188: 5184: 5178: 5175: 5173: 5170: 5169: 5167: 5165: 5161: 5158: 5154: 5148: 5147: 5143: 5139: 5138: 5134: 5132: 5131: 5127: 5125: 5124: 5120: 5118: 5117: 5113: 5112: 5111: 5110: 5106: 5102: 5101: 5097: 5095: 5094: 5090: 5088: 5087: 5083: 5082: 5081: 5080: 5076: 5075: 5073: 5069: 5065: 5064: 5056: 5051: 5049: 5044: 5042: 5037: 5036: 5033: 5027: 5024: 5022: 5018: 5016: 5012: 5009: 5003: 4998: 4997: 4993: 4986: 4982: 4979: 4973: 4970: 4966: 4962: 4959: 4953: 4950: 4947: 4943: 4937: 4934: 4921: 4917: 4913: 4912: 4907: 4900: 4897: 4884: 4880: 4874: 4871: 4858: 4854: 4853: 4848: 4841: 4838: 4825: 4821: 4814: 4811: 4798: 4794: 4788: 4785: 4772: 4768: 4762: 4759: 4746: 4742: 4736: 4733: 4720: 4716: 4715: 4710: 4703: 4700: 4687: 4683: 4679: 4673: 4670: 4657: 4653: 4647: 4644: 4631: 4627: 4626: 4621: 4614: 4611: 4599: 4595: 4588: 4585: 4580: 4568: 4564: 4560: 4554: 4552: 4548: 4535: 4531: 4525: 4522: 4510: 4506: 4499: 4496: 4484: 4483: 4478: 4471: 4469: 4465: 4452: 4448: 4447: 4442: 4435: 4432: 4427: 4423: 4417: 4414: 4406:September 23, 4401: 4397: 4393: 4386: 4383: 4370: 4366: 4365: 4360: 4358: 4349: 4346: 4333: 4329: 4328: 4323: 4321: 4313: 4310: 4297: 4293: 4292: 4287: 4285: 4277: 4274: 4261: 4257: 4256: 4251: 4249: 4240: 4237: 4224: 4220: 4216: 4209: 4206: 4193: 4189: 4185: 4179: 4176: 4163: 4159: 4155: 4149: 4146: 4133: 4129: 4125: 4119: 4116: 4103: 4099: 4095: 4088: 4085: 4072: 4068: 4064: 4058: 4055: 4042: 4038: 4037: 4032: 4025: 4022: 4009: 4005: 4004: 3999: 3992: 3989: 3976: 3972: 3968: 3962: 3959: 3951:September 22, 3946: 3942: 3938: 3937: 3932: 3925: 3922: 3914:September 22, 3909: 3905: 3901: 3900: 3895: 3888: 3885: 3881: 3877: 3874: 3868: 3865: 3852: 3848: 3844: 3837: 3834: 3830: 3826: 3823: 3817: 3814: 3810: 3806: 3803: 3798: 3795: 3782: 3778: 3777: 3772: 3765: 3762: 3749: 3745: 3741: 3735: 3732: 3719: 3715: 3714: 3709: 3707: 3698: 3695: 3683: 3679: 3673: 3670: 3659: 3658: 3651: 3648: 3643: 3631: 3627: 3623: 3622: 3615: 3612: 3599: 3595: 3594: 3593:Game Informer 3589: 3582: 3579: 3566: 3562: 3561: 3556: 3549: 3546: 3533: 3529: 3528: 3523: 3516: 3513: 3500: 3496: 3492: 3485: 3482: 3470: 3466: 3459: 3456: 3443: 3439: 3435: 3428: 3425: 3412: 3408: 3404: 3398: 3395: 3390: 3386: 3385: 3380: 3374: 3371: 3359: 3355: 3349: 3346: 3333: 3329: 3328: 3323: 3316: 3314: 3310: 3297: 3293: 3289: 3283: 3280: 3267: 3263: 3259: 3258: 3253: 3251: 3243: 3240: 3227: 3223: 3222: 3217: 3215: 3206: 3203: 3190: 3186: 3185: 3180: 3178: 3174: 3170: 3161: 3158: 3153: 3149: 3143: 3140: 3127: 3123: 3119: 3117: 3109: 3106: 3093: 3089: 3088: 3083: 3081: 3072: 3069: 3056: 3052: 3051: 3046: 3044: 3035: 3032: 3019: 3015: 3014: 3009: 3007: 2998: 2995: 2982: 2978: 2977: 2972: 2970: 2961: 2958: 2945: 2941: 2940: 2935: 2933: 2924: 2921: 2908: 2904: 2903: 2898: 2896: 2888: 2885: 2872: 2868: 2867: 2862: 2860: 2851: 2848: 2835: 2831: 2830: 2825: 2823: 2814: 2811: 2798: 2794: 2793: 2788: 2786: 2777: 2774: 2761: 2757: 2756: 2751: 2749: 2741: 2738: 2725: 2721: 2720: 2715: 2713: 2705: 2703: 2699: 2686: 2682: 2681: 2676: 2674: 2665: 2663: 2659: 2646: 2642: 2641: 2636: 2634: 2625: 2622: 2609: 2605: 2601: 2595: 2592: 2579: 2575: 2574: 2569: 2567: 2559: 2556: 2543: 2539: 2538: 2533: 2531: 2522: 2519: 2506: 2502: 2501: 2496: 2494: 2485: 2482: 2469: 2465: 2464: 2459: 2457: 2449: 2446: 2433: 2429: 2428: 2423: 2421: 2413: 2410: 2397: 2393: 2389: 2388: 2383: 2381: 2373: 2370: 2357: 2353: 2352: 2347: 2341: 2338: 2325: 2321: 2317: 2310: 2307: 2294: 2290: 2286: 2280: 2277: 2264: 2260: 2256: 2254: 2246: 2243: 2235:September 12, 2230: 2226: 2222: 2216: 2214: 2210: 2204: 2202: 2200: 2196: 2192: 2188: 2184: 2179: 2177: 2173: 2169: 2165: 2161: 2157: 2153: 2149: 2144: 2142: 2138: 2134: 2130: 2126: 2122: 2111: 2108: 2100: 2089: 2086: 2082: 2079: 2075: 2072: 2068: 2065: 2061: 2058: –  2057: 2053: 2052:Find sources: 2046: 2042: 2036: 2035: 2030:This section 2028: 2024: 2019: 2018: 2012: 2010: 2008: 2004: 2000: 1993: 1990: 1988: 1986: 1982: 1981: 1977: 1973: 1967: 1960: 1957: 1955: 1953: 1949: 1942: 1939: 1937: 1934: 1930: 1925: 1921: 1913: 1911: 1909: 1905: 1901: 1897: 1893: 1892: 1886: 1884: 1880: 1878: 1872: 1868: 1864: 1860: 1856: 1853:The designer 1851: 1849: 1845: 1841: 1837: 1833: 1829: 1825: 1820: 1818: 1814: 1810: 1806: 1802: 1798: 1794: 1793:polygon count 1790: 1786: 1782: 1778: 1774: 1769: 1767: 1763: 1759: 1755: 1751: 1747: 1743: 1738: 1736: 1732: 1728: 1724: 1722: 1717: 1713: 1709: 1705: 1701: 1697: 1693: 1689: 1681: 1676: 1669: 1667: 1665: 1659: 1658: 1654: 1650: 1646: 1642: 1638: 1634: 1630: 1626: 1622: 1618: 1614: 1610: 1606: 1600: 1592: 1590: 1588: 1584: 1583: 1578: 1574: 1571:started as a 1570: 1569: 1564: 1560: 1556: 1554: 1550: 1546: 1542: 1541: 1536: 1535: 1530: 1529: 1524: 1520: 1519: 1514: 1510: 1509: 1504: 1503: 1498: 1497: 1492: 1487: 1485: 1481: 1478: 1475: 1472: 1468: 1464: 1460: 1456: 1450: 1446: 1438: 1436: 1434: 1430: 1429: 1424: 1420: 1416: 1412: 1408: 1404: 1399: 1397: 1389: 1386: 1384: 1382: 1381: 1376: 1372: 1368: 1364: 1361: 1357: 1356: 1351: 1350: 1345: 1341: 1337: 1333: 1329: 1328: 1323: 1319: 1314: 1312: 1308: 1304: 1300: 1295: 1291: 1290: 1285: 1282: 1276: 1275: 1266: 1263: 1261: 1258: 1254: 1250: 1246: 1245: 1240: 1239: 1234: 1230: 1226: 1225: 1218: 1216: 1207: 1204: 1200:Related games 1199: 1197: 1196: 1193: 1189: 1185: 1181: 1180: 1175: 1169: 1167: 1157: 1155: 1153: 1149: 1148: 1143: 1142: 1137: 1136: 1131: 1127: 1123: 1119: 1115: 1111: 1107: 1103: 1097: 1096: 1088: 1085: 1083: 1081: 1074: 1070: 1066: 1064: 1059: 1058:PlayStation 3 1055: 1051: 1046: 1045: 1037: 1034: 1032: 1030: 1026: 1022: 1018: 1014: 1012: 1008: 1004: 1000: 996: 992: 988: 982: 981: 973: 970: 968: 966: 962: 958: 954: 948: 947: 939: 936: 934: 932: 928: 924: 920: 916: 912: 908: 904: 900: 896: 892: 888: 884: 880: 876: 872: 868: 862: 861: 853: 850: 848: 845: 840: 838: 834: 830: 826: 822: 818: 814: 810: 804: 803: 795: 792: 790: 788: 784: 780: 776: 772: 768: 766: 762: 758: 754: 750: 743: 739: 733: 732: 724: 721: 719: 717: 713: 708: 704: 702: 698: 694: 690: 686: 682: 678: 673: 672: 664: 661: 659: 657: 653: 649: 645: 641: 637: 633: 629: 623: 621: 613: 610: 604: 603: 602: 597: 593: 588: 583: 578: 573: 568: 563: 558: 553: 548: 543: 538: 533: 530: 529: 528: 523: 519: 516: 515: 514: 509: 508: 505: 504: 500: 496: 493: 492: 488: 484: 481: 480: 476: 475: 472: 471: 470: 465: 464: 461: 460: 456: 452: 447: 442: 439: 438: 434: 433: 430: 429: 425: 421: 416: 413: 412: 408: 404: 401: 400: 399: 394: 390: 381: 379: 377: 373: 369: 365: 364: 359: 355: 352: 348: 344: 340: 339: 338:Episode Three 334: 332: 325: 323: 319: 317: 312: 311: 306: 305: 300: 296: 295: 290: 289:physics-based 286: 285: 279: 277: 273: 272: 267: 266: 261: 260: 255: 251: 250: 249:Day of Defeat 245: 244: 239: 235: 231: 227: 223: 221: 217:The original 215: 213: 209: 205: 204: 193: 192: 188: 184: 179: 178: 174: 172:First release 170: 164: 161: 159: 158:PlayStation 3 156: 154: 153:PlayStation 2 151: 149: 146: 144: 141: 139: 136: 134: 131: 129: 126: 125: 123: 119: 112: 109: 106: 105: 103: 101: 97: 90: 87: 85: 82: 81: 79: 77: 73: 68: 62: 57: 52: 47: 41: 37: 33: 19: 6333: 6316: 6304:from Commons 6299: 6278: 6212: 6200:Saxxy Awards 6135:Marc Laidlaw 6105:Kelly Bailey 6074:Robin Walker 6069:Sean Vanaman 6039:Mike Morasky 6034:Sam Lantinga 5896: 5891:The Crossing 5889: 5882: 5875: 5868: 5859: 5852: 5834: 5827: 5820: 5810: 5798: 5791: 5781: 5760: 5753: 5745: 5733: 5726: 5719: 5710: 5675: 5665: 5653: 5646: 5639: 5632: 5625: 5616: 5603: 5594: 5587: 5580: 5573: 5566: 5557: 5550: 5543: 5536: 5527: 5526: 5447: 5440: 5433: 5409: 5402: 5395: 5388: 5381: 5359: 5352: 5345: 5338: 5331: 5324: 5304: 5297: 5290: 5283: 5276: 5247: 5144: 5135: 5128: 5121: 5114: 5107: 5098: 5091: 5084: 5077: 5062: 5061: 5014: 4972: 4956:Chris Remo. 4952: 4945: 4941: 4936: 4926:November 17, 4924:. Retrieved 4909: 4899: 4887:. Retrieved 4873: 4863:February 17, 4861:. Retrieved 4850: 4840: 4830:December 16, 4828:. Retrieved 4824:the original 4813: 4803:December 16, 4801:. Retrieved 4797:the original 4787: 4777:December 16, 4775:. Retrieved 4771:the original 4761: 4751:December 16, 4749:. Retrieved 4735: 4723:. Retrieved 4712: 4702: 4690:. Retrieved 4681: 4672: 4660:. Retrieved 4646: 4634:. Retrieved 4623: 4613: 4601:. Retrieved 4597: 4587: 4577:– via 4573:November 21, 4571:. Retrieved 4538:. Retrieved 4533: 4524: 4512:. Retrieved 4508: 4498: 4486:. Retrieved 4480: 4455:. Retrieved 4444: 4434: 4421: 4416: 4404:. Retrieved 4395: 4385: 4373:. Retrieved 4369:the original 4362: 4356: 4348: 4336:. Retrieved 4325: 4319: 4312: 4300:. Retrieved 4296:the original 4289: 4283: 4276: 4264:. Retrieved 4253: 4247: 4239: 4229:December 18, 4227:. Retrieved 4218: 4208: 4198:December 18, 4196:. Retrieved 4187: 4178: 4168:December 17, 4166:. Retrieved 4157: 4148: 4138:December 17, 4136:. Retrieved 4132:the original 4127: 4118: 4108:December 17, 4106:. Retrieved 4102:the original 4097: 4087: 4075:. Retrieved 4066: 4057: 4045:. Retrieved 4034: 4024: 4012:. Retrieved 4001: 3991: 3979:. Retrieved 3967:"Black Mesa" 3961: 3949:. Retrieved 3934: 3924: 3912:. Retrieved 3897: 3887: 3867: 3855:. Retrieved 3846: 3836: 3816: 3797: 3785:. Retrieved 3774: 3764: 3752:. Retrieved 3734: 3722:. Retrieved 3718:the original 3711: 3705: 3697: 3687:December 17, 3685:. Retrieved 3681: 3672: 3663:December 17, 3661:, retrieved 3656: 3650: 3640:– via 3634:. Retrieved 3620: 3614: 3602:. Retrieved 3598:the original 3591: 3581: 3569:. Retrieved 3558: 3548: 3536:. Retrieved 3525: 3515: 3503:. Retrieved 3494: 3484: 3472:. Retrieved 3468: 3458: 3446:. Retrieved 3437: 3427: 3415:. Retrieved 3397: 3382: 3373: 3361:. Retrieved 3357: 3348: 3336:. Retrieved 3325: 3300:. Retrieved 3291: 3282: 3272:November 21, 3270:. Retrieved 3266:the original 3255: 3249: 3242: 3230:. Retrieved 3219: 3213: 3205: 3195:November 20, 3193:. Retrieved 3189:the original 3182: 3176: 3172: 3168: 3160: 3151: 3142: 3130:. Retrieved 3126:the original 3115: 3108: 3096:. Retrieved 3085: 3079: 3071: 3059:. Retrieved 3048: 3042: 3034: 3022:. Retrieved 3018:the original 3011: 3005: 2997: 2985:. Retrieved 2981:the original 2974: 2968: 2960: 2948:. Retrieved 2937: 2931: 2923: 2911:. Retrieved 2907:the original 2900: 2894: 2887: 2875:. Retrieved 2864: 2858: 2850: 2838:. Retrieved 2834:the original 2827: 2821: 2813: 2801:. Retrieved 2797:the original 2790: 2784: 2776: 2764:. Retrieved 2753: 2747: 2740: 2728:. Retrieved 2724:the original 2717: 2711: 2689:. Retrieved 2678: 2672: 2649:. Retrieved 2638: 2632: 2624: 2614:November 21, 2612:. Retrieved 2608:the original 2594: 2584:November 20, 2582:. Retrieved 2578:the original 2571: 2565: 2558: 2548:November 20, 2546:. Retrieved 2535: 2529: 2528:"PC Review: 2521: 2511:November 20, 2509:. Retrieved 2498: 2492: 2484: 2474:November 18, 2472:. Retrieved 2463:GameRankings 2461: 2455: 2448: 2438:November 18, 2436:. Retrieved 2432:the original 2425: 2419: 2412: 2402:November 19, 2400:. Retrieved 2385: 2379: 2372: 2362:February 19, 2360:. Retrieved 2356:the original 2349: 2340: 2330:February 16, 2328:. Retrieved 2309: 2299:November 14, 2297:. Retrieved 2279: 2267:. Retrieved 2263:the original 2258: 2252: 2245: 2233:. Retrieved 2229:the original 2224: 2198: 2194: 2190: 2186: 2182: 2180: 2175: 2172:Episode One: 2171: 2167: 2163: 2160:Half-Life 2: 2159: 2155: 2151: 2147: 2145: 2140: 2136: 2132: 2128: 2124: 2120: 2118: 2103: 2097:October 2021 2094: 2084: 2077: 2070: 2063: 2051: 2039:Please help 2034:verification 2031: 2002: 1998: 1996: 1991: 1978: 1975: 1969: 1958: 1947: 1945: 1940: 1932: 1928: 1924:J. J. Abrams 1917: 1899: 1895: 1889: 1887: 1876: 1870: 1866: 1862: 1858: 1855:Robin Walker 1852: 1843: 1839: 1823: 1821: 1816: 1808: 1804: 1800: 1796: 1784: 1776: 1772: 1770: 1765: 1745: 1739: 1720: 1718:, using the 1711: 1687: 1685: 1660: 1656: 1640: 1636: 1632: 1624: 1608: 1604: 1602: 1586: 1580: 1576: 1566: 1558: 1557: 1553:Torchlight 2 1552: 1549:Renegade Ops 1548: 1538: 1532: 1526: 1522: 1516: 1512: 1506: 1500: 1494: 1490: 1488: 1483: 1477:sidescroller 1466: 1462: 1458: 1454: 1452: 1432: 1426: 1410: 1402: 1401: 1398:(video game) 1395: 1387: 1378: 1374: 1373:referencing 1366: 1359: 1353: 1347: 1343: 1339: 1336:Half-Life 2' 1335: 1331: 1325: 1317: 1315: 1310: 1306: 1302: 1298: 1293: 1287: 1283: 1281:modification 1278: 1273: 1264: 1256: 1253:Marc Laidlaw 1248: 1242: 1236: 1233:puzzle games 1228: 1222: 1220: 1214: 1205: 1194: 1183: 1177: 1173: 1171: 1165: 1145: 1139: 1133: 1129: 1125: 1109: 1101: 1099: 1094: 1086: 1079: 1072: 1068: 1061: 1049: 1048: 1043: 1035: 1028: 1016: 1015: 1010: 1006: 1002: 998: 990: 984: 979: 971: 965:Half-Life 2. 964: 960: 952: 950: 945: 937: 922: 894: 870: 866: 864: 859: 851: 843: 841: 836: 828: 824: 820: 816: 812: 808: 806: 801: 793: 786: 782: 778: 770: 769: 764: 760: 752: 748: 741: 737: 735: 730: 722: 706: 705: 684: 676: 675: 670: 662: 647: 627: 625: 622:(video game) 619: 611: 599: 598: 525: 524: 511: 510: 501: 489: 477: 467: 466: 457: 435: 426: 409: 396: 395: 367: 361: 353: 342: 336: 335:, including 330: 326: 321: 315: 308: 302: 292: 282: 280: 269: 263: 257: 253: 247: 241: 218: 216: 202: 201: 200: 189: 175: 100:Publisher(s) 76:Developer(s) 40: 6271:Video Games 6185:Campo Santo 6115:Jess Cliffe 6110:Doug Church 6079:Erik Wolpaw 6064:Jake Rodkin 6054:Gabe Newell 5946:Valve Index 5884:Alien Swarm 5870:Garry's Mod 5793:Left 4 Dead 5783:Left 4 Dead 5596:Episode Two 5589:Episode One 5568:Half-Life 2 5221:Development 5203:Gravity gun 5137:Episode Two 5130:Episode One 5109:Half-Life 2 4375:October 23, 4338:October 23, 4302:October 26, 4266:October 26, 4067:Idle Thumbs 4014:October 26, 3787:October 24, 3363:December 5, 3232:October 17, 3169:Half-Life 2 3098:October 24, 3061:October 23, 3024:October 24, 2987:October 23, 2950:October 23, 2913:October 23, 2877:October 27, 2840:October 27, 2803:October 27, 2766:October 26, 2730:October 26, 2691:October 26, 2269:October 23, 2199:Half-Life 2 2191:Half-Life 2 2152:Half-Life 2 2141:Episode One 2137:Half-Life 2 1908:Campo Santo 1871:Half-Life 2 1867:Half-Life 2 1844:Episode One 1840:Half-Life 2 1828:game engine 1824:Half-Life 2 1771:The second 1727:id Software 1716:action game 1708:Gabe Newell 1680:Gabe Newell 1670:Development 1641:Half-Life 2 1637:Half-Life 2 1611:introduces 1587:Half-Life 2 1577:Half-Life 2 1575:mode using 1568:Garry's Mod 1513:Half-Life 2 1484:Half-Life 2 1459:Half-Life 2 1377:present in 1340:Half-Life 2 1332:Half-Life 2 1184:Half-Life 3 1164:Unreleased 1126:Half-Life 2 1122:gravity gun 1118:VR headsets 1110:Half-Life 2 1073:Episode Two 1069:Episode Two 1050:Episode Two 1036:Episode Two 1029:Episode One 1021:dark energy 1017:Episode One 1011:Half-Life 2 1003:Half-Life 3 999:Half-Life 2 995:Gabe Newell 991:Half-Life 2 972:Episode One 923:Half-Life 2 895:Half-Life 2 871:Half-Life 2 867:Half-Life 2 860:Half-Life 2 852:Half-Life 2 469:Half-Life 2 368:Half-Life 2 343:Half-Life 3 310:Episode Two 307:(2006) and 304:Episode One 284:Half-Life 2 268:(2001) and 121:Platform(s) 110:(1998–2003) 91:(1999–2001) 6348:Categories 6318:Quotations 6155:Chris Remo 5936:Steam Link 5931:Steam Deck 5912:Technology 5582:Lost Coast 5575:Deathmatch 5552:Blue Shift 5375:Web series 5326:Black Mesa 5306:Sven Co-op 5285:C.A.G.E.D. 5177:Alyx Vance 5164:Characters 5123:Lost Coast 5116:Deathmatch 5093:Blue Shift 4946:Half-Life. 4662:August 29, 4047:January 3, 3971:OpenCritic 3857:October 3, 3407:Metacritic 3358:Metacritic 3338:August 28, 3177:Lost Coast 2967:"Reviews: 2820:"Reviews: 2205:References 2176:Episode 2: 2168:Blue Shift 2133:Blue Shift 2067:newspapers 1985:Source SDK 1817:Blue Shift 1801:Blue Shift 1785:Blue Shift 1702:employees 1649:Alyx Vance 1597:See also: 1443:See also: 1433:Black Mesa 1428:OpenCritic 1411:Half-Life, 1403:Black Mesa 1396:Black Mesa 1388:Black Mesa 1371:Easter egg 1342:came with 1152:killer app 961:Lost Coast 953:Lost Coast 938:Lost Coast 787:Blue Shift 783:Blue Shift 771:Blue Shift 765:Blue Shift 753:Blue Shift 738:Blue Shift 723:Blue Shift 372:Alyx Vance 294:Lost Coast 265:Blue Shift 6160:Kim Swift 6150:Bay Raitt 6049:Brad Muir 6044:Olly Moss 5538:Half-Life 5528:Half-Life 5383:Concerned 5208:Ravenholm 5079:Half-Life 5063:Half-Life 5021:MobyGames 5015:Half-Life 4725:March 12, 4636:March 27, 4540:March 13, 4488:March 13, 4457:April 29, 4446:Eurogamer 4357:Half-Life 4320:Half-Life 4284:Half-Life 4248:Half-Life 4077:April 30, 4063:"Minerva" 3776:Gamasutra 3754:March 16, 3706:Half-Life 3538:March 23, 3505:March 24, 3474:March 24, 3448:March 24, 3417:March 24, 3327:Eurogamer 3173:Aftermath 3132:March 24, 3116:Half-Life 3080:Half-Life 3043:Half-Life 3006:Half-Life 3004:"Review: 2969:Half-Life 2932:Half-Life 2895:Half-Life 2673:Half-Life 2651:March 31, 2633:Half-Life 2564:"Review: 2420:Half-Life 2320:Gamasutra 2253:Half-Life 2156:Half-Life 2125:Half-Life 2121:Half-Life 1999:Half-Life 1933:Half-Life 1931:movie or 1896:Half-Life 1877:Half-Life 1863:Half-Life 1859:Half-Life 1805:Half-Life 1797:Half-Life 1789:Dreamcast 1773:Half-Life 1712:Half-Life 1700:Microsoft 1688:Half-Life 1653:Eli Vance 1609:Half-Life 1605:Half-Life 1559:Half-Life 1534:Vindictus 1491:Half-Life 1455:Half-Life 1367:Half-Life 1303:Half-Life 1299:Half-Life 1294:Half-Life 1249:Half-Life 1229:Half-Life 1174:Half-Life 1166:Half-Life 1080:Episode 1 1007:Half-Life 907:narration 829:Half-Life 821:Half-Life 809:Half-Life 779:Half-Life 761:Half-Life 757:Dreamcast 742:Half-Life 695:corporal 693:US Marine 677:Half-Life 648:Half-Life 628:Half-Life 620:Half-Life 612:Half-Life 398:Half-Life 331:Half-Life 329:numerous 322:Half-Life 254:Half-Life 220:Half-Life 203:Half-Life 177:Half-Life 49:Half-Life 32:Half-life 6219:Category 5982:Source 2 5955:Software 5919:Hardware 5898:Deadlock 5829:Artifact 5634:Portal 2 5468:Category 5238:Source 2 5156:Universe 4981:Archived 4961:Archived 4920:Archived 4883:Archived 4857:Archived 4745:Archived 4719:Archived 4692:March 7, 4686:Archived 4656:Archived 4630:Archived 4625:PC Gamer 4603:April 6, 4598:GeekWire 4567:Archived 4514:July 19, 4451:Archived 4428:). 2006. 4400:Archived 4364:GameSpot 4332:Archived 4322:Preview" 4260:Archived 4255:GameSpot 4223:Archived 4219:GameSpot 4192:Archived 4162:Archived 4098:GameSpot 4071:Archived 4041:Archived 4008:Archived 3981:June 28, 3975:Archived 3945:Archived 3936:PC Gamer 3908:Archived 3899:PC Gamer 3876:Archived 3851:Archived 3825:Archived 3805:Archived 3781:Archived 3748:Archived 3724:March 3, 3630:Archived 3565:Archived 3560:PC Gamer 3532:Archived 3499:Archived 3442:Archived 3411:Archived 3389:Archived 3384:PC Gamer 3332:Archived 3296:Archived 3292:GameSpot 3226:Archived 3152:GameSpot 3092:Archived 3055:Archived 3050:GameSpot 2944:Archived 2939:GameSpot 2871:Archived 2866:GameSpot 2760:Archived 2755:GameSpot 2750:Q&A" 2685:Archived 2680:GameSpot 2645:Archived 2640:GameSpot 2635:Preview" 2542:Archived 2505:Archived 2500:GameSpot 2468:Archived 2458:Reviews" 2422:Expands" 2396:Archived 2324:Archived 2293:Archived 2225:GameSpot 2170:: 0.8m, 2158:: 9.3m, 1904:Source 2 1787:for the 1690:series, 1639:games). 1251:writer, 1244:Portal 2 1217:(series) 1172:Several 1114:Source 2 1054:Xbox 360 759:port of 301:sequels 299:episodic 262:(1999), 148:Xbox 360 6233:Portals 6178:Related 6145:Jane Ng 6140:Minh Le 6027:Current 5997:SteamOS 5962:GoldSrc 5691:Inferno 5684:Dust II 5641:The Lab 5449:Vlogger 5421:Related 5354:Minerva 5269:GoldSrc 5228:GoldSrc 5198:Combine 4889:May 15, 4579:YouTube 4396:GameSpy 3847:GameSpy 3642:YouTube 3636:May 26, 3604:May 19, 3571:July 9, 3302:May 18, 3262:GameSpy 3252:Allies" 3221:GameSpy 3184:1UP.com 2976:GameSpy 2829:GameSpy 2787:Review" 2573:GamePro 2081:scholar 1972:Toronto 1813:E3 2001 1682:in 2018 1593:Setting 1582:Minerva 1573:sandbox 1540:Magicka 1480:shooter 1469:) is a 1257:Portal, 919:physics 883:City 17 875:Combine 703:units. 632:Windows 376:Combine 226:Windows 128:Windows 6088:Former 6020:People 5977:Source 5972:Proton 5967:OpenVR 5861:Source 5822:Dota 2 5712:Source 5698:Mirage 5627:Portal 5617:Portal 5436:series 5434:Portal 5317:Source 5299:Echoes 5233:Source 5017:series 4534:Kotaku 4482:Kotaku 4246:"ECTS 3626:Noclip 2971:(PS2)" 2195:Forbes 2174:4.4m, 2166:1.1m, 2083:  2076:  2069:  2062:  2054:  1929:Portal 1891:Portal 1848:Source 1832:Source 1723:engine 1523:Portal 1502:Peggle 1415:Source 1407:remake 1375:Portal 1322:remade 1267:series 1238:Portal 1224:Portal 1215:Portal 1208:series 1206:Portal 360:game, 318:series 316:Portal 67:lambda 6301:Media 6247:1990s 5992:Steam 5846:Other 5769:2Fort 5559:Decay 5518:Games 5510:Valve 5292:Delta 5186:Other 5100:Decay 5071:Games 4911:Wired 4682:Wired 4036:VG247 4003:Steam 3744:Steam 3438:VG247 3216:(PC)" 3122:Valve 2392:Valve 2387:Steam 2289:Valve 2088:JSTOR 2074:books 2013:Sales 1879:games 1809:Decay 1758:Texas 1754:Plano 1721:Quake 1692:Valve 1617:G-Man 1474:Flash 1423:Linux 1316:When 1168:games 1135:VG247 1124:from 1076:' 927:Steam 903:sound 844:Decay 837:Decay 825:Decay 817:Decay 813:Decay 794:Decay 745:' 382:Games 271:Decay 212:Valve 138:Linux 133:macOS 84:Valve 6335:Data 5812:Dota 5705:Nuke 5261:Mods 4928:2010 4891:2010 4865:2009 4832:2006 4805:2006 4779:2006 4753:2006 4727:2016 4694:2017 4664:2017 4638:2020 4605:2020 4575:2019 4542:2021 4516:2020 4490:2021 4459:2007 4408:2008 4377:2008 4340:2008 4304:2008 4268:2008 4231:2008 4200:2008 4170:2008 4140:2008 4110:2008 4079:2006 4049:2016 4016:2019 3983:2021 3953:2012 3916:2012 3859:2008 3789:2018 3756:2014 3726:2023 3689:2023 3665:2023 3638:2020 3606:2015 3573:2020 3540:2020 3507:2020 3476:2020 3450:2020 3419:2020 3365:2022 3340:2017 3304:2007 3274:2008 3234:2008 3197:2008 3175:and 3134:2008 3100:2008 3063:2008 3026:2008 2989:2008 2952:2008 2915:2008 2879:2008 2842:2008 2805:2008 2768:2008 2732:2008 2693:2008 2653:2016 2616:2008 2586:2008 2550:2008 2513:2008 2476:2008 2440:2008 2404:2008 2364:2009 2332:2009 2301:2005 2271:2008 2237:2006 2143:). 2060:news 1914:Film 1706:and 1603:The 1563:mods 1521:and 1447:and 1352:and 1320:was 1309:and 1221:The 1190:and 1144:and 1130:Alyx 1056:and 917:and 877:, a 811:was 595:2020 590:2019 585:2018 580:2017 575:2016 570:2015 565:2014 560:2013 555:2012 550:2011 545:2010 540:2009 535:2008 521:2007 498:2006 486:2005 454:2004 449:2003 444:2002 423:2001 418:2000 406:1999 392:1998 349:and 246:and 238:mods 143:Xbox 5019:at 4714:IGN 4426:DVD 4327:IGN 4291:IGN 4188:IGN 4128:IGN 3527:IGN 3495:VGC 2902:IGN 2792:IGN 2719:IGN 2427:IGN 2351:IGN 2259:IGN 2043:by 1631:in 1623:in 1545:DLC 1419:mod 1383:). 1324:as 1154:". 885:in 6350:: 4918:. 4914:. 4908:. 4855:. 4849:. 4717:. 4711:. 4680:. 4654:. 4628:. 4622:. 4596:. 4565:. 4550:^ 4532:. 4507:. 4479:. 4467:^ 4449:. 4443:. 4398:. 4394:. 4361:. 4324:. 4288:. 4258:. 4252:. 4221:. 4217:. 4186:. 4156:. 4126:. 4096:. 4065:. 4039:. 4033:. 4006:. 4000:. 3973:. 3969:. 3943:. 3939:. 3933:. 3906:. 3902:. 3896:. 3849:. 3845:. 3779:. 3773:. 3742:. 3710:. 3680:. 3624:. 3590:. 3563:. 3557:. 3530:. 3524:. 3497:. 3493:. 3467:. 3440:. 3436:. 3409:. 3405:. 3381:. 3356:. 3330:. 3324:. 3312:^ 3290:. 3260:. 3254:. 3224:. 3218:. 3181:. 3171:: 3150:. 3120:. 3090:. 3084:. 3053:. 3047:. 3010:. 2973:. 2942:. 2936:. 2899:. 2869:. 2863:. 2826:. 2789:. 2752:. 2716:. 2701:^ 2683:. 2677:. 2661:^ 2643:. 2637:. 2602:. 2570:. 2540:. 2534:. 2503:. 2497:. 2466:. 2460:. 2424:. 2394:. 2390:. 2384:. 2348:. 2322:. 2318:. 2291:. 2287:. 2257:. 2223:. 2212:^ 2193:. 1830:, 1819:. 1756:, 1744:, 1731:E3 1589:. 1555:. 1515:, 1486:. 1461:. 1431:, 1358:. 1313:. 1138:, 1128:. 1104:a 933:. 913:, 909:, 905:, 901:, 893:, 823:. 751:, 740:, 718:. 683:, 658:. 646:. 378:. 278:. 252:. 6287:: 6235:: 5771:" 5767:" 5707:" 5703:" 5700:" 5696:" 5693:" 5689:" 5686:" 5682:" 5502:e 5495:t 5488:v 5054:e 5047:t 5040:v 4930:. 4893:. 4867:. 4834:. 4807:. 4781:. 4755:. 4729:. 4696:. 4666:. 4640:. 4607:. 4581:. 4544:. 4518:. 4492:. 4461:. 4424:( 4410:. 4379:. 4355:" 4342:. 4318:" 4306:. 4286:" 4270:. 4233:. 4202:. 4172:. 4142:. 4112:. 4081:. 4051:. 4018:. 3985:. 3955:. 3918:. 3861:. 3791:. 3758:. 3728:. 3708:" 3691:. 3644:. 3608:. 3575:. 3542:. 3509:. 3478:. 3452:. 3421:. 3367:. 3342:. 3306:. 3276:. 3248:" 3236:. 3212:" 3199:. 3179:" 3167:" 3154:. 3136:. 3114:" 3102:. 3078:" 3065:. 3041:" 3028:. 3008:" 2991:. 2954:. 2934:" 2917:. 2897:" 2893:" 2881:. 2857:" 2844:. 2824:" 2807:. 2783:" 2770:. 2746:" 2734:. 2714:" 2710:" 2695:. 2671:" 2655:. 2631:" 2618:. 2588:. 2568:" 2552:. 2532:" 2515:. 2491:" 2478:. 2454:" 2442:. 2418:" 2406:. 2382:" 2378:" 2366:. 2334:. 2303:. 2273:. 2255:" 2251:" 2239:. 2110:) 2104:( 2099:) 2095:( 2085:· 2078:· 2071:· 2064:· 2037:. 1195:. 1065:. 354:. 222:, 38:. 20:)

Index

Codename: Gordon
Half-life
Half-Life (disambiguation)
Orange lambda
The text "Half-Life"
lambda
Developer(s)
Valve
Gearbox Software
Publisher(s)
Sierra On-Line
Windows
macOS
Linux
Xbox
Xbox 360
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 3
Shield Portable
Half-Life
Half-Life: Alyx
first-person shooter
Valve
Half-Life
Windows
Gordon Freeman
scripted sequences
mods
Counter-Strike
Day of Defeat

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.