Valve Just Raised The Game Development Bar With Half-Life (Again)
Even 25 years after its release, Half-Life is still getting a lot of love. Here’s what Valve added in the most recent update, and why it matters.
Half-Life
Half-Life is an action/first-person shooter released for PC in 1998 by Valve. Playing as physicist Gordon Freeman, players find themselves as the catalyst for a significant invasion when they analyze a crystal of alien origin that rips open a portal to their world. With aliens trying to kill them and the government sending in a clean-up team to wipe out all survivors to cover it up, Gordon will travel across the facility to attempt to shut the portal down and survive - all while another shadowy organization is closely watching.
Half-Life
- Franchise
- Half-Life
- Platform(s)
- PC , PlayStation 2
- Released
- November 19, 1998
- Developer(s)
- Valve Corporation
- Publisher(s)
- Sierra Studios
- ESRB
- M
- How Long To Beat
- 12 Hours
- Sequel
- Half-Life 2
- Prequel
- Half-Life: Alyx
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