It’s been 17 years since Half-Life 2 hit the shelves, and countless gamers across the US and Europe sat hunched over their PCs for hours waiting for the Steam installer to connect to the registration server. The intervening years have been kind to Half-Life 2, with two follow up chaptersRead More →
Released in 2004, Half-Life 2’s launch and initial success predates Steam’s player tracking data. To raise awareness of the classic title, the Half-Life 2 online community pulled together to record its highest concurrent player tally since records began. While we’ll never know how many people played Half-Life 2 in 2004,Read More →
TikTok has been analyzed to find the most popular games on the social network – and happily plenty of retro games can be found high in the list. Top10Casinos.com used Metacritic’s official ranking of the top 100 most played games of all time, then tracked their popularity on TikiTok. GamesRead More →
I’m a sucker for Half-Life 2 themed nonsense, and this one is a classic – a remake of the game which relies on the Quake Engine. Made by Scampi for a Quake Jam Mapping contest, the video shows the game being played and features G-Man, Alyx, and someone posing asRead More →
Valve’s Gabe Newell is sending a gnome into space for charity, evoking a moment in Half-Life 2: Episode 2 style.Read More →
