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Half-Life 2

Half-Life 2

Critics 96

2004

first-person shooter, science fiction video game, post-apocalyptic video game, science fiction horror

Developer
Valve Software
Publisher
Valve Corporation
Platforms
Various
Game modes
single-player video game
Released
2004-11-16

Half-Life 2 is a 2004 first-person shooter (FPS) game developed and published by Valve Corporation. It was published for Windows on Valve's digital distribution service, Steam. Like the original Half-Life (1998), Half-Life 2 is played from a first-person perspective, combining combat, puzzles, and storytelling. It adds features such as vehicles and physics-based gameplay. The player controls Gordon Freeman, who joins a resistance effort to liberate Earth from the alien Combine empire.

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  • Won Golden Joystick Awards − PC Game of the Year
  • First released 2004-11-16

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