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Half-Life 2

Also known as: Half-Life II

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The first Half-Life is often called the finest first-person shooter ever made... this sequel is often called better than the first game.

Published by: Electronic Arts
Developed by: Valve

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Latest Screenshots

Screenshots updated Jan 24, 2006

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Latest Stories

Gordon Freeman: Strongest personality in gaming

How Valve created the most complex and best-realised character in videogames without a line of...

Xbox Feature - Jan 18, 2008

Half-Life 2

One of PC's biggest hitters splatters headcrab guts all over the Xbox

Xbox Review - Mar 9, 2006

Half-Life 2 to hit arcades

Be Gordon Freeman for just 10p a go in Survivor

Xbox News - Dec 1, 2005

Half-Life 2 image invasion

See the latest shots from Xbox version of Valve's critically acclaimed PC masterpiece

Xbox News - Sep 9, 2005

Cheats from CheatPlanet

"Blast From The Past"

Jun 2, 2008

G-man Sighting

Jun 2, 2008

Gravity Gun to the Rescue

Jul 27, 2006

Restore Ammo for Current Weapon

Mar 16, 2006

Unlock All Chapters Cheat

Mar 16, 2006

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FAQ's and Guides from CheatPlanet

Half-Life 2 FAQ

Mar 16, 2006

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Features

Gordon Freeman: Strongest personality in gaming

How Valve created the most complex and best-realised character in videogames without a line of...

Jan 18, 2008

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News

Gordon Freeman: Strongest personality in gaming

How Valve created the most complex and best-realised character in videogames without a line of...

Jan 18, 2008

Half-Life 2 to hit arcades

Be Gordon Freeman for just 10p a go in Survivor

Dec 1, 2005

Half-Life 2 image invasion

See the latest shots from Xbox version of Valve's critically acclaimed PC masterpiece

Sep 9, 2005

EA signs up Half-Life 2

Valve agrees to let Electronic Arts put its PC and Xbox games in the shops

Jul 19, 2005

Half-Life 2: First Xbox shots

Your chance to get an early glimpse of the console version of The Best PC Game Ever

Apr 26, 2005

Summer Xbox release for Half-Life 2

Plus: First details of PC Half-Life 2 expansion, Aftermath

Apr 12, 2005

Gordon cleans up at the gongs

Half-Life 2 scoops six at the BAFTAs and Burnout 3 gets three but GTA misses out completely

Mar 2, 2005

Half-Life 2 to hit a third format

Valve's shooter will, amazingly, be released as a coin-op in addition to its PC and Xbox...

Nov 2, 2004

Half-Life 2 console bound

Xbox version confirmed plus Valve reveal they're in touch with "all the console platform holders"

Jun 30, 2004

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Review

One of PC's biggest hitters splatters headcrab guts all over the Xbox

Mar 9, 2006

If Half-Life 2's nerdy protagonist Gordon Freeman is going to save the world, he's gonna need more than the crowbar he began the last game wielding. Thankfully, weapon upgrades in this first-person shooter come lightning quick. Gordon barely gets to take in any the sights and sounds of City 17 (a quarantined, run-down district ruled by gas-masked soldiers apparently called the "Combine") before he starts blasting, bashing, and exploding the living hell out of everything in sight. It's not his ...

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