Half-Life 2 code is hidden in the new Portal Switch release, and someone's already playing it
News That's right, Half-Life 2 is running on Switch, kind of
Half-Life 2
The first Half-Life is often called the finest first-person shooter ever made... this sequel is often called better than the first game.
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Arkane’s canceled Half-Life game really does look like Dishonored in Ravenholm
News A new hour of gameplay footage shows what Ravenholm would've been like
Valve reveals it has multiple "exciting" games in development at the moment
News The recent Aperture Desk Job short is just one of many projects the studio is working on
Biggest Half-Life 2 update in years suggests Valve is preparing its catalog for Steam Deck
news The update rolled out alongside the reveal of the Steam Deck Verified program
Half-Life 2 Remaster appears on SteamDB
News It's apparently in development from the team behind Half-Life 2: Update
Ravenholm, Vault 108, and the devilish brilliance of horror sequences in non-horror video games
Feature Why I hate horror games, but love it when other games suddenly become horrifying
Half-Life 2: Ravenholm emerges in new documentary footage
News What it was and why it was canceled
Why virtual reality makes sense for Half-Life: Alyx
Feature Closely absorbing you in a detailed, manipulable world is core to the Half-Life experience
All Half-Life games are free on Steam for the next two months
news Here's an easy way to catch up on the storied series
Prepare for Half-Life: Alyx with Half-Life 1 and 2 for $1 each
News Half-Life 1 and 2 are now a dollar each on Steam
The making of Half-Life 2: Valve takes us behind the scenes of its narrative masterpiece
Feature Gabe Newell, Marc Laidlaw, and more sit down with Edge Magazine for a behind the scenes exploration of Half-Life 2
Five years later, Valve finally fixes Half-Life 2's non-blinking NPC issue
news There wasn't a dry eye in the house
The 25 most inspirational female characters in games
Feature Heroes are great, but better when they're girls. Our top heroines are making waves in more way than one.
How Half-Life 2 set (still unbettered) standards for video game story-telling, with a hero who never says a word
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Half-Life 3: Ex-Valve writer shares 'fan fiction' that's as close as we'll get to a Episode 2 sequel
News Former Valve writer Marc Laidlaw shares his vision for Half-Life 3 which would have tied up (most) of the series' loose ends
