Half-Life 2 was released on Novemand received acclaim for its advanced physics, animation, sound, AI, graphics, and narrative. A year before release, a hacker stole an unfinished version and leaked it online. Valve announced Half-Life 2 at E3 2003 and released it through its new distribution service Steam after delaying it by over a year. Valve president Gabe Newell set his team the goal of redefining the FPS genre, focusing on advanced physics systems and non-player characters. Development lasted five years and cost US$40 million. The game was created using Valve's Source engine, which was developed at the same time. Set roughly twenty years after the first game, players control Gordon Freeman as he joins a resistance movement to liberate the Earth from the control of an alien empire called the Combine. Like the original Half-Life (1998), it combines shooting, puzzles, and storytelling, and adds features such as vehicles and physics-based gameplay. So it really wouldn't be a surprise to see Valve temporarily give the original games away to drum up Alyx.Half-Life 2 is a 2004 first-person shooter game developed and published by Valve. Shortly after the VR sequel was announced, both games were available for just $1 on Steam. This wouldn't be the first time Valve has promoted the original Half-Life games on the back of Alyx's hype. There's also no way to know if the collection will just be a Steam bundle or a new item in its own right - serving as a catch-all entry point for new players - but it shouldn't matter much in the end. It's unclear what all this new Half-Life: Collection will include, but in addition to the original Half-Life and all the episodes of Half-Life 2, it may come with the wealth of DLC and multiplayer extras which are also available on Steam, such as Half-Life 2: Deathmatch.
The alert says the collection will be free until the launch of Alyx, so the freebie window will likely start one or two weeks ahead of time. If it is legit, we can expect to see it again as we get closer to Half-Life: Alyx's March 2020 release date. It seems to have been sent prematurely on January 20 and almost immediately pulled, likely due to some sort of scheduling error.
The Steam alert in question was captured in English and Spanish by independent users, and it certainly looks legitimate.
0 kommentar(er)
